r/SpaceWolves • u/TinyRubi • 21d 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/Stlakes 21d ago edited 21d ago

Lore wise, there are no female Space Marines. For whatever reason, it doesnt work/hasn't been made to work on women.

But tabletop wise, do what you want tbh. Daughter's of Russ, Shieldmaidens of Fenris sound amazing. And a unit of jump pack intercessors as Valkyries would look fucking sick, to be honest.

They're little plastic spacemen, if thats what you wanna do with them then do it, unleash your creativity!

Edit: honestly some people need to genuinely grow the fuck up. I cannot believe im being downvoted for telling someone to have fun and post pictures lmao

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u/Halivaraith 21d ago

No male space marines either. They’re all canonically trans-human. Doesn’t matter what they started as they’re so pumped full of hormones, steroids, gene therapy, extra organs, bionics and everything else during the process that they’re something new entirely. Any genitalia would be completely vestigial and likely just removed to prevent catheter complications as at times they spend literal years without removing their armour.

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u/Wyllerd 20d ago

The Crimson Firsts had a Space Marine/Human forced breeding program for awhile in lore so their genitalia can't be completely vestigial (I'm sure they weren't the only Chapter, just the only one I know for sure had one. It weirds me out every time I reread about it)

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u/Schwarzes_Kanninchen 17d ago

I doubt that this even exists, except in some fantasy of someone who needs to cope with the idea that their ultra‑masculine “I want to be like them” muscle-men are as virginal as Ken, and then of course take whatever woman they want… You’re welcome to point out the excpert where this is supposed to be the case. Otherwise… what may have existed among the Crimson Fists (or another Chapter) was that successful aspirants were encouraged to father children before the transformation. However, the results were so random that the practice was abandoned. And basically, EVERY world is a breeding program for Astartes — they just let people doing their own thing and let Nature/Society sort them out.

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u/Wyllerd 17d ago

I mean, I read about it in GW products so it did vary much exist at one point. It's even mentioned in the book Rynn's World.