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AtomikKrab
Jul 17, 2010

Keep on GOP rolling rolling rolling rolling.

The kill team members are fantastic additions, much more squishy than a grey knight, but absolutely lethal if used properly.

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AtomikKrab
Jul 17, 2010

Keep on GOP rolling rolling rolling rolling.

I think Kai is the acting chapter head because the actual chapter master is uh... lost in the warp, but not lost lost, he's cursed or something to be hurtled around to combat zones basically actings as a deus ex machina or something if I remember my warhammer lore. Grand master is a company commander basically so about 100 space marines under his direct command, Master of the Armoury would be an additional title associated with Kai, likely each Company Commander oversees a different aspect, one would be for example the fleet, another might command the chapter's librarians... although given EVERY Grey Knight is a psyker that's a little different than a normal chapter. Another would be the commander of the scouts, generally the 10th company commander, again probably not the same as a normal chapter given the Grey Knights not being a normal chapter.

AtomikKrab
Jul 17, 2010

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Groetgaffel posted:

And our boss here is also stingy with the wargear because there's thousands of situations over the galaxy all at once that requires grey knight attention. So there's competition for the good stuff.
So Kai's job is a bit of handing out the best stuff to where it's the most useful, and also make sure we're not dumbasses that would waste it.

We aren't dumbasses, but he doesn't trust that inquisitor not to get good Grey Knights killed in some dumb crusade.

AtomikKrab
Jul 17, 2010

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They are scripted to set you up for getting your first few things going.

AtomikKrab
Jul 17, 2010

Keep on GOP rolling rolling rolling rolling.

It will have a crew around 50000 souls as well.

This may seem like... A LOT... it isn't a Modern cruise ship does about 5000 people or so for a big one, and they tend to be about 400 meters or so in length. But remember a vessel 10 times as long is also comparitively taller and wider as well and thus multiples the space by far more than just ten times.

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AtomikKrab
Jul 17, 2010

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FoolyCharged posted:

So a space marine ship that carries a fraction of the full chapter carries a number of soldiers equal to 50 times the number of marines in the entire chapter?

Sci fi numbers, ladies and gentlemen.

Not soldiers, just people that run systems on the ship. Space Marine vessels in particular tend to be lower on crew than a normal navy ships official number, they have better maintained systems and more automatic stuff.

For example the guns on a space marine vessel are likely NOT reloaded by having a crew of hundreds drag a shell the size of a small building into place. They get the good tech.

A rogue trader ship for example is going to be more lax on the crew lists than a navy vessel which by themselves often have their own societies on the lower deck. That and the Rogue Trader will have a permanent stationed army of ground forces for uh... lets call it "trading purposes."

A ship the size of the strike cruiser could have if you shoved them in good, and it was say not a heavily armored and armed warship, millions of people on board it. And many of the pilgrim ships that go to Holy Terra, do in fact have those numbers on board, praying.

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