looking for a chapter that at least somewhat values the lives of imperial citizens. preferably not salamanders
>>51922909
Raven Guard, Ultramarines, Lamenters, Mantis Warriors
>>51922909
Space Wolves have that reputation a little, and they throw good parties. Just ignore the furry stuff.
>>51922909
The opposite of not-so-brutal.
>>51922909
hey remember the time the nigger marines hunted down and flame-throwered all the humans on a planet to make an example of them even though they knew they were innocent?
the M&Ms are your divine punishment
besides there are only like 3 or 4 "brutal" chapters in all the IOM now. And those have been toned down some even
unless your idea of a nonbrutal chapter is one who ignores their duty and lets men get slaughtered so they have time to play kickball with the local population
>>51922909
Doom Eagles.
>>51922909
Guardians of the Covenant.
Plus the GotC put just as much value on scholarly study as martial training.
>>51923242
>brutal chapters
IH (and all their successor chapters, so like 10 total?)
MM
Black Templars + 1 or 2 other IF successors
Flesh Tearers
Who are we missing?
>>51922909
salamanders, space wolfs, imperial fists and ultramarines are the true "good guys" you want saving your planet, especially the salamanders, they stick around for a while helping citizens recover. space wolfs are known for killing the fuck out of the enemy and love communicating with everyday people to help strengthen the moral of the people, the imperial fists will not only save you from the enemy but also build you a better base that wont break and ultramarines will save you then help restructure roads and buildings, style of government so you are better equipped to handle an invasion. Remember space marines were originally designed to retire and help lead a planet when not in combat and these chapters truly strive to for fill that role.
You would never really want white scars, raven guard, blood angles, dark angles or iron hands helping your planet out. raven guard and white scars focus of killing the enemy as quick as possible and fucking off, iron hands dont give a fuck, blood angles will kill everybody in their path to get the the enemy (ironically its the space wolfs tat are better khorne worshipers though), dark angles dont give a fuck and might actually betray you because they are secret traitors sometimes.
>>51923355
they toned down the IH a lot
black templars arent brutal in that they harm innocent IOM citizens
im sure a lot of blood angel chapters are though since they do things like kidnap people and sacrifice them or eat them alive
>>51922909
>values the lives of imperial citizens
The Celestial Lions, maybe.
Their beef with the Inquisition may have had more to do with the specific inquisitor casually wasting their time before deciding to glass the planet, rather than whether the planet needed glassing.