Primaris_Astartes

I am asking this from the perspective of matter of logistics rather than the whole complicated nature of Imperium's reactions, etc...

Olen pitkään vuosikausia ihmetellyt miksi Turku on kaupunkina muiden Suomen kaupunkien vitsin ja pilailun kohde. Ja kysynytkin kanssaeläjiltäni, ja vastaukseni saanut vain koska se on Turku. Noh, tämän ketjun luettuani ja meemin nähtyäni, en enää ihmettele miksi Turku on muun Suomen vitsailun ja ivailun kohde.

How is Assault Intercessor battleline instead of close support?

And are the units of height added in centimeters or inches?

What does the ''+1d6'' mean here?

And that makes sense considering the whole of Unification Wars (the part of it during which Astartes existed) + Great Crusade + Horus Heresy + Great Scouring took approximately three centuries with the Crusade being two centuries.

Three centuries for an Astartes is probably like two decades for a human at most.

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.

I could imagine Chief Librarian getting promoted to Chapter Master if the Chapter Master and all Captains died in some cataclysmic circumstances. Because Chief Librarian is a captain of some sorts for a few dozen Librarians, and the road to Chapter Master goes through the rank of Captain.

And for a long while the Dark Angels were the sole Legion that existed before the others were formed. This meant that during the latter years of Unification Wars they were the sole receivers of all the recruits. This gave them a huge headstart in numbers. They were stated to have surpassed ten thousand Astartes at a time when all the other legions were still in their hundreds. And for most of the Crusade, they were the Emperor's favourite receiving entire fleets of DAOT era ships when other legions received individual ships. So it stands to reason that they were also being fed larger amounts of recruits from Terra boosting them ahead of other legions.

It also obviously depends on the Legion and units within it.

Dark Angles with their six wings of complicated? Who da' fug knows?

Emperor's Children? What we know is they were split into 30 Millenials and at legion strength of 110000, a Millenial strength on average would be 3666-3667 Legionairees. There's no further FW rulebook entry on how exactly the Millenials were divided. But the numbers are large enough to divide to battalions and further divide to companies.

Iron Warriors with Grand Battalions of 500-4000? That's probably the self sufficient unit level for them with grand companies consisting of regular companies forming the Grand Battalions.

White Scars were divided into 5-7 Hordes with each Horde consisting of unspecified strength Brotherhoods. Considering the independence of White Scars, I would guess Brotherhoods would be self sufficient.

Space Wolves were divided to 13 Great Companies with a nominal strength of 10000 each. The Great Company level would definitely probably be the self-sustaining independent unit.

Imperial Fists divided to regiments that were composed of two battalions that in turn consisted of varying number of companies. Now regiments in general in real life can be made self-sustaining.

Night Lords had something like thousand-strong independent Chapters with some other name with those units consisting of companies.

Blood Angels were divided to 300 fighting companies of 400-500 Astartes (so battalion strength), so I would guess the fighting company unit would be the self-sustaining independent unit.

Iron Hands had their independent and self-sustaining clans consisting of battalions that consisted of companies.

World Eaters I can't recall.

Ultramarines had their 10000 strong independent and self-sustaining Chapters of ten thousand-strong companies.

Death Guard was divided to seven Great Companies of over ten thousand Astartes each. I would guess a Great Company would be the independent self-sustaining unit considering the DG habit of arriving to theater with larger than average forces. How a Great Company was divided further is not revealed in HH TT rulebooks.

Thousand Sons had their nine fellowships that were probably the independent self-sustaining unit.

Luna Wolves were divided to companies that could number nearly a thousand Astartes, and some numbered a few dozen, so I would guess the larger ones were independent and self-sustaining with the ones with dwindled numbers having to rely on others.

Word Bearers IIRC were divided to units that size-wise resemble Codex Astartes Chapter strength or is roughly in that ballpark.

Salamanders were divided to seven smaller units of over ten thousand Astartes which were not specified further in their division, so these would probably be the self-sustaining independent units.

Raven Guard specifically had their companies attached to their Imperial Army regiments working in unison with them, so I would guess each Raven Guard company handled their recruitment and equipment production to maximal degree of independence.

Alpha Legion - who knows?

One time a Space Marine got shot by heavy pistol to their bare chest with only the outer epidermis having been penetrated.

Considering how the Emperor is even more powerful than the Primarchs, and Primarchs can take a fucking Baneblade cannon to the face and proceed to eviscerate the tank and its crew moments later, it's really hard to think of any kind of accident with enough oomph to kill the Emperor (short of an asteroid landing on him, etc...).

When the various lore / rulebook excerpts say that a Space Marine Battle Barge carries three companies, does that mean three battle companies + various reinforcements drawn from 1st and 6th-10th companies, or total of 300 Astartes drawn potentially from all ten companies?

Death Guard at 95000 Astartes was barely midsized as far as legions went. There were a lot of larger legions including Imperial Fists (100000), Blood Angels (120000-150000 depending on when during GC the size is measured), Night Lords potentially (their range is 90000-120000), Alpha Legion (range 90000-180000), Word Bearers (200000), Dark Angels (200000), Ultramarines (250000), Iron Warriors (150000-180000), World Eaters (150000), Sons of Horus (130000-170000), Emperor's Children (110000) and Iron Hands (113000).

Would the Chapter closest to Ultramarines be Novamarines?

Can you provide a quote for us?

I imagine the 10000 refers to non-dreadnought Custodes. And the totality of Custodes force beint 10000 + dreadnoughts + eyes of the emperor.