WHAT IS WARHAMMER 40K? | Reacting to ASTARTES PARTS 1 - 5 WARHAMMER 40,000 PROJECT BY SYAMA PEDERSEN 

"I'm presuming those like, titan soldier guys are like, the good guys" Well, they are protagonists. Good guys is a foreign concept to 40k.

I always love watching people's reactions to the psyker getting possessed and being dealt with by the Chapter master and his aid. Always hilarious.

Astartes put every major studio to shame, it's a masterpiece.

The group of Astartes are now a canon group called the Retributors. they're still relatively new, so they're developing. That's how good this animation is.

That's why we're excited about the idea of a series starring Henry Cavill!

"Forget the power of technology and science, for so much has been forgotten, never to be re-learned. Forget the promise of progress and understanding, for in the grim dark future there is only war. There is no peace amongst the stars, only an eternity of carnage and slaughter, and the laughter of thirsting gods." ~ Introduction to Warhammer 40,000.

I've watched Astartes at least 60 times and my reaction is always "WOW!" followed by "I need another 2 hours of this story".

If you want to get into Warhammer 40k lore, everyone will always suggest the videos by Bricky on youtube. Not to indepth but gives just enough information to give you the general overview about what to explore next.

This little series of shorts is a masterclass in visual storytelling and such a great first introduction to WH40k. There is so much here for fans, but one also doesn't really have to know anything to enjoy it and pick up on the basics of what is happening.

The Astartes project is based off of the Warhammer: 40,000 (or 40k for short) universe. The Astartes (or Space Marines) are bio-engineered super warriors that serve and protect The Imperium of Man, a vast galaxy spanning human empire 40,000 years in the future. In this video, the astartes of this specific faction were hunting down the leaders of a rebellion against the Imperium. What they found was that the rebels were under the control of an unknown, psychic alien species (the spheres). The guy in the red coat was something called a psyker, a powerful psychic individual who was able to listen in on the telepathic conversations of the spheres. The red coat with the skull in the middle of the capitol "I" meant that he was also a member of the God-Emperor's Holy Inquisition, the most powerful organization within the Imperium. He became possessed when he lost focus to warn the Astartes about what he had heard and said "Withdraw them immediately!" . In case you're wondering what the spheres said to each other, here it is: Sphere 1: "Brother, I have failed." Sphere 2: "We have all failed." Sphere 1: "The Astartes deny our touch." Sphere 2: "You must return, break your seal" Sphere 1: "Impossible! We will never survive" Sphere 2: "You must. Take them!" The Warhammer 40k universe is VAST and deep with practically mountains of lore. It is arguably the greatest sci-fi universe ever created. You guys will not be disappointed in learning more about it. Welcome to the rabbit hole, brothers. Another thing some people also miss, at the end when he's standing on the pillars, in the distance when you see all the giant skeletons, you can see other flashes of lights of the other marines teleport in the same area as the one we saw

So the author actually decided to create his own mysterious story to tell within the universe and he absolutely nailed it with insane attention to details. The spheres is his own idea, so even the most knowledgeable lore-people would find it very interesting without really knowing the context about what's happening, they can watch and enjoy as everyone else.

Imagine major studios pointing fingers at their art department. "Do you see that? He did all this in a cave with a box of scraps!!"

Oh, Georgie, WH 40K is a rabbit hole so deep you can't even imagine. I'm falling into it for 15+ years now and that's fantastic experience. Hope you will dive into it more too :) Even if you will just watch animations without going too far into lore - that would be hours of fun. But, as guys already mentioned in this comment section - I definitely recommend couple of Bricky's YT videos just to get basics of WH 40k lore, so you will have more understanding what is hell happening on all those animations.

