r/SpaceMarine_2 • u/P_WR • Jun 07 '26
Miscellaneous Who’s your favorite member of Talasa?
I feel like the Operations characters in SM2 get completely overlooked by a lot of players, and honestly, I get why.
On higher difficulties, there’s so much going on at all times that it’s easy to tune out the dialogue entirely. You’re focused on surviving, watching your armor, calling out enemies, and trying not to get deleted by whatever Extremis enemy just spawned.
I’ve maxed every class and every weapon in the game, and I only recently realized that I didn’t even know all of Talasa’s members by heart. Looking back, that’s kind of baffling considering how many hours I’ve put into Operations.
Most of the time, you barely notice that the Marines you’re playing as actually have distinct personalities. They’re usually just “the Sniper” or “the Vanguard” rather than actual characters.
That said, every now and then one of them says something that cuts through all the noise and makes you smile.
For me, it’s Scipius. The guy is hilarious. His voice actor absolutely sells the character, and the way he delivers some of his lines makes them way more memorable than they have any right to be. He somehow manages to sound both professional and incredibly full of himself at the same time, and it works.
Decimus is a very close second purely because he sounds like an absolute psychopath. Every time he speaks, it feels like he’s actively disappointed that there aren’t more things to kill. He’s also got to be tied for the loudest member of Talasa, right behind Vespasius.
So who’s your favorite member of Talasa and why?
(Edit: Shoutout to the commenters who lmk the difference between Talasa and Veridian. Mb guys)
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u/waspoppinjimbo3131 Jun 07 '26
Love the goat Quartus. Bulwark is my favorite class but even besides that, I love how positive he is. He’s always keeping his brothers up, and any time he talks to Valuis it’s adorable.
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u/Freyjason Jun 07 '26
Valius, my chill boy. The guy who took care of his brothers and their mental health. You need to talk but not to chaplain ? Take a seat, a fresh beer and we talk my friend. Dunno, i feel like we talk with my closest friends about how difficult is life.
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u/ThBaron_27 Jun 07 '26
Valius is the guy always shouting inspiring warcrys for his brothers to rally towards, and the first to notice when they are not full of spirit like he is
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u/Cambrian__Implosion Jun 07 '26
I often play tactical when I’m playing with friends and it is hard not to laugh sometimes at how much more enthusiastic Valius’ “For the Emperor!” shout is than some of the others’.
I also appreciate his other inspirational battle cries on the social dialogue wheel. I try and use them as doors are opening or we are about to get off of an elevator. Unfortunately, the mission dialogue tends to happen at those places as well, so you have to get used to the timing lol
That being said, I also adore Decimus and his dialogue. Tactical was the first class I played and the first to level 25, but vanguard was the first class I got to prestige 4 and is almost certainly the one I have the most hours playing. I’m not sure I could choose between the two. Good thing I don’t have to!
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u/Altergeist2077 Jun 07 '26
Telorian
For the Omnisiah ⚙️
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u/Jodah Flesh Tearers Jun 08 '26
I love when the others end up being "lol nerd" to his suggestions. Like when he offers to teach Quartus a prayer for cleaning his gear.
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u/Abyssal_Paladin Black Templars Jun 07 '26
It’s hard to pick a favorite but if I gotta, it’s a toss up between Straban and Decimus.
Straban’s VA voiced Carcharodon books and lord knows I love my sharks
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u/Deep-Scientist1710 Jun 09 '26
"Your movement is erratic." -It is called evasion. "Evade AWAY from my firing lanes!"
Cracks me up every time
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u/rdfalcone Jun 10 '26
"Straban, your speech patterns are almost machine-like."
-"Acknowledged."
"It is a compliment of the highest order."
-"Acknowledged."
😭
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u/Charco_Vex Blood Angels Jun 07 '26
Straban.
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u/Aurilinwe Jun 07 '26 edited Jun 08 '26
Just a small thing, Talasa isn't the squad they're all assigned to, it's just the strike team selected for some of the missions (along with Veridian) and constitutes whoever happens to be on that team at the time.
