What's Up With Those Space Marine Backpacks?

There are no wolves on Fenris is a line repeated multiple times in Warhammer 40k - but what does it actually mean?
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[@majorkill]

Bit of a lore correction - it seems that often a Space Marine can use their power armour without the pack, just with alot of difficulty. I was referencing the scene from Pharos when the Night lords removed an Ultramarines power pack and it made him fall over, stuck in his own armour, and easy to capture. So maybe the writers have different opinions of how it works

[@Goldenkitten1]

Everything and nothing is canon.

[@illadiel6049]

There's also the old games from the 90's (notably Chaos Gate) where they go without their pack when shipboard

[@Titos1234]

I always assumed that they were strong enough to carry the armor

[@PaleCrestedWolf]

@@Goldenkitten1war hammer always has and always will be in a permanent state of superposition

[@omarrodriguez377]

@@Titos1234some of them probably are

[@jeffangielorivera2446]

Fun fact: they have secret compartments in their backpacks for their lunch boxes!

[@nf4227]

Imagine them sitting down for a rest and pulling out sandwiches that were packed by their serfs and compare/trade the sandwiches amongst each other 😂

[@nolanbaker2360]

​@@nf4227 salamanders

[@b1zzarecont4ct]

NPC joke

[@guyver441]

Astartes Lunchables

[@keeratijirananutwinyu8339]

@@nf4227that possible they are extremely mature in duty but mental they is children in some horus heresy book the mournaval compete in who can slap hanging sing better

[@DP-dd6hl]

Actually there have been many examples in lore where a spacemarine has lost his back pack. When this happens they are still completely functional although they loose the armour enhanced strength which also means its more physically demanding to move and fight in it, but they can still do it.

[@Nempo13]

Most chapters make their marines TRAIN in unpowered armor. So yeah...if their power pack goes dead they are just put back into 'training mode'.

[@mattor300]

My head cannon is that as with every machinery when power source us damaged thers a chance the mechanisms will lock in place, that's how I explain the diferent situations, a space marine can move with unlocked not powered armor but if the armor shortcircuits and locks it becomes nearly impossible to move the weight and power thru the armors machinery

[@DP-dd6hl]

@mattor300 there is a situation where armour does lock. Normally SM armour doesn't ever lock its not something that's mechanically it can do. However... The World Eaters actually do have their red butchers terminator armour with a purposely built in locking mechanism to effectively lock done and stop their berserker Terminators from running loose and going on a rampage.

[@rexmagi4606]

Correct. It augments them, it isnt Darth Vaders life-support system like the video is making out out to be lol.

[@Cubert0331]

​@@DP-dd6hland they dangle them from the ceiling on chains so they endlessly rage but can do nothing.

[@SANF0RD100]

In the first Dawn of War game intro, explosion breaks a Spacemarine sergeant backpack. Not only did he pick up a banner, he carried the entire weight of his armor uphill under ork fire to install that banner. So yeah, they aren't quite paralyzed.

[@Lol-nn5su]

Yeah, bro didn't have a helmet on tho

[@diavolo9177]

They probably just lose their agility advantage really and some of their strenght

[@Shadow-nq8wp]

Space marines literally train in their un-powered power armor so you are very right, not parallelized

[@The_spyTF2]

@@Shadow-nq8wpyeah, they will just be a bit slow tho

[@dominusbalial835]

Terminator armour can weigh down and trap a astartes in it pretty much. Not sure about regular power armour I feel like they might be able to jog instead of sprint.

[@3npitsu992]

They can still move without it, they are just slow and clunky

[@thecommentguy9380]

Mean while thunder warriors move around freely without the legs powered

[@KoteDarasuum]

@@thecommentguy9380 Space Marines also used MK.1 Thunder Armour before treaty of Mars and creation of MK.II Crusade armour.

[@chosenrubric7308]

@@thecommentguy9380 The Mk. 1 was far less armoured. It wasn't even fully enclosed.

