AdeptusAstartesScionsofIronv1.3.3

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TableofContents1.0Background........................................................................................................................................................2

ChapterIBirthandtheBreakup.................................................................................................................2ChapterIITheSearch.................................................................................................................................3ChapterIIIFounded....................................................................................................................................5ChapterIVInvasionofTelgarVI...............................................................................................................7ChapterVTheAftermath...........................................................................................................................8

2.0ScionsofIronChapter.....................................................................................................................................102.1ChapterOrganisation..................................................................................................................................10

3.0ScionsofIronunits..........................................................................................................................................123.1SpaceMarineunits..........................................................................................................................................154.0SpaceMarinesScionsofIronArmy.............................................................................................................20

4.1Usingthearmylist......................................................................................................................................204.2SpaceMarinesScionsofIronArmyList.................................................................................................21

5.0Designersnotes...............................................................................................................................................225.1Unitconversionguides...............................................................................................................................235.2ChangeLog.................................................................................................................................................24

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1.0Background

Theycalledusweak,betrayersandtraitors.Buttheywerewrong.Itwasnotusthatwerelostandhadleft thepath,butthemselves.FortheyhadforgottentheprideofMarines.Weareenhancedalready.WearethebeaconofMankindandshouldnotbehideawaybutleadinfront.Soweturnedandwalkedawayfromthem.Notbecausewewerebetrayingthechapter,but

becausebystayingwewouldbetraytheEmperor.

Theycallustraitor.butrememberthatwecallthembrothers.Forus,alltheMarinesareEmperorschosen.Forus,alltheMarinesareunitedas

Emperorsdivineinstruments.Forus,allMarinesarebrothers.

BookofAccounts,volumeIbyChaplainHael

ChapterIBirthandtheBreakup

ScionsofIrons' beginningsisasecretthatliveswithinthe Chapter. Official records show that The chapterappearedwithintheTelgarsystemwithverylittlepowerandnobaseofoperationofanykind.Beforethattherewasnomentionofthechapteranywhere.TheScionsof Iron informedthattheirgeneseedcomesfromthe IronHandschapterandthatitwascreatedintheM32.AlsorecordsweregiventhatindicatethattheScionsofIronlost their Fortress Monastery to Ork Waargh whichsweptthroughthesystemthattheywerebasedon.Thesystemhowever wasnot named. Since therewasnoconcreteevidenceinanydirection,itwasacceptedandarchivedwithinthevaultsoftheScriptorum.Thechapterhasnotbeenwillingtosupplyanyadditionalinformationeventhoughithasbeenqueriedmanytimes.

Howeverthiswasnotso.

TheScionsofIronwasbornbecauseoftwoIronHandsMarines. Brother Ulgarvus, Techmarine, and brotherHael,IronFather.BrotherHaelwasfirsttofeelthethatsomethingwaswrong.Hehadservedthe IronHandschapterforalongtime,butstartedtoharbourthoughtsthatthechaptermightnotbeontheproperpath.InhismindthespacemarinesweretheextensionofEmperorDivine Will. In addtition to that Iron Hands seemedstopped in time and isolated due to their primarchsdeathandthatperhapswasamistake.Thisfeelingofunease grew in decades and centuries of service tofeeling of failure towards the Emperor. That was notacceptableinhismind.Ittookmorethanadecadeafterthistobringresolutiontohismindonwhatwasrequired.Thus for perhaps the first time after Horus Heresy acrackwithinamarinechapterwasformedandintimethatcrackwouldwiden.

Haelstartedcarefullyprobenewrecruitsandfullfledgedmarinesof their feelings towards the isolation. Duetobeing Iron Father it was easier for him to talk aboutthese things with others as it would also serve asspiritualguidanceduringprayertime.Slowlybutsurelyhestarted to findothers that hadsimilar feelingsandthushisnetworkgrewonequietlylittlebylittle.Themostimportant event was the meeting of a young scoutnamedUlgarvus.Ulgarvuswasshowinggreatpromiseevenasscoutandsoonbecameabattlebrother.Haelcouldfindthetinysliversofsamefeelingsthathehadfeltallthoseyearsago.Butthemoreimportantpartofitwas that Ulgarvus was selected to become aTechmarineandassuchwasbeingsenttobetaughtbytheAdeptus Mechanicus. This was important asHaelknewthatoutsidesupportwouldbeneededlater.SohebentontasktorecruitUlgarvus.

The slivers that Hael had felt were indeed there andbeforeUlgarvuswassenttobetaughthehadbecomeanallyofHael.HoweverUlgarvushadanotherreasonwhyhewantedtojoinHael.UlgarvusbelievedthattheMarines shouldn't spoil themselves with mechanicalimplants.Marineswereperfectwiththeirbiologicalonesand only weak humans would need artificial limbs toreplacefleshwithsteel.DoingsowasliketryingtoproveEmperor to be wrong when he chose biologicalenhancementsovermechanicalwhencreatingAstartesin the first place. Heaccepted theuseof mechanicallimbstoreplacethosethatwerelost inbattle,butnotwhatwasdonetoreplaceundamagedtissue.

Whileintraininghetriedtofindall informationthathecouldaboutthewayMarinesarecreatedandenhanced.Forhimthiswasmostimportant.Hedidnothoweverfallbackonthenormalstudies,butcontinuedtoshowtheinsightwhichhadgothimsenthere.Whenthetrainingwas nearing completion he had made severalconnectionswithin theAdeptusMechanicushierarchy.Whilenoneofthesewereveryhigh,theywouldsufficeforwhathehadinmind.AlsoduringthetraininghehadquietlyandcarefullyfoundoutabouttheotherMarineshewastrainingwith.ForhesearchedthefortheonesthatmightshareoraccepthisbeliefsoverthoseofIronHandschapter.

When returning as Techmarine, he had gained someallies from his brothersintraining. Within anotherdecade Hael and Ulgarvus started to have over 100marinesagreeing to their ideals. Theydecidedto callthemselves'SonsofSteel'.Theirgoaltosplitawayfromthe IronHands andstartanewchapterthatwouldnotwasteit'sexistenceawayfromtheImperium.Howeverthe growing number also meant that the secret washardertokeepandeventuallythe IronHands ChapterCouncil found out about Hael and his Sons of Steel.They ordered him to be detained and questioned onchargesofHeresy.WhenthishappenedUlgarvusand

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othersknewthattheirtimewasnowornever.Forevena Chaplain like Hael would not last long under theinterrogationofthechapter.

Few nights later the Sons of Steel had members onposts responsible for evening battle practises rosters.Thisallowedthemtomakearosterthatwouldputallofthemintoonehugepractise.Practisewasplannedtobeof air assaulting with Thunderhawks and Drop Pods,whichwouldallowthemtotakecommandofseveralofthe crafts without any problems. It would also supplythem with a Battle Barge "Irons' Devastation". Whileother Iron Hands were on training the Sons moved.Theirmissionwastwopronged.FirstwastofreeHael,second was to take command of enough spacecraftsthatwouldenablethemtoleaveinordertostartthenewchapter.ForbothofthosetheThunderhawkswouldbevaluable.

The group that was going to get Hael included 15Marines. They were fully armed, but reasonably surethat the weaponsweren't needed. All marinescarriedPowerMaulsinadditiontotheirnormalgear.Thiswouldallowthemtostunanypossibleopposingmarineaslongastheyweren'twearinghelmets.HaelwasheldwithinthelowerlevelsoftheMonasterywithintheinterrogationandholdingarea.Thestriketeamgotquitefarwithoutmuch problems, for onewould not assume that onesbrothermarineswouldbemovingagainst thechapter.Outside of the Hael cell were two marines, but theydidn'thavehelmetssotheywerestunnedquiteeasily.ThentheymovedHaeloutinchainsandactedasguarddetail moving a prisoner. Without further interruptionsthey were able to get to the landing area where theThunderhawkwaswaiting.

The other mission had several crafts targeted forretrieval. Battle Barge 'Irons' Devastation' wasalreadyincluded. Then there was medical ship 'ApothecaryInsertion' that wasthemost important addition. It wasrequiredinordertostartrecruitmentoncetheywereoutof the Iron Hands' sphere of influence. In addition tothosetwovesselstherewasseveralsupportcraftsandasingleStrikeCruiser.TofacilitatethistheSonsofSteelmanagedtogettheirmemberswithintheshipscrewsonvarious reasons. Techmarines were useful for this astheycouldbepartofinspectionteamsormaintenancecrews rotations. The Sons managed to get the'Apothecary Insertion', but not the Strike Cruiser theywanted. In the end there was four smaller frigatesordestroyersinadditiontotheBattleBargeandmedicalship.WhentheCraftsstartedtomoveoutsomeofthemwereorderedtoturnbackastheirorderlogsfailedthechecks. However neither side wanted to open fire oneachothersotheymanagedtoentertheWarpSpacewithoutfurthertrouble.

When they were on their way the intentions werebroadcastedtotheshipsonebyone.ThiswasrequiredasnotalltheMarineswerefullypartoftheSonsplans.Alsotheserfsoftheshipscouldbeproblematicastheycould refuse to takeorders that would beagainst the

IronHands chapter.Marinesintheenddidn'tfighttheinsurrection, but acceptedoneof thesmaller ships, adestroyer'DarkNight',inordertoreturntochapter.Onfrigates there was fights as some amount of serfsrefusedtoaccepttheruleofSonsandattackedinfrenzyinstead. In the end there was some casualties, butmostly on thesideof ship serfs. Someof those whodidn'tdieweresentbackinthe'DarkNight'.

And thus the newchapter was started. After sendingbackthosethatrefusedtojoininforminganewchapter,acouncilwasselectedtoleadthenewchapter.ItwasdecidedthatfivemarineswouldformitandtheywouldbefromthemainbranchesoftheAstartes.ThebrotherUlgarvuswouldserveasonememberandbetheMasteroftheForge.ChaplainHaelwassecondselectionandhis was the position of Master of Sanctity. Third wasBanelor,oldestoftheLibrarians,whowouldbetheChiefLibrarian.FourthwasDunstan,aveteransergeantoftheTerminators,andhewouldbeHighTactician.ThefinalandfifthplacewasgiventoApothecaryDronjandthepositionwasMaster of Apothecarion. It wasacceptedthattheMasterofForgewouldactasspokemanforthechapter.ThefirstjoboftheCouncilwasthenamingoftheirchapter.

TheScionsofIronwasborn.

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ChapterIITheSearch

FirsttheScionsofIronmadeawayfromtheIronHandsatfullspeed.WhileindividualMarineswouldhesitatetofireattheirbrothers,theyhadnoexpectationsthattheIron Hands council would do the same. So usingcontacts that the Ulgarvus had made in the AdeptusMechanicustheygotsuppliedinfewplacesoutofsightwhich made their journey faster. Officially theMechanicusdidn'tevenknowabouttheScionsofIron.

During this time the new Council for Scions of Ironconvened.NowastheyspedawayfromtheIronHandsthey had to change the fleet frombeing part of IronHands into Scions of Iron fleet. The armours of theindividualmarinesandallvehicleswereallstrippedandrepainted easily. Equally easy was it to change theidentification codes of the spacecrafts. Battle Bargewould now be called 'Hammer of the Emperor' andmedicalshipwasrenamedto'DeathsLiberation'.

Next issue was the organisation of the chapter. Theydecidedtofollowthecodexmorestrictlythanthe IronHands and thus the Scions of Iron planned for 10companies. However since they lacked marines tocreate all only few companies were created. 1stcompanywasformedfromthesmallamountofveteransthattheyhad(mainlypowerarmouredmarinesbutfewterminatorsuitedonesaswell).Battlecompanies2and

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3werecreatedfromthemainbodyofmarinesastherewas too many Devastator marines to fit into onecompany.Somescoutshadjoinedthegroupaswellsoasmall10thcompanywasmade.

