Against Tau and necron hover vehicles or Eldar jet bikes yeah you have a point

Honestly, trained horses are still a better answer to many modern problems than what is in current use like motorbikes, jeeps and such. I've spoken about this with some soldiers (including war vets) and the general consensus has always been that they are not in use because no one is really interested in risking their career with an idea that will invariably sound stupid for the first two minutes of explaining it. Now, put simply, horses, camels, donkeys, dogs and birds of prey all could be massively useful if used in large scale in modern warfare. Dogs and birds of prey would be passive enhancements to perception and a huge asset in countering mainstays of modern warfare such as drones and landmines. We can all see the benefit of having a soldier that will just go and crash any drone near the squad by clawing it at 240 miles an hour (say, a peregrine falcon), all for a salary paid in raw chicken. Furthermore, a trained dog can potentially alert about landmines from dozens of yards away (even hundreds for IEDs with particularly strong smelling explosives). Not to mention that for the price of a rifle you can get a dog that will be nearly as reliable as a thermal camera in Urban CQB situations. As for pack animals (horses, donkeys, camels and water buffaloes), they would offer the average squad the capacity to carry very serious firepower over great distances with minimal increase in detectability when compared to motor vehicles. One horse per human in a 9 man squad means running around at 40 miles an hour in rough terrain while being able to carry, say, an M2, 2 NLAWs, a Javelin, a bayraktar drone, a heavy mortar and additional supplies. Before you ask, water buffaloes can be mounted and they have been used with great success by Brazilian Military Police to chase criminals in swampy areas since they are way better swimmers than humans are. To summarise, it's prejudice from higher ups and (legitimate but weak) moral concerns that prevent this.

@@Yumao420 True they are ultimately just one of many tools usable on the field if properly utilised and used for an proper role. I was simply making a joke about how previously mentioned fictional groups use them effectively for style or as if it was on 1600s

@@Historyfrek4ever absolutely fair. It was a good joke

@@Yumao420 Actually now that it has come up, it is weird that we have effectively abandoned use of animals in military except dogs. There have been cases of trying to utilise others but those have been really experimental like spy dolphins etc.

Unfortunately only castor gets to be that badass.

Lives are the Emperor's currency. To waste them is heresy.

That one Custodes: "Damn Bois! This new Xenos really make me sweating... some of our brothers died because of it by the way"

The Norm Emissary actually killed multiple Custodes before Valoris killed it, so they are actually (for now) treating it as a actual threat

Custodes : sneeze Whole tyranids super weapon section : Dies

@@orange8420If I remember correctly, it killed a whole squad of Custodes while simultaneously trying to murder Leontus, and almost succeeded. However since it is a Tyranid, it is not armed with plot armor, hence it was killed by a named hero of the Imperium.

That's kind of underselling the emmisary when it killed 5 other custodes, destoryed a Custodes gunship and accidentally flattened a dozen of Leontus's mortal bodyguards while barely even diverting it's focus away from Leontus

Having a man second only to the Emperor and his sons show up to tell you good job is as good as a morale boost can get.

@@AParticularlyConcernedCitizenehh an entire company of firedrakes You know shit has hit the fan when 120 terminators led by Tu’Shan Arrive but you know they are going to protect you to the last

Now I need someone to make this meme

THE GALAXY WILL FALL BEFORE THE GUARD!!

Just as likely that it undertood it had no chance at actually killing Valoris, as we know he did kill the emissary

@claytonthegrubkiller6430 it killed multiple Custodes before Valoris killed it alongside the couple other Custodes still alive

@@thewerdna Valoris is a named character though, we all know they get an free 100x power boost compared to anonymous characters.

Not really. Leontus is an incredibly talented and skilled leader with hundreds of accomplishments under his belt and a powerhouse of a strategist and political figure. While Valoris no doubt surpasses Leontus in many ways. Leontus is a stable leader who is more specialized for the types of battles the Tyranids needs to fight than Valoris. Plus Leontus’s death would have a wider impact than Valoris. If Valoris died than only the Custodes would’ve been affected significantly. The average Imperial soldier would’ve just become slightly more depressed than average. If Leontus died that’s a massive power vacuum liable to start heaps of in fighting and civil war that the Tyranids can exploit. Also, if you have to try to kill a half demigod super soldier or a human who’s a really good leader. It’s obvious who’s the easier kill.

the 40k chuck norris

Yep strictly catch and release :p

Sly Marbo would have took out the Norn without breaking sweat infact the Norn would have been trying to hide from him

Nah, lictors are the things that annoy him by triggering his traps meant for hive tyrants

And the fact the tyranids were more worried about this human rather than banana boss

Sly Marbo the one man army tyrannid Hunter extrodinaire would like a conversation

SUMMON THE ELECTOR COUNT

FOR SIGMAR

Even his custodes guard is very similar to Franz personal body guard the sword of the emperor.

The nation calls \0/

Luther moment.

Nah, he doesn't have girlymans huge 'progenoids'.

@@inwit594 oh so that's what they meant with "Emperor's finests"?

"Sir, fraternizing with a xenos? Heretical!" "She has a sister." "So... what time should I be ready?"

​@@patrickpromen3605"But she's a little into BDSM"

​@@patrickpromen3605 does she?

