2nd Company (Ultramarines)
The 2nd Company of the Ultramarines, known as the Guardians of the Temple or the Avengers of Ultramar[8], has cultivated a reputation as dynamic heroes.[1]
Overview
These warriors are revered as the foremost Battle Company warriors and uphold the finest traditions of their chapter, serving as a shining example to the rest of the Chapter. They are also the most likely warriors to be elevated to Space Marine Veteran. The Ultramarines 2nd Company is renowned for heroics that border on reckless, something which has earned censure from Marneus Calgar on multiple occasions. The warriors of the 2nd Company storm into the fray with the speed of a lightning strike; they formulate battle plans so risky and demanding that few other warriors would even countenance putting them into practice. They rely upon the element of surprise and their overwhelming post-human strength to utterly crush enemy resistance and seize victory for Ultramar, often before their enemies even realize that the battle has begun. Yet the 2nd Company are anything but foolhardy. They fight in this fashion only because they know that they possess the discipline, will and martial skill to prevail. Because of their achievements, they were given the honour of guarding the Shrine of the Primarch prior to Guilliman's return.[1]
During the late 41st Millennium the 2nd Company was led by the legendary Cato Sicarius, but he was lost in the Warp for many years and was replaced by Captain Acheran. Sicarius eventually returned towards the end of the Indomitus Crusade, though he was inducted into the Victrix Guard.[2]
Notable Battles
- 742-745.M41: Damocles Crusade against the T'au.[1]
- 855.M41: Assault on Black Reach against the Orks.[4b]
- 946.M41: Battle of Eagle Gate[15]
- 973.M41: Damnos Incident — Damnos lost to Necron forces.[1]
- 994.M41: Triumph at Victorix — The second company fights alongside the 3rd Company of the Imperial Fists against remnants of Hive Fleet Kraken.[16]
- 999.M41: Second Battle of Damnos — Damnos reclaimed by Cato Sicarius and the 2nd.[1]
- 999.M41: 13th Black Crusade.[12]
- ~012.M42: Plague Wars.[6][9]
- ???.M42: Battles against the Tyranids and later Thousand Sons on Kadaku[17a], Avarax[17b], and Demerium[17c].
Company Elements
Ships
- Resilient — Battle Barge[17d]
- Blue Lighter — Strike Cruiser[21]
- Valin's Revenge — Strike Cruiser[19]
Aircraft
- Absolver — Thunderhawk. Destroyed.[17d]
- Lance of Jove — Thunderhawk.
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Vehicles
- Andronicus — Whirlwind[14h]
- Corpus — Rhino[14a]
- Gladdus — Predator Destructor[14h]
- Lamenta — Vindicator[14h]
- Titus — Land Raider Crusader[14h]
- Vensus — Predator Annihilator[14h]
Notable Formations & Units
Battleline Squads
- The Lineholders — Tactical Squad[8]
- New Crusaders — Tactical Squad[8]
- Squad Altarion — Tactical Squad[14a]
- Squad Invictor — Tactical Squad[14a]
- Squad Kellion — Tactical Squad, known as The Avenging Sons[8]
- Squad Orion — Tactical Squad[14a]
- Squad Sigmus — Tactical Squad[14a]
- Squad Romulus — Tactical Squad[14a]
- The Victors — Tactical Squad[8]
- The Sons of Terra — Intercessor Squad[8]
Close Support Squads
- Macragge's Avengers — Assault Squad[8]
- Squad Chronus — Assault Squad[14b]
- Squad Ixus — Assault Squad[14b]
- Squad Romu — Assault Squad[14b]
- Squad Titus — Assault Squad[14b]
- Squad Gloccus — Inceptor Squad[8]
Fire Support Squads
- Squad Tactitus — Devastator Squad[14c]
- Squad Tercon — Devastator Squad[14c]
- Squad Typhan — Devastator Squad[14c]
- Titan Slayers — Devastator Squad[8]
- Squad Dryden — Hellblaster Squad[8]
Other
Notable Members
Command
- Aeonid Thiel — Hero of the Battle of Calth during the Horus Heresy, 2nd Company Captain after the war[5]