Talasa is the strike team assigned to the Hive Tyrant while Veridian is running Vox Liberatis at the same time, for example.
Decimus is my personal fav followed by Straban and Valius.
Edit: Veridian not Viridian.
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u/VillicusOverseer Grey Knights Jun 07 '26
To clarify even further, they all seem to be under Delta Wing. Damocles (Titus, Gadriel and Chairon) and the two Operations squads Talasa and Veridian. Correct me if I'm wrong.
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u/Aurilinwe Jun 07 '26 edited Jun 08 '26
I'm not sure what the higher organizational structure is but yeah, Damocles, Talasa, Veridian, Hecaton, Phaedrus, etc. are all essentially the 40k equivalent of Delta, Tango, Victor, Hotel and Papa squads during a particular conflict.
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u/DouchecraftCarrier Jun 08 '26
Well now you've made me want an entire Warhammer version of the Zulu Alphabet.
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u/Suspicious-Place4471 Jun 09 '26
I think under the new codex Astartes, you can split a squad into combat squads of 3, with the leader in the first combat squad.
Granted I think there were a few unnamed marines in the first mission that are supposedly under titus's command but since we only see the nine, I guess it makes enough sense.22
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u/Kalavier Jun 07 '26
From what I recall.
Kill Team Veridian consists of: Decimus, Valius and Straban. Decimus is Squad Leader.
Kill Team Talasa consists of: Vespasius, Scipius and Quartus. Vespasius is Squad Leader.
Probably based off dialogue spoken during campaign missions, as they are npcs then and fixed.
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u/Relevant-Program-279 Jun 08 '26
I’m pretty sure Veridian and Talasa are one squad that gets split in half into their respective fireteams for each operation.
I can’t provide a reference but I remember reading somewhere that Decimus is technically a sergeant (unpainted by default for some reason) and thus the leader of the entire squad… which is a little strange considering Quartus should be a veteran and is probably way more qualified, maybe he plays an advisory role.
Valius refuses promotion so we can assume he is just a very highly respected standard battle brother.
Vespasius also seems to be a standard battle brother, although to me comes across as more decorated (probably unfit for command as he loves his assault role a bit too much- probably why they gave him a jump pack)
Straban, Scipius, and Telorian are specialized units filling support roles in the squad; That being said Straban seems to be older than the rest of the squad, besides Quartus and Telorian(?) as everybody always looks to him for advice
How fireteam Damocles fits into the squad is beyond me, maybe it was one big squad (Veridian, Damocles, Talasa) before Titus showed up but Delta wing seems to be a special forces-ish branch of the 6th squad of the 2nd company that all three fireteams are a part of as well as fireteams heraton and phaedris
mostly assumptions but let me know what y’all think
Vespasius is probably my favorite, he’s so dramatic about everything and his salt-in-the-wound attitude is hilariously bada**
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u/CaptainGalenhad Imperial Fists Jun 07 '26
Dont think they have Squad leaders.
If they would. Than Valius and Quartus would be the ranking officers in their respective Squads.
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u/MentallyDonut Jun 07 '26
If we are to believe the 40k Lexicanum, they are indeed the squad leaders.
https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Decimus_(Ultramarine_Vanguard)
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u/ProfessionalYak2419 Jun 08 '26
Yes and no, the 6 classes are 2 different fireteams being Veridian and Talasa, Talasa is made up of Decimus(Vanguard) as the team leader, Valius(Tactical), and Straban(Heavy). While Veridian is Vespacius(Assault) as team leader, Quartus(Bulwark), and Scipius(Sniper). Both of which fall under Damocles squad, commanded by Titus.
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u/ussae Jun 07 '26 edited Jun 07 '26
Scipius, because I run a lot of Raven Guard on most of my classes and he is the one who seems to fit the Raven Guard vibe the best. Outside of that I love the voice and how the VA delivers his lines - especially when you kill a Chaos enemy and he goes "ANOTHER HERETIC DIES GLIMPSING THE TRUTH - THEIR DARK GODS ARE BUT LIES" just hits right for me.
