History Awesome / DawnOfWar

* After defeating the Imperial Guard and Sisters of Battle, the Space Marines... actually treat the survivors decently, sending the Sisters to their convent worlds and the Guard to other assignments (shame so few survived Inquisitorial debriefings, [[KillEmAll but that's the Inquisition for you]]).

** The Imperial Guard assault on the Sisters of Battle's stronghold. Stubbs was smart enough to understand that no matter how much his troops repent and confess, the Sisters are so fanatical that they will [[KillEmAll kill him and purge his entire regiment just to be sure that the system is free of the taint of Chaos.]] He therefore decides that the only way for him and his men to live will be to take the least predictable course of action possible... [[CrazyEnoughToWork to march the entire 252nd Conservator Regiment into the Sama District and attack the Adepta Sororitas' headquarters directly]], going as far as to have his tanks and artillery take on a Canoness and a Living Saint in battle. Much to everyone's surprise, [[CrackDefeat a poorly organized and undermanned regiment under the command of a recently transferred general actually managed to defeat their much better equipped and trained opponents.]] To further rub in the insult to the Sisters of Battle, Stubbs declared that the fact that his regiment was able to pull off this stunt was clearly a sign from the God Emperor himself that he is on the IG's side.

!!Meta
* Anytime any stronghold is assaulted, there will be ''at least'' one of these. From Gorgutz calling all of da boyz to WAAAAAAGGHH! with each clan replying in return, to the Necrons silently rising from their tombs and the only one capable of speech promising death to all who enter, to Eliphas summoning a horde of monstrosities from the Warp.
* Any faction that manages to conquer the Ork stronghold, as they have ensured that the Orks on Kronus will be forever broken. According to the narrator, this is something that even the legendary Tau [[ColonelBadass Commander Farsight]] was unable to achieve after multiple campaigns, while your commander managed to do so in a just a few battles!
* A SelfImposedChallenge for players is attacking the Eldar stronghold the "proper" way. Normally one is supposed to capture and hold the giant webway portals to prevent the Eldar from calling reinforcements, since their base is massive, produces units at a staggeringly insane rate and is even allowed to have ''way more'' units than the usual restrictions allow, including up to '''10''' of the game-breaking Fire Prisms. The producers probably thought this would be impossible, but it is actually possible to wittle the base down by destroying the base building after building and even defeat the Avatar of Khaine with its absolutely massive '''40,000''' health before the cutscene (where he then would apparently die ''again'').

!!! Meta
* The aforementioned Chaos champion gets a spectacular one as a means of introducing himself. Incensed at the Tyranids attempting to flee the Exterminatus, he goes one on one with a Carnifex, grabs onto the house-sized monstrosities face and stabs it repeatedly until dead, all while bellowing the praises of the Blood God. Carnifexs are notorious for tearing through whole squads of Astartes in moments, and this crazy bastard murders one in a ''fit of pique.''
* The trailer for "The Last Stand" DLC. A Blood Raven is cleaning up some Orks. A Mekboy opens fire on him while a Nob sneaks up from behind. The Mekboy then pumps the Nob full of lead, either by accident or for daring to steal his kill. The Space Marine and Ork face off. An Eldar Farseer emerges from the fog of war, and readies her spear. They stand ready, waiting for the first move. Their attention is then drawn to a large wall of pillars that collapses into the ground, revealing a ''massive horde of Tyranids.'' The three immediately realize that the Tyranids are far worse than anything they could do to each other, and proceed to unload upon the horde with everything they have.
* Even the ''wargear descriptions'' have awesome moments.
** One piece of equipment was owned by a Scout that, having tracked an Eldar Ranger for days, snuck up behind it and shot it in the head with his shotgun, while another was owned by a Scout that died after being impaled by a Carnifex, but not before delivering a fatal blow (read: shot it in the face).
** One set of armour was worn by a Space Marine that halted an Ork advance for ''seventy days'', and at the end his boot prints were firmly embedded into solid rock. Another suit was worn by a Space Marine that ignored several grenades to the face before casually bisecting the Chaos Marine that had thrown them.
** One of the Dreadnought power claws was worn by a Venerable Dreadnought that ''killed a Chaos [[HumongousMecha Warhound Titan]] by itself''. It was also all that was left of the Dreadnought after the Titan blew up, which wiped out most of the Chaos forces around it as well.
** Another Dreadnought used its multimelta to sever the leg of a Chaos Titan, dropping it into a ravine.

* Somewhat meta, but the description of the game itself on Steam reveals that after ''eight years'' of being left out, [[HesBack Gorgutz 'Ead 'Unter is BACK.]]
** Not only that but, [[TheChessmaster Farseer Macha]] is also returning to the fray ''[[LongBusTrip ten years]]'' [[LongBusTrip after her last appearance.]]

