AimingToPlease,OftenMiss

I prefer to go off marines as they are portrayed in the Horus Heresy books. They're not ridiculously overpowered in that setting, although still far better than an unaugmented human.They can still be put out of action like normal man. It just takes a lot more to do it.(That crossover story of mine sees Lyra KO a marine by cracking him over the head with the hilt of his own sword, although it takes 2 hits to do it. The first just dazes the marine for a moment).I also like the way the Heresy novels hint that marines are still very human underneath that armour and genetic engineering.Why do crossover stories with 40k and MLP work?Probably because the settings are virtually polar opposites.The other reason I believe is because the pony characters are so human in the way they act. Makes it easier to write stories.