Talk:The Sentinels of the Emperor

there are no imperial guardsmen assigned to or who fight alongside Space Marines, the resoning logic for this from the lore is that Space Marine Chapters are autonomus entities who on risk of there corruption and/or betrayal if given direct command over imperial forces could pose a even more significan threat than they already would. this logic comes all they back from 10 thousand years in the imperial past during the horus heresy where the bulk of the Imperial army betrayed the emperor becouse they either had no idea of what they were doing and simply had followed the commands of their space marine supperiors, or those who had known were essentially forced into compliance as they had been dependant on the space marines for the bulk of their heavy support.

also as space marines are essentially a independant force following pretty much only the commands of their company commanders or their chapter master, while the imperial guard obey a long line of commanders going all the way to their segmentum command it would be near impossible for the two forces to simply stay side by side.

as a final note, Imperial guard don't own their own ships, unlike space marines, imperial guard basically catch rides from imperial navy ships. Think of this as similar to how the US airforce, US navy and the US army are seperate branches, however the Navy and Airforce both transport the troops of the Army to where they need to be when the time comes for their forces to deploy, the army doesn't own the planes and the boats they just hitch a ride. Allow me a demonstration. This is your body...WITHOUT FIBER! (talk) 06:53, November 17, 2014 (UTC)