Lieutenant-Commander

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Lieutenant-Commander was a rank used in the Space Marine Legions during the Horus Heresy.^[1]

They would be the commander of a Battalion, a level of command between Chapter and Company. Depending on the Legion, the designation would vary and could be Commander, First Captain, Shadow Captain, Marshal, Legate.^[2]

Known Lieutenant-Commanders

• Amadeus Kaias Incarius of the Mentors^[3]
• Fabius Bile of the Emperor's Children^[4]
• Menelek of the Word Bearers^[5]

Sources

• 1: Imperial Armour Volume Seven - The Siege of Vraks - Part Three, pgs. 16-17
• 2: The Horus Heresy Book One - Betrayal, pgs. 30-31
• 3: Spear of the Emperor (Novel), Epilogue - The Historian: IV
• 4: Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition), pgs. 52-53
• 5: Lorgar: Bearer of the Word (Novel), The Brotherhood