* Defeating Kyras in the Tyranid campaign is a pretty awesome moment, sadly unappreciated due to their lack of witty banter. Bear in mind, the Tyranids don't have any PowerArmor or psykers or most ''anything'' that makes the other races awesome; it's just you the Hive Lord, a warparty of your fellow Tyranids and a potent mix of OrganicTechnology and ruthlessly efficient evolution a couple million years in the making against Kyras as a [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever massive]] [[BigRedDevil Daemon]] [[HornyDevils Prince]] and the armies of Chaos Space Marines and Chaos Daemons he commands. Also bear in mind that just before the dreaded Exterminatus Kyras basically laughs in your face, dismisses you as a threat or being in any way scary and tells you the title they gave your species -- the [[HordeOfAlienLocusts Great Devourer]] -- was probably just an exaggeration. By taking him down, you're not just doing your duty for Hive Mind and Hive Fleet -- you're also demonstrating to that SmugSnake that when people call you the Great Devourer and other such names, it is '''not''' a joke.

---> '''Sergeant Lysandros''': [[OhCrap You]] [[DidntThinkThisThrough would]] [[YouWouldntShootMe not]] [[TemptingFate dare!]]
---> '''Diomedes''': By the Emperor, [[BadassBoast I dare!]] [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight I will do what I must!]] I do not know how you lost your way, but [[NeverHurtAnInnocent I will not see this desceration of our recruiting world carried out]]. You will stop. One way ... or the other.
* Just before the exterminatus, Diomedes' and his followers are confronted by an apparition of Kyras. With the cat out of the bag, Kyras offers Diomedes the opportunity to join him in the service of Chaos. Having heard the confession he needed to hear straight from the horses mouth, Apollo Diomedes', though rattled by the confirmation, tells Kyras (without a moments hesitation) that he can stick his offer. In as calm and polite a manner as possible for a Space Marine, Apollo Diomedes does what so many others before him failed to do; tell an evil overlord that if given the choice, he would rather die as himself than become a servant of a fickle evil entity like them. [[spoiler: ''Is it any wonder, he became a Chaplain in Dawn of War III'']]

* Eliphas gets another one at the end of that fight. after Kyras' body slumps lifelessly through the Pit of Maledictus back to the Warp, Neroth comes before him panicking about the Exterminatus. Eliphas calmly answers that he will do nothing; the Exterminatus will run its course. He basically signs off Neroth and all the others to their death, and allows Kyras' sacrifice to Khorne to proceed uninterrupted, while taking credit for it. And thus did the Blood God elevate him to a magnificent example of Daemonhood. The screen closes up on his face, and we have the pleasure of listening to one of the most nightmarish evil laughs in all of video game history.

--->'''Abaddon:''' You both serve me and that will not be forgotten! How you do so is entirely of your choosing, but fail me and your choices will narrow to how loudly you scream for the rest of eternity.

* Azariah Kyrus might be a Chief Librarian and thus a bad choice for a Khornate, but in the pre-mission brief to the final level of Retribution he absolutely owns his reciting of the [[http://youtu.be/LP3JT8WgAEY?t=1m31s Khornate battle cry at the end.]]

'''Possessed Marine/Aspiring Champion:'''I FEEL THE WARP OVERTAKING ME! IT IS A ''GOOD'' PAIN.\\

* While non-canon, it's worth noting just what Eliphas manages to accomplish during the Chaos campaign. Through the Word Bearers' victories over the other factions Eliphas gains the favour of ''all four Chaos Gods.''[[note]] Khorne's favour is earned through the retrieval of [[ContinuityNod Crull's skull from Gorgutz]] and the subsequent offering of it to the skull throne, Nurgle's favour is earned from freeing one of his daemons from the Titan cannon in Victory Bay, Slaanesh's favour is gained through feeding them the souls of the defeated Eldar, and Tzeentch's favour is earned through the pilfering of the mysterious technologies recovered from the destroyed Necron catacombs.[[/note]] This would make Eliphas a Champion of [[AllYourPowersCombined Chaos Ascendant]], an title otherwise exclusively held by [[BigBad Abaddon the Despoiler himself!]] What's more, the Chaos ending suggests that Eliphas' conquest of Kronus has opened the way for him and his Legion to carve a path of wanton destruction all the way to '''Terra itself''' - a feat not pulled off since the WAAAGH! of The Beast, and one that, at the time of Dark Crusade's release, Abaddon was still nowhere near accomplishing after 12 Black Crusades (and even in the current canon, it's taken him 13 Crusades to open up a path to Terra, whereas it only takes Eliphas ''one''). Little wonder Chaos canonically loses the Kronus Campaign - if they had, it could’ve very well set Eliphas on the path of ending the entire war!