After nearly quarter of ImperiumsspacewasbetweenScions of Irons' fleet and Iron Hands did the councilfinallydecidetomakecontactwithoutsideoftheirnewchapter.WhentheyjumpedinaDionelessystem,theyfoundthattheinhabitedplanetinitwasbeingattackedbyanDarkEldarraidingforce.TheDarkEldarrealisingthat a Battle Barge and several smaller marine shipswere inbounddecidedtosplit withoutfurther fightandwhiletheMarinesgavechasetheywereunabletocatchthefastermovingDarkEldar.Howeverthenewchapterwasgivenrighttousetheshipyardstodpmaintenanceontheirships. Inadditionsmall amountofrecruitmentwas done on the planet to get the chapter growing.However it was decided that they wouldn't spend toomuchtimeyetinaoneplaceandsoonaftertheworkwasdoneonspacecrafts,theScionsofIrondeparted.

Howeverasthedistancebetweenthe IronHands andScions of Iron kept on growing did the council finallydecide to start searching for a system which theyintendedtotakecontrolof.Firsttwosystemstheyvisitedwerenotsomethingthattheywanted.Onewasahighlyagrarian world mainly producing and exporting food.Suchwouldnotdo.Secondwasanoldhiveworld,whichdidnotshowverymuchinterestintheMarines.

Thirdsystemtheyenteredwasengulfedinarebellion.The planet was scarred by the Planetary DefenceForcesfightingoneanotherwithalltheweaponsintheirarsenal.Therewasalsoseveralspacecraftsfightinginthesystemforwhateverfuelledtheinsurrectionseemedtodrawchaosfleetsaswell.Thiscausedaproblemforthe council. With strong indication that their twistedbrotherswereontheplanet,ChaplainHaelfeltthattheyshould attack immediately. However Ulgarvus arguedthattheydidn'thavethecapacitytofightawarinthisscale. There was a bitter row in the council asargumentsoverheated.Butwithintwohours,beforeanyofthefleetshadchancetocatchtheScionsofIron,thechapterwithdrewfromthesystem.

Thefleetwenttoasystemafteranotherduringafewdecades,butwereunable tofindasuitableplanet. InonesystemtheyenteredintoamiddleofansmallerOrkWaargh. Once more there was argumentation if theyshouldriskthechaptertofightanenemy,butthistimeitwasdecidedthattheyhadtoenterintobattle.Theywerein need of supplies of all kinds. So the fewships ofScionsofIron startedtomoveinwardsagainsttheOrkfleet.Thereweren'tthatmanyOrkcraftsfunctionalafterthe systems defence ships and planetary defencelasers, but the marines were outnumbered none theless.Theyattackedinatightwedgeaimingforcentreofthe Orks. However just before they entered into aweapons range the Marines used their moremanoeuvrable toquicklyaccelerate tosideof theOrkcraftstoengagetheenemyfromtheflank.

At close range the bombardment cannons did hugeamount of damage, but theywereunable to stop theOrksshipscompletelyastheymanoeuvredtobringtheirshipstobear.SeveralofthesmallercraftsrammedoneoftheFrigates,whichstarteddriftingasit'sengineswerebadly damaged. This caused the other three smallervessels to fall back and defend the damaged one inorder toprevent it frombeingdestroyed.At thesametimetheBattleBarge'HammeroftheEmperor'swungtoengagethemainpartoftheOrkKroozers.Atpointblankrangefiringintoatightclusterofshipscausedenormousdamage.Evenmoredestructionwascausedasoneofthe ships exploded scattering debris around it, whichdamaged further the nearby ships. However theOrkswould not stop. Two of the Crafts managed to crashagainst the 'Hammer of the Emperor' and from therepoured Orks to the ship. In the bloody ship to shipfightingtheOrkswerefinallybeatenbackandthemainsection of the fleet destroyed. Around the damagedFrigate fighting still continued, but without the largerKroozerstheorkscouldnotfightbackatthefastmovingmarinecrafts.InthefinalbattleshoweversecondFrigate'Anvil of Stars' suffered heavy damage as the Orkscontinued to ram theMarinesvessels. EntiresectionsweredepressurisedastheMarinesfoughttokeeptheFrigateoperational.Butitwouldnotbeusableforwarptravelwithoutmajorrepairs.

AfterthebattletheScionsofIronsplittheirfleetintotwo.ThetwodamagedFrigateswouldstaybackalongwiththedestroyer.Whilethe'HammeroftheEmperor' andthe 'Deaths Liberation' would continue to planet withmostofthemarines.

When arriving to the planet the Orks were attackingferociouslyagainsttheplanetarydefenceforces.Whilethe Imperials had superiority in numbers they werelosingastheOrksassaultedwiththeirusualferocityandkeptpushingbacktheImperialforces.Coupledwiththeirunusual reproductive cycle, the number superioritywouldsoonbelost.TheWaarghwasleadbyawarlordGorath, a mighty Ork which seemed to possess anunusualcunningaswell.Manyarmygroupshadbeenlost in the ambushes directed by him. However Orksweren'tcountingonloosingtheirremainingspacecraftsandthisseemedtoslowthemdown.

Whenthe ScionsofIrons fleetweredividedoneofthefirst things they had done was to establish acommunicationswith theplanet. Whenthecraftsafterfew days arrived above the planet they had veryaccurate detail on the situation in the surface. Thecouncil decided that they would need to use alladvantagestheyhadandthusstrikeadecisivestrikeattheOrks.TheyinformedtheplanetsgovernorthattheyneededveryaccurateinformationonthelocationoftheWarlord andof theOrkmovements in that area. Theplanwas todropwith all the force theMarinescouldmusterandkilltheWarlordandthebiggestNobznearhim. This would hopefully stem theOrk Waarghbackandallowthelocalforcestogoonoffensive.Theyalso

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requestedthatanydropforcesthat theyhadneartheWarlordwouldbereadytotakeoffatamomentsnoticeandcometosupporttheMarinesoncetheymadetheirdrop,thisincludedanynearbyNavysquadronsaswell.

ForMarinesnearlyallforcesweretobeincludedinthedrop.TwothirdswouldgodownindroppodswhiletherestofwouldcomedownwithThunderhawks.Thefewvehicles that they had would be brought down byThunderhawkTransportsrightbehindtheThunderhawksgunships. The drop would be given 10 minutes todestroyasmuchoftheairdefencesaspossiblesothattheThunderhawksandThunderhawkTransportswouldencounteraslittleincomingfireaspossible.TerminatorswouldstandbyandpreparetobeteleportedoncetheWarlord would be in sight or if there would othersurpriseswheretheywouldbeneeded.Thedroppodassault would be lead by the Chaplain Hael.Thunderhawks troops would be under TechmarineUlgarvus and Captain Dunstan would lead theTerminators.

Theassaultstartedfine.DroppinginthemiddleofthelargestOrkhordetheMarineswereabletoinflictheavycasualties within the first few minutes. Devastatorsdestroyednearby flakwagonswithhighaccuracyandrestoftheforcesdealtwiththeOrksaroundthem.Butafter fewminutestheOrksseemedtorally farsoonerthanexpectedandstartpushingbackwiththeir innateferocity. It wasas if theyexpectedthemarinesorbitalassault.AlsosoonitbecameapparentthattheWarlordwas not in fact within the Ork force that they haddroppedin.QuicklyhowevertheThunderhawksroaredabovegroundandlandedintothecarnagefiringwithalltheir weapons and the tide begun to turn again. TheMarinespouredoutleadbyUlgarvusandsoontheOrkhordes back was broken and they turned to run.HoweverthelulllastedonlyforamomentassecondOrkforce started close in on the Marines position. TheMarinesstarted toorganisedefenceswhen theywereattacked by fast moving Kults of Speedsand FightaBommaz.Imperial NavyengagedtheOrkaircraftsbutwereunabletostopthemfromwreakinghavoc intheMarinesarmourandbefore thedefenceswere ready,themainOrkarmyarrivedtoattacktheMarines.

AstheOrksclosedintheMarinescalledinairstrikebyThunderhawk, but theywere forcedtowithdrawwhentwooftheMarinecraftswereshotdownbyhiddenflakwagons. The Battle Barge also lent it's surprisinglypowerful bombardmentcannonstothetaskofslowingtheOrksadvance.ButScionsofIronweresurprisedastheOrksattackedfromtheeastovertheroughhillswithbuggiesandwagons.TheMarineshadexpectedtoseeinfantryattackingfromthatdirectionandhadsentscoutsto act as lookouts. Theyhad lost contact to someofthem and thus were prepared for enemy, but notmotorisedand forasecondsurprise it was foundoutthat Warlord Gorath was leading them. Ulgarvusoverseeing theeastern front hadset updefencesbutthey were unable to stop the attack of the motorisedOrks. TheTerminators wereordered to teleport in on

UlgarvuslocationwhentheWarlordwasspottedastheOrksswarmedoverthedefencesandintoclosecombat.ButeventheteleportationwasnotfastenoughaswhentheTerminatorsappearedtothebattlefieldtheWarlordGorathhadmanagedtokillUlgarvus.TheTerminatorswereabletoavengetheUlgarvusandmanagedtokilltheWarlordandsoonaftertheImperialairliftarrivedtheOrkswerebrokenandbeaten.Theplanhadworked,buthadcarriedaheavycost. 32Marineswerekilledandnearly50injuredtolesserandgreaterdegreeduringthecombatonplanetandinspace.

Afterwards the Marines were able to use the localshipyardtofixtheirdamagedspacecrafts.ScionsofIrondecidedtostayintheplanetforawhileandwereabletorecruit new marines as well as construct some newvehicles. However since the planets degree ofdevelopmentwasnotsufficienttothelevelofScionsof Iron theydecidedtoleaveafterfewyearsandcontinuetheirsearch.

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ChapterIIIFounded

Fornearlyacentury ScionsofIronhadsoughtaworldtheycould claimas their own, before coming to theTelgar system. Telgar VI was an ancient hiveworldwithinasolarsystemthatwasrichinmineraldeposits.ButTelgarVIhadsomethingelseaswell.Theyseemedto be able to construct surprisingly advancedtechnologiesandAdeptusMechanicushadn'tbeenablefigureouthow.Howevertheywereintendingtofindout.

YearagoaTechnoMagusnamedBandarionhadbeenassignedtofindoutaboutthesecrestbehindtheTelgarsystem.Bandarionwasamanwhowasinariseofhiscareerandhadrisenquitemuchpastfewyears.Seeingthisasasteppingstonetogloryoncemoreheacceptedgladlyandmakeavowthathewouldfindoutthetruthbehindtheplanet.AfterthathespentnearlyhalfayeartogatherdataontheplanetfromImperialArchivesaswellastheMechanicusesownsources.Whenthedatasearch was finally complete Bandarion left theMechanicus base in the sector and headed for theplanet. He arrived to the planet with his personalentouragefewmonthsbeforethe ScionsofIron wouldcomeandstartedtopushfor the informationfromtheplanetsgovernor.InadditiontoputtingpressureontherulingeliteheusedtheTechadeptshebroughtwithhimtofindouteverythingtheycouldfromothersectionsofthegovernmentandsuitableenterpricesthatcouldhaveinformation.

The local Governor and a council of rulers howeverresisted all attempts, both over and covert thatBandarionputout.Nonethelesstheywereslowlybutsurely being forced to reveal what ever secrets theplanetseemedtohold.AtfirsttheGovernorwasn'tthat

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interestedashedidn'tthinkthattheywouldbeabletohelpwithBandarion.ButwhenhewasinformedthatthefleetwasalastvestigeofaAdeptusAstartesChapterwhowerelookingforaworldtobuildtheirmonasteryoneverythingchanged.ForwiththearrivaloftheScionsof IrontheGovernorsawhischance.Hequietlycontactedtheemergingmarine fleet in order tonot todraw theattention of the Bandarion to the matter. The TechnoMagihadbeeninformedoftheships,buthehadignoredit asanexternalmatterandnotsomethingthatwouldhavetodowiththesecretshehopedtouncover.

