You were the one who said you wanted to powergame by taking power armor (heh heh heh) - it's in the book for the same reasons they have an entire chart of primitive spears, axes, and bronze-age swords. Because Fantasy Flight is all about giving you the option, even if it'd be a suicidal decision in and out of character. No one forces you to play a smart character, you'll just spent a lot of time re-rolling characters. That's the 'character concept' angle you're looking for.<br/><br/>And indeed, if you're dead-set on power armor, we can't exactly stop you. i just think you're expecting too much out of it based on the fluff as regards to Space Marines, who are not just wearing power armor, but 8-foot tall genetically engineering supermen wearing power armor.