The two spheres were communicating with each other, and the guy in the robes was listening in. Who is there? I have failed, brother. We have all failed. The astartes defy our touch. You must return. Break your seal. Impossible. We'll never survive. You must. Take the alpha. Closest as I can tell at least. 😆

Oh girl you are up for an EXPERIENCE

The fact the details of what's happening are kept deliberately vague is the best thing about this short movie - even works for hardcore 40k fans. Absolutely the right decision. We know this is about Astartes boarding a ship of heretics, and trying to capture a sphere that clearly acts as a gateway to the warp... but that's about it. Leaves so much open to interpretation and doesn't bog the story down by getting into too much detail. I love the fact he set in in M39... nice and far enough away from the timeline we're used to to allow him to do pretty much what he wanted in terms of visualising the warp and the psykers. This is the best 40k short because it shows how vast the lore and universe of 40k can be.

4:01 How the space marine comes out of the shadows is epic. PS. At the very end, you can see flashes on the pillars after the teleportation. That's the other squad members appearing.

Can you imagine being responsible for possibly the greatest short story solo project? Absolutely insane how well this was done.

First Arknights now 40K. This is great. Anyways it hurts me that nothing games workshop has made animation wise is as good as this, like why was the angels of death series the closest thing we got

after watching this literally dozens of time I am unironically still noticing small details. Its ACTUAL art.

"That's a very bad ball" Possibly the best line I've seen in reaction to that.

15:15 georgieegames: "I think the good guys are-" Warhammer 40k: "Let me stop you right there..."

You are on the edge of a hole right now, the lore is DEEP in this franchise, with 50+ books, god knows how much plastic is used for the tabletop games, the video games, the amount of fan animation (everything from Helsreach to the shorts people make,) the lore videos. It is deep and rich, you are just scratching the surface with this. It's thoroughly enjoyable.

Love seeing people get introduced to 40k. For those of us that have been into it, this is just a Tuesday for a Space Marine

Has anyone suggested Helsreach yet? No? Well, it's a Warhammer fan animation of an audiobook. 13 parts. Got the animator hired and a crack at his own series. The author of the book likes it so there is that.

For the ones who don't know 40k lore, the place with the big statues at the end is at the bottom of the marina's trench on Terra post unification wars

It makes me happy a lot content creators are starting to dip into the Warhammer 40K universe. Yes it’s a lot, but after you get your feet wet, it’s the most amazing universe. Cheers

I wanted to sneer with: the appearance, voice, facial expressions and charisma of this young lady. but, after her reaction to the details + deep analysis - I changed my mind. this chupacabra is an unsurpassed analyst.

The first taste of Warhammer 40k has been had. Now all that is needed is the 2 Lore Explanation videos from Bricky, then she'll be hooked for life

Everything about this series is amazing but the sound design is INSANE. The creator nailed the sound of the Bolters, the feel of the weight when the marines run or even walk, and I love how you never hear anyone talk; the Marines are communicating through their helmets the whole time.

And to think, every minute of footage here took about a year for him to make. That's dedication to your craft if ever i saw some.

Fun fact: The balls are called Yu'vath, they are creatures who were mentioned once or twice in one of the codexes from decades ago. Quick transcript of what they say: Orb 1: Brother, I have failed. Orb 2: We have all failed. The Astartes deny our touch. You must return. Break your seal. Orb 1: I cannot. We will never survive. Orb 2: You must. Take them. I love how Syama not only created this stunning piece of art, but also went with one of the many available deep lore cuts from GW as the threat as opposed to something more traditional like Chaos or Orks.

I never get bored of watching people see these shorts for the first time. The cultists/ball/gold statue are an invention of the creator, no other lore connection (but plenty of parallels). The thing that gets me is the opposition did everything **right**. They tried to stop them in the bay, they set up a barricade, they tried to ambush them with an anti-materiel gun, a guy did a mad attempt to use an anti-tank mine before getting stabbed for it, and finally they brought in a heavy gun to try and stop them. None of it mattered, the space marines battered their way through anyway.