WhentheScionsofIronarrivedtotheplanet,thesecretrepresentatives of the governor moved to meet theChapter Master of the Astartes. They met with thespokesmanoftheCouncil,MasteroftheForgeKulvor.Thegovernorsrepresentativeshadbeengiventherighttoofferedtheirsystemasthehomebaseforthechapter,on the grounds that they would receive the SpaceMarines'protectionagainstanyattemptstorulethembytheAdeptusMechanicusandanyotherforceoutsideoftheImperium.Kulvor informedtherepresentativesthattheChapterwouldneedtodeliberateonthis.WhiletheScionsofIronhadnospecialrelationshipwithAdeptusMechanicus,theydidnotwanttocauseundueschismbetween themselves and the Astartes. Therepresentatives left an information package to Kulvorand asked to be contacted on the matter after theirdeliberations.

The information package contained information abouttheplanet.Therewasall kindsof information that theGovernorandtheCouncilhaddeemedtobeimportant.It alsoincludedtheproductioncapabilitiesaswell andestimates on how they can be upgraded to suit theneeds of an Adeptus Astartes Chapter. Of this theScionsofIronwereveryinterestedandlikedwhattheysaw.TherewassomeamountofdebateintheCouncilofwhatthedealwouldmeanbetweenMechanicusandthe chapter, but eventually it was decided that thechapters need for a base world overrode all negativeimpact it wouldhavefor theAdeptusMechanicus. Soafter a week of orbiting the planet they invited theGovernor to comeupand finalise thedeal. Once theagreement was made it was time to let the TechnoMagusBandariontofindoutaboutitandthenhavetheplanetbeinformedaboutitaswell.

Taking the first moon of Telgar VI to build the greatFortressMonasteryuponit,the ScionsofIron claimedthesystemas their own. Therewassomeamount ofdebate on the matter between Scions of Iron, someother Adeptus Astartes chapters and AdeptusMechanicus. The Adeptus Mechanicus felt that thesecret behind theplanetwasnot important enoughtostartpushingtheAstartestoomuch.HoweverasScionsof Iron weren't a fully grown chapter and before thishadn'thadmuchcontactwiththerestoftheImperiumthe chapter was unable to affect many incursions ofImperiumsgoverningbodiesandTelgarVIwasnotleftcompletely alone. The tithes that was degreed byMunitorum for Telgar system were great in terms of

equipmentandwarmaterialasitwastoldthattheplanetcould support much more than what was recordedearlier.

The real cause behind growing of the tithes washowever theTechnoMagi Bandarion. He felt that theScionsof Iron hadmortally insultedhim.Hisquest tofindoutthesecretoftheplanethadbeenafailureandhe was forced to go back on his vow. Even moreinsulting was that his peers didn't seem realise theimportanceofthesystem.WhentheMunitorumstartedlooking at the tithes, they requested updates to theirinformation from Adeptus Mechanicus. This requestfoundit'swaytoBandarionashewasthehighestofficialof Mechanicus that hadbeen to theplanet. Heknewquite well about the capabilities of the system tooutproducetheestimatesdoneearlierandbecauseofthewrathhefelt,theestimatesthathesentbackweremuchlargerthanthetruenumbers.Forifhecouldnotpressurethesecretsoutofthesystem,heweregoingbleedthemallthathecould.

Thetithescausedasurgeinthesystemtoenlargetheforgeswhile leaving the Scionsof Iron almostwithoutthebenefitsforawhile.Thecouncilacceptedthiswithaquietanger,butknewfullwellthatthenewchaptercouldnotdoanythingaboutit.Theygotonlyveryfewforgesthatcouldbetousedandallthenewforgesthatweretobeconstructedwouldnotbeforthemforawhile.Thelineswereputtogoodusethoughandsoonthealmostnon existed vehicles and gear were started to bereplenished.Howeverhemanagedtopressaheadforcreationofnewshipyardsaroundthefifthplanetwhichcould be used to construct the future fleet for thechapter.Thecouncilalsosentsomeofit'sshipserfsandTechmarines to start small mining operations to theplanet.

Theninsteadofgettingmuchnewvehiclesandships,theScionsofIronturnedtogatheringnewrecruitsfromtheplanetandenlargetheranksoftheAstartes.Thuswhiletheywould lack intermsof transportsandothersupportarmour,theywouldhavemarinestomakeupforit. Now the effects of the Ulgarvuses insistence for'DeathsLiberation'startedtoshow.TheScoutcompanystartedtogrowquitefastastheApothecarionstartedtouse the geneseed that wasstored during thesearch.Many of the current members of the scout companyweremovedtobattlecompaniesastheycouldnowstarttogetnewarmoursfromtheforgesthatweregiventothechaptersuse.

Within fewyears the Scions of Iron had managed torecruitenoughthattheovergrownscoutcompanywassupplyingtroopstocreate4thbattlecompanyaswell.AfteradecadetheyhadstartedtojoinsmallcampaignsneartheTelgarsystem.Bythistimetheyhadall fourbattlecompaniesfilledout.Howevertheystilllackedthevehiclesforthecompaniesbutthatwouldsoonbeoveras the planetary council had finally started to makesomeheadwayoverthetithesgiventothem.

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Howeverthatlackofvehicleswassoongoingtocostthechaptermorethantheycouldeverimagine.AsahugeOrkInvasioninformof"WaaaghGorgar"movedintothesystem.

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ChapterIVInvasionofTelgarVI

WhentheTelgars longrangescannersstartedpickingupsignsfromanapproachingOrkfleetthecallsforanImperial Fleet was sent out. At the same time theTelgars Governor and Scions of Iron prepared for aninevitable fighting that was going to happen. They allknewthatevenveryquicklymobilisedarmywouldnotarrivebeforetheOrkswouldbeontheground.ButboththeAstartesandtheplanetarycouncilhopedthattheywouldarrivesoonafterandhelptoeliminatetheOrks.

ThesystemsowndefenceshipswerenomatchfortheOrkshugefleetandneithercouldtheScionsofIronfleethopetostopit.TheydispatchedthefleetnonethelessinhopesofdistractingandslowingtheOrksdown.Anycrude Ork Kroozer disabled or destroyed would alsoprevent those same green skins from reaching theplanet.ButthecombinedfleetwasunabletomuchslowdowntheOrkKroozersastheymovedintothesystem.

ThemarinesattackedtheOrkfleetfromsidesasmuchastheycouldandthenacceleratedawayfromthefleet,before Orks managed to make an efficient counterattack. However during the fighting they lost severaldestroyers as well as a newly built Strike Cruiser'Deliverer'waslost.TheOrksmanagedtoramtheshipanddamageit'smaindrive.AstheenemyclosedinonthehelplesscruiserthecaptainoftheshipoverloadedtheshipsfusionpowercoreandtheOrksaswellasthe'Deliverer' were lost in a bright miniature sun thatbloomedforonlyafewseconds.TheImperialsharassedOrksfornearlyaweekbeforetheyreachedtheTelgarVI and the moon with the Scions of Irons FortressMonastery.

ThentheOrksinvadedTelgarVIaswellasattackingthemoonwiththeFortressMonasteryoftheScionsofIron.Thisforcedthechaptertosplittheirforcesfortheirpactforced them to defend the planet itself as well. ThecouncilofScionsofIronwasveryconcernedaboutthis,but therewasnothing tobedone.Inhere theywouldmake their last stand, but they would not break theirpromise.Foriftheywoulddoso,therewouldbenoresteveniftheywonastheplanetwouldhavebeenlosttothem in that case. The chapter was very concernedabout their troops,but the last yearsof recruitinghadcreateda lot larger force than theyhadbeendecadeago. There wasseveral hundred of marines and thatwould have to be enough. However after the initialdeployment it became clear that there would be noforcesfor reserve.Buteven if theywouldhave, there

wouldbeverylittletransportsavailableas longastheOrksheldthespace.

When the call for aid wasmade it soon reached thenearby Adeptus Mechanicus' base and the ImperialFleetYardinthesamesystem.Thecallwasreroutedtotheheadof theMechanicusbaseandthatwasnewlyassignedTechMagusBandarion.Theangerthathehadfeltadecadeagoforfoilinghisplanshadnotsublimed.Insteadithadbecomeacoldfurywithinhimandnowreadingthemessagegiventohimhesawhischance.FirsthecontactedtheAstropathsandorderedthelogsoftheincomingcalltobewithdrawn.Thenheorderedseveralofthemainshipsinthefleettoundergoafullsystemscheckandservice.Thatwouldkeeptheshipshereforaweekortwo.Afterthishewaitedforaseveralhours savouring the moment. During which theconfirmations were sent that all the checkshad beenstartedandtheshipshadbeentakenoffline.Bandarionthen logged to the information system. He deftlychangedtheoriginalordertimestofewweeksback,justincasesomeonewouldstartaskingquestions.Thenhecontacted the Astropaths and confirmed that the logswerereinstatedmarkingthearrivalofthemessagenow.Thensmilingtoinwardlytohimselfhewaitedforafifteenminutesmore,beforecontactingthefleets'commanderofanurgentdistresscallthattheyhadjustreceived.

Themessagegotthefleetcommandanditwasquicklyactedupon.Theordertopreparethefleettomoveoutwassentalmostimmediately.Theyalsocontactedtwonearby Imperial Guard garrisons to start loading upsometroopsforemergencydispatchtoaidasystemthatwasbeingoverrunbyOrks.ThefleetherewouldmoveinfirstandclearanyopposingOrkvesselinspaceandwithinaweekthetransportscouldmoveunopposedtotheplanet.Howeversoonafterthemessageshadbeensent the information about the systemchecks startedflowingback.ThecommanderofthefleetcontactedtheMechanicusbaseforexplanation.Bandarionrepliedthatthe checks had been logged weeks ago and that hecouldn'thaveanticipatedtheneedforthefleet.Sowhileheunderstoodthedirenessof thesituation therewasnothingtobedoneuntilthecheckshadbeencompletedfortheywereveryimportanttothemachinespiritsoftheships.ButsurelysincetherewasanAdeptusAstarteschapter based in the system that got invaded, therewouldbealessproblemwiththedefenceoftheTelgar.As the Marines would fight with greater ferocity todefendtheir ownsystem.Thecommanderof thefleethadnochoicebuttoacceptandstartcoordinatingthenearbygarrisonstosendtheirtransportsherefirstandthemmoveout together with his fleet. Hehoped thattheywouldnotarrivetoolate.

InthemoonthefewVeteransofthechapterinadditionto one of the battle companies fought to defend theroutestotheFortressMonastery.TheybattledagainstOrks clad in MegaArmour in addition to Kanz andDreadnoughts.Mostofthebattlesatfirstwerefoundinthe rocky outcrops of the moon near the FortressMonastery.DefencelasersbatterieskepttheOrksfrom

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attacking the Monastery directly. The Landas werealways around moving to deploy Orks to outflank theMarines. Asacountermeasure theThunderhawks, towhichtherewasnotenoughtroopsfortransport,weredeployedtomakebombingrunsagainsttheOrkforces.

ThefightingwasfierceasOrksseemedtohavehugeamountsofthemachines,whileeverylossonAstarteswasmorecostlythantheonebefore.MoreimportantlytheOrkshadthecapabilitytobombardthemarinesfromspace almostwithoutanyretribution.UnlikethespacemarinesThunderhawkswhichgotharriedbythesmallerOrkspacecraftassoonastheyattacked.Withinaweekthe fighting had moved near the Fortress Monastery.The marines found hard to prevent theOrks enteringintotheirnewlycreatedhallsandforanothertwoweekthebattles ragedaround themarinestronghold. Nearthe end the Orks had managed to get within theMonasteryitself.

The break camewhenafter nearly a month from theOrksappearancetheImperialfleetfinallymovedintothesystem to break the Orks grip in space. First thebombardmentwaseasedastheOrksKroozersmovedtoengagetheImperialfleet.Intheresultingfewdaysofbattles the Orks main fleet was destroyed and thisallowed the Imperials to move in. However thetransports could not immediately be brought in largernumbers as a lot of smaller Ork spacecraft were stilloperational and they could destroy an unarmedtransport.Thisslowedthetroopconvoystotheplanetasthecruiserwereforcedtoescortthetransportsonlyfewatime.

With help of the Imperial spacecraft the Marineseventually defeated and repelled the Orks from themoon, but with large parts of the Fortress MonasterydestroyedbytheOrksheavyweapons.WithnowonlytheOrksontheplanettofight,theThunderhawksweremoved there for they were found effective as purebombers. However their usewasmuchharderduetoamountofFightaBommastheOrkshad.

