So I just finished HELSREACH for the first time, and I must say its a kick-butt action ride.
That said however I have a question about some of the tactical decisions made by the Black Templars, specifically the grand strategic ones that left Helsreach with only 100 Astartes defenders.
Early on it is made clear that the BT's showed up in system with 900+ Marines but then for some reason, 800 of them elect to stay up in orbit and 'engage the enemy fleet'
Can someone explain to me what exactly these guys were up to for months on end, and why (considering how wimpy the "4-day" fleet action turned out to be) they couldn't have been put to better use on the ground?
I'm sure there may have been some boarding actions during the fleet battle, but that really cant have been all that common given the nature of space combat so Im forced to conclude that 800 marines spent the whole Armageddon campaign sitting in their cabins or simply looking out the window while Grimaldus and his cronies did the dirty work.
That said however I have a question about some of the tactical decisions made by the Black Templars, specifically the grand strategic ones that left Helsreach with only 100 Astartes defenders.
Early on it is made clear that the BT's showed up in system with 900+ Marines but then for some reason, 800 of them elect to stay up in orbit and 'engage the enemy fleet'
Can someone explain to me what exactly these guys were up to for months on end, and why (considering how wimpy the "4-day" fleet action turned out to be) they couldn't have been put to better use on the ground?
I'm sure there may have been some boarding actions during the fleet battle, but that really cant have been all that common given the nature of space combat so Im forced to conclude that 800 marines spent the whole Armageddon campaign sitting in their cabins or simply looking out the window while Grimaldus and his cronies did the dirty work.