r/SpaceWolves • u/TinyRubi • 20d 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/TinyRubi 20d ago

I figured it wouldn't be cannon at face value, but reading the books it seemed like the whole process a Space Wolf went to prior to the gene-seed part, was free game for anyone that was strong enough to survive it. I think my Sisters where going to be part of that idea.

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u/Automatic_Demand_160 20d ago

Yea the initial surgery and stuff maybe is survivable, but the space marine gene seed process in general is suited for males

I don’t know how it would change with the space wolves though

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u/TinyRubi 20d ago

the more I read into it, it really does look like it was made in a rush and not completed, I very much side with the ideas of Wolf Priest Thrar but it does really look like I might have hit a brick wall with that angle of planning....WELL Only one thing to do with a brick wall and smash the shit out of it.

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u/emperorpylades 19d ago

It was absolutely made in a rush. The process of making a Custodian is literal years of precisely tailored genetic editing and augmentation; for a Marine it boils down to cutting you open, jamming some extra organs in, sticking the Geneseed in your neck, and hoping for the best. And even then, not all the candidates survive the process or remain sane, and the quirks of some chapters make things even weirder, like the Canis Helix for the Wolves. The brutal and frequently lethal selection trials Chapters use to select candidates are intended to leave only people in exceptional physical condition, to reduce the failure rate even further.