OntheplanetbelowtheOrks foughtacrossthegreatradioactivedeserts,andmanymoreofthefoottroopsofthechapterwereclaimed.TheMarineswerespreadoutin order to protect the largest of the hives. Howeverbattle lines were too thin and that caused the foottrooperswerebeingoverrunbyKultsofSpeedroamingaroundthemwithalmostimpunity.ThenwhatwasleftoftheMarinesaftertheKults,couldn'tanymorewithstandthe slower Ork Stompas or infantry warbands thatfollowed.OnlythemightyLandRaiderssupportedbythelongrange fire power of the Whirlwinds and the fastmovingcolumnsofPredatorswereabletofightevenlyagainst thegreenskinnedaliens. When thebattle forMoonendedthetidestartedtoturnagainsttheOrks.

WithThunderhawksstartingtobombanddestroyeventhe fastest Kults the Marines and the newly arrivedImperial Guard started to push back the horde. Themarinesthathadsurvivedthecombatinthemoonwere

nowused as a reserve to reinforce the Hives whereOrkshadgainedanentry.AfterfewweekstheImperialGuardstartedmovingintothesystemwithforceandtheOrksontheplanetcouldnothopetowinthecombinedforcesdeployedagainstthem.ThedesertsoftheTelgarVI were an inhospitable place and even the Orksreproductive cycle would not help as there was noplacesinwhichtheycouldhide.EventuallytheypurgedtheOrksfromtheworldandtheywereremovedfromtheplanet completely. Although it is rumoured that someOrksstilllivewithinthedarkestdeepestcornersoftheHives.Thathoweverhasneverbeenconfirmed.

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ChapterVTheAftermath

TheOrkinvasionhadbeenfoughtoff,butpricepaidwasveryhigh.Mostofthechaptersveteranswerekilled.Thedeserts were littered with the wrecked hulls of theScions of Irons armour. Nearly half of the chaptersmarines were lost. In addition to this their FortressMonasteryonthemoonwaspartiallydestroyed.ButwiththehelpofTelgarVI,whonowcouldatlaststarthelpingthe chapter, they would manage to rebuild what wasdestroyedinthewarandmore.TheChaptercouncilwashoweverdeterminedtonottoletthishappeneveragain.

ItwasdecidedthatScionsofIronwouldchangethewaytheyfought.Nolongerwouldtheirforcesbeallowedtobeboxedinbybeingwithouttransportsorothersupportvehicles.TheyabandonedmostofthetraditionalSpaceMarine tactics of infantry with drop pods and airassaults.Droppodforcescouldeasilybehammeredbyfaster movingenemy. Air assault troops thesameastherewouldbelittletohelptheunitsafterthedrop.

Theheavysupportwaschangedtobeofarmourwhichwould be crewed by devastators. Heavy weaponstrainingwouldbekeptlimitedasitwasnotexpectedtobe of use. However all the vehicle crews would betrainedtouse the heavyweaponson foot aswell incaseofemergency.Armourwouldalsobedeployedtosupport and aid the Tactical marines. The normalinfantrycombattacticswaskeptastheurbanwarfarewouldrequireit.

Mostoftheassaultdoctrineswerechanged.TheOrkshadshown that eventhemost trainedsoldier canbeoverwhelmed in close quarters by overwhelmingnumbers.Sotherewastobenojumppackedassaulttroops. The few assault marines that would bespecifically trained in close combat would use eitherbikes or land speeders. This would allow them todisengagethecombatquicklyifthebattlestartedtoturnagainstthem.Terminatorswouldbeusedtopenetratethestrongestdefenceswithteleportationasdecreedbycodex.Aseventheheaviestofarmouredvehicleswouldbeofnohelpwithinabunkercomplex,butLandRaidersshouldalwaysfollow.

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ThefewDreadnoughtsthatthechapterhadwerenottobeusedincombatunlesstherewasanextremelydireemergency.Rathertheywouldtaketheroleofadvisers,plannersandkeepersoftheinformation.AsaresulttheScions of Iron Dreadnoughts spend much more timeawakethantherestofthespacemarinechapters.

With two space marines doing the job of five or tenothers, these tactics were retained even after thechapterrebuilttofullsize.ThesupportoftheHiveWorldbelow ensured that they could build a large fleet ofThunderhawk Transports and Landing Crafts to movetheirvehicles,aswellastherelativelysmalleramountofinfantrytheystillfieldcomparedtootherchapters.NowafullsizedchaptertheymountalargenumberofnormalAstartes armour as well as rarer vehicles. Such asseveral of the rare LandRaider Prometheus, and thelongrangesupportoftheLandRaiderHeliostheyfightalongside the sides of the other Adeptus Astarteschapters,providingmuchneededtanksupport.

TheeffectofMagusBandarionwasthatthe Scionsof Iron wouldnottrusttheImperialGuardortheImperialNavy to come to their support. The fleet had shownmuch too late in order to prevent the losses of thechapter.Theywouldhelpothersbutnotfeelcompelledto ask for aid themselves. While the AdeptusMechanicus continued to act normally towards thechapterfor it hadnogrudge,Scionswerenot entirelysatisfiedbythemeither.ScionsofIrondidnotknowthatit was one man inside the Adeptus Mechanicus thatfailed them and not the Adeptus Mechanicus asorganisation. However the ancient pacts that theAdeptusAstertesandAdeptusMechanicushadmeantthat the Scions of Iron always showed the propermanner and respect to Mechanicus. While theirTechmarines got trained and fleet built by theMechanicusnormally. Within millenias theoldwoundswouldheal,butnotclosecompletely.

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2.0ScionsofIronChapter

Brothers.InthebeginningwewereforcedtofightwithoutthesupportofArmouredcolumns.TheOrksforcedourhandsbutweenduredthe

consequences.Nevershallweforgetthat invasionandwhatwastheresultofit.Brothers,

thesevehiclesaremorethanjustpiecesof plasteelandheavyweapons.Theseareour

baseandsupport.Theyareourtransportsandprotectors.Theyareourbrothersinspirit.Never

shallweabandonthemandnevershallwebeforcedtofightwithoutthemagain.Nowpraywithmeandknowthatthemachinespiritwill

alwaysbethereforus.

TechmarinePuulaen,3rdCompany

TheCodexAstartes isamassivetomethat describestheorganisation,tacticaloperation,andcountlessotheraspectsofSpaceMarinedoctrine.Subjectsasdiverseas religious instruction and strategic supply are allcovered in great detail within its thousands of holopages.TheCodexAstartesamountstoanauthoritativeguidetowagingwarinanynumberofwaysoncountlessdifferenttypesofworld.ThemajorityofSpaceMarinechaptersfollowitsteachingsasiftheywereholywrit.

ScionsofIronareanexceptiontothatmajority.DuetotheOrkInvasionwhentheChaptersFortressMonasterywasbeingbuilt the ScionsofIron wereforcedtofightwith very few Transports and Armour support. ThelossesincurredtherecausedthechaptertodivergefromtheCodexAstartesandcreatetheirownwayofformingbattle groups. Now days Scions of Iron excel inArmouredformationsandareneverwithouttransportsinalmostanysituation.MostbattleformationsarebasedonthevehiclesandonlyinveryraresituationsdotheScionsofIronactwithouttheirvehicles.

ScionsofIron regardmachinespiritasbrotherinspirit.Rituals for machinerepair andmaintenanceare morecomplex.Butasaresultthequalityofgearandvehiclesusedbythechapterisnoticeablybetter.NowdaystheMachinespiritisreveredwithnearlysimilarzealasotherchapterswouldregardaPrimarch.

SpecialRule2.1TheyShallKnowNoFear

Space Marines are renowned for their tenacityandbravery.Thisisrepresentedbythefollowingrules: IttakestwoBlastmarkerstosuppressa

Space Marine unit or kill a unit in abroken formation (ignore any left over Blastmarkers).

Space Marine formations are only broken if theyhave twoBlast markersperunitintheformation.

Halvethenumberofextrahitssuffered byaSpaceMarineformationthatlosesanassault, roundingdown infavourof theSpaceMarines.

WhenabrokenSpaceMarineformation ralliesthenitreceivesanumberofBlast markers equal to the number of units, ratherthanhalfthisnumber.

2.1ChapterOrganisation

TheScionsofIronchapterorganisationisbasedontheCodex Astartes, but it has been changed to suit thearmour heavy mind of the chapter. It consists of thesame10Chaptersthatthecodexdecrees.Alsoithas1st

company for veterans and 10th company for scouts.Thereisfourbattlecompanies(from2nd to5th)andfourreservecompanies(from6thto9th).ThemaindifferencestoCodexchaptersarefoundwithinthecompanies.AndmostimportantlytheBattleandReserveCompanies.

1stcompanyisverysimilartoanyotherCodexdecreedveteran company. However the veterans, bothterminator armoured and power armoured, are usingLandRaidersas transport. Thus thecompanyhasnoRhinos available to it. The second difference is thepresenseofTechmarinestomaintainthevehicles.

10thCompanyisthescoutcompany.Againthisisverysimilar to a regular codex scout company. OnlydifferenceisthatasingleTechmarineisassignedtothecompany.

BattleCompanies

AbattlecompanyhaslargernumberofmarinesthantheCodexdecrees.MostofthemarinesarepartofTacticalunits. Devastatorsaredrivers for thevehiclesthat thecompany uses from armoury. Last group is Assaulttroopsmountedonbikes.Battlecompanyisabitlargerthancodexcompanyinexpenseofsupportcompanies.

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AlsoeachbattlecompanyhastheirownTechmarinesinadditiontothosethattendtheArmouryofthechapter.Thisisbecauseinanydeploymentthereisautomaticallylargernumberofvehicles.

Battle companies are always using several vehicleswhendeployed.Afullydeployedbattlecompanyuses8vehicleswhichcan bePredators, Vindicators or LandRaiderscrewedbycompanydevastators.AlsoallRhinotransportsaretakenfromarmourywhendeployed.

ReserveCompanies

The 6th and 7th companies are armour supportcompanies.Theseconsistsonlyofarmouredunitsandhavenoinfantryofanykind.It'sveryrarethatasupportcompanywouldfightwithoutanypresenceofasinglebattlecompany.Astherearemorevehicles, therearealsomoreTechmarinesduetoamountofvehicleswithinthem.7thcompanyhasPredatorsofbothtypes,while8th

hasVindicatorsandLandRaiders.

8thcompanyisanassaultsupportcompanyasinCodex.For Scions of Iron that means that the units are all

mounted.Howeverunlikebattlecompanieswhichalsohave bikes the 9th company maintains it's owncomplementofAttackBikesandLandSpeederstogivethe bike units some extra fire power. There is oneTechmarinelookingoutforthevehiclesofthiscompany.

9th company is aCustodiancompany. Custodiansaremarines whose duty is to crew the vehicles of thearmoury.Thereisnodefinitesizeforthecompany,butitusuallystandsbetween50and100marines.Custodiancompanymarinesareneverdeployedwithoutvehicles.

Chapterarmouryhasit'sownsetofvehicleswhicharefor theuseof thecompanies. It hassomeamount ofPredators,VindicatorsandLandRaiderstosupportbothveteranandbattlecompaniesinneed.Alsoasecondsetof those vehicles reside in the 6th and 7th armoursupport companies. Theyhandle rest of thechapterssupport vehicles such as Whirlwinds, Land Speedersand the Land Raider variants. As well as transportsRhinosandRazorbacks.Armouryalsotakescareofthespacecraftsofthechapter.

