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===Ultramarines=== | ===Ultramarines=== | ||
The [[Ultramarines]] chapter recruits from the human populations of the nine worlds of [[Ultramar]], who are then subjected to intense military training at several barracks institutions maintained around that realm. | The [[Ultramarines]] chapter recruits from the human populations of the nine worlds of [[Ultramar]], who are then subjected to intense military training at several barracks institutions maintained around that realm. | ||
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| + | As the [[Dark Angels]] are no longer based on an actual world, they draw their recruits from a variety of planets, mainly highly primitive worlds. Representatives of the Dark Angels visit each recruiting world once within a normal human's lifetime, and take the strongest juveniles from the population. They are assessed via a variety of contests of strength, agility and stamina before being assessed by an [[Apothecary]] for their suitability for receiving the implanted organs necessary for their transformation. Those that fail the trial at this stage by being biologically unsuitable or by weakness of will are euthanised <sup>2</sup>. From the moment he is accepted into the Chapter as a Space Marine his past becomes irrelevant. | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
*<sup>1</sup>:[[Deus Encarmine (Novel)|Deus Encarmine]], [[Deus Sanguinius (Novel)|Deus Sanguinius]] by [[James Swallow]] | *<sup>1</sup>:[[Deus Encarmine (Novel)|Deus Encarmine]], [[Deus Sanguinius (Novel)|Deus Sanguinius]] by [[James Swallow]] | ||
| + | *<sup>2</sup>:[[Angels of Darkness (Novel) |Angels of Darkness]] The Tale of Boreas Part One by [[Gavin Thorpe|Gav Thorpe]] | ||
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[[Category:Troops_(Space_Marines)]] | [[Category:Troops_(Space_Marines)]] | ||
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An Aspirant is a human selected for possible induction into the Space Marines.
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Chapter Variations
The selection process can vary considerably between Chapters. Most Chapters recruit from their homeworld, or local sector worlds, and subject the Aspirants to intense military training.
Blood Angels
Blood Angels Aspirants are selected at a periodic tournament known as the Angels Fall, on Baal Secundus. Although hundreds, possibly thousands, of challengers participate in the violent games and contests held there, only fifty victorious Aspirants are selected. These 50 are then taken to the Fortress Monastery on Baal, where they will hopefully be able to withstand even more tests before becoming a Neophyte1.
Space Wolves
Prospective Space Wolves are selected by that Chapter's Wolf Priests from the human inhabitants of Fenris. Only the bravest, toughest warriors are selected to undergo training at The Fang.
Ultramarines
The Ultramarines chapter recruits from the human populations of the nine worlds of Ultramar, who are then subjected to intense military training at several barracks institutions maintained around that realm.
Dark Angels
As the Dark Angels are no longer based on an actual world, they draw their recruits from a variety of planets, mainly highly primitive worlds. Representatives of the Dark Angels visit each recruiting world once within a normal human's lifetime, and take the strongest juveniles from the population. They are assessed via a variety of contests of strength, agility and stamina before being assessed by an Apothecary for their suitability for receiving the implanted organs necessary for their transformation. Those that fail the trial at this stage by being biologically unsuitable or by weakness of will are euthanised 2. From the moment he is accepted into the Chapter as a Space Marine his past becomes irrelevant.
Sources
- 1:Deus Encarmine, Deus Sanguinius by James Swallow
- 2:Angels of Darkness The Tale of Boreas Part One by Gav Thorpe
