<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=104036.msg4575935#msg4575935">Quote from: Christopher28 on 01-05-2011, 00:15:49</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">If you're worried about the Space Marine's basic xenophobic nature, perhaps the reason this character isn't a space marine (at least, not in a regular space marine unit) is that he was caught "fraternizing" with the enemy... (hey, fraternizing with Hot alien babes FTW!!!) but has enough of a reputation and record of victory that turning him over to the inquisition would have been a bad move for troop moral... so they covered it up and shipped him off... and where better to send him then to a Rogue Trader with a bunch of xeno crew and... gasp, an Ultramarine flavored ship!<br/><br/>Thoughts?<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>*winces*<br/><br/>Sorry, but my inner fluff-lover is crying itself into catatonia.  :-[ I'll try to refrain from picking it apart too badly though, and instead suggest something a bit more universe-palatable.<br/><br/>Any Marine seconded to a Rogue Trader would be a Kill-Marine of the Deathwatch on independent assignment. Since we're travelling into unknown territory, perhaps the Inquisitor that's been hassling us a few times has contacted the Deathwatch and asked for a Kill-Marine to 'assign' to Cortez as an 'advisor' to make sure he doesn't drift too far into xeno-heresy. It'd give a story-related reason for why an Astartes has shown up on the ship and is hanging around us. Astartes take their honor and the honor of their chapter very, very seriously though; having an ordinary human claim lineage to Ultramar could be a noble thing...until he found out they were knowingly lying.<br/><br/>An Ultramarine would be an awesome choice otherwise though for one reason - the psychic power Paragon is only available to Ultramarine, and allows nearby allies to use the Space Marine's statline for their actions - and Space Marine stats are made of win*. So if you do want to be a Marine amongst us, be an Ultramarine Librarian, and proceed to make the entire party ridiculously awesome. ;D Just make sure to give him low Awareness and no Scrutiny, so he's nice and gullible. I'm fairly expert with Deathwatch (the Space Marine game), so I can supply help with chargen if you decide to go this route.<br/><br/><br/>*Marine stat generation:<br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">2d10+30 for each stat, re-roll any one stat, then take any two stats and swap them. Then add bonuses based on Chapter heritage.<br/>Yeah.<br/></div></div>