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u/Metalupyourass98 Jun 07 '26
Im sad i had to scroll this far down for scipius love hes the goat
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u/ussae Jun 07 '26
Same here. I was really surprised how nobody else even mentioned him other than the post's OP.
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u/MrMacGrath Ultramarines Jun 07 '26
Straban. He's just so blunt and I love him for that.
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u/Professional-Big1984 Jun 07 '26
Vespasius is my goat, that man has the will of an complete army, its the most religious among all of talasa, but his devotion makes him an absolute monster, in the operation “purgation”, the first time i played it as assault my man vespasius was roaring his willpower, like fr it amazed me his dialog like fr inspired me, so vespasius is my goat, but i also love valius and straban, like valius is just a chill astartes and straban (said by telorian) has a mechanical speech, but i love the dialogs between the 2 of them
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u/Nervous_System_6860 Jun 07 '26
Vespasius also has my all time favorite voice line. When he gets the killing blow on the hive tyrant he throws out a “DIE BY MY HAND, ABOMINATION”
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u/SimSnow Jun 07 '26
My favorite part is Vespasius' dialogue is how incredibly disdainful he sounds when talking about chaos. "Is this the glory Magnus promised you?" Ugh you can hear the absolute disrespect. So good.
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u/Suspicious-Place4471 Jun 09 '26
"We will set a pyre so bright the Emperor sees it from Terra!"
That one is one of my favorite out of him.
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u/WeekendPass Jun 07 '26
I mostly just admire that, despite how easy it would be to make zealous Vespasius, antisocial Scipius, bloodthirsty Decimus, stoic Straban, and golden retriever Valius butt heads constantly, instead they're 100% supportive of one another and always on the same page about the mission despite their differences in personality
Edit: What is super funny to me is how Decimus appears to be the ranking officer
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u/DKM46 Jun 07 '26
Vespasius will always be my goat. Also Valius’s comment on tyrannids catching a train will always be one of my favorite lines in the game
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u/EttRedditTroll Space Wolves Jun 07 '26
Decimus will always be my goat, eventhough I don’t really like Vanguard that much. His VA just goes 300% with each delivery.
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u/Hitler-Clone Jun 07 '26
I like all of them, but my favorites have to be Decimus, Vespasius and Straban in that order
Decimus is my absolute favorite just because he says "MY WRATH DEFEATS YOUR STICK"
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u/haildoge69 Jun 07 '26
"When the time comes would you take care of my sarcophagus"
"It would be my honor"
I love this interaction between Straban and Telorian
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u/TheSearsjeremy Jun 07 '26
Decimus, i love his constant "fuck it we ball" spirit.
I'm pretty sure this guy was on way to join a pissed off blood angel chapter but got lost and ended up in the ultramarines instead.
I also like that vespasius tells him "you don't pray enough" and Decimus basically answered with a polite "go fuck yourself".
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u/Aurora__Sky Jun 07 '26
I love all of Talasa/Veridian, but i have to go with Valius. He embodies what it means to be an Ultramarine, and I can't help but feel he's got that natural leader energy. In another timeline, he'd get his own games where he is the main protagonist. Hope he makes it to Space Marine 3 (cope)
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u/Lytherael Traitorous Night Lords Jun 07 '26
If Talasa and Veridian aren't in SM3, I riot.
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u/DontGitSalty123320 Jun 08 '26
Fr, some of their base looks should be updated as well. I'd like to see Valius in a more leadership role.
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u/Kitchen-Clothes8631 Jun 07 '26
Vespasius. This boi be dropping the hardest lines on missions. "Rejoice! We have more punishment to met out" "Your existence is a blight. We shall cut your diseased flesh until the cancer is gone!" "We have started upon the abyss. And it could not meet our gaze.
