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Terminators are Space Marine Veterans wearing powerful Terminator armour. They are members of the elitist 1st Company of a Space Marine Chapter.

Contents 1 Overview 2 Terminator Squad 3 Terminator Assault Squad 4 Images 5 Sources 6 Related Articles

Overview

Within a Space Marine Chapter the members of the 1st Company have full access to the rare and extremely resilient Terminator armour. Each suit is treated as an important relic and seen as a physical representation of the Chapter's fighting spirit.¹

The most revered part of each armour is the Crux Terminatus, a cross-shaped badge placed on the left shoulder plate. It contains a fragment of the armour the Emperor wore at the height of the Horus Heresy. To a Terminator, the loss of his Crux is unthinkable.⁵

All suits have built in teleportation devices which allow them to deploy anywhere via deep strike, although more often they are deployed using Land Raiders. Squads consist of a Terminator sergeant and between 5 and 10 Terminators.⁵

Terminator Squad

Terminator Squads fight with the standard armament of their armour which is composed of a Storm Bolter for ranged combat and a Power Fist or Chainfist for close combat. The storm bolter can be swapped for an Assault Cannon, Heavy Flamer, or a shoulder mounted Cyclone Missile Launcher.⁵

Terminator Assault Squad

Terminator Assault Squads are oriented toward close combat. To maximise their effectiveness, they swap their standard armament for a pair of Lightning Claws, or a Thunder Hammer accompanied by a Storm Shield.⁵ They often battle in close quarters, such as spaceship boarding actions or in the lower levels of a hive.³

Images

Ultramarine Terminator

Iron Hands Terminator

Salamanders Terminator

Imperial Fists Terminator

Ultramarines Terminator Squad

Ultramarines Assault Terminator Squad

Sources

• ¹:Codex: Ultramarines (2nd Edition), p.24, p.62, p.66
• ²:Insignium Astartes
• ³:Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition), pp.8/9
• ⁴:Codex: Space Marines (4th Edition), p.12, pp.31
• ⁵:Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition), pp.64, p.136

Related Articles

• Space Marine Veteran
• Terminator Titanhammer Squad
• Terminator Command Squad
• Deathwing of the Dark Angels
• Wolf Guard of the Space Wolves
• Fire Drakes of the Salamanders
• Grey Knights Terminator Squad
• Chaos Terminators

Space Marine Infantry

Command	Master • Captain • Master of Sanctity • Reclusiarch • Epistolary • Codicier • Command Squad • Apothecary • Company Standard Bearer • Company Champion
Standard	Tactical • Assault • Devastator • Scout • Veteran • Tyrannic War Veterans • Honour Guard
Terminators	Terminator Squad • Terminator Assault Squad • Terminator Command Squad