Who is the Greatest Space Marine?

[soren7550]

Does Commander Sheppard and the crew of the SSVNormandy count?

 

[Archemetis]

You mean there's actually a difference between them all?

 

[Ghost]

the doomguy or yer man from system shock 2. he counts as a space marine if you choose marine class aye? (and he is already in space obviously)

 

[SquirrelPants]

Nope. Warhammer 40K, 20 years or something like that before Doom. Those Space Marines were the originals.

Rogue, from Rogue Trooper (the 2000AD comic, first published in 1981) is probably the first recognisable "Space Marine". Sure, there were shooty space heroes before him, back as far as Flash Gordon, but they tended to be big flashy heroes rather than grunty infantrymen.

Edit: Also, WH40k only predates Doom by 6 years. 1987 versus 1993.

Oh, someone told me 40K was much older than that...Alright, thanks for that.

Rogue, I've never heard of him. Double thanks! =P

 

[Vauban]

Brother Captain Stern or any Grey Knight marine, followed closely by the other space marines of 40k

 

[bulletproof12]

it is pretty obvious, jim raynor from starcraft.

 

[k3v1n]

Uhm... This is pretty simple, folks.

The Emperor.

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ABBADON¡¡¡¡¡¡

Abbadon the General Failure, who despite something like thirteen tries, still hasn't managed to topple Cadia?

Abbadon is one of the biggest losers in the setting.

you filthy emperor follower¡¡¡ how DARE you¡¡ he was stopped ONLY after three armies stood against him¡¡¡

p.s. I'm such a nerd

 

[WolfLordAndy]

I'm gonna go with Bjorn the fell handed... he was such a badass marine, when he died, they got his body and put it in a robotic suit, so he could keep killing things 10,000 years later...

Or the Emporer... yeah Emporer probably beats all.

 

[SkinnySlim]

Lupercal!

 

[GloatingSwine]

Oh, someone told me 40K was much older than that...Alright, thanks for that.

Warhammer Fantasy Battle started in 1983. 40K was basically just that in space. (Which is why it's all elves, orcs and such in space. They originally had dwarves in space as well, but couldn't decide what to do with them so they got fed to the Tyranids)

you filthy emperor follower¡¡¡ how DARE you¡¡ he was stopped ONLY after three armies stood against him¡¡¡

Yeah, and what about the twelve other black crusades, where even with the might of the ruinous powers behind him, Abbadon couldn't manage to break Cadia.

 

[Daymo]

Sergeant Cortez, the funniest space marine to ever live and he time travels. Can't think of any thing he hasn't had to fight.

 

[Remleiz]

Abbadon the Despoiler [a Chaos space marine, but still a space marine ]

 

[shansta619]

the marines from starcraft, watch the intro, him blasting away at zerg, epic

 

[thegrandtaco]

jesus

 

[fix-the-spade]

Hands down, Riply.

Though I sympathize with your choice Lyiat- Ripley doesn't count...she wasn't a Marine...she was brought on in "Aliens" as a consultant.

She IS a Marine.

Towards the end the surviving troopers make her an honorary Marine.

Although of the 'proper' Marines I would say Hicks, purely on the basis of his survival/

 

[Cheesebob]

Does the Duke count?

If not...Marcus Fenix

 

[Rusty Bucket]

I'm going with Marneus Calgar. For starters, he lost all four limbs and his left eye in a battle with Tyranids, and he's still going. Some of his achievements are insane; he single-handedly held the gate against an Ork Horde for a night and a day at the Siege of Zalathrax and he's beaten and Eldar Avatar in single combat. For thoe who don't know, the Avatar is the physical embodiment and the Eldar god of war. Plus, he has two power fists.

 

[Simriel]

Jack O'niel. only man to be sarcastic to more than a dozen alien races.

 

[[Gavo]]

The God Emperor of Mankind

 

[Sixties Spidey]

Doom guy. First Space marine I knew. And loved!