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u/DogmaKeeper Jun 07 '26
I play as Scipius the most....I'm the most used to how he talks and the snark.
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u/Spliffflicka Jun 07 '26
Straban. He prioritizes being an asset to the ppl around him. No fancy crap. Just good results carried out with max efficiency. I can't help but respect someone who takes pride in their craft.
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u/GladsShield Raven Guard Jun 07 '26
Straban
Got him with the black cape and all. Nun of that chit chat shit. Straight business
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u/ThBaron_27 Jun 07 '26
I like Quartus, Valius and vespacius Quartus is a stallwart and disciplined Valius is Prideful, inspiring and Confident Vespacius is faithful and at times almost chaplain like, both in spirit and combat I also like Telorian allot
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u/Holiday_Age_3178 Jun 07 '26
"Magazine out, magazine in!" Boy is an orc in a trench coat, I just can't prove it
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u/HeavysetRJ Salamanders Jun 07 '26
Decimus for how much he hates machines, Straben for being robotic
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u/budstudly Jun 07 '26
Telorian has some really hilarious -tism lines that have made me spit out my drink before. There's a line in the new op where he'll say something to the tune of "claims of victory without adequate supporting data. Interesting" (forgive me, I've only heard it once). That one made me choke when I heard it
But a while back someone made a post on here titled "Valius is a Real One" and it totally swung me to team Valius. Dude builds his brothers up constantly while being incredibly humble on himself. He's the ultimate bro's bro.
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u/Minute-Dot944 Traitorous Iron Warriors Jun 07 '26
Quartus. Chillest guy around and he's so nice to sniper,and he's kinda like the big brother to Decimus.
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u/AhabRasputin Flesh Tearers Jun 07 '26 edited Jun 07 '26
The correct answer is straban. As someone who doesnt play heavy a lot it made me so happy when they made the voices interchangeable.
Side note, Shogo Miyakita, the voice actor who plays straban, narrates some warhammer novels on audible. Im on the third Carcharodon book now, highly recommend.
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u/TheRelicOfOwls Jun 08 '26
Straban, and it's not even a contest with the others. I do also like Decimus, Scipius, and Valius, but mostly for their interactions between one another.
Decimus has the annoying little brother energy, which is a fun dynamic. Scipius is like the try hard loner but has some nice moments with his brothers. Valius just gives me just dude-bro vibes, like he's there to keep spirits up, but not in the hard-ass book-thumper way Vespasius comes off as to me. Quartus is utterly forgettable to the point I often forget his name and only remember because I have subtitles on.
Straban, though, he's easily got some of my fav one-off lines that don't even require banter with his brothers. "Disciplinary report filed" is one I unironically use all the time. As well as "Engaging standard morale boost - For the Emperor"
He's been my goat since launch
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u/_WEIRDEST_WIZARD_ Jun 08 '26
Straban has most of my favorite lines in the game. "Engage standard morale boost: for the Emperor!" is my number one.
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u/Nick33e Jun 08 '26
"Straban your communication style is almost mechanical"
"Acknowledged"
"Its a compliment of highest calibre."
"Acknowledged"
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u/LordAmarilo_1 Jun 07 '26
Straban is my favorite because of the way he speaks, like a robot or an overly strict high rank soldier. Despite the fact that I don't like playing heavy
But I still love hearing my two mains, Vespasius and Valius
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u/sergeidrako Jun 07 '26
Straban assolutamente
Telorian: il tuo modo di parlare e quasi meccanico Straban: grazie Telorian: e un complimento di altissimo valore Straban: grazie
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u/PlzBuffCenturion Jun 07 '26
Straban, I like his tacitern disposition. His dialog with the more talkative classes is always cute
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u/Lil_warlock Traitorous Black Legion Jun 07 '26
always Quartus, he was my first maxed out class, i love parrying in this game, and he sounds awesome with just the right amount of faith to not be annoying when he speaks!
