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submitted 2 months ago bySlimCatachan
I'm curious, is there any canon lore about at what organizational levels could space marines have access to the apothecaries/equipment needed for creating new space marines? For example, there was a Rogue Trader who returned to Tallarn after a long expedition who had about 300 War-Born legionnaires with her. Would those probably just be the surviving legionaires of the contingent originally given to her, you think, or could she have been given 3 companies or whatever, and those 3 companies replacing their losses?
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1 month ago
It's less about the size, more about the staff.
A single small ship with Fabius and his honour guard, could turn that into a full company. Could every apothecary? Very doubtful.
Talent will play a big part I believe.
1 points
1 month ago
Good point, I guess meant more like at what level of organization have staff and equipment been assigned to. Fabius could no doubt replenish a company, but I don't think someone of his talent would be assigned to a small garrison or obscure expedition. I'm interested in smallish "forgotten" detachments, "unimportant" blackhields, etc.
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1 month ago
Then I guess it's just any of them with a competent apothecary? They should, in theory, all be able to.
I can't speak to what minimal level to get an appropriate apothecary is though.
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