Lord Revan wrote:well what I was thinking is are they aware of the unintentional effects of a female presence in a sexually repressed group of men (as even modern militaries are)?
They understand sexuality and that they are female. Honestly, look at their armor/gear. There's 0 reason to have it form fitting to show off their body otherwise. Modern nuns don't wear corsets and leather. They know exactly what it does.
Lord Revan wrote:second has it ever been explained how easy is the power armor to take off or put on (would it be just like taking off or putting on an unpowered armor or a huge and complex event like the "building" of the marine trooper in the Starcraft 2 trailer)?
I believe that it's not easy to put on/take off. It doesn't bond the same way SM armor does (which bonds to the SM through the Black Carapace), but it does respond to neural implants and does seal up. So it's not like the scene from StarCraft (at least for sisters.) but it's not like stripping off modern body armor either.
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They understand sexuality and that they are female. Honestly, look at their armor/gear. There's 0 reason to have it form fitting to show off their body otherwise.
Presumably, then, this is also true of Marines. Whose armour is equally form fitting. And inquisitors, again, form fitting. If you mean the tits and corsets, corsets, along with anything else that's relatively tight, provided they're not C19th 'I can get my hand around your waist' style ones, are rather good at supporting the back, and there's certainly no reason to make them any other shape.
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The frontispiece of the Warhammer 40,000 Compendium (the red one, with Ultramarines on the front) also shows a Mantis Legion Marine being helped into his armour. Some of the details are slightly different. NL, is that pic from Rogue Trader? I know it was in the Space Marine 1st edition rulebook, but it was around before that.
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"Aren't they dangerous? Don't they get hit by stuff?"
I recall seeing it RT yes. I could look it up in there and get a page ref if it's important.
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Lord Revan wrote:well what I was thinking is are they aware of the unintentional effects of a female presence in a sexually repressed group of men (as even modern militaries are)?
They understand sexuality and that they are female. Honestly, look at their armor/gear. There's 0 reason to have it form fitting to show off their body otherwise. Modern nuns don't wear corsets and leather. They know exactly what it does.
You're going a bit far on that as the current incarnation is far from the "Battle Babes" stereotype they once held. The current models have them extensively swathed in robes and vestment over their armor. And their armor itself is not nearly as form fitting and overtly sexual as you imply; it has some feminine attributes but they're actually fairly muted. Dante and Captain Tycho's six pack abs armor is actually more overt than the present Sister's armor.
I don't know if I need to point this out but I will since it's very relevant. Power armor is not mass produced body armor, it's far more akin to a knight's suit of armor. It's the product of master artisans and it's frequently a work of art as much as military equipment. The reason it often has embellishments like that is because it's meant to project an artistic ideal of man or woman or Space Marine. So certain aesthetic ideals do come into play but they're not more sexually suggest clothing than Michaelangelo's David is meant as porn.
The frontispiece of the Warhammer 40,000 Compendium (the red one, with Ultramarines on the front) also shows a Mantis Legion Marine being helped into his armour. Some of the details are slightly different. NL, is that pic from Rogue Trader? I know it was in the Space Marine 1st edition rulebook, but it was around before that.
It's possible that the diagrams are meant for different marks of power armor.
No, both pics are of mark 6 armour (since that was all there was in Rogue Trader days. Mind you, that still allows for the possibility of different patterns of Mk6 armour.
"So you want to live on a planet?"
"No. I think I'd find it a bit small and wierd."
"Aren't they dangerous? Don't they get hit by stuff?"
something other (sorry for not putting all this in the op but I kind think of new thing sometimes and the idea evolves) if were talking about a fort from about the time of the horus herecy what kind of CnC capabilities would such a base have (this one is inside a relativly large city (think of New York or such not a hive city though)), would a hologram map of surrounding be too high tech?
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