Shadow Hawks
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The Shadow Hawks are a Space Marine Chapter.[1]
Overview
The Shadow Hawks' power armour is charcoal-grey with a red helmet. They have recently been on a campaign against the Eldar.[1]
Notable Engagements
- The Cruach Mhorn Massacres (292.M39-304.M39) - After facing censure for the Massacres, Captain Mahaur leads the survivors of his Third Company into rebelling against the Imperium. The Company later became the Slaughterkin Warband.[3]
- The First Punisher War (825.M41) - The Shadowhawks aid the Dark Hunters against the Punishers warband.[1a]
- The Second Punisher War (982.M41) - The Shadowhawks again aid the Dark Hunters against the Punishers.[2b]
- Specimen Collection (Date Unknown) - The Shadowhawks[4b] are tasked by the Ordo Xenos with capturing one of the Vespid's leader strains that was still in its pupa stage, for the Ordo.[4a] Captain Urotriorchis undertakes the mission for the Chapter,[4b] but it ends in failure and the Ordo Xenos is not pleased by this.[4c]
Known Members
- Urotriorchis - Captain[4b]
- Buteogallus - Castraferrum Dreadnought[4b]
- Mahaur - Former Captain of the Chapter's Third Company, who corrupted it into becoming the Slaughterkin Warband.[3]
Known Formations
- Accipiter - Tactical Squad[4b]
- Butastur - Tactical Squad[4b]
Related Articles
Sources
- 1: Painting Space Marine Devastators (accessed 2011.06.17)
- 2: Dark Hunters: Umbra Sumus (Novel)
- 3: Imperial Armour Volume Thirteen - War Machines of the Lost and the Damned, pgs. 23-24
- 4: Games Workshop: Specimen Collection: Scenario and Battle Report (Saved archive page, dated 15 Jun 2006, last accessed 19 Sept 2024, original link: http://us.games-workshop.com/games/40k/tau/gaming/vespids/default.htm)
- 4a: Scenario (Saved archive page, dated 19 Jun 2006, last accessed 19 Sept 2024, original link: http://us.games-workshop.com/games/40k/tau/gaming/vespids/scenario.htm)
- 4b: Space Marine Force (Saved archive page, dated 19 Jun 2006, last accessed 19 Sept 2024, original link: http://us.games-workshop.com/games/40k/tau/gaming/vespids/2.htm)
- 4c: Turn 4 - Conclusion (Saved archive page, dated 19 Jun 2006, last accessed 19 Sept 2024, original link: http://us.games-workshop.com/games/40k/tau/gaming/vespids/4.htm)