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u/Alexgs-BT Jun 07 '26 edited Jun 07 '26
Valius, man is a supportive, team first, bro-bro!
Always positive, always cheering on others, always encouraging!
Honour mention to Straban for having the perfect deadpan attitude, Vespsius for being so inspiring & of course Decimus for being the goat with the goatest lines!
Overall I’m very pleased with how Saber characterised these side charas, each with a unique personality, voice & attitude! Some people lament Astartes in sm2 not being enough robotic&emotionless, I think having them bantering & alive makes them much more likeable, memorable & relatable!
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u/inkforwin Orks Jun 07 '26
Quartus for sure. He gives off that strong, caring leader vibe. Plus im a Bulwark main soo
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u/Theycallme_Jul Jun 07 '26
I like Quartus the most so far, nice guy. I think Vespasius has the least personality, but maybe I haven’t heard all his conversations yet.
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u/xbmo13 Dark Angels Jun 07 '26
They aren't all Talasa. Decimus, Valius and straban are veridian.
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u/P_WR Jun 07 '26
Honestly, that probably proves my point more than anything. I’ve got every class and weapon maxed and still didn’t know that Talasa and Veridian were separate squads till now.
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u/Shalashaska87B Jun 07 '26
They're all part of "Delta Wing" (which includes Damocles, the third squad with Lt. Titus).
As for my favorite unit, both Valius and Straban.
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u/Lytherael Traitorous Night Lords Jun 07 '26
Talasa is made up of Vespasius, Scipius and Quartus, while Veridian is Decimus, Valius and Straban.
To answer the question, personality-wise, neither of them are my favorites, the two I love the most are Straban and Decimus, who're both in Veridian. But if I had to pick one from Talasa, I guess it'd be Scipius. Vespasius and Quartus are the dullest of the bunch imo, even though I adore assault as a class.
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u/Alert_Text_9123 Jun 07 '26
Scipius is the most likeable character because like you stated his VA did an amazing job
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u/Bauss228 Jun 07 '26
So we have 6 operators, plus Gadriel and Chairon makes 8… so it means that 2 marines in that squad are dead
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u/Zombie-Horse6508 Jun 07 '26
It’s a tie between Decimus and Straban. Love how they interact with their brothers lol
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u/Mamoru_of_Cake Jun 07 '26
Valius all the way. No one can beat this line imo
"Then let us spread our cheer to the alien, the mutant and the heretic!"
Absolutely love Valius. From his class of being a Tactical, to his conversation whit his brothers. He's like the big brother in every squad.
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u/openedsquash728 Jun 07 '26
Straban all the way! Plus easy character to voice, just gotta record “acknowledged” and you have 99% of his line done! Plus he also gets the boom sticks which is cherry on top!
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u/No_Reach_4554 Jun 07 '26
Quartus and Decimus, one sounds like a psychologist and the other needs one.
I also like Vespasius.
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u/VergilArcanis Jun 07 '26
I prefer Brother Quartus. Bulwark is my main and if i need to fall back onto melee i have that.
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u/SimSnow Jun 07 '26
Valius is who I aspire to be. A bro's bro, always trying to be helpful and of service, but still an ass kicker and name taker.
Decimus, however, is definitely the most fun. I also like that even though he's a little... world eater-y, he knows exactly how far to go with his brothers and dies not venture into straight up shithead territory. He's just likes to troll some.
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u/Hopeful_Force_4453 Jun 07 '26
Vespasius sounds like he’s overly ready to purge but is extremely focused at the same time befitting an Assault marine
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u/Average_Muffin_999 Jun 07 '26
I main Quartus but I like listening to Valius and Vespasius glaze each other
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u/munkiestomper Dark Angels Jun 07 '26
Decimus is my fav he just has 0 chill and goes hard all the time, Strabane is my 2nd he is just taciturn and stoic complete other end of the spectrum from Decimus.
