Board Thread:Destiny Forum/@comment-4676581-20141216160055/@comment-75.142.82.152-20150314064600

They do, if you look deeper. The whole 'imperial' theme about them, their tactics (Heavy, elite infantry that makes up for a general lack of numbers with sheer toughness), and their weapons. Especially their weapons. 'Slug throwers' are essentially copy-pasted bolters, guns that fire an explosive warhead that penetrates into the target and then blows up on the inside. There are other similarities too, and while they are not by any means copies I think there are far too many similarities for it to be a coincidence.