User blog comment:Solomus-BlackWing/A Legacy (Pt. 2)/@comment-10541616-20140427032013/@comment-10541616-20140428171540

Point taken, but as you said, you can't really mass produce supersoldiers. But the thing is they wouldn't need to considering that: A) The Vitores Tenebras isn't very fond of all-out conflicts B) since the gladius is such a small force, it would make sense to have them be superior then the other guy's forces. After all, what's the point of amassing all this Xenos tech and heretical lore if your not going to use it? C) if the Vitores plan to take over or destroy the Imperium, then eventually they will need an army, and what better way to start than by creating the beginnings of said army.

I'm not saying the Gladius has to be made entirely of vat-grown supermen, I'm just saying it would pay to have some vat-grown supermen in reserve.