>>5361471>Sheer defence, Terra is not fully tamed.>Other: Try and scour the old pict feeds and reels from ancient Lucius about the "Heroes of the (Old) Federation" and the Dark Age, what sort of gear they were kitted out with, and what UZ1 might find on Terra. Her mission is to recover these lost archaotechs that can turn mere men or woman into something far more powerful even than a space marine"Between the times when the Warp drank Alpha Centauri, and the Rise of the Sons of the Emperor, there was an age undreamed of. And onto this, came the Heroes of the Federation. They bore the power of the Machine God in their hands more than any techpriest of this age. Shields that could take the strongest blows, anti-grav thrusters far beyond what any Pteraxii could do, true era disintegrators. Their bodies were of steel, yet not the bulky works of modern man, but of smooth, androids forms indistinguishable to men"
As the Leeman Russ is but a converted tractor, so too perhaps our Volkiites are but merely farmers tools, anti pest devices meant to burn out vermin rather than the truest weapons of war gifted to the heroes of the Age of Technology. The Emperor himself hoards all the Adrathics for his Custodes, but perhaps there were other competitors to the Adrathic Brand.
As advanced as the Spirit of Eternity is to any Cruiser in our fleet, indeed likely it could hold its own against our fleet without the blackstone fortress, so too would these ancient heroes have been gifted with arms and means to make them perhaps even stand up to a Primarch.
On the tabletop Anachis-Scoria in HH was evidently able to stand up to Primarchs with his statsBasically maybe TalOS can either try to replicate some of these ancient legendary artefacts, or if they are beyond his means, send UZ1 on a quest to find them. To become the first of a new resurgent Hero of the Federation, a model for the best and brightest of our most elite soldiers.
https://youtu.be/dybc0rQTHsQ 