ARMOURYTechmarines

ServitorsVehicles

Spacecrafts

HEADQUATERSSTAFFCouncilofChapter

SeniorOfficersAdministrativeStaffSupportPersonnel

LIBRARIUMChiefLibrarians

EpistolariesCodiciers

Lexicaniums

VETERANCOMPANY BATTLECOMPANIES

1stCompany

CaptainChaplainApothecaryStandardBearer4Techmarines

100VeteranMarinesLandRaidersLandRaiderCrusaders

2nd Company

CaptainChaplainApothecaryStandardBearer2Techmarines

4TacticalDetachments80TacticalMarines16DevastatorMarines2BikeDetachments24AssaultMarines

3rdCompany

CaptainChaplainApothecaryStandardBearer2Techmarines

4TacticalDetachments80TacticalMarines16DevastatorMarines2BikeDetachments24AssaultMarines

4thCompany

CaptainChaplainApothecaryStandardBearer2Techmarines

4TacticalDetachments80TacticalMarines16DevastatorMarines2BikeDetachments24AssaultMarines

5thCompany

CaptainChaplainApothecaryStandardBearer2Techmarines

4TacticalDetachments80TacticalMarines16DevastatorMarines2BikeDetachments24AssaultMarines

RESERVECOMPANIES SCOUTCOMPANY

6thCompany

CaptainChaplainApothecaryStandardBearer6Techmarines

10ArmourDetachments80DevastatorMarines20PredatorDestructors20PredatorAnnihilators

7thCompany

CaptainChaplainApothecaryStandardBearer6Techmarines

10ArmourDetachments80DevastatorMarines20Vindicators20LandRaiders

8thCompany

CaptainChaplainApothecaryStandardBearerTechmarine

6BikeDetachments72AssaultMarines

AttackBikesLandSpeeders

9thCompany

CaptainChaplainApothecaryStandardBearerTechmarine

80Custodians

10 thCompany

CaptainChaplainApothecaryStandardBearerTechmarine

5ScoutDetachments100Scouts

Rhinos

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3.0ScionsofIronunitsSpaceMarineLandRaiderCrusader

TheLandRaiderCrusaderwasdesignedasaclosesupporttank. ItsLascannonsarereplacedwithHurricaneBolterstofendoffinfantry,forheavytargetsthereisMultimeltaandHeavyBoltersarereplacedwithTwinAssaultCannonforanythingbetween.TheCrusadervariantwasfirstdiscoveredbytheBlackTemplarsbutisalsoutilisedbyother

Chapters.ScionsofIron usetheLandRaiderCrusaderintworoles.First it actsasasupporttankforLandRaiders, deployedwhenthefightingisexpectedtoincludecloserangefire.Theirsecondroleistoactasassault transportsandheavycloserangesupportfor infantry.BothTerminatorsandregularmarinescanbedeployedwiththeLandRaiderCrusaderswhentheneedarises.

Type Speed Armour CloseCombat FirefightArmouredVehicle 25cm 4+ 5+ 5+Weapon Range Firepower Notes2xHurricaneBolters (15cm) SmallArms ExtraAttack(+1)FragLaunchers (Basecontact) Assaultweapon Twinassaultcannon 30cm AP4+/AT4+ Multimelta

AND15cm(15cm)

MW5+SmallArms

MacroweaponMacroweapon

Notes:ReinforcedArmour,ThickRearArmour,Transport(maycarrytwoTerminatorunitsORthreeofthefollowingunits:SpaceMarineTactical,Devastator&Scoutunits).TheMultimeltacanshootandbeusedtoconferthemacroweaponabilitytotheunitsfirefightattack.

SpaceMarineLandRaiderHeliosTheLandRaider Helios was first developed by the Red Scorpionschapter. DuringtheSiegeofHeliostheRedScorpionsfoundthattheylackedartilleryandconsultedtheir Techmarinesforhelp. TheydevelopedtheHeliospatternLandRaiderasaresult.AftertheSiegetheHeliosgotit'splaceintheRedScorpionsarmouryandhasthen

beenreplicatedbyotherchaptersaswell.ScionsofIron hasalwaysbeeninterestedinbuildingnewvehiclesfor themselves. TheHeliosfoundit'splaceinthechapterbecauseofit'sunusualdualrole.ItcantaketheplaceofWhirlwindswhenthesituationwouldbedangeroustodeploythem.Theycanalsobeusedincloserangesupportusingthemultilauncherasadirectfireweaponsupportedbythelascannons.

Type Speed Armour CloseCombat FirefightArmouredVehicle 25cm 4+ 6+ 5+Weapon Range Firepower Notes2xTwinLascannon 45cm AT4+ WhirlwindLauncher 45cm 1BP IndirectFireNotes:ReinforcedArmour,ThickRearArmour,Transport(maycarryoneofthefollowingunits:SpaceMarineTactical,Devastator&Scoutunits).

SpaceMarineLandRaiderPrometheusRareamongsteventheoldestofChapterstheoriginsofthePrometheusareunknown.NonehavebeensightedintraitorhandssoitispossibletheywerediscoveredpostHeresy,orperhapssimplythemaintenanceofsuchsacredvehiclesisbeyondthetwistedworkingsofaTraitorsmind.

TheorisedtobecreatedbytheSalamanders,duetothenumberfoundwithintheChapter,theydonothaveamonopolyonitsuse.ScionsofIron produce larger number of these vehicles to serve as forwardcommand posts for it's commanders. In almost all campaigns aPrometheusisputouttoleadtheoffensive.

Type Speed Armour CloseCombat FirefightArmouredVehicle 25cm 4+ 6+ 4+Weapon Range Firepower Notes4xTwinHeavyBolters

30cm AP4+

Notes:ReinforcedArmour,ThickRearArmour,Transport(maycarryoneTerminatorunitORtwoofthefollowingunits:SpaceMarineTactical,Devastator&Scoutunits).Allowscharacterinunittoreplace'5cm'restrictionwith'anyformationontable'inCommanderandSupremeCommanderabilities.

SpaceMarineThunderhawk(SaturationBombingconfiguration)

WhilemostChaptersuseThunderhawkasaprimaryairtransporttheScionsofIrondonot.SinceregularThunderhawkisnotabletocarryvehiclesitisviewedasinferiortransport.HoweverScionsofIrondo

use Thunderhawk as a Support Weapon. Saturation Bombingconfigurationisdesignedtobringadditionalfirepoweragainstmassesof enemy infantry. It's wings are laden with bombs that give outmaximaleffectsagainsttroopsandaThunderhawkcancarryfearsomeamountofthem.TheeffectsofthiscrafthasbeennotedasexceptionalagainsttheOrksinthewideopendesertsofArmageddon.

Type Speed Armour CloseCombat FirefightWarEngine Bomber 4+ Weapon Range Firepower NotesBattleCannon 75cm AP4+/AT5+ FixedForwardArc2xTwinHeavyBolters 30cm AP4+/AA5+ FixedForwardArcTwinHeavyBolters 15cm AP4+/AA5+ RightArcTwinHeavyBolters 15cm AP4+/AA5+ LeftArcBombs 15cm 2BP FixedForwardArc,IgnoreCoverDamageCapacity2.CriticalHitEffect:TheThunderhawk'scontrolsurfacesaredamaged.ThepilotlosescontrolandtheThunderhawkcrashestotheground.Notes:ReinforcedArmour

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SpaceMarineThunderhawk(CloseAirSupportconfiguration)

WhilemostChaptersuseThunderhawkasaprimaryairtransporttheScionsofIrondonot.SinceregularThunderhawkisnotabletocarryvehiclesitisviewedasinferiortransport.HoweverScionsofIrondo

use Thunderhawk as a Support Weapon. Close Air Supportconfigurationisthenusedagainstarmouredtargets.TheBattleCannonisreplacedwithTurboLaserandbombsreplacedwithHellfiremissilesto give out more fire power. This makes the Close Air Supportconfigurationidealforhuntingenemyvehicles.

Type Speed Armour CloseCombat FirefightWarEngine Bomber 4+ Weapon Range Firepower NotesTurboLaser 45cm 2xAP5+/AT3+ FixedForwardArc2xTwinHeavyBolters 30cm AP4+/AA5+ FixedForwardArcTwinHeavyBolters 15cm AP4+/AA5+ RightArcTwinHeavyBolters 15cm AP4+/AA5+ LeftArc2xHellfireMissiles 30cm AT4+ FixedForwardArcDamageCapacity2.CriticalHitEffect:TheThunderhawk'scontrolsurfacesaredamaged.ThepilotlosescontrolandtheThunderhawkcrashestotheground.Notes:ReinforcedArmour

SpaceMarineThunderhawkTransporterThunderhawkTransportisthemainworkhorseofanychapter.Theyareusedtoferrymarinearmourandothersupportequipmentfromtheorbitingspacecraftsdowntoaplanetssurface.Normallythoughthey

arenotusedonahotlandingzonesastheylackheavierweaponry.TheScionsofIronhowevercannotaffordtoleavetheThansporterforonlyferry duties. As they lack the Thunderhawks drop capability theTransporters have found themselves in the front with the LandingCraft.

Type Speed Armour CloseCombat FirefightWarEngine Bomber 5+ 6+ 4+Weapon Range Firepower Notes2xHeavyBolterDefenceMounts

15cm AP4+/AA4+

DamageCapacity2.CriticalHitEffect:TheThunderhawkTransporters'scontrolsurfacesaredamaged.ThepilotlosescontrolandtheThunderhawkTransportcrashestothegrounddestroyingallonboard.Notes:Planetfall,ReinforcedArmour.Transport(maycarrytwofromthefollowingunits:Rhino,Razorback,Hunter,Predator,Vindicator,WhirlwindoroneLandRaider,plusanyinfantrywhicharecarriedinanytransportedvehicle).

SpaceMarineLandingCraftSpaceMarineLandingCraftareassaultvehiclesdesignedtoquicklydelivertroopstoaplanetssurface.LikeSpaceMarineDropPodstheyarelaunchedfromorbitingspacecraft,themaindifferencebeingthataLandingCraftcancarrywholedetachmentsofSpaceMarinesplustheirsupporting vehicles. After the Landing Craft leaves its parent ship,powerfulthrustersquicklyaccelerateittospeedsofseveralthousandsof kilometres an hour, making it next to impossible for defencebatteriestotargetasitplummetsthroughaplanetsatmosphere.Then,seconds

beforetheLandingCraftisabouttohittheground,ballisticchargesblowawaythedisposableheatshieldsprotectingthelandingcraftandthevehiclestransporteduponit,andsecondaryenginesandantigravdevicesareemployedtorapidlyslowdownandleveloutthecraftsdescent,allowingittotouchdownsafely.Evenbeforeitstops,gunturretsswingintoactionandhatchesslamdowntoallowthetroopsinside to deploy. Within twenty or thirty seconds of leaving theirspacecraft,anytroopsandvehicleswillbeonthegroundandinaction,supportedbythegunbatteriesmountedontheLandingCraftitself.

Type Speed Armour CloseCombat FirefightWarEngine Bomber 4+ 5+ 3+Weapon Range Firepower Notes2xTwinLascannon 45cm AT4+3xTwinHeavyBolter 30cm AP4+/AA5+Stormbolters (15cm) SmallArmsDamageCapacity4.CriticalHitEffect:TheDropShipsmagazineexplodes,destroyingthedropshipandanybodyonboard.Anyunitswithin5cmsoftheDropShipsufferonehit.Notes:Fearless,Planetfall,ReinforcedArmour,Transport(maycarryuptotwelveSpaceMarineinfantryunits,AttackBikesorDreadnoughts. TerminatorsandDreadnoughtstakeuptwospaceseach.Inaddition,theLandingCraftcancarryfourvehiclesbasedontheLandRaiderorsix basedontheRhino,oroneofthefollowingcombinations;3LandRaidersand1Rhino,2LandRaidersand3Rhinos,or1LandRaiderand4Rhinos.).

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SpaceMarineSpacecraftSpaceMarineChaptersincludetheirownfleetofBattleBargesandStrikeCruisersthatarespecificallydesignedtotransporttheChapterstroops to battlefields located anywhere in the galaxy.. DuringGhazghkulls invasion of Armageddon, Battle Barges and StrikeCruisersfromovertwodozenAdeptusAstartesChapterswerecalledtothesector toassist in theplanetsdefence, their hugebombardmentcannons,normallyusedforplanetaryassaultsinsteadturnedagainstthemassive Ork invasion fleets. Under the command of the BlackTemplars

HighMarshalHelbrecht,theSpaceMarinefleet,consistingofoveronehundredSpaceMarinecraftwaspivotalinthedestructionoftheOrkhulks Rumbledeth and Rokdroppa. With all of their ground forcescommittedtothesurfaceofArmageddon, thefleetwasthenfreetoassisttheremnantsoftheImperialNavyformostoftheremainderofthewar.ThoseBattleBargesandStrikeCruisersthatremainedinorbitaroundArmageddonprovidedvitalsupportfortheChapterstroopsontheground,eitherresupplyingthemorconductingfiremissionswiththeshipshugegunbatteries,or landingreserve troopsstraight intobattleindroppodsandlandingcraft.

