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A Space Marine Captain of the Dark Angels Chapter

A Space Marine Captain typically commands an entire company of his battle brothers (a theoretical maximum of 100 Marines).

"A Captain leads from the front. By his example shall his men know what it is to be of the Adeptus Astartes, and from his teachings shall they learn the trade of battle in the Emperor's name. No ordinary man can a Captain be, for many are the paths to victory and he must be master of them all. His very being shall be an extension of the Emperor's work. With every strike of his sword, with every word of his speech, does he reaffirm the ideals of our honoured master. He will vanquish darkness and heresy with every thought, word, and deed. So shall his coming be a sign of deliverance to the dutiful, and a herald of dismay to all traitors. No living man shall stay his wrath." +++ Roboute Guilliman, quoted in the Apocrypha of Skaros 1+++

Role and Responsibilities

In addition leadership of his own Company an its resources, a Captain may have other Chapter responsibilities (and correspondingly, an additional title) - usually being responsible for an area of Chapter logistics.¹ (see Master (Space Marine))

Additionally, the commander of a Space Marine Company's Battle Barge may be referred to as "Captain" aboard his vessel, regardless of his regular rank.

Chapter Variations

Within many chapters, the Captain is sometimes referred to as "Brother-Captain" in recognition of the fact that all Marines within the chapter are brethren. Several chapters refer to their Company Captains by different titles however -

• Dark Angels - "Master" ²
• Space Wolves - "Wolf Lord" ³
• Red Scorpions - "Commander" ⁴
• Black Templars - "Marshal" or "Castellan" ⁵
• Grey Knights - "Brother-Captain" is used as an official title representing a slightly different rank. ⁶
• Raven Guard - "Shadow Captain" ¹
• Excoriators - "Corpus-Captain"^[8]

In addition some chapters, such as the Salamanders, have the First Company Captain also serve as Chapter Master. ⁷

Notable Space Marine Captains

See - List of Space Marine Captains

Miniatures

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  Erasmus Tycho - Blood Angels - Captain 3rd Company (deceased)

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  Belial, Master of the Dark Angels Deathwing

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  Master Sammael of the Dark Angels Ravenwing

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  Grey Knights Captain Stern

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  Darnath Lysander, First Captain of the Imperial Fists

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  Shadow Captain Kayvaan Shrike of the Raven Guard

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  Wolf Lord Ragnar Blackmane of the Space Wolves

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  Captain Cato Sicarius - Ultramarines 2nd Company

Ultramarines Captains Left to right: Master of the Recruits, Master of the Fleet, Master of the Arsenal, and Master of the Watch

Related Articles

• Brother-Captain (Grey Knights)
• Wolf Lord (Space Wolves)

Sources

• ¹: Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition)
• ²: Codex: Dark Angels (4th Edition)
• ³: Codex: Space Wolves (5th Edition) page 16
• ⁴: Imperial Armour Volume Six - The Siege of Vraks - Part Two
• ⁵: Codex: Black Templars
• ⁶: Codex: Grey Knights (5th Edition)
• ⁷: Index Astartes IV
• 8: Legion of the Damned (Novel) Ch.1 p.33