warhammer 40k - Is Exterminatus ever used offensively? - Science . . . Exterminatus is not the weapon of choice by the Imperium: Exterminatus is typically only used as a last resort, when the price of holding or retaking the world for the Emperor is deemed too high, or the threat of mutation, disease or Chaos heresy spreading to the rest of the Imperium is too great to contain by conventional means
warhammer 40k - Science Fiction Fantasy Stack Exchange In the book Angel Exterminatus from the Horus Heresy, Perturabo and Fulgrim launch an assault on one quot;rogue quot; Iron Hand's ship During this assault, Lucius faces a lone Raven Guard saved f
Are Exterminatus weapons ever used against ships? The Cyclonic Torpedo (at least certain variants) requires an atmosphere to sustain the chain reaction Massive orbital bombardment (the most common form of Exterminatus) requires a large fleet of ships and a target that isn't firing back at you None of these seems suitable as a fleet combat weapon
warhammer 40k - Perturabos eye inside the eye - Science Fiction . . . This situation was described in Angel Exterminatus by Graham McNeill Perturabo – master of siegecraft, and executioner of Olympia Long has he lived in the shadow of his more favoured primarch brothers, frustrated by the mundane and ignominious duties which regularly fall to his Legion When Fulgrim offers him the chance to lead an expedition in search of an ancient and destructive xenos
warhammer 40k - Science Fiction Fantasy Stack Exchange The primary way of Exterminatus: Fleet launches a huge number of specially modified nuclear weapons, that exploding simultaneously create a larger, self-sustaining nuclear reaction, basically turning briefly the whole planet into a small star
Are all the Deathwatch members in hold of the Crux Terminatus? The Deathwatch is collecting the best of the Imperium's Chapters and by the best I mean the top-most veterans of the Space Chapters Are all the Deathwatch members in hold of the Crux Terminatus?
Single most powerful weapon in the 40k universe. 7 When Exterminatus has been declared on a planet that has pissed off the Inquisition, they usually use Cyclonic torpedoes to obliterate the entire world A tyranid Hive Ship could also be considered while not necessarily a weapon in the same vein as a gun or bomb, it's really just a huge tyranid
Have the Tau ever allied with Space Marines or Eldar? The Space Marines let them leave the planet before calling down an Exterminatus on the planet This seems more like they were ' Allies of Convenience ' Is there some Black Library fiction supporting this? Some back story I'm missing? Note: Imperial Guard != Space Marines warhammer-40k Improve this question edited Jun 16, 2020 at 9:31
Why is it not generally accepted that Tyranids are the strongest, most . . . What's more, the Imperium is ready to sacrifice whole subsectors to Exterminatus just to slow down and starve the incoming tide of Tyranids What's more, humans are willing to temporarily ally themselves with other xenos (Blood Angels and Necrons on Gehenna, Imperial Guards and Tau on Ke'lshan)
What is the shortest route through the Horus Heresy series? Angel Exterminatus: Flesh and iron Fulgrim tries to attain daemonhood by sacrificing Perturabo Interesting to get how Fulgrim became a Daemon Prince and how Perturabo ticks but not essential for the wider heresy Betrayer The attack of the Word Bearers and World Eaters on Ultramar and the summon of the Ruinstorm (that failed in Know No Fear)