A spot of fun for Space Marine players... IS YOUR CHAPTER DOOMED!?!?

[Narric]

Lets have another stab

Chapter Size: 600
Average yearly casualties: 38
Average Neophyte intake: 71
% of Neophytes lost: 35%

I'm sticking with that starting number, becuase I want to

[Mabbz]

Ok, my Red Talon that I made for your deathwatch rp.


Chapter Size: 870
Average yearly casualties: 94
Average Neophyte intake: 290
% of Neophytes lost: 73% (all that plasma weapon training )

Quite amusingly, this Chapter received a declaration of doom from my program right from the beginning due to lack of Geneseed; high casualties, combined with massive Neophyte attrition, meant that by year two alone the Chapter had a massive Geneseed deficit and, strictly speaking, should not have been able to keep pumping out recruits.

This makes it a technical year 1 takedown, though assuming geneseed stocks were not a problem the Chapter is still in slow decline; three tests resulted in a year 23, 21 and 18 destruction through attrition.

The simple answer here is that any Chapter that is losing such a high percentage of Neophytes is pretty much doomed and must take immediate action to rectify it.

To be honest, I more or less just threw out some random numbers. Thinking about it, I doubt the neophyte death rate is that high, since plasma weapon overheats probably aren't generally fatal. I should probably lower it to more like 40%, but point out that injuries are very high, even outside of combat situations.