[@thecommentguy9380]

@@chosenrubric7308 the point is they had to carry all of the weight around unlike the newer armors that can carry its own weight

[@MegaVodka]

​@@thecommentguy9380 yeah, since thunder warriors are stronger then space marines

[@L_T31]

I don't know, what my other battle brothers use it for, but I personally carry 2 eldar chicks here

[@jannovy7229]

So "I like my chicks just like my pizzas - cold in the fridge."?

[@erenmeydanc8954]

​@@jannovy7229 virgin ultramarine vs chad salamander

[@informationyes]

You use it to carry them?

[@informationyes]

@SordidusFellatio Its just a silly joke and you think major kills a naracasist when hes just some chill guy doing warhammer content?

[@BeijingCornDealer]

@SordidusFellatiooh no look at me. I, Sordidus Fellatio, am clearly the most upstanding and noble and bestest superior person here.

[@The0Stroy]

It propably also contain on board computer that manages functions of power armor, translates signals from black carapace into servo-motors and back, runs HUD functions, facilitates vox connections, stores battleplans and objectives, etc.

[@gsst6389]

So a a mini pc attached to a portable battery

[@The0Stroy]

@@gsst6389 Looking at that - standard laptop size... Actually real life militaries experment with such systems (not armor) currently.

[@itsjustaline]

@@The0Stroy HHMM , Machine spirit not computer , or someone gonna give you a free visit to the magos

[@The0Stroy]

@@itsjustaline I'm magos-in-training and assure you that cogitators are not problem. Abominable Intelligence is.

[@gigaus0]

Nope, that's the helmet actually. The helmet is basically a pipboy mixed with the ironman suit; it coordinates everything, scans the active world, and adjusts the suit and weapon accordingly.

[@NoNameTaken117]

Fun Fact: The Thunder Warriors powerpack was so inefficient and dangerous that any regular human standing right next to one for just a few seconds would receive a years worth of radiation

[@ham_the_spam4423]

sounds perfect for Skitarii Vanguards!

[@Asura-fw6ei]

In the book Knights of Macragge, a group of Ultramarines crash land on a planet where their equipment malfunctions to the point of their packs lose all power (there was also a warp storm that damaged their systems). They just use their armor without the packs. It's sucked but they could do it.

[@Nempo13]

They train in unpowered armor. So yeah...they should be able to move and fight in it. Terminator plate would be a different story though.

[@bigboy29447]

Ye i was gonna reference this book as i think it said they were running at like 20mph

[@justincooper5189]

I'd be feeling for the dreadnoughts if they had that happen. They already got chopped up, and now they'd be completely helpless, again? That would be a bad moment for them.

[@sokratikas]

It is worth noting that space marines will still be able to move in the armor without the power back,but they will be considerably slower because they actually would have to carry the weight of the armor without all the servos helping. We see it in knights of macragge where the main cast of characters arrive on a feudal world and because of a warp siphoning their armors are often underpowered.

[@lordlynkz]

Hunting for dead space marines in armor is like finding your refrigerator that ran away... listen for the hum.

[@derkrischa3720]

So powerarmour is just a 70s fridge with extra hinges. Got it!

[@grayrook8637]

I mean I have read they can move. Just wearing a tractor worth of metal unassisted.

[@sablebubble4630]

Also, the exhaust ports on a backpack can rotate and work as mini-jets in space. You can find the schematics in the Astartes Apocrypha.

[@midgetydeath]

Those aren't exhaust ports at all. They're exclusively maneuvering jets meant for zero-G and for enhancing mobility on the ground. Heat ventilation is done by those slats on the bottom edges of the backpack, IIRC. There's also some old art of the jets being used in combat on a planet.

[@darksider2903]

They can create that but still there are countless hive worlds where people live in the dark! Governments are same in almost every universe 😆

[@bananaman2912]

I mean, trying to have the same living standard while having to manage over 1 million planets is kind of difficult. im surprised some of them actually have houses.

[@Kareszkoma]

Pretty sure energy is the least of the concern of a hive world. Food, production, logistics, the Hive City falling apart constantly, maybe more so.

[@moreauclement9702]

@@Kareszkoma Energy is important for food production and logistics...