SpaceMarineStrikeCruiserType Speed Armour CloseCombat FirefightSpacecraft N/A N/A N/A N/AWeapon Range Firepower NotesOrbitalBombardment N/A 5BP MacroweaponNotes:Transport(maycarrytwentyofthefollowingunits:SpaceMarineTactical,Assault,Devastator, Scout,Bike,AttackBike,TerminatororDreadnoughtunits;plustwentyofthefollowingunits:Rhinos, LandRaiders,Razorbacks,Hunters,Whirlwinds,PredatorsorVindicators;plussixThunderhawksandenoughDropPods,ThunderhawkTransportersorLandingCraftstocarryanyotherunitsonboard).

SpaceMarineBattleBargeType Speed Armour CloseCombat FirefightSpacecraft N/A N/A N/A N/AWeapon Range Firepower NotesOrbitalBombardment N/A 14BP MacroweaponNotes:Transport(maycarrysixtyofthefollowingunits:SpaceMarineTactical,Assault,Devastator, Scout,Bike,AttackBike,TerminatororDreadnoughtunits;plussixtyofthefollowingunits:Rhinos, LandRaiders,Razorbacks,Hunters,Whirlwinds,PredatorsorVindicators;plusnineThunderhawksandenoughDropPods,ThunderhawkTransportersorLandingCraftstocarryanyotherunitsonboard).

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3. 1SpaceMarineunitsSpaceMarineCommander

The Commanders of the mighty Adeptus Astartes are numberedamongstthegreatestwarriorsintheserviceoftheEmperor,veteransofcountlesswarsandresolutebeyondmeasure.Howleadersarechosenfromwithin the ranks varies fromChapter to Chapter as does theircombatdoctrine.TheoneconstantistheabilityforanySpaceMarineCommanderwhethertheyareChaplain,CaptainorLibrariantoforge

theeffortsofseveralsquadsintoasinglebattleplan.AsquadofSpaceMarines on their own is a force to be reckoned with, but whencombined with other squads as part of an integrated plan they arevirtuallyunstoppable.Renownedfortheirtenacityofpurposeandironwill, SpaceMarineCommanders will inspire their brothers to presshomeanassaultevenaftersustainingcasualtiesthatwouldhavelessertroopsfleeinginterror.

Type Speed Armour CloseCombat FirefightCharacter Weapon Range Firepower NotesPowerWeapon (Basecontact) Assaultweapon ExtraAttack(+1),MacroweaponSmite (15cm) SmallArms ExtraAttack(+1),MacroweaponNotes:SpaceMarineCommanderscanbeoneoffourtypes:Captains,Librarians,Chaplains,orSupremeCommanders.AllareCharactersandhaveanInvulnerableSaveandtheLeaderabilities.CaptainsalsohavetheCommanderspecialability.LibrarianshaveaSmiteattack(listedin theweaponsectionabove).ChaplainsareInspiring.SupremeCommandershavetheSupremeCommanderability.

SpaceMarineTerminatorsTerminators are heavily armed and equipped with immensly strongTerminator armour. The knowledge of how to produce TacticalDreadnoughtor Terminatorarmour is longlost to theImperium, itsoriginsa jealouslyguardedsecretof theAdeptus Mechanicus. MostAdeptus Astartes Chapters maintain a precious few full suits, eachmaintainedwithalmostsacredreverencebytheChaptersTechPriests.

TerminatorarmourisonlygrantedtotheChaptersfinestwarriorsandcommanders, each suit bearing the mark of those that have fallenbeforethem.Encasedinlayeredceramitearmourandpowerfulservosystems,aTerminatorMarinecanwithstandadirecthitfromallbarthemostpowerfulofweaponswhilstdeliveringabrutalattackfromthesuits augmentedcombat systems. Out of all of theelite SpaceMarines,itisthepowerandskillofthosewearingTerminatorarmourthatismostfearedbytheenemiesoftheImperium.

Type Speed Armour CloseCombat FirefightInfantry 15cm 4+ 3+ 3+Weapon Range Firepower NotesStormBolters (15cm) SmallArms2xAssaultCannon 30cm AP5+/AT5+PowerWeapon (Basecontact) Assaultweapon ExtraAttack(+1),MacroweaponNotes:ReinforcedArmour,Teleport,ThickRearArmour.

SpaceMarineTacticalSquadTactical squads make up the bulk of Space Marine forces onArmageddon and are at the heart of virtually all special operationsstaged during Ghazghkulls invasion. Equipped to serve a flexiblebattlefieldrole,theywereoftentaskedwiththehardestofallobjectivestoeitherassaultorsecure.SuchwasthefateoftheCelestialLionswhowere given the job of destroying the Gargant construction yards atMannheimGap.TacticalSquadsfromfourCompaniesledtheassaultin

RhinotransportsonlytodiscovertheGargantstherewerealreadyfullyoperational. Massively outgunned the Celestial Lions heroicallyengagedtheGargants,butlackingthefirepowerneededtopenetratetheirpowerfieldswereeventuallysurroundedanddestroyed.AlthoughagrievouslosstotheImperialforcesonArmageddon,TacticalsquadsstillfightatthecentreofSpaceMarineoperationsintheArmageddonsector,winningbackgroundinlightninghitandrunraidsthatsuitthehighlymobilenatureoftheAdeptusAstartes.

Type Speed Armour CloseCombat FirefightInfantry 15cm 4+ 4+ 4+Weapon Range Firepower NotesBolters (15cm) SmallArmsMissileLaunchers 45cm AP5+/AT6+Notes:None.

SpaceMarineScoutsInmostSpaceMarineChapters, Scoutsareinitiates, notyetfullyincombat and yet to earn their place amongst their veteran powerarmouredbrothers.Deployedaheadofthemainforce,ScoutsaretheChapterseyesandears,abletoinfiltrateenemypositionsordisruptvital supply lines. They are usually lightly armed with close rangeweapons.TheconstantbreachingofOrklineslayingsiegetoHive

TartaruswaswidelyattributedtoSpaceMarineScoutelementsoftheAngelsPorphyrChapter.Theirhitandrunattacksopenedupafrontallowing vital supplies to reach General Kurovs besieged ImperialGuard forces within. Scout squads also saw action as part of thesuccessfulSouthPrimusFrontwhere theirskills in infiltrationwereusedtohuntoutsurvivingpocketsoftheOrksBlackfiretribe.AidedbyTitansfromLegioTempestorandLegioVictorum.

Type Speed Armour CloseCombat FirefightInfantry 15cm 5+ 4+ 5+Weapon Range Firepower NotesShotguns (15cm) SmallArmsHeavyBolters 30cm AP5+Notes:Scouts,Infiltrating.

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SpaceMarineBikeSquadronSpace Marine Bike squadrons carry out vital reconnaissance andassaultmissions,oftenoperatingontheirownwellbehindenemylines.Vital to the Imperial war effort on Armageddonwas the continuedsupplyof freshwater pumped from thewater purificationplants atPhaedraRiverandStCapilene,bothsituatedinthefrozenwastesofthesouthern continent. Tasked with securing these facilities, SpaceMarinesfromtheWhiteScarsChaptermountedraidsagainsttheOrks

ofGorsnikMagashthatwerestagedthere,drawingthemintoafourweekrunningengagement.UnabletocatchthebikemountedWhiteScars,theOrkswereforcedtofallbackinfrustration,butnotbeforeSubodenKhansTulwarBrotherhoodhadputtheOrkssubmersibleshipyards to the torch. Defeated and demoralised, the Orks wereeventuallyroutedfromtheDeadlandsbyseveralbikeformationsofWhiteScarsthatmountedadaringraidontheOrkdropsite,cripplingtheir remaining defences and adding another battle honour to theTulwarsHorsetailBanner.

Type Speed Armour CloseCombat FirefightInfantry 35cm 4+ 3+ 4+Weapon Range Firepower NotesBolters (15cm) SmallArmsChainswords (basecontact) AssaultweaponsNotes:Mounted.

SpaceMarineAttackBikeAttack Bikes bring much needed firepower to Space Marine bikesquadronsandareoftendeployedinsupportofthesefastmovingunitswheretheirheavyboltersareusedtoprovidelongrangefiresupport,inmuchthesamewaythatDevastatorsprovidesupportforTacticalandAssaultMarinesquads.TheincorporationofAttackBikesintoahighlymobilefightingforceisparticularlyfavouredbyanumberofChapters,

not least amongst them the White Scars whouse themextensivelywithintheir Brotherhoods. SeveralChaptershavealsousedAttackBike squadrons in their own right as outriders for larger armouredassaultforces,asablydemonstratedbytheBlackTemplarsatStygiesBridgewheretwosquadronsofAttackBikespunchedaholeintheOrklinesallowingelementsoftheTemplarsThirdCrusadeForcetosecurethe northern highway and briefly stem the Ork advance towardsHelsreach.

Type Speed Armour CloseCombat FirefightLightVehicle 35cm 4+ 5+ 4+Weapon Range Firepower NotesHeavyBolter 30cm AP5+Notes:None.

SpaceMarineLandSpeederThediscoveryofdesigntemplatesforantigraviticplatesbythefamedTechnoarchaologistArkhanLandduringhisexpeditionoftheLibrariusOmnisonMarsiswidelyattributedtotheeventualconstructionoftheLandSpeeder.UsedbyvirtuallyeverySpaceMarineChapterintheImperium,theLandSpeedersroleasafastreconnaissanceandattackvehicleisnotunderestimated,especiallybytheUltramarineswhouse

overadozensuchvehicleswithinthe7thand8threservecompaniesalone. TheLandSpeedersgreatest weaknesshowever isin its thinarmour. It wasoriginallydesignedasanunarmedtransport vehicle,andsosacrificeshadtobemadetothevehiclesceramiteplatinginorder to carry weapon systems and crewmembers wearing heavypowerarmour.Becausethevehicleislightlyarmoured,LandSpeedercrewsrelyonitshighmanoeuverabilityandterrainhuggingabilitiestoevadeenemyfireandsurvive.

Type Speed Armour CloseCombat FirefightLightVehicle 35cm 4+ 5+ 5+Weapon Range Firepower NotesMultimelta

AND15cm(15cm)

MW5+SmallArms

MacroweaponMacroweapon

Notes:Skimmer,Scout.TheMultimeltacanshootandbeusedtoconferthemacroweaponabilitytotheunitsfirefightvalue.

SpaceMarineLandSpeederTornadoTheTornado is a moreheavily armedversionof theLandSpeederdesigned to provide close support fire. Although not deployed onArmageddon during the early stages of the war, the Dark AngelsChapterisnostrangertotheOrkWarlordGhazghkullThrakahavingfacedhis forcesonPiscinaIVIn thedays that ledupto the. nightassault on Koth Ridge, members of the Dark Angels renownedRavenwingstruckGhazghkullscampsinabolddaylightraid,cutting

theOrks supply lines anddestroying several of their repair yards.MountedinTornadopatternLandSpeeders,threesquadronsevadedtheOrksnorthernpicketsusingthehillstomasktheirapproachbeforedescendingon thecampstrafingit with assault cannonsandheavybolters. Caughtcompletelybysurprise,theOrkswereslowtoreactandsustainedhundredsofcasualtiesbeforetheywereabletoreturnfire. The Speeders broke contact after making two further passes,havingonlysufferedthelossofonlyasingleTornadotosmallarmsfire.

Type Speed Armour CloseCombat FirefightLightVehicle 35cm 4+ 5+ 5+Weapon Range Firepower NotesAssaultCannon 30cm AP5+/AT5+HeavyBolter 30cm AP5+Notes:Skimmer,Scout.

