Swarm Sentinels

The Swarm Sentinels are a 3rd founding chapter of the Adeptus Astartes of unknown origins who display significant mutations. These acid-drooling marines are assigned to protect the world of Madu and the region of space surrounding it. The hissing of the corrosive acid that leaks off of them can be heard as a sharp “hiss” as they approach and stone and flesh wilt in their presence. They have a close allegiance with the ruler of Madu that has to do with curious beliefs of their chapter cult.
==History==
===Founding===
The Swarm Sentinels were founded to provide a standing force in the area around Madu. They were originally to be called the “Golden Knives” but earned their current name after defeating an early incursion of Hive Fleet Moloch and being recognized for their service by the Queen of Madu. The area is plagued by regular attempts by the Tyranid Hive Fleet Moloch and other xenos threats to the several hive worlds and industrial worlds in the area. They were founded early, in the 3rd founding, as a means to secure a large region of space where resources were thin.
==Early History==
Their earliest appearance in the Imperial Record is when they went on an initial purge of the region, slaughtering countless heretics and dissenters on planets in their region. Their actions were harsh, even by the standards of the day, and they earned some scorn from the local governors for their tactics. Eventually their region was subdued and they began to focus on the elimination of xenos threats. As more chapters and resources flowed into the area over time the region under the control of the Swarm Sentinels was dialed back until it was only about 25% of the space they had before.
===Hive Fleet Moloch===
The Swarm Sentinels have fought many campaigns against Hive Fleet Moloch and repelled most of them successfully. The chapter has a sore spot regarding the incident involving the space hulk known as the Bringer of Sorrow that threatened Corinthe. Their jackbooted tactics had alienated the Imperial Governor of the world so when the space hulk, full of xenos, arrived in their vicinity they called on the Dark Angels rather than the Swarm Sentinels. Despite this sleight, the Swarm Sentinels partook in the ensuing campaign to beat back the tendril of Hive Fleet Moloch afterwards.
===Hive Hunters===
One of the specialties of the Swarm Sentinels is hunting genestealer cults in the hives of their worlds. They have special teams comprised of marines equipped with lighter armor but heavy weapons to hunt in the dense underhives.
==Physical Traits==
===Mutations===
The Swarm Sentinels have an overactive Betcher's Gland that causes them to drool acid. While wearing their power armor this armor is drained into pouches that either turn into waste products or are used by the marine to shoot great gouts of acid at enemies. Often their armor will “leak” acid as they move, the joints lubricated by the corrosive substance.
Rumor has it that they may employ abhumans, specifically the grotesque bee men of their homeworld of Madu, as marines but thus far these rumors remain unconfirmed. The Imperium is disgusted by the Swarm Sentinels but have not technically caught them doing anything particularly untoward. The reason they have not yet been exterminated due to their prevalent mutations is unknown. It may be that their purity levels have been spoofed, they have just barely acceptable purity levels, or they have some arrangement with someone or some organization (possibly a mix of multiple of these options). Regardless, they are not allowed to produce successor chapters and they are on the watch list of many Inquisitors and Imperial organizations due to their rate of mutation.
===Gene-Seed===
It is odd that a chapter of such an early founding is of an unknown origin. Rumors abound about their origins- some say they are the result of the first attempt at a chimeric chapter, a mad science experiment gone wrong, the scions of a traitorous chapter, the gene-children of one of the lost primarchs. Because of their overactive Betcher's Gland it is almost assured that they are not of Imperial Fist stock.
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