* Warboss Gorgutz is a walking, talking SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9r5OKlQIkk This scene]] is the pinnacle of EVERYTHING Orky.
-->'''Crull:''' The [[HumongousMecha Titan Dominatus]] is one of the greatest war machines EVER constructed!\\
'''Gorgutz:''' WRONG, ya git! Da gratest waaagh masheen is da Ork WAAAGH! We don't need no damn tin contrapshun ta be strong! We IZ strong! Listen to 'em! Screamin' wit' wun voice across da whole planet! WAAAGH!
*** Best thing about this BadassBoast is that he backs it up: the Orks are the only faction [[note]]not counting the Imperial Guard SelfImposedChallenge below[[/note]] who ''don't'' use the Titan to defeat the Necrons. They do it the right 'n proppa Orky way - going over to those metal gits and kicking their teef in! [[FridgeBrilliance Which is exactly what the Old Ones created them to do]].
** His [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OpH_6mpMLQ fight with Crull]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIu4jUJriUI He still gets one]] even if he loses, as all his boyz rebel and descend upon him, while he fights them all and declares he'll kill every single one of them.
** The pinnacle of awesome for the Orks as a whole comes in when the Necrons appear. All the other factions resort to using the Titan's weapons against the Necrons. But the Orks? They just go right in and kick the Necrons' asses the old fashioned way. ''And they win!'' Gorgutz was right when he said the Orks don't need a Titan to be strong. They're plenty strong without it.

* Crull's NewEraSpeech in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DliMrKCpeww Chaos ending]]. It is badass, over-the-top and a ''very'' impressive piece of [[ChewingTheScenery scenery-chewing]].

* The final mission allows you to wield 8 Leman Russes and a Baneblade. ''[[TankGoodness 8 Leman Russes and a Baneblade.]]'' And since it's possible to obtain them before the Necrons come in, [[SelfImposedChallenge you don't even need the Titan's guns to win]] the Imperial Guard way.

* Eliphas the Inheritor's attempt at psychic communication with the Necron Lord, only to get some hissing/beeping noises from it. Eliphas, the Chaos Marine, who has crossed more {{Moral Event Horizon}}s than can be counted, reacts to this with surprise and revulsion, and perhaps [[HorrifyingTheHorror a tinge of horror]].
--->'''Eliphas:''' Your soul is ''gone!''
** When the Necrons beat the Word Bearers back, the Nightbringer orders them to purge the entire peninsula of Chaos taint. Suffice it to say, [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill they do]].
* Anytime any stronghold is assaulted, there will be ''at least'' one of these. From Gorgutz calling all of da boyz to WAAAAAAGGHH! with each clan replying in return, to the Necrons silently rising from their tombs and the only one capable of speech promising death to all who enter, to Eliphas summoning a horde of monstrosities from the Warp.
* Speaking of Eliphas, the sheer, cold eloquence with which he taunts his enemies instead of frothing in incoherent rage like one would expect a Chaos Lord to has instantly made him the fan favorite among every single Chaos Lord across the entire series. No matter what anyone says to him, Eliphas ''always'' has a comeback that roasts his foe harder than warpfire. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2vXHE7ZDVY Best demonstrated when Chaos attacks the Space Marine stronghold]]:

* The Ork base in ''Dark Crusade'' is a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome for the entire Ork ''species''; it may be insanely self-destructive, but these are ORKS we're talking about. It's possible, if you destroy the Boss Banners from a safe distance (e.g. with Earthshaker rounds), to leave the Orks almost entirely intact yet implacably opposed to ''everyone''. They can then knock down other people's banners. Basilisk Crew get a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome, Gorgutz [[StuffBlowingUp blows it up]] and claims a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome, and all of the Ork clans get a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome for being sufficiently badass to rebel even when the Imperial Guard are in town.
* Any faction that manages to conquer the Ork stronghold, as they have ensured that the Orks on Kronus will be forever broken. According to the narrator, this is something that even the legendary Tau [[ColonelBadass Commander Farsight]] was unable to achieve after multiple campaigns, while your commander managed to do so in a just a few battles!
* Should the Eldar win, they perform seemingly random things that collectively ensure the planet remains a backwater and no major power has an interest in it - creating a civil war between the Tau and their human subjects, wasting the other Imperial bases, destroying the Titan cannon which the Guard wanted, and burning the fallen Space Marines so their gene-seed can not be retrieved. Taldeer even leaves a token force to sow discord among the Orks. All of this, incidentally, means that no advanced culture can accidentally reawaken the Necrons anytime soon, which is what prompted the Eldar to come here in the first place. Oh, speaking of which... that Titan cannon she has destroyed? In the Chaos campaign, it is revealed that it holds a bound Daemon of Nurgle. Just as planned.
* A SelfImposedChallenge for players is attacking the Eldar stronghold the "proper" way. Normally one is supposed to capture and hold the giant webway portals to prevent the Eldar from calling reinforcements, since their base is massive, produces units at a staggeringly insane rate and is even allowed to have ''way more'' units than the usual restrictions allow, including up to '''10''' of the game-breaking Fire Prisms. The producers probably thought this would be impossible, but it is actually possible to wittle the base down by destroying the base building after building and even defeat the Avatar of Khaine with its absolutely massive '''40,000''' health before the cutscene (where he then would apparently die ''again'').

