>>5238558"Tal0S is odd in that he doesn't believe in relying upon just Baseline humans and Astartes but rather HIGHLY values other Abhumans."
Absolutely.
It shores up our numbers well, fitting into the whole "numerical and production" superiority motif. Not to mention the Cyberneticae.
Besides, check it out. As of 9e Ogryn Stats are not only comparable but in many aspects superior to Tactical Space Marines (they shoot a little bit more AND they have lots of wounds and saves compared to baseline). Techmarines, who I hope our acillians will one day be closer to, do have more wounds and higher leadership (which makes sense since if lots of your body is metal you won't bleed out as much).
Of course we all know in setting they are dumber and hate small spaces. But even in setting these are mitigated. Talos could probably make an even better bone'ead implant, or better still, Ogryn Servitors. They wouldn't feel fear of small spaces, you could pack em like sardines. And they could be lead by a Techmarine just like one would lead normal human combat servitors, only this time they can actually run and keep up with the techmarine!
And then there's the opportunities to make bigger and badder Kataphron's out of them. The best part is, unlike space marines, you CAN scale up the production of abhumans by developing specialized planets and terraforming places for them, plus the other stuff like krieg does.
One day I hope we can experiment with a specialized Ogryn production planet. We could seriously shore up our numbers that way.
That's part what will make the 2nd special one day I hope. A great focus on auxilia complementary tactics and auxilia leadership.
The Galaxy is a war of attrition, Perturabo knows this. But his mistake (or lack of opportunity) is to realize this to its fullest extent by shoring up the numbers on his side with everything he possibly could. Men, abhumans, machines. If war is an equation, then we make sure the numbers are on our side.
