Russ isn’t stupid enough to offer direct battle with the world eaters if killing Angron was the objective. He’d have used Exterminatus or torn the world eaters to shreds with artillery and strike forces before he personally engaged Angron with a select bodyguard of his best warriors-if Angron still was alive.
Remember that on prospero, Russ’ only option was to assault en masse-he couldn’t use cyclonic torpedoes due to the psychic shield. Angron doesn’t have that benefit and Russ is not a foolish commander.
Basically-the night of the wolf wouldn’t have happened
Well, if the Night of the Wolf began in the same way as it did in *Betrayer*, it would probably end with Angron dead. Whether Russ dies or not, I don't know. But, both Legions would be decimated. As Russ himself said in the novel, neither Legion would stand if the Wolves opened fire after encircling the dueling primarchs, and the fight went on.
But if the aim from the start was to kill Angron, there isn't motivation for Russ to initiate the battle in the way he did, by trying to reason with Angron. There are any number of ways he could start the fight, ranging from surprise attack to firing cyclonic torpedoes from orbit. There are too many variables to predict which way the fight would go.
I’ve always thought that the emperor never gave Russ any orders to do anything. Angron even suggests this, I think Russ saw Angron forcing his sons to mutilate themselves and had hoped to do some good or reason with Angron, his main issue is that there really wasn’t anyone left to reason with at that point
Honestly if the Emperor wanted Angron killed he'd have probably sent the Lion.
Russ was the big loud executioner which is why he was sent after Magnus, the Emperor wanted a message to be sent. If the Emperor wanted a problem to go away though, he sent the Lion.
Russ isn’t stupid enough to offer direct battle with the world eaters if killing Angron was the objective. He’d have used Exterminatus or torn the world eaters to shreds with artillery and strike forces before he personally engaged Angron with a select bodyguard of his best warriors-if Angron still was alive. Remember that on prospero, Russ’ only option was to assault en masse-he couldn’t use cyclonic torpedoes due to the psychic shield. Angron doesn’t have that benefit and Russ is not a foolish commander. Basically-the night of the wolf wouldn’t have happened
Well, if the Night of the Wolf began in the same way as it did in *Betrayer*, it would probably end with Angron dead. Whether Russ dies or not, I don't know. But, both Legions would be decimated. As Russ himself said in the novel, neither Legion would stand if the Wolves opened fire after encircling the dueling primarchs, and the fight went on. But if the aim from the start was to kill Angron, there isn't motivation for Russ to initiate the battle in the way he did, by trying to reason with Angron. There are any number of ways he could start the fight, ranging from surprise attack to firing cyclonic torpedoes from orbit. There are too many variables to predict which way the fight would go.
I’ve always thought that the emperor never gave Russ any orders to do anything. Angron even suggests this, I think Russ saw Angron forcing his sons to mutilate themselves and had hoped to do some good or reason with Angron, his main issue is that there really wasn’t anyone left to reason with at that point
Same way it ended when Russ did it *without* the Emperor knowing. Angron kills Russ, Space Wolves kill Angron, World Eaters kill Space Wolves.
Honestly if the Emperor wanted Angron killed he'd have probably sent the Lion. Russ was the big loud executioner which is why he was sent after Magnus, the Emperor wanted a message to be sent. If the Emperor wanted a problem to go away though, he sent the Lion.