05-22-2007, 04:29 PM
there's just something about those clunky lumbering bemoths that i 
so much.
Here's a standard Ultramarine Dreadnought:
![[Image: dreadnought.gif]](http://macragge.it.games-workshop.com/scenarios/9/images/dreadnought.gif)
so much.Here's a standard Ultramarine Dreadnought:
05-22-2007, 08:33 PM
Warhammer 40K != StarCraft.
But I'll oblige, since some of them Tyranids look mighty close to Zerglings.
It looks like Dreads may have the firepower, but they don't seem to enjoy the mobility that the quad-legged Dragoons do. Can it be that the race of Aiur will just circle round these things?
Plus, you know, Protoss got Stalkers now. They'd totally own these Goliath look-alikes with their blinking.
I think.
But I'll oblige, since some of them Tyranids look mighty close to Zerglings.
It looks like Dreads may have the firepower, but they don't seem to enjoy the mobility that the quad-legged Dragoons do. Can it be that the race of Aiur will just circle round these things?
Plus, you know, Protoss got Stalkers now. They'd totally own these Goliath look-alikes with their blinking.
I think.
05-22-2007, 08:58 PM
05-22-2007, 08:58 PM
05-22-2007, 10:37 PM
dreads can take a good beating. although i have to admit that they're more symbolic than "practical".
just the presence of one can inspire awe amongst the marines, especially those centuries old.
as for the orcs though, if they were only smart enough, they would own the universe.
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just the presence of one can inspire awe amongst the marines, especially those centuries old.
as for the orcs though, if they were only smart enough, they would own the universe.
)05-24-2007, 09:01 PM
I think i know why Wanzer compared the Adeptus Astartes Dreadnoughts to Protoss Dragoons. Dreadnoughts are basically mobile coffins that contain the body of a mortally-wounded Space Marine, who's body is too damaged to continue on. These fallen warriors are entombed into a four to five meter tall ceramite-armored walking battlesuit armed with storm bolters, power fists, multi-meltas or lascannons.
Being placed into a Dreadnought also greatly enhances the marine's already long-lifespan. It isn't common for a Dreadnought to exist for thousands of years or more. One of the longest-serving Dreadnoughts is Bjorn the Fell-Handed of the Space Wolves chapter. He was one of Leman Russ's lieutenants during the Horus Heresy of the thirty-first millenium and is still alive and functional ten thousand years later.
It's pretty much the same as what the Protoss do to fallen zealots and other warriors. Barely-alive warriors are placed in the quad-legged Dragoon armored walkers. I dunno just how long they live though.
Hey, Orcs and Eldar also have their own version of the Dreadnought armor. Can't remember what they're called at the moment.
Being placed into a Dreadnought also greatly enhances the marine's already long-lifespan. It isn't common for a Dreadnought to exist for thousands of years or more. One of the longest-serving Dreadnoughts is Bjorn the Fell-Handed of the Space Wolves chapter. He was one of Leman Russ's lieutenants during the Horus Heresy of the thirty-first millenium and is still alive and functional ten thousand years later.
It's pretty much the same as what the Protoss do to fallen zealots and other warriors. Barely-alive warriors are placed in the quad-legged Dragoon armored walkers. I dunno just how long they live though.
Hey, Orcs and Eldar also have their own version of the Dreadnought armor. Can't remember what they're called at the moment.
05-25-2007, 11:09 AM