[@Kareszkoma]

@@moreauclement9702 Yah. Meaning that they have plenty of very high tech energy production. It's more so getting the food somewhere, transporting it, than resharing it in every hive world. And things like that. A hive city is also gigantic. Made with gigantic parts. But also small parts, both of which would require maintenance, for which.. there is just noone. There are tidbits here or there, that originally they were automatic, with some cleaning machines.

[@Nempo13]

@@Kareszkoma Look at some screenshots from necromunda Underhive Wars...or just youtube the story mode cinematics. It shows what an underhive really looks like very well. Rusted, falling apart, torn apart and repurposed with no worry about what is above it. Old hives where they haven't kept a good check on the gangs have even experienced collapses due to gangs ripping apart hugs blocks of an underhive to build something only to have the whole superstructure above collapse on them.

[@gigaus0]

They don't get paralyzed, they can move in the armor but they're carrying the weight of the armor rather than the suit doing it. Additionally, when unpowered, the vacuum seal on the suit opens up so they don't suffocate. So it's common for Nurgle Cultists to try and break the backpack to explode the marines.

[@Hellheart]

My brain seems to automatically edit out the backpack generator. When I think of an image of a Space Marine, the backpack is never included.

[@owieprone]

same!

[@BlackTemplarX]

This is very odd! I am affected too since i discovered them 35 years ago! Only when i have to explain them somehow and have to think about the armor functions...... Odd but funny!

[@willlliorca7024]

I have the opposite thing lol In my brain, they’d look cursed without it 😂

[@Hellheart]

@@willlliorca7024 hahaha! 😂 That's kinda interesting.

[@Engisneed]

They store their snackies that space daddy packed for the crusade

[@davekavanagh7599]

Dantes armour has a small amount of juice in the armour itself so when the swarmlord fucked his jumppack he was good for a minute or so

[@Its_Cannon]

*laughs in terminator armor*

[@gigaus0]

Term armor has it worse off. They need a larger pack which is covered by an armored cowl-- that hump that goes up behind the head-- but only has half the life time despite having twice the fuel. Remember, IF you maintain it correctly, it goes forever, but that's if you have someone regularly checking and feeding it fuel. Otherwise, it runs for *12 hours* then shuts off. If shot and damaged-- not even destroyed-- it shuts off to prevent explosion and the wearer needs to attempt to lift three times as much weight as they would with standard suits. Put another way, if you shoot the backpack dead on term armor, they're stalled near permanently.

[@Nempo13]

@@gigaus0 They tossed out that lore a long time ago. Long before the fall off Cadia they had an STC found with better pack tech. Why? Because they thought it was dumb that the elites were so limited and they wanted Terminators to be depicted as fighting for 3 days without rest. The authors GW use are not well versed in the lore, and many have extreme biases (half the Heresy writers hated the Wolves and Scars, Wolves got turned into bipolar idiots and Scars got sidelined over and over again) so unless it is something mentioned in multiple books and repeated in codexes, check the author's other books. If they wrote the Wolves as Idiots or the Scars as flippant...you can safely assume the author knows less lore than you do after an hour wiki dive.

[@justincooper5189]

Now if the pilot were to become strong enough to move the Terminator armor as fast as an unpowered normal suit, then you just KNOW that they would be laughing at the regular space marines having to haul their no power armor around. Put the Terminator pilot in regular armor, and he'd probably be a blur without power, and invisible with it.

[@NobodyDungeons]

There is also life support systems, and other bits and bobs inside the backpack.

[@naamtar22]

" In great armour shall I clad them and with the mightiest guns will they be armed."

[@zakpodo]

I forget if its in a codex or another supplement, but power armor can power life support/mobility for a couple weeks without the pack.

[@Scarletraven87]

"become paralized" I, named marine, fought an Avatar of Khaine while unarmed and with a broken backpack, because I, named marine, For The Emperor

[@wholesome_masochist4113]

Gabriel Angelos: You guys have trouble moving in your armor without the backpack? Sounds like a skill issue to me. *Laughs in dawn of war 1 trailer*

[@masterofoffending3908]

The 2 orbs on the sides of the pack are actually mini jets that can offer propultion in vacuum of space. Exhaust pipes are located in the lower part of the powerpack.