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SpaceMarineLandSpeederTyphoonTheTyphoonisanothermoreheavilyarmedLandSpeedervariant,inthiscasedesignedtoprovide longrangeantitankfire. AfterseveralattempteduprisingsontheagriworldofAngariusraisedconcernsofsedition, tworegiments of PyranDragoonsweresent to subduethelocalpopulaceanddetainseveralpoliticalgovernors.AccompaniedbytheStrikeCruiserEbonyTalonoftheNightHawksChapter,thetaskforcespentseveralmonthsengagedinabitterwaragainstan

increasinglyhostile population. In anattempt to capture oneof thelocalleaders,severalplatoonsfromtheDragoons18thbattalionfoundthemselves trapped, encircledbyAngarianRebels andcut off fromfriendlyforces.Whilstarescuemissionwasmounted,LandSpeederTyphoons from the Night Hawks conducted nonstop sortiesthroughoutthenight,poundingtherebelpositionswithmissilesalvosanddrivingthembackfromthetrappedDragoons.Stoppingonlytorearm,theNightHawksTyphoonskeptuptherelentlessbarrageuntilinthefaceoftheChaptersfuriousassaultstherebelswithdrew.

Type Speed Armour CloseCombat FirefightLightVehicle 35cm 4+ 5+ 5+Weapon Range Firepower NotesTwinTyphoonMissile 45cm AP3+/AT5+HeavyBolter 30cm AP5+Notes:Skimmer,Scout.

SpaceMarineVindicatorTheSpaceMarineVindicatorisaheavysupportvehicle.Duringtheuprisingof SabienIVImperial forces became, embroiled in abittersiegeforthemanufacturingcitadelofVanValdt.Afterseveralfailedassaults, the deadlock was eventually broken with the aid ofVindicators from the Iron Hands Chapter who used the tanksreinforcedarmourandpowerful siegecannon to quite literally blasttheirwayintothecity.Workinginsmallsquadronsofthreetanks,theVindicatorsand

supportingTacticalsquadsofthelronHands7thcompanybreachedtherebeldefencestimeandtimeagainmakingspaceforthesupportingImperial infantry tosecureeachdistrict. Withinfivedays, thefinalbastionsofrebelresistancehadcollapsedundertheVindicatorsbrutalfirebringingtoanendasiegethathadlastedoverthreemonths.Outofatotalofsevensquadrons,notasingleVindicatorwaslostmakingtheVan Valdt engagement one of the Iron Hands most successfulcampaigns to date andensuringtheVindicators legendarystatus assiegebreaker.

Type Speed Armour CloseCombat FirefightArmouredVehicle 25cm 4+ 6+ 4+Weapon Range Firepower NotesVindicatorsDemolisher 30cm AP3+/AT4+ IgnoreCover

AND (15cm) SmallArms IgnoreCoverNotes:Walker.

SpaceMarineWhirlwindThe Whirlwind turret provides long ranged fire support for SpaceMarineChaptersand ismostoftendeployedwhena target requiressoftening up prior to a full scale assault. During the KharmallanFieldscampaign,WhirlwindsbelongingtotheBlackConsulsChapterconducted a fourteen hour long bombardment of rebel positions inpreparationfor the launchof thegroundoffensive. In total oversixthousandmissileswerelaunchedbythethreesquadronsofWhirlwinds,

resultinginafivemilefrontbeingopenedupintherebellinesandthedestruction of several key defensive positions. Although theBlackConsulsoffensivewasdeemedahugesuccessandtheensuinggroundassaultresultedinthetotalcollapseoftherebelforceinthesoutherncontinent,alloftheWhirlwindswerelosttoasurprisecounterstrikebya rebel tankbattalion. Unprotectedand forwardof theConsulsmain force the Whirlwinds provided an all too easy target for theenemytanks.TheirlosswasasadblowtotheChapter.

Type Speed Armour CloseCombat FirefightArmouredVehicle 30cm 5+ 6+ 5+Weapon Range Firepower NotesWhirlwind 45cm 1BP IndirectFireNotes:None.

SpaceMarineHunterUntil theHunterMultiLauncherSTCtemplatewasunearthed, mostSpace Marine Chapters lacked any effective antiair capability.Attemptstoretrofit theWhirlwindforanantiair roleprovedtobedisastrous, and after several modified Whirlwinds belonging to theExorcistsChapterfailedtoengageincomingOrkBommersmosthavebeenwithdrawnfromactiveservice.Usingadifferentsetoftargetingalgorithms, thehuntermissileis bothfasterandmoremaneuverablethanthoselaunchedbytheWhirlwind.TheHunterismountedonthe

Rhino hull and uses a single launch platformwith a side mountedsensor and precognitive targeting array. Missiles are fed onto thelaunchrailbyacylindricaldrumfeedlocatedontheoppositesidetothetargeters.Afterlaunch,finsextendfromthebodyofthemissile,allowingittobeguidedtowardsitstarget.WithalongeroperationalreachcomparedtotheWhirlwind,theHunterisfindingfavourwiththeTechAdeptsoftheAdeptusAstartes,somehavefurthermodifiedthelaunchertohousepairedlaunchunitsandacentralsensorarrayinanefforttofurtherimproveitscapabilities.

Type Speed Armour CloseCombat FirefightArmouredVehicle 30cm 5+ 6+ 6+Weapon Range Firepower NotesHunterKiller 60cm AT4+/AA4+Notes:None.

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SpaceMarineLandRaiderThe Land Raider is a heavily armoured battle tank and transportvehicle.TheLandRaidersheritagepredateseventheImperium,anditis still one of the most devastating tanks in the Adeptus Astartesarsenal. It is protected by multiple layers of bonded ceramite andadamantium, making it impervious to all bar the most destructiveweaponry.Itiscapableofoperatingwithinvirtuallyanyenvironment,evenavacuum.WithtransportcapacityforafullsquadofSpace

Marines,theirfieldsupplies,munitionsandmedicalfacilities,theLandRaider is well suited for striking deep behind enemy lines andsurviving long periods in the field. Equally impressive is theLandRaidersoffensivecapabilities,fourlascannonsandtwinlinkedheavybolters allow it to deliver punishing supporting fire capable ofsmashing through enemy tanks and infantry alike. Although onceproducedingreatnumberstherearenowfewForgeWorldsstillabletomanufacturethem,makingtheLandRaideroneoftheSpaceMarinesmostvaluedartefacts.

Type Speed Armour CloseCombat FirefightArmouredVehicle 25cm 4+ 6+ 4+Weapon Range Firepower Notes2xTwinLascannon 45cm AT4+TwinHeavyBolter 30cm AP4+Notes:ReinforcedArmour,ThickRearArmour,Transport(maycarryoneTerminatorunitORtwoofthefollowingunits:SpaceMarineTactical, Devastator&Scoutunits).

SpaceMarineRhinoFor ten millennia, the Rhino has served as the principal armouredtransportoftheSpaceMarines.ItsversatilityandreliabilityaremuchprizedbytheTechPriestswhomanageandmaintainthemforeachofthe different Space Marine Chapters. The Rhino is capable oftransportingupto tenfullyequippedSpaceMarineswithin itshold,makingitideallysuitedforrapiddeploymentintoruggedandhostileconditionswhereitsspeedandreinforcedceramitearmourareputto

gooduse.Typically,Rhinosareonlylightlyarmedwithasinglehatchmounted storm bolter for close support. However the Rhino is asuperblyadaptablevehicle,anditisnotuncommonforTechPrieststoattachanadditionalstormbolterontothesparepintlemountorevenretro fit a single hunter killer missile depending upon thecircumstancesoftheChaptersdeployment.SuchistheRhinossuccessthatthereareveryfewSpaceMarineChaptersthatdonotmaintainasizeablenumberofthesevenerabletransports.

Type Speed Armour CloseCombat FirefightArmouredVehicle 30cm 5+ 6+ 6+Weapon Range Firepower NotesStormbolter (15cm) SmallArmsNotes:Transport(maycarrytwoofthefollowingunits:SpaceMarineTactical,Devastator&Scoutunits).

SpaceMarineRazorbackThecombinationofarmouredtransportandsupportweaponmakestheRazorbackoneof themostversatilevehiclesavailable to theSpaceMarines,butnotnecessarilyoneofthemostpopular.ViewedbysomeChapters as a poor trade off between transport and a fully fledgedfightingvehicle,theRazorbackneverthelessboastsanimpressivetallyofcampaignvictories.UsedextensivelybytheSpaceWolvesChapterfortheirveteranGreyHunters,theRazorbacksturretmountedheavy

weaponsystemmakesupfortheoftenreducednumberofmembersina Grey Hunter pack as proved during the Mamontov Incursion.Mounted in Razorbacks six Grey Hunter packs from BjornStormwolfs Great Company retook the planets valuable mineralreprocessingfacilityusingtheRazorbacks lascannons toknockouttherefinerysheavyweaponbatteriespriortotheassault.Onceinside,theRazorbacksdefendedtheperimeteruntiltheSpaceWolvesownPredatortankscouldbebroughtin.

Type Speed Armour CloseCombat FirefightArmouredVehicle 30cm 5+ 6+ 5+Weapon Range Firepower NotesTwinHeavyBolterORTwinLascannon

30cm45cm

AP4+AT4+

Notes:Transport(maycarryoneofthefollowingunits:SpaceMarineTactical,Devastator&Scoutunits).NotethataRazorbackmaybearmedwitheitheraTwinHeavyBolterorTwinLascannon,notboth!

SpaceMarinePredatorAnnihilatorUnusually,thedesignfortheAnnihilatorvariantofthePredatorisattributedtotheIronPriestsoftheSpaceWolvesChapterratherthanarediscovered fragment of Dark Age technology. Finding themselvesbesiegedbyTraitorarmourduringtheSkarathCrusadeandwithoutthesupportoftheirLandRaiders,theSpaceWolvesingeniouslyrefittedtheirPredatorstocarrylascannonsnormallyusedbytheirLongFangpacks.DrawingenergydirectlyfromthePredatorsthermicpower

plant,theAnnihilatorslascannonswereeasilyamatchforthetraitortanks,enablingtheSpaceWolvestobreakoutfromtheringofarmourencirclingthem.AlthoughtheSpaceWolvesactionswereviewedasblasphemy and desecration by the Adeptus Mechanicus, theygrudgingly concluded that the design of the Annihilator wassuccessfulandtwocenturieslaterproclaimedithadtheblessingoftheMachineGod.FavouredbysomeChaptersanddetestedbyothers,thePredatorAnnihilatorisneverthelessmanufacturedbymorethanjusttheSpaceWolves.

Type Speed Armour CloseCombat FirefightArmouredVehicle 30cm 4+ 6+ 5+Weapon Range Firepower NotesTwinLascannon 45cm AT4+2xLascannon 45cm AT5+Notes:None.

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SpaceMarinePredatorDestructorInwhatwaspossiblythelargestdeploymentofSpaceMarineheavyarmour on Armageddon, Predators from the Salamanders ChapterclashedwithKroksniksDethTraksintheashwastesnorthofHiveAcheron. Divided into three formations, the Salamander PredatorsdroveanarmouredwedgebetweenKroksniksforcesandthe traitorVon Strab, effectively cutting off the Orks from reinforcing VonStrabs

supporters within the Hive. Relocating after each assault, theSalamandersharassedtheOrksinrunningengagementsforovertwodays until confronted by Kroksniks Battle Fortresses where theyforcedtowithdraw.ReturningtotheHemlockCordon,thePredatorswere eventually redeployed as part of the Salamanders offensiveagainsttheOrkRokstothenortheast ofAcheron.AidedbyLegioMetallica Titans, the Salamanders Predators were pivotal in thedestructionoftwooutofthethreegiganticasteroidfortressesthere.

Type Speed Armour CloseCombat FirefightArmouredVehicle 30cm 4+ 6+ 4+Weapon Range Firepower NotesAutocannon 45cm AP5+/AT6+2xHeavyBolter 30cm AP5+Notes:None.

