Fiction talk:Astartes

Plagiarism
After having read through this page in its entirety, it is unfortunate that I am going to have to issue a claim of plagiarism against the overall quality of this fiction given my reasonings that will be made evident. I must emphasize that while inspiration, referencing, and associated tropes are fine, plagiarism is not a supported practice in regards to the nature of the collaberative fiction project. While I encourage that you ensure yourself to deliver constructive changes towards the fiction in question, no penalties will arise from not doing so other than potentially risking association with other members of the community that are also involved in the collaberative fiction project.

I feel that you have managed to plagiarize content associated with and provided by the Warhammer 40,000 franchise in regards to the names, identities, and descriptions that you have used for this fiction, in particular the Space Marines / Adeptus Astartes faction. The largest problem I can observe is with the nomenclature of the fiction - while astartes in itself does not directly refer back to the Space Marines due to such being a Latin word, I feel that it is very evident that the name was used to invoke similarity and/or identicality to the Space Marines of Warhammer 40,000, along with the following terms;


 * "Chapter(s)"
 * "Gene-Seed"
 * "Tactical Dreadnought Armour"
 * "Terminator Armour"
 * "Primarchs"
 * "First / Second / Third / Fourth Founding"
 * "Iron Hands / Deathwatch / Alpha Legion / Grey Knights / Carcharadons Astra"
 * "Chogoris / Lufner Huron"

I would advise that you revise the names and terms you have chosen if anything, alongside perhaps re-evaluating the battle cries and the evident familiarities between the properties of Warhammer 40,000 and your own fiction that cannot be helped but noticed via the terms and descriptions used, e.g. "They are the only Chapter in the Hegemony to be composed of all psionic channelers, and are know to have the most powerful psionics" for the Grey Knights, "When an Astartes joins, there armor is repainted in the colors of the Deathwatch, save for one shoulder that is left the original color." for the Deathwatch, and others.

If you require assistance with sourcing the references that I have used, I can provide helpful links at your request. I would greatly advise revising this fiction to a minimal extent, as the collaberative fiction project promotes creativity and a flow of inspiration and does not support plagiary and theft of content.

Lucario of the Gods (talk 23:38, November 18, 2014 (UTC)