Shield and knief (sword) fights in Heretics / Chapterhous?


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Shield and knief (sword) fights in Heretics / Chapterhous?

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Hello and greetings from germany,

sorry my english is not the best.

My question is, if there are fights with shields and swords ( knifes ) in Heretics / Chapterhous...?
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No, shields are no longer in common use by that time. They were banned by Leto II. Lasguns seem to be the prefered weapon.
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Freakzilla wrote:No, shields are no longer in common use by that time. They were banned by Leto II. Lasguns seem to be the prefered weapon.

Thank you for your help!

OK, and what is with knife and swords..?
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I can't recall them being used off the top of my head. Anyone?
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Not that I can think of either, maybe for training and ceremonial purposes?

But Chapterhouse especially was a big shift from the old Dune warfare, when you read the Bashar's description of the attack on Gammu for example. All the weaponry and tactics are entirely different since shields are not an option anymore.
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Thanks for your help...

I love to read more about sword and knife fights - perhaps there will be a some little fights...

In some pictures you can see Miles Teg with a sword in his hand:

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I believe Duncan and Teg trained with swords.

But when it came to killing, Teg cut them in half with a lazgun.
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lotek wrote:But Chapterhouse especially was a big shift from the old Dune warfare, when you read the Bashar's description of the attack on Gammu for example. All the weaponry and tactics are entirely different since shields are not an option anymore.
I read it a few weeks ago, and for either the assault on Junction or the diversionary assault on Gammu, shields were used as nuclear weapons; nobody expected that, because they had fallen into disuse.

There was also a statement that shields and swords had only worked as long as the Landsraad and Guild had been able to enforce Marquess of Queensberry rules. After the scattering, that ended.
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Naïve mind wrote:
lotek wrote:But Chapterhouse especially was a big shift from the old Dune warfare, when you read the Bashar's description of the attack on Gammu for example. All the weaponry and tactics are entirely different since shields are not an option anymore.
I read it a few weeks ago, and for either the assault on Junction or the diversionary assault on Gammu, shields were used as nuclear weapons; nobody expected that, because they had fallen into disuse.

There was also a statement that shields and swords had only worked as long as the Landsraad and Guild had been able to enforce Marquess of Queensberry rules. After the scattering, that ended.
Thank you for your help,

but will there be swords as parts of the uniform ...?
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The shield/lazgun bombs were Duncan's idea, he was familiar with their use.
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Am I the only one finding weird that insistence on the same question over and over again ?
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lotek wrote:Am I the only one finding weird that insistence on the same question over and over again ?
No.
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Omphalos wrote:Why are the internet denizens so paranoid?
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No! But have my suspicions.
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The knief gave it away.
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