Star Scorpions
The Star Scorpions (Androctonus Astra in High Gothic) were a Space Marine Chapter of the Twenty Fifth Founding. They are now considered destroyed[1] but the dark truth about their heritage is somewhat different.[2c]
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Background
Originally assigned to guard Elara's Veil alongside the Emperor's Spears and Celestial Lions.[2a], the Star Scorpions had the dual misfortune of producing redundant gene-seed and being utterly devastated by warp entities when the Chapter's Fleet became trapped in warp space. Officially they were considered lost in the Warp.[2b]
The redundant gene-seed hampered Imperial efforts to rebuild the Scorpions chapter and eventually the bio-engineers and chem-architects of the Adeptus Mechanicus were forced to concede defeat. For a time it seemed that the number 888 would never be raised again, but some years later, a new Founding in the offing persuaded the Priesthood to revisit the chapter regalia, resulting in the creation of the Mentor Legion chapter.[2b] The Mentors received the uniforms and number of the extinct chapter but instead of the redundant seed, they were given an entirely new generation of genetic material collated from the storage banks of the Terran laboratories.[Needs Citation]
Dark Rebirth
After a long battle in the warp for their own souls, the Star Scorpions turned into Chaos Space Marines becoming the Pure - a Chaos Warband. Then they reappeared in the Elara's Veil, clearly reconciled themself to regain possession, which they once defended.[2c]
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