- Caelus Viator — Captain until 586.M32, when he was chosen to be the Chapter Master of the Tome Keepers[11]
- Lucian Trajan — Former Captain
- Severus Agemman — Captain[13] until the Battle for Macragge. Promoted to Captain of the 1st Company[4d]
- Demetrian Titus — Former Captain, now a Lieutenant
- Cato Sicarius — Captain until his disappearance in the Warp, made commander of the Victrix Guard upon his return.[2]
- Sevastus Acheran — Current Captain.[2]
- Lucian Calsius — Primaris Lieutenant.[10]
Specialist Roles
- Agrippus — Chaplain.[14e]
- Elianu Trajan — Chaplain.[4a]
- Leandros — Chaplain.[17c]
- Gereon — Chaplain.[20]
- Comelus — Apothecary.[14f]
- Maxim Calaginos — Company Ancient.[1]
- Crassus — Standard Bearer.[14f]
- Vandius — Standard Bearer.[4a]
- Tellion — Company Champion.[14f]
Line Commanders
- Ammianus — Veteran Sergeant of Command Squad Ammianus[14f]
- Kellion — Veteran Sergeant of First Squad, The Avenging Sons[8]
- Romulus — Sergeant of Second Squad, Squad Romulus[14a]
- Vallern — Sergeant of Fifth Squad The Victors[8]
- Tallum — Sergeant of Sixth Squad The Lineholders[8]
- Laedrus — Sergeant of Seventh Squad Macragge's Avengers[8]
- Maxima Atavian — Sergeant of Ninth Squad The Titan Slayers[4a]
- Sidonus — Veteran Sergeant of Captain Titus's Command Squad[18]
- Praxor Manorian — Sergeant of The Shield Bearers[4a]
- Solinus — Sergeant of The Indomitable[4a]
- Tirian — Sergeant of Guilliman's Hammer[4a]
- Scipio Vorolanus — Sergeant of The Thunderbolts
- Orion — Sergeant of Squad Orion[14a]
- Castus — Corrupted by Nurgle[22]
- Athos — Sergeant of Fourth Squad The Sons of Terra[8]
- Valorem Gadriel — Sergeant of Combat Squad Damocles[17a]
Battle-Brothers
- Bellanus[14a]
- Cossos[14a]
- Daceus[14a]
- Eleus[14a]
- Galatian[14a]
- Helixus[14a]
- Kaspius[14g]
- Maximus[14a]
- Signatus[14a]
- Remus[14b][14a]
- Tacitus[14b][14a]
- Telion[14b][14a]
- Tercon[14a]
- Valius[14a]
- Altareus — KIA on Kadaku[17a]
- Meduras Chairon[17a]
- Decimus[17e]
- Elion — KIA on Kadaku[17a]
- Lyreo — KIA on Kadaku[17a]
- Quartus[17e]
- Scipius[17e]
- Straban[17e]
- Valius[17e]
- Vespasius[17e]
Dreadnoughts
- Agies — Captain in M38, now a Dreadnought[3]
- Agnathio[1]
- Ferox[14g]
- Valtus[17c]
- Ultracius[8]
- Valius[20]
Sources
- 1: Codex Supplement: Ultramarines (8th Edition), pg. 13
- 2: Dark Imperium: Plague War (Novel), Chapter 17
- 3: Imperial Armour Volume Two (First Edition), pg. 136
- 4: Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition):
- 5: Dark Imperium (Novel), Chapter 1
- 6: Warhammer 40,000 8th Edition Rulebook, pgs. 154-159
- 7: Ultramarines - A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
- 8: Codex: Space Marines (8th Edition), pgs. 26-27 — The Ultramarines 2nd Company
- 9: Warhammer Community: Warhammer Preview Online: Black Library (posted 12/5/2020 – Interview with Guy Haley (last accessed 12/5/2020)
- 10: Conquest 05 — Primaris Lieutenant Calsius
- 11: White Dwarf 458, pgs. 46-53
- 12: Gathering Storm: Fall of Cadia, Defenders of Cadia
- 13: Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition), pg. 44 — Strategic Disposition of the Ultramarines Chapter
- 14: How to Paint Space Marines:
- 15: Warhammer 40,000 6th Edition Rulebook, pgs. 385–399
- 16: Sentinels of Terra - A Codex: Space Marines Supplement (6th Edition) — "Triumph at Victorix"
- 17: Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Campaign
- 18: WH40K: Space Marine, Single Player characters (archived page, last accessed via Wayback Machine 24 September 2021)
- 19: Fall of Damnos (Novel) [Help]
- 20: Codex: Space Marines (8th Edition, 2nd Codex), pgs 106-107
- 21: Priests of Mars (Novel), Microcontent 10, pgs. 96-97
- 22: Daemonblood (Short Story) — Dark Imperium (Anthology)
