I'd pack my bags and take my chances with the spunky farmboy goodie-two shoes Jedi back home in my own Galaxy instead of facing that. If Vader proves to be too much of a pain, he'll get himself marked for attack by the even more elite of the Imperium, like the Grey Knights, Officio Assassinorum, or the Inquisition.Īnd even if they win on one world, what do they have to look forward to? Counterattacks by the Imperium, Daemonic Cults, legions of unkillable Necrons, world devouring Tyranid Hivefleets, numberless hordes of Orks, and countless other horrors. They're stronger, faster, tougher, and more fanatical. Not to mention that Space Marines are for all intents and purposes superhuman. Just about every Space Marine Chapter and most Imperial Guard regiments have Psykers attached to them. I mean, by the Imperium's measure someone of Vader's level is pretty run of the mill. Throw in Thrawn as their CO and they might even give the Imperium a bloody nose, but I still don't think they can pull off the win. Imperial Marines carried an E-11 blaster rifle, a MiniMag shoulder-launched proton torpedo launcher, and multiple thermal detonators as standard equipment. They were trained to board enemy warships They acted as 'the punch' of the Imperial Starfleet. Primarily served on Imperial-class Star Destroyers as defense. If we're talking expanded universe Stormtroopers, than things get a little more interesting. The Imperial Marines were a specialized branch of the Imperial Stormtrooper Corps.