[RPG] How easy is it to create a Space Marine

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After finding a dead Deathwatch Space Marine aboard a derelict Inquisitor Space Hulk that was wiped from all records by the Inquisition due to Heresy and Chaos involvement and doing little more than sticking him in the freezer so he doesn't start rotting while we figure out what to do with him… I have started formulating some plans…

As an Explorator, my job is to investigate things. One such thing I would like to investigate is just how easy it would be to re-create a Space Marine from a Gene-seed. I have an intact Gene-seed, and a willing host, (well, he has said that he would like to become a Space Marine… that doesn't necessarily mean he'd be willing for me to shove a Gene-seed in him while he's sleeping).

So, in game terms, how easy would it be for me to create a Space Marine from a Gene-seed?

Best Answer

Space marines carry out constant trials to find the best of the best on dozens of worlds, those that pass the first test are taken to the home worlds and further tested to make sure no one got through with just a passing grade.

Form there it takes one year to produce a space marine using lost technology, all of which the candidate spends unconscious as multiple new organs are installed and there muscles artificially augmented. This process has around a 20% failure rate.

Your willing host would probably die about 30 seconds into the process.

The gene seed is a control organ, it regulates the rest of the implants and allows the space marine to integrate into his armor wearing it as a second skin.

You are missing the second heart, the third lung, anti toxin glands, toxin sacks for the jaw (yes a space marine can spit acid like alien), brain hemisphere separation and a dozen others. If you are interested the Deathwatch core rule book goes into great detail on how a space marine is made, what is added and what it does.

I doubt you could successfully harvest all of this from the dead marine or the gene seed for the matter. It is incredibly hard to harvest a gene seed, even space marines need specialized equipment for a 50/50 chance of success.

Also consider a gene seed is to a space marine chapter what a piece of the true cross is to a devout Christian, and you have a Deathwatch gene seed. I would not be surprised if the planet you were on simply explodes if word gets out; the inquisition is funny about their secrets.

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