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4.0SpaceMarinesScionsofIronArmy

4.1Usingthearmylist

ThefollowingarmylistallowsyoutofieldtheScionsof IronSpaceMarinechapter.Itcanalsobeusedfor'standin'listforthosethatfollowtheCodexAstartes,butareusingarmourheavyforce.

Thefollowingorganisation isusedtoconveyaSpaceMarine force that usesheavily vehicles. Normal troopinsertion methods available to Marines such as DropPods or Thunderhawk gunship as transports are notincluded. Instead Thunderhawk Transporters andLandingCraftscanusedtomakeanarmouredattackdrop.

Space Marinesare organised into detachments. Eachdetachmentismadeupofoneormoreunitsandmayalsoincludeanumberofextraunitscalledupgrades.

The detachments that maybe taken in the army areshowninthefollowingchart.Thechartshowswhatunitscomprise the detachment, what upgrades are allowedand its points cost. Eachupgrademayonly be takenonceperformation.Notethatonlyonecommandermaybe added to a detachment, so taking SupremeCommander upgrade prevents taking Commanderupgradeandviceverse.

SpecialRule4.1.1ScionsofIronTransports

TheScionsofIronsarehighlymobilearmyandneverleavewithout transports. Becauseof this thepoints cost of the a detachment includes enough Rhinotransport vehicles to transport it. The number of Rhinoswillalwaysbetheminimumneededtocarry theformation,youcan'ttakeanyextrasalongtocover theany lossesnor canyou take less thanwhat is requiredtocarrythedetachment.

Note that Terminators must take either Teleport or LandRaiderupgrade.Theymaynotstartthegame asfootinfantry.

SpecialRule4.1.2ThunderhawkTransporter

Theentire ThunderhawkTransporter detachment is countedasoneWarEngineforWarEnginetransport rule(eg.onetransporteddetachmentcanbesplitto multipleaircraftswithinoneThunderhawkTransporter detachment).

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4.2SpaceMarinesScionsofIronArmyList

SpaceMarinearmieshaveastrategyratingof5.AllSpaceMarinedetachmentsandTitanLegionformationshaveaninitiativeratingof1+.ImperialNavyaircraftformations havean initiative rating of 2+. The TheyShall KnowNoFear ruleappliestoallSpaceMarinedetachments(seerulebook5.1.1orthislist2.1).

DetachmentsDetachment Units UpgradesAllowed PointsCostArmour FourPredators(anymixofAnnihilatorsor

Destructors)orfourVindicatorsArmour,Commander,Hunter,SupremeCommander

275points

Bike FourBikeunits AttackBike,Commander,LandSpeeder 175pointsHeavyTactical TwoLandRaidersorLandRaider

CrusadersandfourTacticalCommander,Hunter,LandRaider,SupremeCommander

350points

Helios FourLandRaiderHelioses Commander,Hunter 475pointsLandRaider FourLandRaiders Commander,Hunter,LandRaider,Supreme

Commander350points

LandingCraft OneLandingCraft None 375pointsScout FourScoutunitsandtwoRhinos Commander,LandSpeeder,Razorback,Sniper 150pointsStrikeCruiser OneStrikeCruiser BattleBarge 150pointsTactical TwoVindicatorsorPredatorsofeither

type,fourTacticalsandtwoRhinosArmour,Commander,Hunter,Razorback,SupremeCommander

325points

Terminator FourTerminatorunits(mustpurchaseeitherLandRaiderorTeleportupgrade)

Commander,LandRaider,SupremeCommander,Teleport

325points

ThunderhawkTransporter

TwoThunderhawkTransporters ThunderhawkTransport 250points

Whirlwinds FourWhirlwinds Commander,Hunter 300points

UpgradesNote:Eachupgrademaybetakenonlyonceperdetachment

Upgrade Notes PointsCostArmour Addoneortwounitsfromthefollowinglist:PredatorAnnihilator,PredatorDestructor,

Vindicator75pointsone125pointstwo

AttackBike ReplaceanynumberofBikesorScoutBikeswithoneAttackBikeeach FreeBattleBarge ReplaceStrikeCruiserwithBattleBarge 100pointsCommander AddoneSpaceMarineCommandertoaunitintheformation.Commandermaybea

Captain,LibrarianorChaplain.CannotbetakenwithSupremeCommander.50pointseach

Hunter AddoneHunter 75pointsLandRaider AdduptofourLandRaiders 2LandRaidersorCrusaders

2LandRaiderHelios175points225points

LandSpeeder AdduptothreeLandSpeeders LandSpeederLandSpeederTornadoLandSpeederTyphoon

35points50points60points

01SupremeCommander

AddSupremeCommandertoaLandRaiderorreplaceoneunitwithLandRaiderPrometheuswithSupremeCommander.CannotbetakenwithCommander.

AddSupremeCommanderRepl.PredatororVindicatorRepl.LandRaiderorCrusader

100points125points100points

Razorback ReplaceanynumberofRhinoswithoneortwoRazorbackseach 25pointseachSniper AllScoutunitsgainsniperability 50pointsTeleport AllowTerminatorstobeteleported 25pointsThunderhawkTransport

AddoneortwoThunderhawkTransports 100pointseach

TitanAndAircraftSupportNote:Nomorethan1/3ofthearmyspointsmaybespentonthefollowing.

Formation Units PointsCost

02

WarlordTitan OneWarlordTitan 850pointsReaver OneReaverTitan 650pointsWarhoundTitanpack TwoWarhoundTitans 500pointsWarhoundTitan OneWarhoundTitan 275points

02FighterSquadron TwoThunderbolts 150pointsBomberSquadron TwoMarauderBombers 250points

ThunderhawkSB OneThunderhawk(SaturationBombingconfiguration) 250pointsThunderhawkCAS OneThunderhawk(CloseAirSupportconfiguration) 250points

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5.0Designersnotes(changesfromlastinblue)

ThebasisofScionsofIronisMarineArmour.Listisdesignedtoallowfulladvantageofthearmouredvehicleswhilecuttingdownontheoptionsforinfantryandlightvehicleformations.

Firstthingtoremovewaspossibilityofdeployinginfantrywithouttransports.ThismeantthatoptionsforMarineinfantryairdropswouldberemoved.SotheDropPodsweredroppedcompletelyandThunderhawkwouldnotbeusedfortroopinsertion.HoweverthatwouldhaveleftthelistwithouttheThunderhawkgunship,butasitisaniconicvehicleoftheSpaceMarinesitwasbroughtinaspuregunshipinstead.InadditionastheForgeWorldputouttheThunderhawkTransporter,thatwasthenbroughtintothelistaslightertransporttotheLandingCraft.

Nexttoremovewastheinfantrywhichdoesn'ttransports,whichweretheAssaultunits.InsteadAssaultunitswouldbeassumedtouseBikesandLandSpeeders.TheDevastatorswereremovedtocreatethefeelthatmainheavysupportisdonebyvehiclesandtoreinforcethatthecurrentTacticaldetachmentsarearmoursupportedformations.OnlyexceptiontoinfantrywithouttransportsistheteleportingTerminators.TheyexistsastheScionsneedtobeabletosecurebunkersandothersuchhardtargetswherevehiclescannotenter.

Dreadnoughtswerealsoremovedduetolackoftransports.Theydon'tfitthearmouredvehiclementalityofthelistduetobeingslowandnothavingtransportsoutsideofThunderhawkorLandingCraft.

TomitigatethelossofDropPods,thecostofSpacecraftswasdropped.SpacecraftarerarelyusedwithMarineswithoutPods.

TheScouts,BikesandLandSpeeders.TheLandSpeederswerechangedtoupgradeastheformationisverygoodanditismeantasadowngrade.Detachmentsizeischangedto4sothattheythenfitbetterintoLandingCraftandalsopreventtoolargeformationstobedonewiththeSpeeders.Amountofspeedersiscappedto3topreventthemgivingregularbikesachancetogarrison.Scoutbikeswereremovedastheydidn'tseemtoworkandperhapsdilutedthearmouraimofthelist.

ThereasonsfortheTitanLegionsandNavysupportcomefromwithinthebackground.TheScionsofIrondonottrusttheImperialNavyandAdeptusMechanicusmuchandthusdooftencalltheirhelp.IalsodecidedtomovetheThunderhawkintothatsectiontopreventtheirusageinlargenumbers,asit'snowpurebomber.

The3.1listofMarineunitsaremeantasstatsthatisbeingusedtodesignthelist.Howeverusingrulebookstatsisquiteacceptable.MostarederivedfromNealHuntschangedocswithexceptiontoVindicator.NotethatthecostofTitanandNavyalliesistakenfromunofficialsource(TacticalCommandtournamentsuggestions).Ifthosearenotused,itisadvisabletouseidenticalcostsforTitanandNavyallies.AmountrestrictionswouldstillofcourseapplytoScionsofIronlist.

AboutThunderhawks:

WheredoestheThunderhawkconfigurationscomefrom?ImperialArmour2,page155.Ihaveusedthe'SaturatingBombingMission(Lowlevelinterdictionattack)'andtheCloseAirSupportMission(Lowlevelattackagainstidentifiedtargets)'stats.

What'swiththeThunderhawkTransport,shouldn'tithave4TwinHeavyBoltersandbetterarmour?Withadirectconversionusing40kstatsitshould.ButafterthinkingaboutitIchangedthesethings.TheweaponsrepresenttheThunderhawkTransportscapabilitytofirewithtwoTwinHeavyBolterstoanygivendirection.Thereisactually4ofthem,buttwoarealwaysfiring.It'salsoawaytotonedownthebombercapabilityofthecraftandmakeitmoretransport.Armourreductionisthereforsamereason.Tomakesurethatpeopletreatthemastransportsandnotbombers.Bothchangesalsohelpkeepdownthecostofthecraft.

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5.1Unitconversionguides

ThunderhawkTransporterModelforthisisavailablefromForgeWorld.

ThunderhawkconfigurationsThesecanbeeasilyconvertedbyaddingeitherbombsorrocketsunderthewingsoftheThunderhawkmodel.

LandRaiderHeliosThisisaverysimpleconversion.YouneedtobuyatheWhirlwindandHunterpack.FromthereyoucangetextraWhirlwindmultilaunchers(bymakingHuntersinsteadofWhirlwinds).TheyoucutthestormbolterofffromthetopoftheLandRaiderandgluethemultilauncheronit'splace.AlsotheHeavyBolterinfrontneedstobeconverted.firstyoucutthefrontofffromHeavyBolterandthenaddabitofgreenstufftoit(asmallblobandcoveringforitontop).

LandRaiderPrometheusThisismorecomplicatedone.Youneedtocreatethesponsons,whicharehardertodo.AlsotheHeavyBolterneedstobeconvertedlikeontheHelios.Howeverasyoucantakeonlyoneit'snotthatproblematic.

LandRaiderCrusaderThisisalsomorecomplicatedone.TheheavyweaponsontopcanbegatheredfromLandSpeederpacks.Youneedtwofortheassaultcannonsandalsoyougetextramultimelta.ThesponsonsarethenthebiggerproblemlikeonthePrometheus.

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5.2ChangeLog1.3.2>1.3.3(13thofMay2008)DroppedcostofLRHeliosdetachmentby25pointsto475ChangedcostofMarauderstoreflecttheunofficialcosts

1.3.1>1.3.2(3rdofMay2008)FixedAAvalueonThunderhawksTwinHeavyBoltersThunderhawkCASTurbolaserrangedroppedto45cmThunderhawkTransportersFFvalueupgradedto4+

1.3>1.3.1(26thofFebruary2008)ChangedtheLandingCrafttransporttoallowbothRhinosandLandRaiderstobetransportedAddedAttackBikestoLandingCrafttransportAddedAttackBikestoSpacecraftsReplacedScoutBikeswithScoutsAddedTableofContent

1.2.1>1.3(12thofDecember2007)AllowSupremeCommanderwithoutPrometheus(upgradenamechangedaswell)FixtypoinHunterstatsDroppedcostofaLandSpeeder40>35ThunderhawkSBgotIgnoreCovertobombsandcostwasraised225>250ChangeMarineunitsstatstofollowNealschangedoc