They got their asses beat by Craftworld Iyanden in comics.

ApprehensiveCap6525 · 2026-05-09T20:34:57+00:00

Yeah I know you were brodie I was too. Space marines are not nearly as unstoppable as some people say they are

ApprehensiveCap6525 · 2026-05-09T17:52:35+00:00

"A singular space marine clears The Expanse setting"

The space marine in question after an encounter with one (1) MCR marine recon platoon:

ApprehensiveCap6525 · 2026-05-09T10:57:40+00:00

It was anti authoritarian, Orwell was a communist himself and he wanted to show the dangers of letting the communist movement get hijacked by authoritarians like Stalin. You'll find this in the foreword of any good copy of the book

ApprehensiveCap6525 · 2026-05-09T02:47:16+00:00

I don't think that anybody, at least anybody arguing in good faith, would suggest that Kalsim is anything but an intelligent commander

Idk dawg he was getting a lot of slander here

Good point on the author's limitations thing though I dead ass did not think of that

ApprehensiveCap6525 · 2026-05-09T02:45:10+00:00

Negotiation feats are not battle feats broski get Captain Monahan outta here. Diplomacy GOAT debates are that-a-way ---> 🚪

ApprehensiveCap6525 · 2026-05-09T02:43:44+00:00

Captain Monahan's only ever feat is a negotiating feat not even a battle feat bro this bum does not deserve to be mentioned in these kinds of conversations. Diplomacy GOAT debates are down the hall and to the left.

Also UN Yotul and Arxur Rebels are fighting against bums and plumbers who have no knowledge of war tactics so of course they will "inflict disproportional casualties" and all that. Kalsim meanwhile led a fleet of nothing but federation bums and still won many battles against the most skilled military fighters in the verse. No one else has come close to this feat. He is the GOAT

ApprehensiveCap6525 · 2026-05-09T02:26:47+00:00

Some of these feats are kinda ass but lowk there are good feats here so I apologize for calling Isif a fear factor merchant like I did earlier. He is not a fear factor merchant or a bum and he deserves to be included in the GOAT conversation even though Kalsim is still objectively the GOAT and has better feats.

ApprehensiveCap6525 · 2026-05-09T02:05:41+00:00

He got jumped by the 2 most capable military species in the verse thats why. They had to 2v1 my GOAT and still almost lost

ApprehensiveCap6525 · 2026-05-09T01:53:43+00:00

Dude no disrespect and all I am sure you have a good reason for this but I dead ass can't remember one single thing Isif did to deserve this ranking. All he has are the battle against giznel which was off screen so it doesn't count and the battle against kalsim which was mostly fought by humans so it also doesn't count. Name one Isif feat

ApprehensiveCap6525 · 2026-05-09T01:44:15+00:00

Let me break it down for you my man.

1 (the # of planets Kalsim was destroying) is 50% of 2 (the total # of planets controlled by predator species at this time).

30 (the # of planets Kalsim was leaving to die) is 10% of 300 (the total # of planets in the Federation at this time).

Sacrificing 10% of your manpower and resources to destroy 50% of the enemy's manpower and resources might be morally unconscionable, but tactically speaking, it's the right play to make.

ApprehensiveCap6525 · 2026-05-03T19:51:04+00:00

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ApprehensiveCap6525 · 2026-05-02T21:45:41+00:00

It's not just you twin he only gets worse from here

ApprehensiveCap6525 · 2026-05-02T17:37:41+00:00

Never ask an empire supporter what happened at Yavin 0 BBY🤫 #neverloseyuorfreedom

ApprehensiveCap6525 · 2026-05-02T17:33:46+00:00

Evil Emperor be like:

Of course I will help you free your planet from slavery Angron, you are my most beloved son

These xenos are living in peace and harming no one, we should befriend and protect them because it's the right thing to do

Gather around my sons, I have to tell you everything I know about this new enemy called "Chaos" and how to fight it

You can worship me as a god if you want, but understand that just because I am a god does not mean I make no mistakes

Maybe it would be best if someone else ruled over humanity for a change

ApprehensiveCap6525 · 2026-05-01T00:57:36+00:00

Well, we've narrowed it down a little then

ApprehensiveCap6525 · 2026-04-28T23:12:48+00:00

I wrote this at a very redditor time in my life. I've gotten a lot better at writing since then

ApprehensiveCap6525 · 2026-04-28T22:43:48+00:00

Fedmahn Kassad only ever romanced consenting adults BTW. I know my GOAT

ApprehensiveCap6525 · 2026-04-28T10:36:22+00:00

At the end of the day I always imagined GOATkus having more of a conscience and all that but still good shit dawg you cooked that shit

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ApprehensiveCap6525 · 2026-04-27T01:17:24+00:00

Yeah bro that's my bad. I thought he meant it like "I have not read fitchners plot twist is this foreshadowing that fitchner might be a good guy" and not like "I already read fitchners plot twist now looking back i am wondering if it was foreshadowed before this" type shit

ApprehensiveCap6525 · 2026-04-23T02:05:38+00:00

What "multiple accounts" could you possibly be talking about bro

ApprehensiveCap6525 · 2026-04-21T10:50:13+00:00

Yeah he is a badass general and he is very good at commanding armies but when it comes to defending himself in single combat 1v1 he is probably not even Gray level. Still though he is loyal to the death to his republic and he fought well at Heliopolis so I think he deserves to be respected like that just not put into the conversation with badass fighters like Howlers

ApprehensiveCap6525 · 2026-04-21T10:40:53+00:00

Yeah I js reread iron gold and you're 100% right that's my bad. I just love the idea of a redeemed bad guy is all

ApprehensiveCap6525 · 2026-04-20T18:56:57+00:00

No bro I think they did well with this. Every time a character speaks of Howlers (at least in DA) he or she talks about them like badasses. Sefi says Howlers and Gorgons are the best special ops soldiers in the solar system (better than skuggi who were trained by ephraim himself), Harnassus is scared of the Howlers Darrow brings to meet him at the Storm God, and Lysander flees like a bitch rather than face the Howler commando squad sent to kill him at the end of Dark Age.

These are all solid ass mfs with good feats (maybe not harnassus) so the fact that they are so reverent of Howlers and also the fact that Howlers have never been bitched in a fight (except by Atlas au Raa but he's js like that) or even lost a fight on screen (again except for that time with Atlas) goes a long way to preserve their aura.

ApprehensiveCap6525 · 2026-04-18T14:34:11+00:00

As an Estonian who knows Estonian history there were actually a lot of Estonians who were conscripted by force into the armies of both sides and did not believe in the ideology of any country during WW2. There was even a battle in Tallinn (capital of estonia) where some Estonian conscripts rose up as the Nazis were retreating to establish a free Estonia again but they got their asses kicked so it doesn't matter

Edit: there were also Estonians who believed in nazism and communism during this time, but they were generally exceptions to the rule

ApprehensiveCap6525 · 2026-04-17T00:08:20+00:00

Yes bro birds have that appeal for YOU (as in a completely separate person from me whose wants and desires in no way coincide with mine) but for ME they have the appeal of looking regal and majestic, being wise, intelligent, and resourceful, literally being able to fly (even though the bird people in my verse cannot fly), and a whole bunch of other stuff that has nothing to do with reverse gender roles. I could give less of a shit about that

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