Thoughts? Any takers? Unfortunately, my actual coding and graphics skills are virtually non-existent, so I can only really dream and make suggestions.

You could very easily have a 40k themed game mod where you lead small, persistent, squads of uber powerful infantry (maybe even paired with some vehicles, if anyone ever finds a way to make that work) going from place to place, exploding the living bejeebus out of hordes of filthy xenos and human heretics with rapid fire grenade launchers. Check out the mod here - mount&blade Become a Member today - Support me on Patreon - Element Games - Save 15-25 on Warhammer, Warhammer 40k. Add in a custom campaign map, and some custom city/battle maps, and you'd be good to go. You'd simply have to build the necessary asset models (which half the damn internet modding community has done for more games than you can easily count already), and retool ranged weaponry and AI behavior to the point where the models could behave as demanded by lore without looking ridiculous. It seems like most of the 'heavy lifting' here would be cosmetic, with a side of balancing. Assuming we eventually get boats in Bannerlord, like we had in the later iterations of the original Mount and Blade, you could even have something vaguely analogous to space travel.

party management, recruitment, 'heroes' and 'captains' with customizable equipment load outs, treasures recovered after battle, the ability to delegate certain tasks to certain autonomous party members, etca, etca - are pretty much all in Bannerlord already. Seriously, A LOT of the mechanics a game like this would require - i.e. However, that this exact same premise would lend its self pretty damn well to Bannerlord's game style as well. It eventually got axed due to a combination of the devs lacking the necessary skill, and GW being litigious dickheads. I don't know who all is familiar with this 'mod,' but it was basically an attempt to create a stand-alone Warhammer 40K Space Marine Chapter simulator in the Master of Orion 2 Engine.

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