The PHALANX arrives! Plus Vengful Spirit Cinematic 

Valrak flying at full mast while filming this ha

Chapter Master Valrak I knew you would be there

Chapter Master Valrak when I watched the stream I have to admit even I got a boner when seeing it come in

Chapter Master Valrak hey I have a question is it easy to paint Primaris figures or is it difficult cause I'm finally getting primaris but I'm thinking of paintings them black temps or Imperial Fists

To actually see a Gloriana Class Battleship!

And it's most deadly manoeuvre is *ramming speed*.

I like to call it a giant biscuit

The emperor protects.

As a DAOT relic. The Phalanx shouldn't have the Gothic Cathedral styling of post Heresy Imperium ships. It should by all rights, look down right alien.

@@sl600rt id imagine the black templar did a little remodling of their new battle cathedral

But you cant fortify void!!

Nathaniel Claw No, I can indeed.

Nathaniel Claw Dropping mines be like.

This is gold.

ALERT: YOU NEED TO INCREASE YOUR INDENTURED POPULATION TO DO THAT!

The best offense is a good defense.

Dorn: (Slams beer on table) "Yuz fekkin' watch me, matey!!" ...2 years later... Administratum Officer: "That bastard!"

Administatum: With all due respect my lord, it is physically impossible to fortify the void of space. Rogal Dorn : I disagree.

Sure you can...it's called a space station!

"Fetch my tools. And 12,000 laborers."

BlockMechanics Except (less?) corrupt then again the whole Imperium is corrupt and so if the Vatican.

Seeing that those small cruisers have a crew of over 65000, the Phalanx is probably more like Italy than just the Vatican.

@@EmporerOfMankind40k the imperium is corrupt ... dont worry they do all by the "book"

Space Italy

Too bad Dorn disappeared before he witnessed Ork assault moons and Necron attack moons, otherwise he might actually start fortifying and mobilising assault world ships. Imagine if the Tyranid give fleet showed up and the planet they wanted to nom suddenly turned around to face them with a giant laser.

Came here looking for this. Left satisfied.

Same here. Only looking for this battlecry.

@@judahboyd2107 Um hate to break this to everyone, but the novel Dark Imperium, has Cadia destroyed in it. And it's the latest in the timeline. Sorry folks. It happens at the start I think.

@@Falcone45 "THE PLANET BROKE BEFORE THE GUARD DID" The planet broke, I think they know...

@@estanislaomarugo3381 Sorry I didn't watch the video all the way before I typed that. Lol

LOL i was thinking the same ;)

> emporer Go to the front of the heretics execution queue please...

Misspelling and not capitalising Emperor. That's a blamming.

This is a 40K space battle as it should be, on the proper scale and believably of star empires like the imperium. Given the importance of Cadia, it's about time they showed there being more ships than there were at Coruscant. I found more epic-scale 40K fleet art on this guy's DeviantArt, if you're interested: www.deviantart.com/martechi/art/Ostracism-of-Oblivion-763030346 www.deviantart.com/martechi/art/Imperial-Fleet-of-Malachite-VIDEO-765326606 www.deviantart.com/martechi/art/Brass-and-Iron-V-The-Call-772346018

Finally! A scale proper of W40k!

holy sh*t i never noticed that before!

**Flies into the middle of the void** "I and fortifying this position."

And was the only one of its kind the knowledge of how it was made and how to repair it is lost to the ages it was originally a gift to the emperor from rogal when he first met the emperor

@@ogserpents5426 Actually there is another, though I suspect it's not as big as the Phalanx, it's still massive star fortress. The Raptorus Rex of the Fire Hawks was a similar space fortress with a shitload of guns and armor, though sadly it's been lost in the warp... for now.

@@claudiu-mihaipuiu1221 FOR NOW BROTHERS THEY FIGHT THE WARP INSIDE IT

Phaaaaaalaaaaaaanx

El Bastardo I have a question, what is ridiculous about 40k? I never really understood when people say it’s ridiculous when the lore gives perfectly reasonable explanations for the things that exist in universe.

@@severanguardsman9428 in other sci-fi universes, several hundred turbo laser batteries is seen as apocalyptic. In 40k, the gun batteries on the side fire shells the size of small apartment buildings through gun barrels the size of the empire state building at a fraction of the speed of light. In other universes a ship killing torpedo is the size of a fridge, in 40k a sufficient sized torpedo carried by a void borne torpedo bomber is 2km long. In a certain movie an alien mothership the size of Australia was practically the end of Earth as they know it, in 40k something like that is just one of many weapon platforms surrounding Earth (Terra) "studded with gap maw'ed graviton world enders each enough to obliterate an entire fleet in a single shot".