* Every single one of Gorgutz' lines when [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0FEo2WSLBM&NR=1 assaulting the Ork stronghold]] in ''Dark Crusade'' is a delicious win cake sprinkled liberally with awesome. No matter their motives or [[ForTheEvulz lack thereof]], the most any of the commanders succeed in doing with their taunting of the Warboss is mildly annoying him.
-->'''Gorgutz:''' Took ya long enuff to get to me, didn't it?\\
'''Eliphas:''' Chaos moves at its own pace, alien, not yours.\\
'''Gorgutz:''' How 'bout dyin'? Ya do dat any fasta'? I gotz to plan the rest of me day.\\
'''Eliphas:''' Ah, I shall miss this banter once you are dead, Ork.
** His quotes against the Necrons in ''Dark Crusade'':
-->'''Gorgutz:''' You looks like an oomie dats needs some feeding, metal boy!\\
'''Macabee:''' We exterminated all life on this planet before, and we shall do so again.\\
'''Gorgutz:''' Dat woz before me Waaaagh! got 'ere. Now, we is da wuns doin' da 'sterminating!
** His exchange against Shas'O'Kais is pure Ork glory:
--> '''Shas'O'Kais:''' Ork! You don't have a chance. Surrender, for the Greater Good!\\
'''Gorgutz:''' You don't know much about Orks, do ya Greyskin?
** And he's particularly annoyed by Farseer Taldeer:
--> '''Taldeer:''' Your infantilism is boundless, Ork.\\
'''Gorgutz:''' And she still won't shut it.

* Speaking of assaulting the Blood Ravens stronghold, there's also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMc5dCC41Ss Eliphas taunting Thule]].
** Not to mention [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HYidC-zg9Q Taldeer taunting Thule]]. She just gets one epic burn in after the other.
-->'''Thule:''' We have yet to meet our betters, alien! Certainly not on this forsaken world! All we have seen here are deluded tyrants, heretics, and alien scum!\\
'''Taldeer:''' You should have looked ''beyond'' your mirror, then.
** Can't let Macabee and the Necrons go unmentioned, either.
-->'''Thule:''' We will drive you from there, Necrons!\\
'''Macabee:''' You will only follow your Emperor into death.\\
'''Thule:''' The Emperor protects us! We will not fail!\\
'''Macabee:''' [[LittleNo You will]].\\
'''Thule:''' This fight isn't over yet!\\
'''Macabee:''' But your life is.
* When the Necrons assault the Tau:
-->'''Aun'el:''' Return to the graves that spawned you, monsters!\\
'''Macabee:''' Gladly, but first we must help you to yours.
* When the Necrons attack the Imperial Guard:
--> '''Governor-Militant Alexander:''' The Necrons are here! Drive them back to their tombs, men!\\
'''Macabee:''' It is your men who go to their tombs, Governor.
* The exchange between Eliphas and the Chaos Sorcerer when attacking the Eldar stronghold.
--> '''Chaos Sorcerer:''' Lord Eliphas of the Word Bearer Legion! Your forces will march for me once you lay slain.\\
'''Eliphas:''' [[EvilerThanThou You truly think your tiny cult can overcome my Legion? The thousand years of torment I suffered will seem gentle when you receive your sentence at my hands.]]
* Lukas Alexander's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84ZbXK1xY_4 speech]] when you attack Victory Bay, the Imperial Guard stronghold.
-->'''Alexander:''' Enemies of the Imperium, hear me. You have come here to die. The immortal Emperor is with us and we are invincible. His [[BadassNormal soldiers]] will strike you down. His [[TankGoodness warmachines]] will crush you under their treads. His [[DeathFromAbove mighty guns]] will bring the very sky crashing down upon you. You cannot win. The Emperor has given us his [[WaveMotionGun greatest weapon]] to wield. So make yourselves ready. We are the first Kronus regiment, and today is our VICTORY DAY!

* For those not into Sister-bashing, defeating the Chaos Dark Eldar and Ork strongholds as them is awesome. Through grit, faith and sheer moxy the Sisters fight the enemies of man and cleanse the system of threats the Imperial Guard couldn't handle.