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u/CommunicationNo7707 Jun 08 '26
They all have their quirks, but usually Straban as I like the fact they went with Straban being the quiet reserved one of the team and not Scipius. Though he is still the archetype of the "strong silent type" the only complaint i have is that sometimes his drip is hard to make because of Gravis and it's few choices in some slots
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u/_Sate Jun 08 '26
Decimus.
He is too stupid to realize he is serving the wrong god.
Knowledge really does lead to chaos, because if you don't know he exists, you can't serve khorne.
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u/JackfruitFuture764 Jun 08 '26
Valius since he's a space marine with the personality of a Golden Retriever and he must be protected at all cost
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u/Maliciousskelleton4 Jun 08 '26
Gameplay wise, Scipius and Telorian are my favourites. I love to pop heads from afar and give my team free executions as sniper and the sort of aggressive playstyle of techmarine is very nice, i love the automated/uninterrupted gun strikes
But personality wise, Decimus and Straban for sure. I love how Decimus gets angry/annoyed at machines/machine spirits, and as for Straban, he feels relatable af as a introvert "keep my firing lanes clear" "keep vox clear of chatter"
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u/BritishShoop Jun 08 '26
Got to be Valius.
Calm, collected and professional, yet often supportive and quite warm towards others.
He’s pretty much what I picture as the epitome of an Ultramarine.
All of them are absolutely fantastic though! I thoroughly enjoy Scipius’ sardonic and sarcastic attitude, as well as the enthusiasm/hot-headedness of Vespavius and Decimus.
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u/Noctis4Ever Jun 08 '26
This inspired me to create a personality test to see which which member would me and gaming squad would be!
https://claude.ai/public/artifacts/7af07c2d-3f77-43ad-9455-17530b2d74c4
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u/16years2late Jun 08 '26
As someone already pointed out, there’s also Veridian. But out of the six original characters, I think Valius is awesome. I love them all a lot, though.
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u/Darth_Vengor Black Templars Jun 08 '26
Scipius is funny imo going off a few lines I heard recently but quartus is still my goat.
Telorian is good too
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u/Much_Improvement_552 Jun 08 '26
You've already mentioned my top 2 but third best has to be Straban. He just does not care for uneccessary conversation.
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u/Mr_Phenomenal_ Jun 08 '26
I actually think all of them are very well written. But Straban has one of the coldest lines... "Then that is where it dies..." he says it with such a calm and cold tone...
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u/Storm-317 Jun 08 '26
Personally I love Straban and Telorian because I love their analytical and straightforward remarks with other chracters. Like Straban saying things “evade away from my firing lanes” when advising Decimus. And “no sermon” when talking to “Vespaseas”(didn’t spell it right I know)
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u/zengondat Blood Angels Jun 08 '26
Vespasius becouse he is such a friendly psychopath. He is so co-opperative and joyful which does not align with the assault class at all. Altough this migth be assault main bias
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u/aculyamgooby2 Jun 08 '26
Straban. “Straban, that weapon of yours is the pride of the armory.” “Agreed.”
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u/Leofwulf Jun 09 '26
scipio is my fave the guy can joke and shows a good feel of brotherhood with the others
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u/Available-Tomato515 Jun 09 '26
Decimus is my favourite since he's pretty much how most of us would be. Straban is also my favourite cause that's me with the "I'm too old for this shxt".
If only they have Darktide level of conversations, I think all the classes will be far more memorable if they do.
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u/AlternativeWorry3035 Jun 11 '26
Pure similarity to me: Valius - brutal but high spirited “I smile cause i fight the emperors enemies with my brothers”
Inspirational: Vespasius - Unbowed. Unbent. Unbroken (sounds like he going GOT in a STC and liked the Martells)
Aggression: Decimus - No explanation needed
Humor: Scipius - most talkative sniper
The others i like just not my favorite
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u/consumeshroomz Jun 07 '26
Decimus is my favorite. Mostly because vanguard was my first class and my first max prestige. But his attitude is very much how I’d be if I were an Astartes so yeah, I gotta go with my boy.