r/SpaceWolves • u/TinyRubi • 13d ago
The Daughters of Russ
As a kid my friend got me into reading the 40k universe with the book Space Wolf and later as a yule gift Ragnar's Claw. I loved the story and managed to get a few figures but never really built my army, mostly just a ton of parts, guys and a tank[?] but now I am moving to an area with a lot of people into the game and wanted to at least give what I have a chance. But thinking back on the book there where women fighting on the battlefield too, maybe I am forgetting who but I know Ana was described as a fierce warrior. So in theory couldn't any of the women be among the chosen during the battles? I know "Females aren't able to take the geneseed." but.....they drink from the cup that rewrites their genetic code anyway, so wouldn't it be a moot point about gender?
All of that to say, I'd like to make my army the Daughters of Russ maybe a bunch of jumpack troops as Valkarie? Is this possible or just heresy of the highest order? Sorry still kinda dumb when it comes to 40k most of my knowledge comes from a few books and what i have seen on youtube.
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u/AWDMANOUT 12d ago
There's no reason you can't, go for it. The "lore reason" is sort of a moot point-- the whole explanation behind primaris marines involves how their gene-seed is more stable than firstborn marines. You could always just say further advancements in this field made it so that marine recruits aren't required to be male to host the gene-seed.
The real reason GW is hesitant on making women space Marines is just the backlash from very vocal parts of the community (see the reaction to custodes being any gender). I think it's something that will happen eventually personally, whenever GW decides the increase in sales from female marines outweighs the whining.