Ahh I'm always so happy when more people are getting into Warhammer 40K! I got into it last year and the lore is quite dark and wild, but also oh boy is it interesting. Would be excited to see you dive into more of this stuff, there's plenty of stuff in there! As many have probably already said, I can recommend Bricky's videos on the factions and the space marine legions (the big soldier guys!). Good amount of information and humor as well!

another great video you can watch, both from an animation perspective, and story perspective, would be Helsreach, it's basically an entire audiobook animated, 100% would recommend, also made by 1 person if I am not mistaken!

I don't know why but, for as phenomenal as the whole thing is. The very end of part five where we see a different chapter marine taking fire from off screen eldar before the tank just rolls up and fires twice, really sticks with me the most out of the whole thing. I think it's the freedom of imagination to just imagine what kind of forces are beyond the view of the camera lens.

Good thing to keep in mind watching this, the space marines are communicating with each other through their helmets radios while all this is going on.

4:25 - Subscribed. Appreciation for the shanking of the would-be sapper with his shaped charge makes me quite happy!

I first played Warhammer 40K in 1987 and it's been with me ever since XD

Great reaction, hope your friends had fun sharing 40k lore with you.

Like mentioned before I would check out brickys every single warhammer 40k faction explained videos and also the every space marine legion explained video as well

Now that you've entered the rabbit hole, you're gunna get non stop requests to react to bricky's 'Warhammer 40k every faction in a nutshell' videos. They're pretty long but definitely worth the watch!

15:20 There are no good guys. Im sure I'm not the first to say this in the comments, if I'm wrong, well here goes. The game is set 40k in the future. Humans are spreading like wild fire beyond our galaxy lead by a being, so powerful, he is treated as a god. We meet other creatures,they have interesting stories . We fight all of them. It's massive and much more complex. Ge dates to the 80s and has 300 plus publications. It's grim. Its dark. Beautiful.

I came for the Limbus content and now there is Warhammer content? That is a win for the God-Emperor if I ever see one. I do hope you'll get into it.

11:40 if your wondering why they turned that guy into tomato sauce or about the 1 armed dudes before, there is a type of human called psykers in 40k (space wizards) that can draw power form the warp (complicated but basically hell) to do magic stuff. The problem is when they lose control, bad stuff can happen. Anywhere from randomly shooting powers off, to blowing themselves up, to in the worst case getting possessed or turning into a portal form which daemons can come through. So when they start acting weird It's wise to kill them and keep killing them until you're sure their dead. Also, the other psykers they were fighting where on the weak side just to show you how scary they are. A lot of telekines can crush a person in power armor like an empty soda can.

Oh yea, now this will be good content. Ive been a fan of warhammer for 20+ years. Good luck and enjoy the ride. I highly recommend watching a video called: "TIMELINE of the 40K UNIVERSE by Trazyn the Infinite" Uploaded by a channel called Warrior Tier. Its a good baseline to start before you get into the real hard details. Warhammer is thousands of books and stories over decades of lore.

What is most impressive is that it is 1 person who made this I simply love it only small change I make is texting the space Marines armour is to clean and shiny it need dirt and paint texture

btw the creator got hired by games workshop ( warhammer ip owning company) he is working on astartes 2, now with a real budget. im soooo looking forward to it

Astartes/Space Marines are 7 and half feet tall genetically enhanced super soldiers power armor that enhances their already enhanced strength and speed. The Adeptus Astartes where created by the Emperor of mankind and are made to be the defenders of humanity, killing the Alien/Xeno, the Mutant, the witch, and the Heretic/Traitor.

Never tire of watching people react to this and just losing their minds.

3:02 "That is brutal!" Space Marines are the definition of controlled and disciplined brutality.

Warhammer is so cool! Literally just got my first sets yesterday!

Oh boy, this is a whole other rabbit hole you're dipping your toes into! 40k is an amazing setting and it's something that always has more to learn even when you're neck deep into it. Would be fun to see you delve further in. But alongside that is also the Fantasy IPs, which are the original Warhammer setting. I really recommend you checking out the Total War Warhammer trailers since it is a fun mix of cinematic and in-engine animated trailers. And there is a LOT of fun stuff going on there animation wise. Would be more than happy to proviee playists if you ever find yourself in the mood for it. Anywho looking forward to your next video whatever it might be!