[@rexmagi4606]

Isnt the exhaust also at the top with the vents?

[@NemFX]

Honestly they've retconned a lot. The ball things on the top sides are thrusters now, so technically a normal space marine backpack could be considered a jetpack. Depending on how you want to interpret Dawn of War, and it's novelization, the armour can run for awhile without the backpack. I see that more as a "car with a jumpstart" type of deal.

[@DysarJenkins]

So many moments In lore where they move easily without power.

[@bitten1423]

Imagine an astartes that was though to be dead only for his arnor to be removed and its revealed that he was alive the entire time and immobilized due to his power pack being dead 😂

[@plebegeng5782]

They won't get paralyzed and locked in place like statues. They can still move and fight, but their armor's servo systems and artificial muscle fibers that help support the weight of external armor plates won't work anymore. If anything, they will suffer a lot of back pain from having to carry all the dead weight. It's like losing a wheel on a wheelbarrow or pushing your car on neutral after turning off the engine.

[@VHHCYPHER]

They can still move without the power pack and don’t get paralysed. It just slows their movement.

[@LordCastigator]

I can see some Imperial Forces taking the backpacks from Dead Marines (preferably Chaos Marines but Loyalist Marines in a serious pinch) and rigging them into improvised boobytraps - in the right emergency situations. It would take a bit of knowledge and work, but by the sounds of it it would do a lot of damage too... Please note; I'm saying this as an emergency tactic, such as when you're severely outnumbered by Chaos Marines and their cultists...

[@DavidCuthbertson]

This is not true. The armour might no longer be powered, but the space marine would just wear it like a typical human wears a medieval suit of armour. Yes, it would require more effort to bear that weight, but they’d still do it. See Nick Kyme’s Knights of Macragge as an example. Something on the planet prevents all tech from working. The Ultramarines are forced to bear the weight of their armour, but they’re plenty strong enough to manage it fine while they go about their business. 😊

[@thewebheadgt]

They look cool but their tech is pretty mid for something that's 40,000 years in the future.

[@Azathothhelpme]

I want to see the biggest version of Bane from DC face off a regular space marine in a weight lifting competition

[@brothersgt.grauwolff6716]

best trick for dealing with power armor sneak behind them and steal the Fusion Core they'll be paralyzed in their power armor... wait wrong franchise 😅

[@Ghuirm]

not necessarily paralyzed but it's the equivalent of when your power steering goes out in your vehicle

[@1337penguinman]

You would think there would be some sort of emergency escape option to pop the armor off in case it gets disabled.

[@fred_jas]

I am pretty sure i read about marines running miles around their spaceship in unpowered armour as a training session in either one of the horus heresy, or any other space marine novel. I could be wrong tho.

[@JoseTheKraken]

It's kind of stupid that they can't carry the armor with all these modifications that were done to their bodies

[@Kareszkoma]

Wouldn't say paralyzed, not even near. Space Marines can lift their own armor. Their muscles are not just greater in size, but it's density is also greatly enhanced. It's harder to fight in it, that's for sure. But they can lift it, and walk in it.

[@josevictorribeirolisboa7576]

They would walk funny. And they wouldn't fight on it. Better to just ditch it untilyou get the power back on.

[@Kareszkoma]

@@josevictorribeirolisboa7576 Yah. Probs. Not exactly agile.

[@nebiru00]

What's up with that one Ultramarine with the gold face mask?

[@JayGoma]

It's also where pee is stored

[@Grubenkobold]

They don't become paralized, just move much slower. All of the are still going to be able to move just fine. Can't really quote the book but it described a sceme in which a custodes fought several cultists and a traitor marine. The marine is no thread in the slightest since his power pack was damaged. He analized that bc the marine couldn't move fast. Mist have been one of the avenging son books.

[@gingraham9779]

It's for Carying snackies!!!!!!