Heinrich Dethahal but I don’t see how that is ridiculous just because it is bigger. It just shows how dangerous the universe is that it requires technology of that size/firepower just to survive.

@@Autechltd I don't mean rediculous in a bad manner. Just look at the Phalanx. It's a giant blob of heavily armed and armored space cathedral, capable of traveling through mega hell. No person in their right mind would build such a thing. Likewise the imperiale warships. They have armored prows for ramming. In space, where mass drivers, torpedos and directed energy weapons are a thing. Or think about Trazyn, a millions of years old, vaguely egyptian themed terminator with a trollish personality and a habit of stealing things that spark his interest. The planet Mars has a goddamn face because of the way it's buildings are arranged. Look at it without the lens of immersion into the fandom and lore. It's rediculous, but in an awesome way. We sometimes tend to forget that 40k is not only science fantasy, but also satirical in nature. And I love it for that.

@@fury1783 well you also pretty much summed up how the Tau felt when they heard of an Imperial Titan for the first time.

- I can't feel my leg... - They, ain't there!

P r e s s i n g F f o r r e s p e c t p a i d

Remember Captain Abridal and his sacrifice. Cruisers CAN make a difference. ... but not today.

@@xSuperiorManx I'd call takeing multiple shots from a black stone fortress instead of the phalanx getting them is more than enough worth.

*Laughs in Prime Ork*

@@Wolfoso Prime Ork is dead the Sons of Dorn are still around

*faint sound of Rogal Dorn's NO in the background*

Actually on Phalanx there was only one company of Imperial fists at the moment. Most of them were wiped out by Belakor. Buuuuuut instead there was full Legion of the Damned))))

@@2i139 Most of the 1st, 2nd and elements of 3rd Company of Imperial Fists were fighting on Cadia at that moment (of course they evacuated before it fell). While most of the 3rd Company was wiped out at Hydra Cordatus. Before the Fall of Cadia the elements of the 3rd Company on the Phalanx were attacked by Iron Warriors and Belakor and were relieved by the Legion of the Damned. The battle of Phalanx ended with victory of the Imperial Fists and another comical failure of Warsmith Shon'tu and by this point I am just waiting for Lysander to end Shon'tus misery with a proper strike from Fist of Dorn. P.S.: Legions ceased to exist after the Heresy (unless you are also refering to former legion member apa like: Astral Knights, Black Templars, Celestial Lions, Crimson Axes, Crimson Fists, Crusaders of Dorn, Death Strike, Doom Fists, Emperor's Warbringers, Excoriators, Executioners, Fire Lords, Fists Exemplar, Fists of Wrath , Hammers of Dorn, Hospitallers, Invaders, Iron Champions, Iron Knights, Knights of Dorn, Night Swords, Sons of Dorn, Sons of the Phoenix, Soul Drinkers, Subjugators, Venom Thorns, White Templars and Red Templars) therefore you can only speak of modern Imperial Fists as a chapter, if you talk about the Legion you have to include successors.

Lifted word by word from the 'Fall of Cadia'

Snowblade ikr!

They nailed the feel in the first game and it seems like this one will do 40k justice as well. :D

is does have that epic written all over it

fucking tactical genius detected

Its like no one reads any history- Wait, *Sudden Inquisition*

If they had held back for just a minute, they would have spoted the new arrivals, and while their ships may have not been able to take them out in a straight fight and come out clean, they could have blocked them. On the other hand... it was her rash and daring mind that had them pull into realspace so close to the planet, any other admiral not being close enough.

should have just rammed it, usually works...

You come at the Spirit you best not miss.

Iron within Iron without!

@@algirdas25pl31 indeed, cousin.

What makes you think a certain legion hasn't already?

a golden military piñata of sorts... a mystery box with sexy low tone voice chattering inside

*Tesseract labyrinth full of tyranids intensifies*

As far i saw, those were all battleships that she charged. Which only makes it more epic.

Still not as epic as Lotharra Sarin of the Coqueror ;)

I mean, at this point, what else are you going to do than take as many with you as you can? She thinks like a true servant of Khorne!

#BlessExpress coming your way

Not as epic as that commissar. "As the Emporer Wills it!" BLAM

Joel Tong yeah I think it's on purpose otherwise it'd be too big for the game

Pretty sure they scaled a lot of things down just so it can fit properly.

We do not have the technology to render it fully. Pray to the ominssiah that we get one in its full glory one day.

@@Dracongard I pray to the Super Omnissiah that one day we can build the Phalanx for real.

