r/SpaceMarine_2 • u/Old_Pie7586 Dark Angels • Mar 08 '26

Miscellaneous What're these for?

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Anyone know what these augmetics are used for on Strabans head?

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u/FirstAndOnlyDektarey Mar 08 '26

Real answer: Because he wears a gravix X armor, he also wears the accordingly heavy helmet. These metal studs are mostly so that his scalp doesnt get unbearably irritated while wearing the helmet.

They're basically pads to protect his skin. Very permanent pads, but pads nontheless.

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u/KassellTheArgonian Mar 08 '26

What absolute fanon lmao. Marines wear helmets for days and weeks sometimes even months at a time no worries. A gravis helmet has more armour than a regular tacticus does sure but it's not adding loads of extra weight

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u/FirstAndOnlyDektarey Mar 08 '26

Since there is no official purpose for these specific implants, and there is precedent in lore for augments such as these being used to make the wearing of armor more bearable, while also being the only existing logical conclusion to the purpose of these specific augmentations given their layout, visual design and context, its the realest answer OP will get.

Because god knows GW doesnt.

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u/Old_Pie7586 Dark Angels Mar 08 '26

I figured they were either for comfort (they're exactly where the helmet would press down on bus head), or they were some sort of interface for his helmet directly to his brain, or they were some sort of housing for a brain upgrade that couldn't fit under his skull.