[@ravenmarine2015]

I am not sure about the paralyzed part chief, The first thought that comes to mind is that sargent from Dawn of war 1 trailer the second thought that comes to mind is the power armor used by thunder warriors, they did not power the lower body and they were still mobile granted they were still not space marines. To my knowledge, space marines are really fast contrary to the misconception that because they are in heavy armour so they must be slow, the reason as to why is probably because there armours are power by the backpack, granted they will probably be slower yet still effective if they loose power. Edit: so apperently in 'Blades of Democleas' ultramarines lost the ability to move their armor after a EMP detanation, so there is creedence to the idea, how ever there are other books that says the otherwise as well like in Dark Imperium where a nova marine was moving while his armor is depowered.

[@Goldenkitten1]

Canonically they can sprint at 60kmph. I'm still waiting for the day we see an animation where they're that fast and not big stompy boys. The Astartes animation is probably the closest but even they aren't THAT fast.

[@SinjiH]

What's with that golden mask ultramarine?

[@VeznansDeadbeatDad]

This video was so good! Thanks for your hard work :)

[@Sugam-lb6xi]

Pls do a vid on Zhanderekh and obyron🤖🤖

[@tristankono8582]

WHAT IS THAT ULTRAMARINE ARMOR AND HOW DO I BUY IT.

[@Grabthar191]

I think you would design it so that the armor itself can be emergency removed by the Marine should it become "immobilized". Some kind of internal battery or function that allows him to start shedding it if it becomes too damaged. Then he could continue fighting without armor if necessary or make an escape.

[@Goldenkitten1]

You'd think. But I suppose engineering the armor in that way could be a major weak point. If the armor can easily be shed in pieces I'd be worried that a smart enemy who knows that could attack the joints where it comes apart and either hit them with armor piercing shells or just straight up peel pieces off with a melee weapon.

[@dragonseatcheese8727]

The funny thing is that if that IS a fusion reactor, it is MASSIVELY overkill for the limits that the marines themselves have. Per kilogram of material used in fusion, a million plus kilograms of oil, coal, or natural gas is used. That is a LOT. And it's most certainly WAY above anything we see the Marines having use for. So you could probably make it smaller and put it into the armor.

[@gottagofastest]

The actual core of the reactor could be a small part though, with the rest dedicated to systems the core needs but aren't part of the reaction itself.

[@UnknownSquid]

This comment doesn't make sense, since we have no reference for how large a reactor needs to be to process any given quantity of material. It's kind of like if you looked at a nuclear power plant and said, "That's overkill. That building could contain enough uranium to power all civilisation a million times over." Which as we all know, isn't how it works. The actual core is a tiny part of the overall structure and it's required systems.

[@-TheMachineGod-]

In the night lords trilogy, Mercution has his backpack destroyed by a thunder hammer, and the explosion knocks him out for a while, but after he wakes up, he just gets up and walks it off

[@ShagunShah1]

No; lore differs on this matter. But generally speaking, space marines are also have incredible physical strength. The true value of the marine is in their genetic enhancement. While some authors use the power pack destruction as a lore device, the broad consensus is that the marine would be able to move in standard power armour in the same lumbering sluggish way a medieval knight would. But in terminator armour, they would basically be in a coffin.

[@SaltyWalty]

No? Even in lore, Space Marines are able to move in their armor with no power. It’s just heavy. False information

[@Hawkens4k]

Then wheres the goddang ammo stored?!

[@bertric23]

They are not getting paralyzed most cannot move because of the immense weight of their armor.

[@goblinslayer7096]

It’s basically like power steering fluid. You can turn a car without it. But, don’t do that.

[@cogtheprotogen6671]

Based on these comments Space marines with powerpack: Impossibly fast & agile for how much armor they're wearing-Awesome & Terrifying Space marines without powerpack: Just a dude in plate armour but like 10x more extreme because its 40k so of course it is-Cool & Scary

[@velvetthundr]

Nah I don’t believe it. Their armor is a fraction of the weight of a Spartan’s MK.V armor. These Space Marines, especially the Primaris are significantly bigger and stronger than a Spartan 2,3,4. I highly doubt they wouldn’t be able to mobile in them.

[@John2r1]

A micro fusion reactor is just a small nuclear reactor. Currently nuclear reactors have a life time of 20 to 40 years. So finding a dead Space Marine with the reactor still working isn't a surprise. The Space Marines Chapters aren't normally going to leave their brothers corpse to rot for 40 plus years.

