Have Space Marines ever retired?

No. Space Marines do not retire unless they are so injured that they cannot be healed, and even then their gene seed gets removed so they are not technically Marines any longer. The only race that allows their warriors to retire is the T'au Empire.

Who is the oldest living Astartes?

Dante is the oldest living Space Marine in the Imperium (excluding Dreadnoughts) and is held in awe by leaders of other Chapters, who can remember him being a famous commander when they were in the Scout Company.

How old can a Space Marine get?

They do not age. They can effectively live for all eternity and fight forever as far as far as a combat effective Space Marine can. But, they will die, all Space Marines eventually at some point during their lifetimes will come accross a battle they will not survive. Death to a Space Marine is always a violent one.

Who is the oldest Space Marine ever?

The oldest ones are Lord Commander Dante, Chapter master of the Blood Angels, who is about 1,300 years old, and Bjorn the Fell-Handed, Dreadnought of the Space Wolves, who is about (if not over) 10,000 years old.

Do Space Marines get PTSD?

It is not uncommon for veterans who served in any of the U.S. military branches, such as the Army, Navy, Marine, Air Force, Space Force, or Coast Guard to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

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Which branch of military has most PTSD?

All Veterans make great sacrifices for the good of their country. However, PTSD rates in Marines are significantly higher than the rates of those who served in other branches.

Are Space Marines capable of fear?

They do feel fear but maybe not in the primal way humans do. Given their body's shock responses are all mediated by drugs and implants, they are going to experience fear differently than us, but it can still exist.

Who were the most feared Space Marines?

Has a Space Marine ever had a child?

The Space Marines are engineered and conditioned to essentially be warrior monks, spending their entire lives fighting(which can last several centuries and even millennia). They cannot have children, are not allowed romantic relationships (as far as we know), and often outlive any mortal acquaintances that they make.

Who is stronger than a Space Marine?

Ogryns are stronger than space marines like many big ork nobs. They can tear their limbs.

Can Space Marines reproduce?

Space Marines also cannot procreate sexually as humans normally do as their genetic modifications make them sterile. Because their production cannot be scaled up, Space Marines are few in number.

What is the lifespan of an Astartes?

Astarte borealis from northwest Greenland (78–82°N) can attain lifespans of 150 years (Torres et al. 2011). Though from a relatively small sample, we report lifespans of A. borealis up to 48 which fits the trend seen in other bivalves.

Are Astartes fertile?

Also, in Egypt Astarte is known as a goddess of fertility, as she, along with Anath, is called one of “the great goddesses who conceive but do not bear.”

Why are there no female Astartes?

Tldr: in order to even be considered for recruitment into the astartes, a person has to be the strongest human out of a group of (at least) 7 billion humans (reflecting the ratio of space marines to mortal humans), and that person is always going to be a man.

Who is the oldest god in 40K?

Nurgle is one of the major Ruinous Powers and is the oldest. The God of Death and Decay has been part of the galaxy since the beginning.

Do Space Marines see each other as brothers?

Space Marines call each other Brothers and Sons, but Space Marines are also almost free from standard human emotion. They don't have romantic relationships in the way that regular humans do–if they have them at all.

What gender is a Space Marines?

To get the fairly obvious out of the way, Space Marines are, as established above, entirely male.

Do Space Marines have fun?

Not in the way most people do. Most of the things Space Marines do for entertainment revolve around training or repairing their armor. If they have time, possibly they'll research the enemies of the next battleground. Barring that, perhaps regicide (chess for all you who don't know what that is).

What are the unluckiest Space Marines?

The Lamenters are an unfortunate Loyalist Chapter of Space Marines which, perhaps more than any other Chapter of the present era, seems to have been cursed by a dark shadow that has long determined its fate.

Which Space Marine Legions hate each other?

4:The Imperial Fists and the Iron Warriors

These rival Space Marine Legions are both infamous for their obstinacy, making their rivalry particularly bitter, involving all manner of vile betrayals.

What is the strongest Space Marine faction?

From a competitive standpoint, the Iron Hands and Imperial Fists are the best Space Marine Chapters to play, followed by the Dark Angels, Deathwatch and Space Wolves. However, don't let this discourage you from playing a Space Marine Chapter you like based on the models, lore and history.

What could beat a Space Marine?

Are Space Marines asexual?

Space Marine are officially steril and asexual (mentionned in their older codex and general fluff).

Are there bad Space Marines?

Chaos Space Marines (also called Traitor Marines, Chaos Marines, Traitor Legionnaires and Heretic Astartes) is the term used to describe the many heretical Space Marines that betrayed the Emperor of Mankind and became servants of the Chaos Gods.