Congratulations! You have now become a Warhammer 40k reaction channel lol I look forward to your chipper and honest reactions over just how overpowered this universe is. Enjoy.

"Thats a very bad Ball" made my Day XD

5:40 "Transhuman Dread" is a thing in 40k. In some people, they see a Space Marine (or Custodian) and they think "It looks human but it's far too big and moving far too quickly and agilely," and they're overcome by a primal fear so they panic, either freezing up or just turning and running. Like in old fashioned cavalry charges - but instead of a heavily armoured dude on a heavily armoured warhorse, it's a heavily armoured dude the same height of the dude and the horse and probably weighing twice as much. People can be trained for it though.

That ball was an supernatural entity that was captured by humans and was communicating with another entity that was being assaulted by big ones. what it said was to break it's shield and die in process but take tin cans with it. So it took them and was torn to shreds in process and teleported them randomly throught the planet surface. the one that was connected was human psyker that can do some shit like read others minds or just explode their eads with their will. He got caught on listening and was possesed by it. So he got eliminated quite fast without hestiation.

Warhammer 40K has obtained another one.

An to think only one person did this whole video. It's fun watching theses kinds of reaction videos from people seeing this for the first time

seeing non-40k fans reacting never gets old. Another one now addicted to the Grimdark. Welcome sister

Everything about Astartes is amazing little fun fact i don't think anybody mentioned: at 13:18 the three metal studs in his forehead means he has been a space marine for over 3 centuries

There is no good and no evil in the Warhammer universe, there is only death. Astartes combines so much about Space Marines, even the little details, like the fact they can run, 9 foot dudes the size of a wardrobe running towards you is scary, but he also showed a small detail most completely ignore, when the Psyker stops the bullets, you can see that they are not just huge, but also, rocket propelled. Fun Fact: After the success of Astartes Games Workshop hired the creator, they also made the chapter that he practically made up an official chapter, The Retributors, a sub Chapter of the Imperial Fists.

