Consequences

Legends of the Space Marines

by Graham McNeill

Uriel Ventris of the Ultramarines has saved the world of Tarsis Ultra from the monstrous tyranids, but at the cost of his honour. He has broken faith with the holy tome of the Codex Astartes, the worst crime an Ultramarine can commit. The masters of the Chapter call for his death, but there may be one last chance for Uriel to reclaim his honour and save his life.

Genres: 40k, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Fiction

29 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 1, 2011

About the author

Hailing from Scotland, Graham McNeill narrowly escaped a career in surveying to work for Games Workshop as a games designer. He has a strong following with his novels Nightbringer, Warriors of Ultramar, Dead Sky, Black Sun and Storm of Iron.

Reviews

[Christopher · Rating 5 out of 5]

Consequences fills in the gaps with Uriel and Pasanius getting the big heave-ho from the Ultramarines! Uriel rages at events quite rightly but at the same time they are Ultramarines at the core! This means of course they consider themselves bound to the conditions of service! Beneath the surface the politics rumble away and this provides Uriel and Pasanius with their out of jail card! There is great characterisation throughout with Sergeant Learchus having a very Kurn situation from ST:TNG moment with Uriel and Pasanius as they are trotted out the door like Chief Judges from 2000 AD! Full of heroics and setting up events for the next plotlines! Consequences delves into the natures of the characters giving us a look into what makes Uriel, Pasanius etc tick and you can see that there loyalty is genuine! Consequences also answers previous questions but also set up new plot points as well! At the same time we get to delve more into what the Ultramarines believe and this shows them in different lights as we can see while they stick to their codex there are members who believe in different ideas! Great politics Ultramarine politics and an insight into what is going on beneath the surface with the Ultramarines! Crisp High Five! Get if You Can! Make sure you have the next one! :D

Merged review:

Consequences fills in the gaps with Uriel and Pasanius getting the big heave-ho from the Ultramarines! Uriel rages at events quite rightly but at the same time they are Ultramarines at the core! This means of course they consider themselves bound to the conditions of service! Beneath the surface the politics rumble away and this provides Uriel and Pasanius with their out of jail card! There is great characterisation throughout with Sergeant Learchus having a very Kurn situation from ST:TNG moment with Uriel and Pasanius as they are trotted out the door like Chief Judges from 2000 AD! Full of heroics and setting up events for the next plotlines! Consequences delves into the natures of the characters giving us a look into what makes Uriel, Pasanius etc tick and you can see that there loyalty is genuine! Consequences also answers previous questions but also set up new plot points as well! At the same time we get to delve more into what the Ultramarines believe and this shows them in different lights as we can see while they stick to their codex there are members who believe in different ideas! Great politics Ultramarine politics and an insight into what is going on beneath the surface with the Ultramarines! Crisp High Five! Get if You Can! Make sure you have the next one! :D

[Jan Merchant · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fascinating that this came out 2011 while the book it’s setting up came out in 2004. Heading into DEAD SKY, BLACK SUN without this story would be a shame.

This provides a lot of the interior politics of the Ultramarines that I’ve wanted from the first two Uriel Ventris books. Uriel and Pasanius are on trial for bending the rules of the ironclad Codex Astartes. Of course, they’re banished to the Eye of Terror. Womp womp.

The dogmatic fundamentalist nature of the “good guys” is on display here. You have to love that about this setting. Everyone’s a fascist and even those who could defend their (reasonable, yet non-Codex) actions know they shouldn’t - otherwise the fascism can’t keep on fascisming.

I always love seeing Marneus Calgar. That classic painting of him by Dave Gallagher was a total gateway drug for me to get into 40K in the first place.

Good story! On to the next!

[Ulzeta · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quite fun.

[Adrian Sepulveda]

He put him on a ship and said go get them