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The Red Corsairs are a Renegade Chapter and Following the events of the [[warbandBadab War]] of , the surviving [[Chaos Space MarinesAstral Claws]] who lead a vast fleet of pirates composed of mortals and other Traitor Marines that threaten broke through the Imperial shipping blockade and Imperial worlds near the Maelstrom Warp rift in fled to the [[Ultima SegmentumMaelstrom]], a region known as the Maelstrom Zone to Imperial astrocartographers. The Red Corsairs were once a Loyalist Space Marine Chapter called taking the Astral Claws who were based on the world of Badab Primaris in the Badab Sector of the Ultima Segmentum. The Astral Claws were, ironically, raised during the 10th Founding in the 35th Millennium to guard against the numerous daemonic and alien threats emerging from the Maelstrom. Under the leadership broken body of their [[Chapter Master, ]] [[Lufgt Huron, the "Tyrant of Badab," in the late 41st Millennium, the Astral Claws sought ]] with them. Huron turned to have the Badab Sector secede from the Imperium of Man ruinous powers in protest against the Imperium's continued attempts to use the resources of the Badab Sector outside the region rather than dedicating them fully to the defeat of the Chaotic and xenos threats that emerged constantly the Maelstrom Zone. The Astral Claws and the Tyrant of Badab were able order to convince several other Astartes Chapters also dedicated to the protection of the Maelstrom Zone, including the Executioners, Lamenters, survive and still leads the Mantis Warriors to stand with them remnants against the Imperium in what , though they believed to be a just cause and an attempt to maintain now call themselves the traditional autonomy of the Adeptus Astartes in the face of unwarranted interference from the Imperial nobility, economic interests and the often hated Inquisition'''Red Corsairs'''.

Unfortunately, Lufgt Huron had slowly been corrupted by his desire for power into the service The intent of Chaos, and eventually the Imperium was forced Red Corsairs' raids are to respond to the Secessionists in the Maelstrom Zone by unleashing the full might of the Imperium in the terrible civil conflict that became known in the Imperial record, before the Inquisition laid down an Order of Obliteration that sought to remove all records of the Astral Clawsbuild Huron' existence from Imperial history, as the Badab War. This conflict was fought between 901.M41 and 912.M41 and ended in the complete destruction of the Astral Claws defences and the devastation of their Chapter homeworld of Badab Primaris. Only 200 Astral Claws survived the final Imperial assault, and these Astartes, all corrupted by Chaos, fled s army with the maimed body of their leader into the Maelstrom, where they founded a new Chaotic empire. The other Astartes Chapters captives who had served the Secessionist cause were eventually forgiven by the Imperium since they had only been misguided and not corrupted, in return for launching themselves upon a series of penitent Crusadesturn traitor. But Lufgt Lord Huron swore his soul is feared and despised by the souls of his remaining Astral Claws to Imperium as well as honoured by the eternal service of the Ruinous Powers in return for the restoration of his health and the power needed to make war upon the Imperium that he beleived had betrayed him and his fellow Astral Clawsother traitor legions. Replacing the ravaged portions of his body with bionic augmetics, Lufgt Huron, now calling himself Huron Blackheart, ironically led his corrupt Astartes, now calling themselves the Red Corsairs, back into 's empire within the [[Maelstrom Zone to ]] has become the piratical raiders a great threat and a power that he had so long fought against. In time, rivals the Red Corsairs became legions within the leaders [[Eye of a vast Chaotic pirate force Terror]]. One of Renegades and Traitors that represents a major continuing threat to the Imperium in planets under their control is New Badab, where the tournament called the Ultima Segmentum. [[Skull Harvest]] is held {{Fn|4}}.