QUOTE(commanderz @ Mar 19 2008, 10:36 AM)
are the SoB, space marine ......and imperial guard is ally or the same?.....bcoz them all fight for the emperor......and no idea why them all fighting each other @@
In order to understand this mess one must be well verse in the structure which Imperium is run.
Space marines dont answer to anyone save the Emperor (who is of course, throne bound now which makes space marines fully automated) and are self governing bodies exempted from the Imperial rule. Only Inquisitors can dig their nose inside to question space marines motive if their actions are deemed traitorous.
Imperial Guard answers to Segmentum command, like Pentagon but in a much bigger scale. An Imperial guard general can only request help from Space Marines but not having direct command over them.
Sister of Battle are the militant orders belonging to the Ecclesiarchy, or Imperial cult, a religious order which preach Emperor being the God of mankind. Ecclesiarchy controls much of the Imperium and will purge those who goes against their teaching (even space marines). After a crisis happened about 10,000 years ago the Ecclesiarchy are banned from having man-at-arms, they took the term literally so thats why their formal militant orders now only recruit females.
All 3 are under Imperium but sometimes they have different interest and may clashed at rare occasions. Usually after which an Inquisitor will arrive to investigate.
This post has been edited by Waba: Mar 19 2008, 03:32 PM