Some general info about these Astartes fellows and some nieche details you may have missed!: The astartes are considered angels. In the first scene, you can see the humans pressing against the wall to move out of their way and not looking at them. Humans aren't meant to bother or comprehend angels afterall. Their weapons are called bolters, they're huge bullet-based weapons that can function single fire like a pistol or full auto like a machine gun. Their bullets are larger than most conventional pistol ammunition we would use and each individual bullet is not only rocket propelled but also explosive, which is why they ripped through the humans in the 2nd part and why they exploded on the barriers of the psykers. Those 2 powerful guys they fought are called psykers, they tap into something called "the warp" which is basically like hell but filled with everything any human has every imagined or dreamt of (including every god). They use this "warp" to change reality, these are actually fairly low level psykers. Higher intensity ones can endanger entire planets or reality itself at the absolute peak. Space marines never waste ammunition if they’re able to. Paying close attention to their fight with the humans, you can see them only use 1 shot per human and always hit it. They themselves can see in near darkness and bright daylight, but a BASIC space marine helmet is also equipped with infared vision, night vision, visual magnification up to 4x, enhancement of sounds, the reading of atmospheric conditions and atmospheric composition as well as their own body's state like their heartrate, and damage sustained, their vital signs can also be broadcast from their suit, it also tracks damage on the suit, and their view inside the helmet auto-adjusts to the current light conditions in the blink of an eye so its never to bright or dark for them. You can see some of these sensors in the space marine's helmet after his eye got cracked by the psykers, especially after they open and during their entry of the vault. And by the way, if you somehow evade a soafe marine's basic senses, you're still probably screwed as they can detect signs of life like heartbeats or breathing and, correct me if im wrong, but brain activity, all within a good distance. Their armor looks and sounds like it may be a version of Mark VI Corvus Power Armor, which, despite their size, has the ability to go nearly completely silent and I think even temporarily turn itself invisible. The orbs seem to be Tzeentch in origin perhaps? That's one of the main chaos gods in 40k, he's a coniving bastard that plans for everything and deals with the occult, evolution, destiny, and mutation in a very literal sense. They were also likely psykers if they could even be considered alive. The guy dressed in red is called an inquisitor, and he was a psyker himself since he was able to listen in on the orbs and he had black smoke pour off of him as he used his abilities. When the space marines are in that weird orb and are tied up by the tentacles, you can see the same black smoke strike the beast holding onto them as it screams. This is likely the psyker inquisitor attacking it and forcing it to release the astartes, a last heroic act before his brain is (NOT METAPHORICALLY) melted and his body is infested with daemons. Just before the inquisitor gets possessed and right after he's done listening to the orbs, he uses something called a vox-caster which is basically a radio in their helmets to say "Recall the Astartes!!" - this is why the high ranking space marine signals to the lower rank in the room and why he immediately runs off when he does. You can even hear him yell it through his helmet if you listen close. The vox-casters is why you don't hear them talk. When it cuts back to the 5 astartes around the orb, the main one turns his head which is him hearing the command to retreat, but it’s too late. He was also probably possessed because he talked, and why the space marines responded like that. It was unexpected. When he spoke, he broke his vow of silence and revealed himself to the warp, not only becoming possessed by the orb but also having countless daemons enter his mind as well. The inquisitor got possessed by a demon or whatever the orb is/contained. The reaction of the space marines is fitting as demonic possession is no joke. If it had not cut off, we probably would have seen them empty their entire bolters into his body before burning whatever remained. Here's a simple transcription of what the orbs said to each other when the inquisitor was listening in: Sealed Orb (Orb 1): "Who is here..?" Orb with 5 Astartes (Orb 2): "I have failed, brother." Orb 1: "We have all failed." Orb 2: "The Astartes deny our touch." Orb 2: "You must return. Break. Your. Seal." Orb 1: "Impossible, we'll never survive." Orb 2: "You must... TAKE THEM." At the very end (if I remember correctly) the 2 silver studs on the marine's left eyebrow are 50 years of service each, and the golden stud is for reaching sergeant rank. Though it depends on the chapter so it could mean the silver are 10 each, or the silver are 50 each and the gold is 100 meaning 200 in total, or it could be the silver are 50 each and the gold is celebrating 100 years meaning 100 in total? Again, it depends on the chapter. But it probably means that this guy has seen some action, even if he's not the oldest or nost decorated of marines. When the camera is turning, you can see small flashes of light on the other pillars in the distance. This is the other 4 space marines arriving.

That video was made by one guy alone !! I had no idea about Warhammer 40k till last year... I started with this video and then watched Bricky's videos about every Warhammer 40k faction.. RU-vidr Luetin goes deep into detail with the lore.

That's one way of getting your homebrew space marine chapter made part of canon: create a seminal piece of 40k media.

"oh my god, they are so big" lovely madam, wait til you see Custodes. they make astartes look like normal humans

This is just another Tuesday in the Warhammer 40k universe 😂. Seriously though, that was really great animation for just one guy.

If I remember correctly not only did this become extremely popular that games workshop made them officially Cannon but they hired the animator to

I went through the comments and no one mentioned it?? The company hired this guy immediately after these were released to acquire the rights to the videos because they were so expertly done.

