...a letter with the unfakable seal of the Ordo Hereticus on it...
...That is a seal that cannot be faked...

Anything which can be created can be duplicated, especially if people are wandering around the galaxy carrying copies with them. Even more so when the forgery need only pass a cursory visual inspection.

Also, Space Marines respect the chain of command, when a letter comes from Holy Mother Terra, they tend to not question it. If there is one thing you need to learn is that Humanity is kinda stupid... Just, as a rule in 40k. I mean, their whole system is based on the ideology that "To question your orders is to know doubt. To know doubt is heresy, which is punishable by instant execution."

The Atartes follow the Emperor, not Terra, and usually in their own way. Since the First Founding all Space Marine Chapters have been autonomous and function under their own creeds and command structures, that's one of the reasons they manage to have things like their own religious practices without the Ecclesiarchy coming crashing down on their heads.

Most commonly a Chapter becomes involved in a campaign when the local government sends out a distress call and the Chapter decides it's worth them getting themselves involved, whether due to some supply issue (the planet supplies them with arms, ammunition of food), because of some ancient pact, due to a sense of honour (we failed a mission, and that failure led to the planet being at risk) or because they had nothing better to do and the fighting would be good practice.

Sure the High Lords can give guidance, warnings and make requests of the Astartes, but at the end of the day if a Chapter decides not to heed an order from Terra there's nothing the High Lords can do about it. That's one of the reasons the Dark Angels have managed to get away with their activities for all these millennia.

The catechism you quoted is part of the Imperial Creed, used by the Imperial Guard, and not part of any Chapters' creed that I'm aware of. My information may be a little out of date though, so feel free to correct me on that point.

Captain's been gone for over a week. Anybody seen @caliban22 lately?

Captain's been gone for over a week. Anybody seen @caliban22 lately?

His account has him cursing finals, might be missing because of that.

Or he's devising a way to have the Captain hit on the commissar... Sounded funnier in my head.

In that case I'm off to his cabin to 'borrow' his Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch. >D

Do space marines even have the right instruments?

I know Noise Marines certainly do.

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Common thought is that they don't, because of the Horus Heresy. They remove them to lower they're chance of falling to chaos.

However, GW has never (at least to my knowledge) confirmed or denied the rumor. I personally think they do still have the instruments but hey.

If the Dark Angels can get away with keeping [[CENSORED BY THE DEATHWING]] locked up in their basement, I'm sure the Lamenters can keep a few instruments stashed away.

If @Caliban22 is having problems with posting he needs to let me know. I forgot to put it in the rules but if you can't post for more than a week I need to know why, that goes for everyone.
If I don't know what's going on I may remove your character and assume you left without letting me know. I care about this RP and I can't let it melt into obscurity because no one let's me know why they can't post for more than a week.

Also... SLAANESH FOR LIFE

I'm going to be out of town from tomorrow until next Monday, but should still have internet access so will continue to post. Just won't be quite as frequently.

You don't all have to look so relieved at once, y'know. :p

Sorry finals/work/ family issues are keeping really busy.

I may be gone for the next two weeks. Depending how quickly I can deal with everything.

Speaking of not posting for a week or more, my last post was 7 days ago, but I'm still here. Just waiting for the right time to strike post.

@Ozymandias Just waiting for the right time to strike post.

*Suspiciously eyes the blade tucked into Ozy's boot...*

@Ozymandias Just waiting for the right time to strike post.

*Suspiciously eyes the blade tucked into Ozy's boot...*

Really we need @mattmanganon to post, giving Marian's reaction to the guards. Failing that you could just start the meeting so Quint can make his dramatic entry via teleportation. :)

We need the captain to move. With all due respect, this is forcing the game into another two-week halt. I suggest NPCing the captain for this time.

I could accidentally teleport inside him, causing the captain to explode in a puff and blood and guts and get replaced with a dashingly handsome librarian instead? >D

I might be able to post a quick short thing later today.