[[folder:Dawn of War II]]

* Even the ''wargear descriptions'' have awesome moments.
** One piece of equipment was owned by a Scout that, having tracked an Eldar Ranger for days, snuck up behind it and shot it in the head with his shotgun, while another was owned by a Scout that died after being impaled by a Carnifex, but not before delivering a fatal blow (read: shot it in the face).
** One set of armour was worn by a Space Marine that halted an Ork advance for ''seventy days'', and at the end his boot prints were firmly embedded into solid rock. Another suit was worn by a Space Marine that ignored several grenades to the face before casually bisecting the Chaos Marine that had thrown them.
** One of the Dreadnought power claws was worn by a Venerable Dreadnought that ''killed a Chaos [[HumongousMecha Warhound Titan]] by itself''. It was also all that was left of the Dreadnought after the Titan blew up, which wiped out most of the Chaos forces around it as well.
** Another Dreadnought used its multimelta to sever the leg of a Chaos Titan, dropping it into a ravine.
* ''Retribution'' sees several characters get [=CMOAs=]:
** The Ancient gets one on the Judgment of Carrion: After learning that Chapter Master Kyras is a heretic, Captain Apollo Diomedes suffers a HeroicBSOD, and the Ancient reveals himself as Sergeant Tarkus and threatens to shoot him to snap him out of it. This being the setting it is, Diomedes is visibly moved that Tarkus would care so much.
** Apollo Diomedes gets one in the final battle: When Gabriel is seemingly killed by Daemon Prince Kyras, Diomedes leads the remaining loyalist Blood Ravens with this rally cry: '''''"FOR GABRIEL! FOR THE EMPEROR!"'''''
*** Gabriel Angelos gets one at the end: After being crushed and burned by Daemon Prince Kyras, Gabriel ''survives'' those injuries, even if he now has enough Cybernetics to put Marneus Calgar to shame. Not only that, he becomes the new Chapter Master of the Blood Ravens.
** Lord Eliphas the Inheritor has slaughtered every Alpha Legionnaire that pledged fealty to Azariah Kyras, he now stands before the Daemon Prince with his mighty daemon sword, drenched in blood and gore. Fires of rage, a gift from Khorne, engulf Eliphas' body, searing the flesh of his enemies. A sea of corpses surround the Champion of Chaos. [[WeCanRuleTogether The Daemon Prince looks upon Eliphas and offers him an alliance.]] Eliphas laughs, ''"Do not be so quick to make foolish offers, Daemon. Araghast once thought that I would be an asset to his cause; look now to what has become of him."''
*** Eliphas gets another one at the end of that fight. after Kyras' body slumps lifelessly through the Pit of Maledictus back to the Warp, Neroth comes before him panicking about the Exterminatus. Eliphas calmly answers that he will do nothing; the Exterminatus will run its course. He basically signs off Neroth and all the others to their death, and allows Kyras' sacrifice to Khorne to proceed uninterrupted, while taking credit for it. And thus did the Blood God elevate him to a magnificent example of Daemonhood. The screen closes up on his face, and we have the pleasure of listening to one of the most nightmarish evil laughs in all of video game history.
** Speaking of which. Although not appearing in the flesh, Abaddon is able to effortlessly reduce '''Eliphas''' into practically pissing himself in fear every time he opens his mouth to put Eliphas in his place.

** The Eldar get one at the end of their campaign, where they finally kill Kyras not just to avenge the thousands of Eldar soulstones lost when Kyras called in the Exterminatus, but also to save [[PreviousPlayerCameo Taldeer's]] soulstone from Kyras himself, with the implication her knowledge of Necron strongholds would help Craftworld Ulthwe stop them from destroying more Eldar. Especially since the three Eldar heroes deliver an epic "AndThisIsFor" speech before delivering the final blow on Kyras:

** Sgt Merrick in the Imperial Guard campaign gets a simultaneous Awesome and SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming|Moments}} (yes, [[CrapsackWorld even in this universe]]) after the destruction of Typhon. He punches General Castor in the face and points his gun at him, [[WhatTheHellHero calling him out for leaving thousands of loyal Guardsmen to die. He does this right in front of Commissar Lord Bern ''and'' Inquisitor Adrastia. Most guardsmen would be shot on the spot for insubordination after pulling that stunt. Merrick? He walks away alive.]]
** Kaptain Bluddflag and his krew of Freebooterz defeating Kyras, especialy after Kyras has previously gone into a fit of hysterical laugh about the Inquisition trying to defeat him with Orks.
** During the exterminatus Bluddflag takes notice of the chaos champion trying to stop them. He doesn't let all literal hell breaking loose stop him from looking for a good fight!

