Lieutenant (Space Marine)

This article is about the Space Marine Rank; for the Other types of Lieutenants, see Lieutenant.

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Primaris Space Marine Lieutenant^[2]

Lieutenant was a rank of Space Marine used in the Legiones Astartes during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy. For a time it fell out of use for many years thereafter upon the implementation of the Codex Astartes.^[1]

Modern Lieutenants

Ten thousand years after the Heresy upon the return of Roboute Guilliman, the rank of Lieutenant was again implemented. Lieutenants now serve under the command of Captains, acting as their right hands by providing flexibility and helping to direct their battle-brothers in engagements. Space Marine Companies are typically divided into two demi-companies, each of which is commanded by a Lieutenant.^[3]

Some Chapters assign additional roles to Lieutenants; for instance, in the Salamanders, they are given ceremonial duty as bodyguards to their Captain, whereas in the Iron Hands, they are charged with questioning their Captain's plans so as to probe for human error.^[3]

Vanguard Space Marines operate their own specialty type of Lieutenant known as Vanguard Lieutenants.^[6]

Variations

• Battle Leader — Space Wolves.^[4]
• Castellan — Black Templars.^[18]
• Naysmith — Iron Hands.^[5]
• Strikemaster — Dark Angels (Deathwing).
• Talonmaster — Dark Angels (Ravenwing).

Notable Space Marine Lieutenants

• Cassian Talasadian - Ultramarines, encased in Primaris Redemptor Dreadnought after the battle on the Kalides Prime^[21]
• Eothrus - Ultramarines^[22]
• Ferren Areios - Unnumbered Sons/Ultramarines^[10]
• Golrath Stern - Silver Skulls^[16]
• Heyd Calder - Imperial Fists^[7]
• Jonas - Ultramarines^[16]
• Kodden - Dark Angels^[23]
• Lucian Calsius - Ultramarines^[24]
• Mykonis - Silver Templars^[25]
• Nemetus - Ultramarines^[9]
• Praxa­medes - Ultramarines^[9]
• Samson - Ultramarines^[26]
• Telol Haver - Mentors^[16]
• Tolmeron - Blood Angels^[27]
• Zakariah - Dark Angels^[28]

Images

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  Lieutenant^[20]

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  Lieutenant with Auto Bolt Rifle^[13]

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  Bladeguard Veteran Lieutenant^[8]

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  Vanguard Lieutenant^[12]

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  Blood Angels Lieutenant^[11]

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  Dark Angels Lieutenant^[11]

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  Castellan^[19]

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  Ultramarines Lieutenant^[29]

See also

• Lord Lieutenant

Sources

• 1: The Horus Heresy Book One - Betrayal, pg. 190
• 2: Warhammer Community: Warhammer 40,000 Launch Date Announced (posted 23 May 17) (last accessed 23 June 2022)
• 3: Codex: Space Marines (8th Edition), pg. 62
• 4: Codex: Space Wolves (8th Edition), pg. 48
• 5: Codex: Space Marines (8th Edition, 2nd Codex), pg. 62 — Commanders: Lieutenants
• 6: Codex: Vanguard Space Marines (8th Edition), pg. 7
• 7: Apocalypse (Novel), Chapter 1
• 8: Warhammer Community: Warhammer 40,000: More Models Revealed (24/05/2020) (last accessed 24 May 2020)
• 9: Indomitus (Novel) ,Chapter 1
• 10: Avenging Son (Novel), Chapter 1
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• 14: Warhammer Community: 500th Store – A Global Celebration! (posted 6/10/2018) (last accessed 04 January 2021)
• 15: Warhammer Community: Top 20 Primaris Lieutenants (posted 4/1/2020) (last accessed 04 January 2021)
• 16: Citadel Combat Cards: Spacewar
• 18: Codex: Black Templars (9th Edition), pg. 68
• 19: Warhammer Community: Black Templars Reinforcements Are on the Way with These Amazingly Zealous New Models (last accessed 14 November 2021)
• 20: Warhammer Community: The Blood and Glory Studio Preview Roundup Extravaganza (posted 02 Nov 18) (last accessed 23 June 2022)
• 21: Crusade (Novella), Chapter 4
• 22: Wake the Dead Rulebook, Duty and Honor
• 23: Imperium Nihilus: Vigilus Defiant — Forces of the Dark Angels
• 24: Conquest 01 — Mission Briefing: Battle for Korvon II
• 25: Conquest 18 — The Relief of Lyceus
• 26: Blood of Iax (Novel), Chapter 1
• 27: Warhammer Community: All the Latest from the Warhammer 40,000 Open Day (posted 25/11/2017) (last accessed 23/6/2022)
• 28: Codex Supplement: Dark Angels (9th Edition), pg. 34
• 29: Warhammer Community: LVO 2023 – Strike Force Agastus Makes Planetfall With New Desolation Marines and Dreadnought (posted 27/1/2023) (last accessed 27/1/2023)