And so it begins. The 40k rabbit hole has opened.

its crazy how Syama invested years of his time into this project, that alone takes a lot of balls but obviously he knows hes damn good at what he does

This video is plauded as being as close to lore as possible for fan fiction. Even the size of the space marines. They're huge, genetically altered super soldiers. The guns (boltgun) they use shoot bullets that are literal miniaturized rockets. You could see in the video when they were rapid firing at the psykers the propulsion of the bullets were still going. When they exploded around the shield (also why the humans were being blown apart when shot) is a great visual on the power of the bullets they use. It takes a lot of power to use those weapons, and with the added organs these soldiers can fight longer. A good example of organ modification is present from the scene where the arm got burned off. When the arm didn't bleed is part of lore. The Larraman's Organ that gets implanted creates more blood and causes the blood to clog at bleeding sites, creating a patch real quick. The visual that his blown off arm wasn't bleeding is a big visual on this detail. There's so much to cover in the video from the psykers, the heretics, the chaos demon, warp, demon conflicts in the warp, psyker points of view and so much more but all of it is lore based.

Warhammer has something for everyone don't worry about looking for the good guys cause there aren't any. It's a universe where everyone is a villain but that's it's charm cause bad guys are awesome and They're in any and all flavours you can think of super soldiers who are essentially demi gods, the unyielding tide of orc's, the army's of the chaos gods, Nekrons an advanced Egyptian-esk ancient race of terminator style beings,race of space elves called the Eldar, Tau considered to be the better of all the evils till you read between the lines, the Tyranids a swarm of bugs and beasts of unknown size who invade entire systems converting everything and anything living into biomass and many many more factions and sub factions with their own stories and interesting designs

im just starting with 40k lore but as far as i know 11:40 this was a mercy kill for the psyker. poor guy warned them and paid with his life. became instantly corrupted

talking about 40k 1. Dont let nerds drown you in over 400 books of lore 2. Everyone is morally grey noone is pure good 3. 40k is not a story its a universe that stories take place. Some stories can be setting changing galactic crusades to small city crime gangs. But most importantly have fun

Welcome...to the rabbit hole. Wonder how far you'll fall into 40k. It's a wild ride.

Explaining everything going on here would take ages, glad you like it tho and welcome to the rest of your live XD

This Astartes videos really shows what supersolier shall be like

I got three words for you… FOR THE EMPEROR!!!

"What is thaaaaat??" That right there is the problem. Curiosity only leads to heresy.

my favorite part in this is when jedi master gandolf told frodo "rip and tear for the emperor of man!"

If you had watched this whilst invested in 40K AND being this much into the animation you had just melted x3

And so it begins The journey into the deepest rabbit hole possible

I'm glad to see SOMEONE notice just how big the marines are relative to the dudes in the corridor.

liked an sub love the 40k conten

the detail on this video even I have a hard time believing that it was made by one person, must have took a long time with such details 👍

Templin institute for the Imperium of Man, Leutin09 for space marine creation and recruitment, worst imperium jobs and Bricky for every faction and every space marine legion.

"They are the Bulwark against The Terror. They are My Space Marines, and they shall know no fear" -God Emperor of Mankind

Welcome aboard, battle sister!

11:41 Possessed Ally Countermeasure Number One. It's an old favourite, seems to work pretty well. If you like these, you'll probably like a couple of vids from Battletech - similar tabletop wargame, but a less ludicrous storyverse (and a LOT less expensive to play!) called "Frihet - A MechWarrior Film" by D.C. Bruins, and "MechWarrior: Bulldogs", also by Bruins and on a channel called Renegade HPG. Their storytelling's a lot like this, very much down to inference and figuring out what's up from what you can see.

11:38 - This is possession in W40K 11:41 - That is the correct exorcism in W40K

Whatever was in the spheres was some sort of powerful Psyker, which means it basically is able to draw power from the Warp. The Warp is simultaneously hyperspace and also hell. Yes, ships travel through hell for FTL in 40k. The Imperium of Man - which the Astartes are a part of - is generally not keen on Psykers. It tolerates psykers that cooperate with it, such as the red-robed guy. But the Imperium also hates aliens in general, and so an alien psyker making humans into part of its cult is a SUPER huge no-no. The red-robed guy was basically listening in as these two sphere-alien-space-wizards communicated with each other. The one in his ship was a prisoner, presumably captured in an earlier operation of a similar sort. --- (this next bit is theory) Remember how the Warp is Hell? Well, demons live there - no big surprise. And when Psykers use the warp, that's basically an invitation to try to mess with them. If they have proper mental defenses, they can withstand some of these attacks, but heavier use invites bigger threats, and it's thought that near the end, that glowing tentacles monster was the alien, and the black blast that destroyed it was a demon attacking it since it had overused its power and fully entered the Warp when it pulled in those Astartes...maybe.