** The aforementioned Chaos champion gets a spectacular one as a means of introducing himself. Incensed at the Tyranids attempting to flee the Exterminatus, he goes one on one with a Carnifex, grabs onto the house-sized monstrosities face and stabs it repeatedly until dead, all while bellowing the praises of the Blood God. Carnifexs are notorious for tearing through whole squads of Astartes in moments, and this crazy bastard murders one in a ''fit of pique.''
** Defeating Kyras in the Tyranid campaign is a pretty awesome moment, sadly unappreciated due to their lack of witty banter. Bear in mind, the Tyranids don't have any PowerArmor or psykers or most ''anything'' that makes the other races awesome; it's just you the Hive Lord, a warparty of your fellow Tyranids and a potent mix of OrganicTechnology and ruthlessly efficient evolution a couple million years in the making against Kyras as a [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever massive]] [[BigRedDevil Daemon]] [[HornyDevils Prince]] and the armies of Chaos Space Marines and Chaos Daemons he commands. Also bear in mind that just before the dreaded Exterminatus Kyras basically laughs in your face, dismisses you as a threat or being in any way scary and tells you the title they gave your species -- the [[HordeOfAlienLocusts Great Devourer]] -- was probably just an exaggeration. By taking him down, you're not just doing your duty for Hive Mind and Hive Fleet -- you're also demonstrating to that SmugSnake that when people call you the Great Devourer and other such names, it is '''not''' a joke.
*** Special mention to the destruction of the final statue that makes him invulnerable. In place of a HannibalLecture, he can only suffer a short but epic VillainousBreakdown.

* When Captain Diomedes fights through Kyras' army he basically tells the almost godlike Daemon Prince to [[ShutUpHannibal shut the fuck up]] and rouses his team into a vengeful cry for all their brothers who Kyras has betrayed, killed, or corrupted with his actions:
-->'''Apollo Diomedes:''' No more talk, Kyras. You have much to answer for; for all you have done to the Blood Ravens ''much'' shall be avenged this day! '''FOR GABRIEL! FOR THE EMPEROR!'''
-->'''Cyrus''': '''FOR THE CHAPTER!'''
-->'''Tarkus''': For those who have fallen! FOR THOSE WHO CAN NOT BE REDEEMED!
* Azariah Kyrus might be a Chief Librarian and thus a bad choice for a Khornate, but in the pre-mission brief to the final level of Retribution he absolutely owns his reciting of the [[http://youtu.be/LP3JT8WgAEY?t=1m31s Khornate battle cry at the end.]]
* Gabriel's battle cry at the end of ''Dawn of War II'', when you spot the Hive Tyrant Alpha that serves as the FinalBoss.
-->'''Gabriel:''' There it is! '''TO WAR!'''
* In ''Retribution's'' Eldar campaign, Autarch Kayleth's speech to Azariah Kyras as a Daemon before the final battle counts.
-->'''Ascended Azariah Kyras:''' Ah, the Eldar. Slaanesh sends his regards. I might have known you would escape Typhon. A plague of Orks is simpler to stamp out than a handful of your slippery kind. So why come here, then? Why not run and hide in the corners of your webway? So eager to die in the name of holy vengeance?\\
'''Kayleth:''' [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu Your ignorance is astonishing, Daemon. Our kind evolved past your petty grudges and childish zealotry millennia ago. We slay you for the sake of our kin. You are nothing. You merely possess something of ours]]. ''[[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu And we have come to reclaim it!]]'' [...] The Daemon is down! Summon the Eldritch Storm! For the fallen!\\
'''Veldoran:''' For the living!\\
'''Ronahn:''' [[ItsPersonal For Taldeer]]...
* Near the end of the Tyranid campaign, the Hive Mind summons the Swarmlord to fight beside you. This is the Tyranid equivalent of one of the Primarchs returning.
* Gabriel Angelos sets the tone for ''Retribution'' with a speech of manly awesome. And this is just ''setting the scene''! Also worth noting is that the last sentence is narrated over Gabriel charging at Ascended Kyras and swinging God-Splitter into his face.
-->'''Gabriel:''' I am Gabriel Angelos, Captain of the Blood Ravens. My chapter is in ruins, the sector is at war. Its worlds under siege. Chaos spreads, consumes us all. ''Here'', we will make our [[LastStand final stand]]. ''Here'', there will be... [[TitleDrop Retribution]].
* Gabriel has so many it would be futile to list them all, but this exchange with the Daemon of the Maledictum counts:
-->'''Daemon:''' Yes... Flee, and know that I will soon come to claim you all!\\
'''Gabriel Angelos:''' Then come and find your judgement waiting. You have escaped captivity, only to face annihilation. I know you now.
* Jonah's entrance, wherein he slaughters an entire company of Eldar guardians with his psyker abilities.
-->'''Jonah Orion:''' No more Blood Ravens fall this day. '''NO MORE!'''
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbmDLVFAaec Azariah Kyras declares himself an adherent of Khorne]] prior to the final mission of ''Retribution'' with the most [=40K=] speech of all time, ever. This will be the only way you will ever hear the words "Let the galaxy burn!" after listening to it. Especially unexpected given this is delivered before you start up the mission much like the rest of the game's usually much drier MissionControl briefings.
%%* One word: Exterminatus.
* In the Blood Ravens third mission, Diomedes shows us ''why'' he was promoted to the leader of the Honor Guard. After hearing that fellow Blood Ravens are [[WhatTheHellHero massacring the innocent civilians]] of Argus, one of the Blood Ravens recruitment worlds, he leads his strike force down to the surface. When he personally orders the attacking Blood Ravens to stand down, the groups leader, Sergant Lystandros, makes it clear that they will not listen to him. Hearing this, Diomedes quickly, calmly and decisively decides to take the matter in hand. What does he do? He tells the Space Marines under his command that if Lysandros and his followers do not stand down, they are to be considered traitors and [[AsLethalAsItNeedsToBe elimated!]]
** Bear in mind that the Blood Ravens numbers have been wittled down by several decades worth of fighting and are currently under investigation by the Inquistion. For Diomedes to make such an order, takes real courage.
** His opening comment before issuing the said command is just as epic.
---> '''Diomedes''': I see ... Then I will have to do what even [[EveryoneHasStandards Angelos will not]].
** Which in turn, leads to an even more badass boast!
---> '''Sergeant Lysandros''': [[OhCrap You]] [[DidntThinkThisThrough would]] [[YouWouldntShootMe not]] [[TemptingFate dare!]]
---> '''Diomedes''': By the Emperor, [[BadassBoast I dare!]] [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight I will do what I must!]] I do not know how you lost your way, but [[NeverHurtAnInnocent I will not see this desceration of our recruiting world carried out]]. You will stop. One way ... or the other.

