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[greigorParticipant 280xp 1]

While there may have been female warriors, they were not considered space marines and were support units only.  In 1995 we, my gaming group and I, came up with a way in which you could have a fully augmented female Space Marine unit within 25 years instead of the piece meal augmentations which existed at the time.  We presented our idea to GDW and they took off with it coming out with the first Sisters of Battle units in 1998.  While I admit they could’ve been working on improving the female space marines into actual units, there is the strong possibility we helped them along as the original history of the Sisters was very similar to what we came up with.

As to your second point about the rules for tournament play being a joke I agree. My 500pt captain carried a vortex grenade launcher which played havoc with dreadnoughts and anything else caught in the blast area. We even pointed out the fact during one tournament, in which so much EMP missiles and grenades had been used that neither side would be able to move or engage due to electromagnetic saturation.  The match was called a draw.  So yes I agree changes had to be made. However they took it to the extreme before reining it back.