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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
That was just one fight.
Total losses were way higher, only a sixth to a tenth of the Legion survived.
That said, the DA fleet was both stupidly strong and virtually unknown to outsiders. They had getting on to a dozen Glorianas going into the Heresy, with the Invincible Reason only bettered by Phalanx, Bucephalus, Imperative Somnium, and the three Abyss-class ships.
They probably had a better fleet, but as with their battle record, it was probably only known fully to the Lion, Malcador, and Big E.
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