---> '''Sergeant Lysandros'': [[OhCrap You]] [[DidntThinkThisThrough would]] [[YouWouldntShootMe not]] [[TemptingFate dare!]]

* The Sanctioned Psyker's scream of '''Witness your [[DoomyDoomsOfDoom Doom]]!''' whenever they use the Lighting Arc move.

'''Possessed Marine/Aspiring Champion::''' DO YOU HEAR THE VOICES TOO?!\\

'''Raptor:''' I FEEL THE WARP OVERTAKING ME! IT IS A ''GOOD'' PAIN.\\
'''Raptor:''' WE WILL REND THE FLESH FROM THEIR BONES!\\

'''Daemon Prince:''' I AM DESTRUCTION '''INCARNATE'''.

-->'''Eliphas the Inheritor:''' What a rousing little speech, Governor. Unfortunately, your False Emperor can't touch us here.
-->'''Governor-Militant Alexander:''' Ridding the Imperium of filth like you will be a pleasure.
-->'''Eliphas the Inheritor:''' Oh, I assure you the pleasure will be all mine.

-->'''Eliphas the Inheritor:''' Your commissar is dead, Governor. Your men are rebelling. You can't hold for long.
-->'''Governor-Militant Alexander:''' You will pay for each death, heretic. You haven't beaten us yet.
-->'''Eliphas the Inheritor:''' Our fates are all written in the warp, and yours is death.

-->'''Eliphas the Inheritor:''' The False Emperor has failed you again, Governor. Perhaps it's time to embrace a new deity?
-->'''Governor-Militant Alexander:''' Never! The Emperor protects!
-->'''Eliphas the Inheritor:''' Oh, we'll soon see how well he protects you.

* Should the Eldar win, they perform seemingly random things that collectively ensure the planet remains a backwater and no major power has an interest in it - creating a civil war between the Tau and their human subjects, wasting the other Imperial bases, destroying the Titan cannon which the Guard wanted, and burning the fallen Space Marines so their gene-seed can not be retrieved. She even leaves a token force to sow discord among the Orks. All of this, incidentally, means that no advanced culture can accidentally reawaken the Necrons anytime soon, which is what prompted the Eldar to come here in the first place. Oh, speaking of which... that Titan cannon she has destroyed? In the Chaos campaign, it is revealed that it holds a bound demon of Nurgle. Just as planned.

* If the Chaos stronghold falls, Eliphas is approached by an unnamed Daemon Prince, and tries to [[NeverMyFault escape punishment by blaming his legion for his failure]], but the Daemon Prince has none of it, and bluntly states that the failed crusade is all Eliphas' fault. The Chaos lord then [[VillainousBreakdown starts shooting the daemon]] and [[NeverGoingBackToPrison defiantly states that he will not endure another period of torture in the Basilica of Torments]], to which the Daemon Prince replies that [[FalseReassurance he needs not to worry...]] ''[[YouHaveFailedMe because there is no hope of redemption for him,]]'' and crushes his pawn in a bloody paste. A magnificent KickTheSonOfABitch moment if there ever was one.

