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Novamarines
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Chapter Summary
| Marine | Basic Data | Chapter Symbol | |
| Name: | Novamarines | 
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| Founding Legion | Ultramarines | ||
| Founding: | Second Founding | ||
| Current Chapter Master: | Unknown | ||
| Homeworld: | Honourum5 | ||
| Fortress-Monastery: | Unknown | Miniature | |
| Known Descendants: | Unknown | 
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| Colours: | Quartered Blue and Bone. Symbol is a skull in a 12 pointed star. | ||
| Specialty: | Unknown | ||
| Current Chapter Strength: | Unknown | ||
Background
The Novamarines are a Successor Chapter of the Ultramarines Legion, created in the Second Founding. The power armour of the Novamarines is quartered blue and bone. The Chapter's symbol is of a haloed skull.
Notable Battles
- Damocles Crusade. The Novamarines saw intense fighting against the Tau empire.
- Lithesh Sector Crusade: successful crusade to eliminate Tau influence in the Lithesh Sector, among the planets fought over was Chronys.
- Badab War:1 The Novamarines were committed to space-lane duties to relieve other Chapters recalled to their normal service duties.
- The cleansing of the genestealer-infested Space Hulk codenamed Death of Integrity, along with the Blood Drinkers chapter. Members of the Terminator clad First Company of both chapters led the assault. A 53:1 kill ratio was achieved. Total annihilation of the infestation was confirmed and the Hulk was examined for STC materials.3
- 13th Black Crusade.2 The Novamarines contributed six Companies to the defense against the Thirteenth Black Crusade.
- Involved in street fighting during the Luxor Uprising.4
Source
- 1White Dwarf 101(uk), Index Astartes: The Badab Uprising by Rick Priestley
- 2Codex: Eye of Terror
- 3Warhammer 40,000: Compilation, Genestealers
- 4Imperial Armour Volume Two - Space Marines and Forces of the Inquisition - Pg.20
- 5:Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition)
