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Marauders
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This article is about the Marauders Space Marine Chapter. For other uses of Marauder, see Marauder (disambiguation). |
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The Marauders are a Successor Chapter of the White Scars[1] created in the Second Founding, as named in the Apocrypha of Davio.[5]
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Overview
The Marauders are a isolationist chapter that while willing to fight alongside other Imperial forces remain aloof and exchange only what information they must to undertake campaigns. Recognized for their marksmanship skill, Marauders often set ambushes for their enemies before hammering them with massed firepower, sweeping down to finish off the ragged survivors.[4]
Notable Battles
- M39: Aegisine Crusade — The Marauders witnessed the effectiveness of the 'Iron Cyclone' drop pod deployment pattern employed by the Black Templars and would go on to use the strategy themselves.[6]
- 914.M40-224.M41: The Baran War.
- 071.M41: Relief of Ferax Hive.[2c]
- 858.M41: Diata Purge
- 991.M41: Orphean War
Notable Elements
Named Vehicles
- Avenger — Predator Destructor. Part of the Thracian Response Force[2a]
Known Members
- Vaas — Dreadnought[2d]
- Khas'Khol – Battle-brother, 2nd Company, 2nd Squad. [7]
Images
See also
- Loyal Space Marine Chapters (List)
- Space Marine Forces (List)
- Pictorial List of Space Marine Chapters M-Z
Sources
- 1: How to Paint Space Marines, pg. 81
- 2: Imperial Armour Volume Two - Space Marines and Forces of the Inquisition
- 3: Imperial Armour Volume Two - Second Edition: War Machines of the Adeptus Astartes, pg. 19
- 4: Codex: Space Marines (8th Edition, 2nd Codex), pg. 40
- 5: Codex: Dark Angels (4th Edition), pg. 73
- 6: Imperial Armour - Apocalypse II, pg. 35
- 7: Codex: Space Marines (8th Edition), pg. 40