-->'''Ethereal:''' Return to the graves that spawned you, monsters!\\

* The exchange between Eliphas and the Chaos Sorceror when attacking the Eldar stronghold.
--> '''Chaos Sorceror:''' Lord Eliphas of the Word Bearer Legion! Your forces will march for me once you lay slain.\\

-->'''Chaos Space Marine:''' SANITY IS FOR THE WEAK!\\
'''Chaos Space Marine:''' IT IS AS THOUGH A THOUSAND MOUTHS CRY OUT IN PAIN!\\
'''Raptor:''' WE WILL REND THE FLESH FROM THEIR BONES!\\
'''Raptor:''' DO YOU HEAR THE VOICES TOO?!\\

'''Chaos Space Marine:''' '''ENEMIES!''' WE NEED ENEMIES...

** It is made very clear what happens to the Chaos Commander if he loses a match in multiplayer or skirmish.
** '''Daemon Prince:''' I AM DESTRUCTION '''INCARNATE'''.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtAH7kGEqic The opening cinematic]] can be viewed as a Crowning Moment of Awesome for the franchise as a whole. Particularly when the dying Space Marine Brother-Sergeant - the last of his squad - crawls to the top of the hill and ''defiantly'' plants the Chapter's banner. That sums up ''{{TabletopGame/Warhammer 40000}}'': brutal, violent, awesome, and pointless.

* When Captain Diomedes fights through Kyras' army he basically tells the almost godlike Daemon Prince to [[ShutUpHannibal shut the fuck up]] and delivers this speech:

** And then, as the Sergeant takes his last few breaths, [[ItsRainingMen drop pods]] [[TheCavalry start falling]]...

* If the Chaos stronghold falls, Eliphas is approached by an unnamed Daemon Prince, and tries to [[NeverMyFault escape punishment by blaming his legion for his failure]], but the Daemon Prince has none of it, and bluntly states that the failed crusade is all Eliphas' fault. The Chaos lord then [[VillainousBreakdown starts shooting the daemon]] and [[NeverGoingBackToPrison defiantly states that he will not endure another period of torture in the Basilica of Torments]], to which the Daemon Prince replies that [[FalseReassurance he need not to worry...]] ''[[YouHaveFailedMe because there is no hope of redemption for him,]]'' and crushes his pawn in a bloody paste. A magnificent KickTheSonOfABitch moment if there ever was one.

* Eliphas the Inheritor's attempt at psychic communication with the Necron Lord, only to get some hissing/beeping noises from it. Eliphas, the Chaos Marine, who has crossed more {{Moral Event Horizon}}s than can be counted, reacts to this with surprise and revulsion, and perhaps a tinge of horror.

* Lukas Alexander's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84ZbXK1xY_4 speech]] when you attack Victory Bay, the Imperial Guard stronghold.
-->'''Alexander:''' Enemies of the Imperium, hear me. You have come here to die. The immortal Emperor is with us and we are invincible. His [[BadassNormal soldiers]] will strike you down. His [[TankGoodness warmachines]] will crush you under their treads. His [[DeathFromAbove mighty guns]] will bring the very sky crashing down upon you. You cannot win. The Emperor has given us his [[WaveMotionGun greatest weapon]] to wield. So make yourselves ready. We are the first Kronus regiment, and today is our VICTORY DAY!
* The treatment of Chaos sorcerer Sindri towards :Isador after he convinces him to betray the Blood Ravens. In [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder typical]] [[AlwaysChaoticEvil Chaos]] [[KlingonPromotion fashion]], he claims that he could simply betray Sindri and keep the [[ArtifactOfDoom Maledictum]] for himself. Sindri's response is to effortlessly force him to his knees using only his mind, take the Maledictum, and calmly walk away while remarking that Angelos and the Blood Ravens have arrived, and he must now kill them all, with the strong implication that Isador has only then realised what a horrible thing he's just done. THAT is what a [[MagnificentBastard disciple of Tzeentch]] does.

* Speaking of Eliphas, the sheer, cold eloquence with which he taunts his enemies instead of frothing in incoherent rage like one would expect a Chaos Lord to has instantly made him the fan favorite among every single Chaos Lord across the entire series. No matter what anyone says to him, Eliphas ''always'' has a comeback that roasts his foe harder than warpfire. Best demonstrated when Chaos attacks the Space Marine stronghold:

* For those not into Sister-bashing, defeating the Chaos Dark Eldar and Ork strongholds as them is awesome. Through grit, faith and sheer moxy the Sisters fight the enemies of man and cleanse the system of threats the Imperial Guard couldn't handle.