Magnus the Red and The Thousand Sons in Ancient Egypt.
- Thread starter Tyzuris
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Indeed.And if it is pre-Heresy,they would meet Emprach and made him boss,if post they try kill him.Considering how "good" Tzeentch plans usually work,it means Emprach ruling in both cases.
Crazysaneman
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Taking for granted you said Earth and not Tera, ancient Egypt, and technology for the day Magnus himself would completely conquer the planet in a matter of a few short years, easily. Everything that existed that COULD kill a person in ancient Egypt would be either healed (for combat wounds), cleansed (for toxins), or straight up dominated (via psychic abilities). You're talking about a psycher SO powerful that he and a cabal of sorcerers sacrificed TENS OF THOUSANDS OF WEAKER PSYCHERS TO REACH OUT TO HORUS DURING HIS DREAMSTATE IN THE WARP WITH EREBUS! On a WHOLE other plane of existance. Projecting his will into every man woman and child in a region on a small planet like Earth would be childs play. Much less an untrained, unprepared army standing on a battlefield. Any army conquered becomes conscripted forces fighting for the TKSons, willing or otherwise.
For a moment let's forget the primarch and go solely with the Astartes. No basic human weapon of any Egyptian era could harm a space marine an any meaningful way. Their hides are too tough, their bones to strong, their healing factor too high. That's without adding in psychic shennanigans that only serve to make them tougher to kill. Even if we assumed they couldn't touch the Warp to use their Psychic abilites, bronze weapons only get you so far against 10 foot tall monsters that run faster than your chariots, take dozens of arrows and spears without faltering, and can literally beat you to death with your own horse. While you're still riding it.
Let's not forget the other troops that travel with a legion Astartes. If we assume that it is just TKSons Astartes and none of their support (mechanicus, titan legions, daemon engines, etc...) They still have sorcerers for summoning, smiting, and other powers and dark apostles for creating daemon engines and weapons. Even with the limitation of the tech available for the day, they could still shove blessings and curses into the weapons available, or create newer, more fantastical things no one has ever seen out of iron, bronze and wood.
Throw in Magnus as the most powerful psycher that ever lived (aside from the perpetuals and MAYBE the Emperor), and you have a force that could completely take, and hold, the whole planet in a few years, or control any meaningful populations in months depending on the time period. I say months because space marines don't really tire or suffer battle fatigue. If it's the right post-roman improvement time period, if the roads and shipyards are as well maintained as they were, and led to all the capital cities of all the known empires of the day; they could forced march over most of the "educated" world in weeks, taking Egypt, Greece, and Rome with few losses. Bear in mind that the late Roman Empire at its height had an estimated maximum complete military force of ~640k troops split between the legions, auxiliary, navy, and praetorian guard. I somehow doubt that a single space marine army couldn't beat 7:1 odds against the Roman army (assuming the ENTIRE army was amassed for a single field battle), and they were the largest military force of the day. It only gets easier the further back you go to define "ancient Egypt".
As far as how would they shape the Earth to come? A new Prospero would be shaped, I think. With towering pyramids and schools that unlocked psychic potential in the generations to come. Common people would become little more than slaves to the will of the Primarch and over time two classes would come to exist. The sorcerer and the mundane servants that live to serve them. If it IS Earth (our Earth) and not Tera, there is no Emperor, Xenos Races, Star Gods, Warp etc... and NOTHING to challenge their rule.
For a moment let's forget the primarch and go solely with the Astartes. No basic human weapon of any Egyptian era could harm a space marine an any meaningful way. Their hides are too tough, their bones to strong, their healing factor too high. That's without adding in psychic shennanigans that only serve to make them tougher to kill. Even if we assumed they couldn't touch the Warp to use their Psychic abilites, bronze weapons only get you so far against 10 foot tall monsters that run faster than your chariots, take dozens of arrows and spears without faltering, and can literally beat you to death with your own horse. While you're still riding it.
Let's not forget the other troops that travel with a legion Astartes. If we assume that it is just TKSons Astartes and none of their support (mechanicus, titan legions, daemon engines, etc...) They still have sorcerers for summoning, smiting, and other powers and dark apostles for creating daemon engines and weapons. Even with the limitation of the tech available for the day, they could still shove blessings and curses into the weapons available, or create newer, more fantastical things no one has ever seen out of iron, bronze and wood.
Throw in Magnus as the most powerful psycher that ever lived (aside from the perpetuals and MAYBE the Emperor), and you have a force that could completely take, and hold, the whole planet in a few years, or control any meaningful populations in months depending on the time period. I say months because space marines don't really tire or suffer battle fatigue. If it's the right post-roman improvement time period, if the roads and shipyards are as well maintained as they were, and led to all the capital cities of all the known empires of the day; they could forced march over most of the "educated" world in weeks, taking Egypt, Greece, and Rome with few losses. Bear in mind that the late Roman Empire at its height had an estimated maximum complete military force of ~640k troops split between the legions, auxiliary, navy, and praetorian guard. I somehow doubt that a single space marine army couldn't beat 7:1 odds against the Roman army (assuming the ENTIRE army was amassed for a single field battle), and they were the largest military force of the day. It only gets easier the further back you go to define "ancient Egypt".
As far as how would they shape the Earth to come? A new Prospero would be shaped, I think. With towering pyramids and schools that unlocked psychic potential in the generations to come. Common people would become little more than slaves to the will of the Primarch and over time two classes would come to exist. The sorcerer and the mundane servants that live to serve them. If it IS Earth (our Earth) and not Tera, there is no Emperor, Xenos Races, Star Gods, Warp etc... and NOTHING to challenge their rule.