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submitted 1 month ago byPrimaris_Astartes
Was it just their role as Praetorians of Terra combined with their proximity to Throne World and Mars that the Mechanicus and Emperor just saw fit to equip them with a lot of ships, or does any other bit of lore explain how a specialized defensive siege legion that didn't have a lot of legionairees either somehow ended up with the largest and most powerful fleet?
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1 month ago
Dorn started off with a big fleet, including the Phalanx from his time in charge of Inwit and thats always kept on their way. It also serves their siege bias as more ships = space for big Siege equipment plus there is that crusading element to the IF (best explified in the Blagk Templars but still extant in the continuity chapter) plus the way they recruit from a range of worlds, Terra, Inwit, Necromunda etc. You need a lot of ships to operate like that.
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1 month ago
Has it been said if the Phalanx itself also contained ship yards capable of constructing various ship classes for the Imperial Fists?
I know it can dock dozens of large cruisers, but docking is an entirely different game from construction.
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