Yeah, been debating on getting him or Lion, but I'm thinking I'm gonna go the Solar Route. Model is absolutely sick as well

@@blahblah3775 grab a command squad to pair with him if you don't have one already. If they're both attached to the same unit, Leontus can use the master vox and increase his order range from 6 inches to 24

Nice reference

Because tbh its kind of a meme that dude taller than 3 men can be sneaky secret agents

It really only killed them because they were in the way, imagine if it was after the custodies and just them.

He had the IG ressources of an entire segmentum tbh (and segmentum solar at that, the strongest most populous most controlled segmentum in the imperium)

I actually like that, while being smart on your own is good, understanding the value of people that are specialists of their field for their advice is usually always better.

do the other four sectors have equivalents

@@bibitybobityIownnoproperty Yes they do, cant link the source on youtube but if you search up any of the ranks you'll find it.

@@fionn2220it’ll be the same Lord Commander Obscurus Pacificus and so forth it’s same for the navy

He is basically a 5 star general of the Imperial Guard. Which is already pretty cool

Helping against hive fleet leviathan. Leontus and Trajan fought side by side. During the fight. The norn looked at trajan. Then at leontus. Then back at trajan. And then it went for leontus instead. It saw leontus as more important. And this was after it slaughtered 6 custodians and took down their gunship

I think that has more to do with the "programming" of the Emissary more than anything. It's designed to go after a psychic scent, of sorts, and not stop until the target is dead. Which is what it tried to do here, but the Custodes got in the way. The crazy thing is that it didn't really care about the Custodes and still managed to kill 5 of them while it was rampaging after Leontus and basically only attacking if they got between it and its target. That's the kind of monster the Hive Mind designed to takedown Leontus and other Imperial Leaders/Heroes, so yeah, it absolutely sees him as worth killing. A Norn Emissary probably doesn't see Custodes as massively threatening anyway, it took a squad of them including Trajann Fucking Valoris to take it down and they lost several Custodes and a gunship, among other units, in trying to do so.

He's got more actually, because he is a simple human, no need for supernatural demigod powers

I know right They really begging for subscribers

The justaerin commander shitting himself as he sees a normal human slicing through his elite terminators

That's because he is good at his job, really good

Which proves the emperor right in trying to hand the imperium to normal humans (One of the biggest reasons why most of the space marines turned traitor is because the emperor was giving power to normal humans who they saw as weak since they have not shed blood to gain territory which is stupid cause solar auxilia)

There are no Humans who could match 10% of a Primarchs abilities. Sure some of them kick ass, but comparing them to a Demi God, son of the Emperor is just silly. In a Battle simulation, any Primarch could easily win in 99.9% of the encounters…

​@ezonplays2260 Well, that's sort of what the justification used by the Traitor Son's of Horus to corrupt many of them was. But really I don't think anyone but idiot's like Abbadon believed it. The Emperor invested a significant amount of resources into the Legion's and they would have been important at every aspect of the Imperium's development until humanity itself ascended. At some point in Horus Rising Loken discusses this and basically comes to the conclusion that while the Astartes are only intended to fight in the Great Crusade, that war is never going to actually end. He also thinks they should give over the reigns to humanity as a sort of fulfillment of their purpose I believe, and comes into conflict with Abbadon over how he treats "mortals" on occasion. The Traitor Primarch's definitely used those sort of sentiments to turn a large amount of followers to their side though. The Loyalists all tended to see their true role as protector's of humanity, not leaders. This is why Fulgrim is such a sad narrative, because he truly believed in the Emperor's vision and trying to help Mankind become "perfect" but ends up getting fucked by a single bad choice.

​@@ezonplays2260 But a side note, the Emperor intended Humanity to become post-human themselves, He just wanted to ensure they had a safe, controlled environment to do so. Humanity was apparently on the cusp of a psychic apotheosis during the DAoT but ended up getting fucked by the Birth of Slaanesh. So by the removing their reliance on the Warp through the Imperial Webway and weakening Chaos itself in the meantime, the Emperor was hoping Humanity evolved into something like Him and His Son's. The in-universe reason for why some people are just better in 40k is due to their Soul and their nascent Psychic potential. A really amazing leader might have a very bright soul and almost reassures their army on a metaphysical level, this might also explain seemingly superhuman physical or mental feats, and it could also be why they survive and so many other's fail. The Emperor Himself might also take notice of these individuals and protect them where possible, with some individuals becoming Imperial Saint's (which are like Greater Daemon's of Order) because of their connection. It's interesting, because you can already see some human's seeming to evolve in the lore.

also, Lord Solar Leontus just rolls perfect through the tongue

​@@davisdf3064 your reply made me come back to this and I realized I put also instead of awesome and enabled me to fix it thanks man

It’s said that the only time he will cry is if Sly Marbo dies The issue is you can’t just kill Sly Marbo

Sly Marbo

Yeah. He fumbled his sword for a moment due to a strike to his head. It showed he wasn’t perfect. I also love how. He personally rode back and forth to give inspirational speeches and to rally the people. He knows what it is to be a guardsman and knew morale was important. He didn’t hide away.

Indeed, Leontus might not be the best fighter, nor he is inhumanly intelligent, but he does his job pretty well with the help of advisors (dozens of them, each specific for a field) and knowing when to make the hard choices and how to apply them. He isn't a primarch, but he shows that humanity never really needed the super humans any way. (also, yeah, he kinda is the Karl Franz of 40k, except way more focused on the military and not being an emperor himself)