@@Autechltd and I pray that we never have reason to...

Later that year: local admiral returns from the warp to rip chaos a new one.

its power creep man, im telling you *BLAM

This time Gloriana will be the biggest ship And i will going to Duel Against the Vengeful spirit

@@ronanchristiana.belleza9270 I wish we could see Golden Flagship of The Emperor (Imperator Somnium)

@@ronanchristiana.belleza9270 and r

F-22 Raptor is the phalanx not the name given to that very same ship. It used to be the emperors but he gifted it to Dorn?

I had a tear in my eyes when I saw the Black Fortress coming down on the planet.

Rip totaly necron super lazer is lost now

Erm, that small piece of charred junk destroyed whole planet?

@@PosranaRegistrace yup. It hit and blew the planet up.

@@PosranaRegistrace ya so wired the reactor already exploded so it suldent have exploded again

You truly are the greatest of heroes Sly marbo i was one of the guardsmen you rescued from those detestable Drukhari on the imperal Agri world. for that i will always be in your dept but the only words that can summarise my gratatude is your simple battle cry AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

@@t.csthetollingbells409 ( nods head yes )

Press F for AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

Interesting strategy to prevent the Fall of Cadia. But how would you deal with the tyranids after?

BY THE EMPEROR, SLY MARBO! IT IS TRULY AN HONOR

read up on commisar cain he is a good one

@@peekabbu83 though his taste in girlfriends may be defined as potentially suicidal ;)

Press F to blam

Gaunt's Ghosts have a lot of pretty good commissars and bad ones as well.

Commissars who shoot there own men with any kind of frequency tend to have short life spans. With Ciaphas Cain being the most famous commissar in the lore I imagine other commissars would follow his example of leading through inspiration rather than fear.

the only people to ever praise the ultra smurfs are the ones having either a smurf name or icon

@@sjoerddz Think again.

TerranGaming I praise the ultra smurf name, because blue is the superior color!

Vengeful Spirit reminds me of my ex... in both looks and in name

@@ROFLobster4884 no, gold is the only superior color. It's the color of the winner. All others are relegated to contestants

All my love 38~

Wait so when throne emperor told Lord adornable to go build a treehouse, the result was the phalanx?

@@brokensky2378 yes

@@brokensky2378 he did indeed build a treehouse inside the command deck. But he got carried away while fortifying the tree house.

The Imperial Guards did not broke!

Pretty sure we saw the planet get blowed up pretty good there... But I guess... Cadia Stands!

Just wait to my awaken and they will feel it

Lazereye57 yup

The lost of Cadia was worth the sacrifice they made, for this lead for the return of a Demi-God! and the imperium stands Stronger

Most loyal? There is this little place called... Krieg. You sure heard about it.

Miloš Kalužnik you do realise I wasn’t stating it as fact, right?

@@chaptermasteralexiosaugust6582 I do, which is also why I meant my own comment as a joke.

Miloš Kalužnik oops. Text is really bad at communicating sometimes haha. Sorry haha

Standing is probably the wrong word

Oh my most manly man-peror!

Looks like your prayer has been answered

This is heresy! Commissar do your duty! Blam!

@@vitaliyred622 Well all I am saying is that with his preferred tactics, perhaps he would find better company with a certain other legion who also prefers head-on attrition siege warfare.

@@Autechltd Iron Warriors???? That a bolt to the head for sure now!

@@vitaliyred622 Search your feelings 'brother' and know it be true!

@@vitaliyred622 Surrender to primordial truth!

Barely a scratch compared to the Siege of Terra.

But why would they? It's not like they knew abbadon was gonna ram Cadia

@@Hadesthief Make sense but how did the Phalanx end up nowhere near the Black fortress? It was literally one moment than next scene it ended up nowhere near it

@@tzeentchnco.7441 It was rammed by the phalanx, and since there's no friction in space it just floated away.

@@Hadesthief then shouldn't it float far away? Far from Cadia?

@@tzeentchnco.7441 not gonna defend logic or physics in a 40k setting, but is very probable that admiral Catalia did not arrive inmidietlly after the fortress destruction, maybe it was hours, days, how knows, and the remains of the Black Stone fortress stayed in orbit like a moon arround Cadia... maybe

J. H. I always tell my mates when they ask “who are the good guys” Ain’t no good guys here bud, move along.

Because it couldn't do it justice

@@jovankaynak2159 that's exactly what would make a great series of movies. All the shades of grey.

Warhammer is shades of the pitchest black

@@jovankaynak2159 Well Chaos is far worse than the Imperium, Imperium tries to defend humanity and make it the greatest while chaos tries to consume everything with madness. So yes you can make a good vs evil movie on it. It would be more grey area but it is doable.