[@viro3307]

Welp, that made my view of space marines and their backpacks become... Lesser, I thought they were so strong that they could just carry the armor with ease, and the backpacks are just for their necessities :/

[@Bangcat]

Armor can normally still be walked believe it or not. Not only is this shown in some novels, but a GW approved videogame also showed in cinimatic that a Marine on a command bridge was walking without a pack. It's not much enhanced, and some writings have been said to say there's a limited amount of power still stored on board the armor it's self. But if we go by the averages of depictions, what is confirmed is that most can still get around without a pack. Perhaps in another novel past where a Marine fell over when the pack was popped off, it's the rather sudden changes of weight and ease of use that caught them off guard and didn't make adaption quick enough to catch themselves.

[@KalashVodka175]

Honestly this gives me a massive idea You know how you might have thought « aren’t bolters massively overkill and inefficient vs those trash enemies like gaunts and what not »? Well what if they connected a gauntlet mounted laspistol (or two or three fuck it double barrel wrist mounted laspistols) to the marine’s wrists directly They would likely barely drain the power pack even after continued use, wouldn’t be much of an inconvenience, and they would be massively useful at dealing with mobs of fodder enemies from a distance faster than the marine would dispatch them in melee; and without wasting any bolts. So now bolts can be used against foes that warrant them.

[@Ravared]

paralysis is true only for regular human like sister of battle or inquisitor. For a space marine, the lost of the power pack reduce slightly is mobility at best. But he lost also all support systems of the suit

[@YumariYatasuka]

People don't know?? I... Genuinely thought this was fucking obvious..

[@timcarpenter6098]

So with all the tech being utilized, do enemies of mankind use EMP attacks? Are their systems shielded from that? Curious, someone who knows their ish lemme know.

[@agent5778]

*Can he beat Potential Fulfilled Goku. Probably not. *Can he beat the Warhammer 40k universe? Maybe not.

[@Belladonna-x2c]

The Emperor's Children don't use powered armour. They just need a power source for their sex toys. You need SERIOUS wattage behind a magic wand after you've been through all that shit.

[@UkiSan-n8q]

This makes them weaker then the Battletech Clan Elemental Solders. Lol

[@ryderairlie-blundon377]

They dont have any machines holding up the legs. They actually support the brunt of the weight on their own so their legs would function the exact same

[@metalmadness5851]

"You can't move without your power pack!" Blood Raven from DoW intro: "Watch this!"

[@Arson_Oakwood]

There's so many people debunking (including me) that they are not really paralyzed, so I wonder how this clown even managed to gather every other fact about their power armor.

[@rhratrahraty9379]

What da.....I always removed them because they blocked the view in 3rd person.....

[@sodiumbicarbonate7356]

Big question sorry if its already answ how does a space marine like dodge roll tumble yknow that kind of thing with power pack. How?

[@UnknownSquid]

Micro Fusion reactors are super special for the Imperium, rarely found outside of elite use cases like this. The Imperial Guard would love to have them, but are stuck burning fuel to power most of their vehicles and heavy weapons. Though the quirky ability to slowly charge small arms with the sun helps. For the Tau, micro-fusion reactors are basic mass produced tech, which allows them to be issued to every squad to instantly recharge their weapons, hence why power hungry kit like railguns and pulse-rifles pose no logisitacal issues to them.

[@eg_manifest510]

so if you can jump a group of Marines from behind and hit their backs with enough fire quickly enough, then you've essentially paralyzed or half-paralyzed them well enough to give a fighting chance of you surviving the encounter

[@saladdraws9081]

Moving around in that till you had enough muscle mass you didn't need the pack would take time but I can guess some one did that in WH40

[@Primal2229]

Good thing they advanced past lithium batteries... other wise that'd make the power packs the main target to get a domino effect of explosions.

[@nicktongret6211]

They can move but they wont be effective by any means. Now if a Terminator lost its power pack, then that bastard is gonna be stuck.

