Welcome to Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum! Log in and join the community.

Ultramarines Honour Company

From Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
Jump to: navigation, search

The Ultramarines Honour Company was a specialized Company of Ultramarines that have been stationed at the Cadian Gate for many millennia, rotating officers and warriors from Ultramarines Companies elsewhere and also drawing from the Ultramarines Successor Chapters.[1]

Overview

The last commander of the Honour Company was Captain Echion, a member of the Patriarchs of Ulixis Chapter. The Company was made up mostly of Ultramarines, but it was not unusual for Marines from Successor chapters to volunteer for the Honour Company's service. As the Ultramarines' resources dwindled following the First Tyrannic War, Marines descended from the Ultramarines became more common.[1]

The Honour Company was active in the 13th Black Crusade, distinguishing itself early in the war. Their first action was a space-borne counterattack against Abaddon's fleet as the Planet Killer closed on the Agri-World of Lortox. The action bought the world's PDF time to evacuate a significant portion of the worlds population before the planet was blasted to pieces by the accursed Chaos starship. In the aftermath of the Lortox evacuations, the Honour Company was redeployed to Cadia and the surrounding systems, launching a series of operations to hinder Abaddon's forces as they invaded the Fortress World. These attacks included boarding actions against Chaos Space Hulks being used to transport hordes of The Lost and the Damned. In total, the Honour Company had disabled or destroyed 3 such Hulks, stranding an estimated 600,000 Cultists, Mutants, and Traitor Guard in the depths of space. A fourth hulk, codenamed Herald of Grief, was destroyed in a boarding action which saw an estimated 200,000 Chaos renegades killed.[1]

Notes

As the Cadian Gate was destroyed during the 13th Black Crusade upon the creation of the Great Rift, the honour company stationed there may have been either destroyed or made defunct as a result. However, this has not been confirmed by any sources, and their fate remains unknown.

Sources