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[[File:IntercessorVeteran.jpg|thumb|220px|right|A [[Primaris Space Marine]] Veteran Sergeant wearing the traditional red helmet of his rank{{Fn|4}}]]
The [[Codex Astartes]] dictates that every [[Space Marine]] Squad is to be led by a '''Space Marine Sergeant''', a veteran of hundreds of battles, truly forged in the fires of war, who will lead his squad with an icy calm through the most dangerous of scenarios and emerge victorious.{{Cite This}}


==Overview==
To become a Sergeant, a [[Space Marine]] has to prove himself capable of keeping his nerves through the toughest of warzones, as well as being a formidable fighter. He has to be willing to make difficult decisions based on his instincts, and so only a few Space Marines have the required level of ability to take on this role.{{Cite This}}

Typically a Sergeant is marked out with a red helmet, withe veterancy marked out by a white laurel{{Fn|2a}}, but variations exist between [[Chapter]]s. For example, the [[Blood Angels]] mark out their Sergeants with black pauldrons, with red edgings, on which yellow versions of the Chapter icon and their [[Space Marine Company|company]] badge.{{Fn|10}}{{Fn|11}} The [[Emperor's Spears]] mark out their Sergeants with transverse crests in red, with Veteran Sergeants' crests being red and black.{{Fn|12}}

Most Sergeants take to the field with different weapons from their squad mates. As a status symbol they often wield [[close combat weapon]]s, especially [[Chainsword]]s or [[Power Sword]]s.{{citethis}}

==Variants==
===Scout Sergeants===
'''Scout Sergeants''' both teach and lead squads of [[Space Marine Scout]]s. By passing on their skills and experience to future battle-brothers they are arguably among the most influential members of a Chapter.{{Fn|2b}} In addition to teaching their charges how to fight and operate in the field, they are also responsible for keeping discipline and monitoring the Scouts' psychological and biological conditioning in the field (where they may be operating away from [[Chaplain]]s and [[Apothecary|Apothecaries]]).{{Fn|3}}
[[Image:ScoutSergeant.jpg|thumb|center|200px|A Scout Sergeant{{Fn|5}}]]


===Veteran Sergeants===
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'''Veteran Sergeants''' are Sergeants that, having received the [[Crux Terminatus]], lead squads from the [[1st Company]]. Veteran Sergeants are sometimes seconded to other [[Space Marine Company|company]] squads who can benefit from their experience and their access to advanced wargear.{{Cite This}}
[[File:VeteranSgt.jpg|thumb|center|220px|An [[Ultramarines]] [[Veteran Sergeant]]{{Fn|6}}]]

===Terminator Sergeant===
'''Terminator Sergeants''' will lead anything from 4-9 Marines in a [[Terminator Squad]] or 3-9 Marines in a [[Terminator Command Squad]].{{Fn|1}}
[[File:TermSergeant.jpg|thumb|center|220px|Terminator Sergeant{{Fn|7}}]]

===Chapter Variations===
*'''Pride Leader''' — [[Celestial Lions]].{{Fn|13}}
*'''Watch Sergeant''' — [[Deathwatch]].{{Fn|8}}
*[[Squad Whip]] — [[Excoriators]].{{Cite this}}
*'''Pack Leader''' — [[Space Wolves]].{{Fn|9}}

==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Space Marines (4th Edition)]], {{Cite This}}
*2: [[Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition)]]:
**{{Endn|2a}}: pg. 21
**{{Endn|2b}}: pg. 88
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Hunt for Voldorius (Novel)]], Chapter 5
*{{Endn|4}}: [https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/searchResults?N=1125463923+3206404541 Games Workshop] (dead link)
*{{Endn|5}}: [https://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/Space-Marines-Scouts-2020 Games Workshop Space Marine Scouts] (last accessed 1/11/2021)
*{{Endn|6}}: [http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?prodId=prod1050238 Games Workshop] (dead link)
*{{Endn|7}}: [https://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/Space-Marine-Terminator-Squad-2020 Games Workshop Space Marine Terminator Squad] (last accessed 1/11/2021)
*{{Endn|8}}: [[Warrior Brood (Novel)]], Chapter 6
*{{Endn|9}}: [[Codex: Space Wolves (9th Edition)]], pg. 31
*{{Endn|10}}: [[Codex: Blood Angels (3rd Edition)]], pg. 12
*{{Endn|11}}: [[Codex: Blood Angels (7th Edition)]], pg. 16
*{{Endn|12}}: [[White Dwarf 460]], pg. 43  — ''Index Astartes: Emperor's Spears''
*{{Endn|13}}: [[Blood and Fire (Novella)]] — [[Armageddon (Anthology)]], Chapter III

===Uncited===
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*[[Codex: Ultramarines (2nd Edition)]], {{Cite This}}
*[[Insignium Astartes]], {{Cite This}}
*[[Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition)]], {{Cite This}}

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