@Nik Liwanag the thing is about the size of a moon if I recall

Yeah it's the size of a planetoid/moon but for the game I'd imagine it had to be scaled down

@Nik Liwanag roughly the size of the mothership in Independence day 2..

It is, they were never going to quite capture it's size however. Just a few of it's descriptions: "The Phalanx came from the trans-Neptunian gulf like a comet. She was the largest ship that had ever served mankind. Others had made warships that tried to rival her size: the Vengeful Spirit, the Furious Abyss and the Iron Blood. None, though, could match the flagship of the Imperial Fists."-'Praetorian of Dorn' by John French "And larger than all of them, hanging above Terra like a second moon, was the Phalanx. In all the Imperium, there was no warship larger, or mightier. Even the Gloriana-class craft fell short of Rogal Dorn’s fortress flagship."-'Praetorian of Dorn' by John French "Dorn oversaw the great reinforcement effort from his flagship and star-fortress the mighty 'Phalanx'. The size of a small moon it was forced to remain clear of Terra's shipping lanes for fear that it's great mass would exert a tidal pull on the lesser orbitals. Standing sentinel over the ongoing work of the defenses the star-fortress was a grand artifice of gold. Ramparts and towers. Cathedral like halls and acres of domes covered its flanks. Phalanx was not only the flagship of the VIIth Legion but also their home. With room for hundreds of thousands of warriors and support serviles in its habitat tiers."-'Garro: Burden of Duty' by James Swallow. "Phalanx is the mobile battle station that serves as both the Imperial Fists’ home world and their foremost warship. In form and scale, it is nearer a planetoid than a conventional vessel; it is a mighty cathedral of war that dwarfs the largest Battle Barge, and wields the firepower of a formidable fleet."-'Sentinels of Terra' "Of these war bastions of the stars, the greatest was the Phalanx. A pre-Imperial relic of vast size and unimaginable power, Rogal Dorn rebuilt the cold wreck, found orbiting Inwit, where it had drifted dead since the Dark Age of Technology, and presented it to the Emperor on their reuniting. Although ponderous and a difficult voyager int he Warp, this titanic star fortress was nevertheless a space-carried weapon whose firepower dwarfed entire attack fleets by comparison."-'The Horus Heresy Book 3: Extermination' "The Phalanx watched the last few seconds of the starship's life unfold. The massive construct, the nomadic home of the Imperial Fists Legion, was more planetoid that it was space vessel."-'Flight of the Eisenstein' by James Swallow "The Phalanx defied description. Ship was not a big enough word for the home of the Imperial Fists. Fortress made no allowance for its grace and ability to travel between the stars. It could be defined in several ways: as fortress-monastery, temple, relic, the single biggest warp-capable object in all the Imperium, a symbol of Imperial might, battle-fortress. But none adequately captured the reality in words. Human speech was too limited. Phalanx's mass blotted out the stars."-'The Beheading' by Guy Haley. "Even before their division into Chapters, the Imperial Fists never laid claim to a single home world. Instead, they are a space-borne Chapter, and their home is an ancient and unique vessel called Phalanx. As large as a moon and capable of docking over a dozen cruisers, Phalanx is a marvel of the starshipwright’s craft that predates the Imperium."-'Deathwatch: Rites of Battle'

@ekulerudamuru Ridiculous. The shit in ID2 is 1/3 the size of Earth. The Phalanx is the side of planetoid, i.e. about 1000km long, not 10000km. That would make it as big as Ceres in our Solar System.

Given how important the planet of Cadia was, I would have been dissapointed had the scene NOT looked like the opening scene of Revenge of the Sith except in 40K. As for Tau, the Imperium has many times the military and resources to completely annihilate the Tau, even in their current state, were it not for the fact that the Imperium has a dozen other major threats pressing on it, heresy everywhere, and ludicrous levels of bureaucratic incompetence at every level of government, and also the relative slowness of warp travel across large portions of the Galaxy.

@@fadelsukoco3092 Tau is like the shark trying attack American US Navy ;) Like Monaco on World Map.

That's the scale of 40k. The Tau even though are beginning to have an empire are literally classed as a minor annoyance. If the Imperium truly wanted the Tau gone, They would be extinct.

Mate the Tau are but a mere speck tolerated by the Imperium because they ain't a real threat. Heck the Imperium would rarely muster a counter push if the Tau decided to conquer a planet unless it was a Forge World. However if they insited on a large scale war, like the Damocles Campaign, the Tau would get completly overwhelmed by sheer Imperial numbers alone.