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An animated Netflix series called Militarum. Centered around an IG squad. Make Henry Caville an executive producer. Put it on the planet Vigilus (a hive world under siege by Orkz, genestealer cults, eldar, dark eldar, and Chaos).
Look at it as a good intro for people unfamiliar with the universe:
First couple of episodes are against the Orkz: "Okay so its futuristic but with space orcs. Also, they won the fight but everyone is still grim. This must just be a dark part of the setting because the whole planet is at war."
Next episodes are genestealer cults: "ok space orcs and a bunch of monsters disguised as humans too? This is kinda messed up."
Next episodes the Dark Eldar show up: "ok there's space orcs but also space elves and...what the fuck?"
In the final episodes Chaos shows up: "WHAT THE FUCK AM I WATCHING WHAT THE HELL IS THIS UNIVERSE?!?"
The series ends with most of the squad dead, and the last two cornered and about to be torn apart by a host of hellish fiends, when the daemons explode in gore as they are ripped apart by bolter rounds. His Angels descend and drive the hordes back; there is a clear difference between normal humans fighting (which the audience has grown used to), and 7 foot tall genetically engineered super soldiers in power armor that plow through enemies that the squad struggled with, even as a cohesive unit.
The only "bright" spot is the inquisition rounding up the last 2 surviving members of the squad, and is ready to have them executed along with a bunch of other people for being exposed to Chaos. The chapter master intervenes, reminding the Inquisitor that Vigilus is a critical world, and reinforcements are scarce; anyone that is left must fight or the world will be lost.
The two survivors are re-issued lasguns, and are told they will be part of a counter-offensive in the morning. The last scene focuses on their faces, and fades to black as both of their expressions wordlessly reveal that they both wish they were already dead.
Now throw in a preview of the next series following some Space Marines (which a new audience only got to see a glimpse of in the finale), and you have a bunch of new people going down the rabbit hole.
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