[@YourManifoldWorld]

Honestly, it would be a huge tactical disadvantage to have a power pack when neutralized, will render your soldier immobile. If this were true, TAU would systematically target their power packs, so would chaos space marines, Eldar etc. The galactic word would get around that goes something like this "Humanity's finest? Just shoot that massive power pack they are wearing. Easy Peasy" Except orks and tyranids.

[@Aligator-Explo]

One of my models would be having some trouble with his suit if it was real. My puppy got to it and chewed up the power-pack

[@clydemarshall8095]

Have you seen the Dawn of War intro? A space marine can move with his power pack gone. He won’t be as fast or nimble, but he’s more than strong enough.

[@Revenant-Spoon]

Wrong, sorry. Read Knights of Macragge. All the wolves fight orks without power packs functioning. Love your content though.

[@BloodAngelsSpaceMarineIX]

Space Marines are technically immortal & can lived for many millennias so long as they don't get killed off in battle. And with that Power Pack they can extend their life & survive even longer than without it. That Power Pack afterall powers up their Powered Armor, Weapons, Equipments, & it also functions as a Life Support System during long campaigns, long missions, or even during emergency situations. So yeah, that's what it's useful for.

[@Biodeamon]

I thought those goofy little backpacks were life support or something or yes... mini jetpacks

[@KarlFranzI]

Thunder warriors didn’t have that issue because yk they just didn’t care and walked around is clunky ass armor without hydraulics.

[@Ashraff-vt1kl]

"If you remove or severly damage a space marines power pack, they would become paralyzed. Locked in their own armor." **The Blood Raven's seargent in Dawn of War 1, carrying his banner up to the strategic point up the hill without said pack**

[@denis3208]

One of the Dark Hunters looses its power supply and has to power trough with it, then he takes it off because its to bothersome. Space Marines are not that weak that they can't fight with their armor on with no power ...

[@Jonny-fj6pm]

Yeah just casually carrying a mini fusion reactor as a backpack 😮🤯🤯just another day for a space marine 😂😂😂

[@cc0767]

I would excpect a genetically engineered super human super soldier to be able to carry his own armour atleast

[@Thehotdogman]

Ohhhhhh. I hadn't realized that. I thought they were just a mounting point for jump packs and that space marines were moving the armor under their own strength.

[@donovonwilliams9635]

Thanks for the info! On a side note, In the newest trailer for WH40K Space Marine 2, The Bulwark class is shown to have an ability icon that resembles A Power Pack and also has a number 3 above it, meaning it could have multiple charges, I wonder what that could possibly mean as an ability, any ideas?

[@tylerpatterson3857]

I’m glad I saw this cus I had no clue what it did.. I figured it was for ordnance like spare mags and grenades.. since I never see any kind of bandolier or “rig” with pouches

[@R4diateur]

Actually, the back pack IS a jet pack. The two spheric/tubular parts on each side are in fact thrusters for Zero-Gravity combat. Yes, Space Marines also fight in the void when needed.

[@LuxxImperia]

They aren't paralyzed. They just move more akin to a normal human. They are still very much so lethal and able to fight.

[@azouitinesaad3856]

so what's the point of them having super human strength if tvey can't move the armor? why not just have a bunch of normal humans in that same armor it would be a lot more convenient.

[@zzzzzzzzzzzzzz1984]

they are strong enough to move the armor on its own it would be like a normal human trying to move around in a heavy suit of armor, but when the armor is active it is extremely responsive due to the black carapace, it becomes light as a feather for the marine wearing it and due to the added mass of the suit and its strength makes the marine that much more deadly, imagine getting hit by a football player, now imagine getting hit by a football player driving a tank, that's the difference

[@T.B.3.2]

Did MK just copy weshammer and upload a short?!?!? I think he just did... lol. can't wait for weshammer's reply😂

[@marcwittkowski5146]

They actually are mini jetpacks as well. According to lore on power armour published by GW themselves, they can he used as thrusters in zero G. And they can move in unpowered power armour, just not in unpowered terminator armour. Do vetter research, MK.

[@rustkitty]

If you can trap a space marine once the power pack is destroyed, that means there is no way to mechanically disengage the armor from the inside. That's exactly the kind of tragic oversight I'd expect from the Imperium.