14:44 '..these Titanesque type guys...'.... oh sweetheart, you ain't seen the actual Titans in this lore yet.... :-) loved the reaction vid..lol...

What I love about the direction of this is both sides do everything right the chaos cultists the space marines are fighting are weaker but they are well prepaired for a fight and use good tactics they set up ambush locations to catch them off guard using HMGs and rocket weapons they even use choke points so the space marines have to funnel in 1-2 at a time to make it easier to kill them and they even use anti tank weapons and are willing to mow down their own retreating men because it’s the perfect opportunity to get a shot off on the space marines and the psychers (warhammer 40ks magic users) they fight make great use of their powers and what’s available to them but the space marines are just so strong and well equipped and trained that good tactics aren’t enough Edit: cool detail I just noticed when the inquisitor is there with the hell portal orb as soon as he realizes a demon is trying to communicate with him and possess his body he signals to the space marines to raise the alarm and prepare for the worst then when he gets possessed the space marines kill him the first punch killed him the second guy shooting him he was armed with a boltgun which uses .75 caliber rocket propelled high explosive bullets so they needed to kill him and destroy his body to prevent a demon from taking over it

the dudes in armour with the arch shaped filter mask/helmet are imperial rottweilers from a 2000ad story. ABC warriors.

I'm not sure if anyone has explained it, but the 2 orbs are different. One is captured on the space marine's ship and the other is on the rebels ship which the squad of space marines are on. They were in communication with each other and the guy kneeling down is a Inquisitor who is peeking in on their conversation using the warp(risky). The chained orb told the other one to "take them with you" because they had failed. in the moment the guy told the space marines of what was about to happen he loss focus for a second and the orb took control of him causing the space marines to kill him and the way they reacted is normal and justified considering the warp is where the Chaos faction lies. Don't want another Warp Rift or anything Chaos to come about of it. So it wasn't overkill. Also the studs that are on the space marines forehead indicate how many years of service. Depending on the chapter the years are different for the color, but mostly it's 50 for silver and 100 for gold. In some cases some chapters have a stud for 10 years as well.

Yes!!! Another new reaction!

All I have to say is good luck if 40k is the next reaction series. If league was a rabbit hole 40k is a near bottomless pit. Though you will be told about any number of lore channels my coin is Bricky and his Every Faction/Every Space Marine explained + the official trailers released by GW for reactionary content. But if you are looking for something for yourself Adeptus Ridiculous (Also by Bricky) Podcast or Weshammer if you want more of a 'person explaining to you things in a fun but slightly serious' or Luetin09 if you are looking for a more sit down and read verbatim from wiki pages and textbooks

What is your Duty? To serve Emperor's Will. What is Emperor's Will? That we fight and die. What is Death? It is our duty.

The Astartes are gen manipulated/implant enhanced humans,made to have godlike speed,strength,endurance,even healing. They are mostly 7 ft tall,around 400 lbs (without armor) and around 750-1000 lbs with armorand other weapons/gear. Their reaction time is around 1/10th of a second in most cases (see the scene where the soldier gets stabbed) and they are very,very intelligent. Their Primaris,are MUCH larger,around 8 ft tall,Custodes around 9 ft,Primarchs around 10 -1ft,and the Emperor is around 15 ft. They have implants that help them breath in toxic atmospheres,help to ingest ANYTHING from metals,minerals,tree bark literally anything for sustenance,enhanced eyesight,chemicals to help seal and clot wounds. There are a variety of videos out here telling almost any details you want to learn about them,many many videos on the lore,and storyline behind the 40K universe.