Black Scion Corps

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## Other information

### **Specialty**

Planetary Orbital Assaults, Stealth, Planetary Assaults, Boarding Actions, Raiding Actions, Small Unit tactics

### **Heavy Weapons**

Missile Launchers, Autocannons, Heavy Stubbers

## Commanders

### **Notable Commanders**

High Heritek GrasundGeneral Hajich

Team Leader Alpha Barcus

## Pre-Heresy

### **Pre-Heresy Colours**

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The **Black Scion Corps** are the Traitor Astra Militarum regiments made by High Heritek Grasund and led by General Hajich - both archenemies of the Imperium of Man. Both use the space vessel *Dragon's Nest* for transporting the Corps throughout the galaxy disguised as an Imperial ship. Hajich's gift, given by one of the Chaos Gods, allows them getting attacked by other Chaos Forces. Normaly, the Black Scion Corps operates alone although often sent smaller teams out to support other groups for materials needed for their ships and the cloning process. When attacking a planet they use captured smaller vessels for transporting their troops on the planet to plunder, destroy and rarely overtake it.

## History

High Heritek Grasund was once the highest-ranking tech-priest on the forge world of Lago Secundos. When he fell to Chaos is unknown although, General Hajich may have played a part in this but it can`t be said with sure. Grasund had already worked with Vad-born soldiers as an inexpensive cannon fodder and Hajich came up with the idea of creating vat-born Tempestus Scions-like soldiers.

Preparations lasted for unknown decades until both went officially on a diplomatic mission in 703.M35 with the vessel *Dragon's Nest*, which at that time had another name and a different hull. Officially, their ship destroyed by Aeldari Corsairs, but in fact they started their dark rampage throughout the galaxy. The first victim was the mining world Ar-4 - a freshly colonised world without a propor name - which unfortunately, it would never receive. When the Administratum arrived for the yearly tithe they found a world with ravaged settlements.

The following two millenia were spent in raiding Imperial vessels. At least one was a troop transporter, attacking space stations and short raids on lightly defended planets. Until their numbers had increased to 4.5 million soldiers and 500.000 Scitarii. This encouraged the duo for a proper campaign against the Sanada Subsector who was one of the more isolationistic regions in the Segmentum Tempestus which meant that imperial reinforcements would be slow to arrive and at first including only a few units. At first they had success. Boarding around 300 ships, raiding 3 Agri-Worls and killing their Astrophats and the forcefully annection of the Industrial World of Warabi. But unluckily for them, the Star Crusaders arrived in the sub-sector. At first only patrolling through through Sanada, they suprised an invasion adempt on a Quarry World which ended in a fast defeat for the few Black Scion Corps units on the planet. In two years the area occupied or better said with no way to connect to the Imperium was retaken and most of the support fleet destroyed or boarded.

Only with the help of the Gods were the remainders able to flee with only 700.000 troops and arrive in the Eye of Terror. After 600 years of rest for the galaxy returned the Corps now with 3.5 million troops, a good filled storage and new argumented soldiers. But only after the Fall of Cadia was it when they started be more active.

But this new Golden Age may fall apart soon if the Indomitus Crusade should reach the the Black Scions' hunting ground.

## Notable Campaigns

* **Sanada War (782-788.M37):** This conflict saw them rising to prominence and for some years even to power but ended in a near complete defeat for them when the Star Crusader suprisingly arrived and hunted them down. Sanada was a isolationistic Sector in the Segmentum Tempestus which meant that reinforcements wouldn`t arrive soon. High Heretek Grasund ordered extra the elimination of the Astrophats of the raided worlds to prevent them calling for help and so to keep them as a hunting ground. But when the Astartes weren`t able to open communications with a Agri-World sent the Chapter Master a strike team down to the planet finding a plundered and scared world. Enraged the Star Crusaders started a furiouse campaign against the traitors and killing them to an existence minimum.
* **Looting of Istran (around 290.M40):** Istran was a rich civilised world in the Segmentum Obscurrus. Until the Black Scion Corps arrived. In a daring operation breached their Drop Pods the atmospheric defences and started sieging down the vaults protecting the treasures of the world while the Dark Scitarii fought against the reinforcments of the PDF and specialised troops started uprisings in the Underhives. For the first two months the PDF wasn`t able to fight of the intruders until they had to start bringing back the loot. While more and more troops were recalled for the protection of the transports and more transports were requiered to bring them back so less and less was the front stable. Even with the help of the rebels in the Hives the PDF was able to reconquere more and more territory. In the end the Corps was repelled but Istran is still a poor planet.
* **Battle of Dakka Rok (450.M41):** The Black Scion Corps comes in conflict with a Ork Warband who had settled on a asteroid and upgraded it with a Warp drive and weapons. The Orks attacked the Dragon`s Nest. After a boarding attack on the Dakka Rock the Traitor Guardmen were able to steal several strategic resources and several gene samples from the killed Orks.

## Organisation

### Officer Ranks

* **General:** The military leader of the Black Scion Corps and the only one is Hajich
* **Colonel:** A rare position. Only when the Corps fight regular
* **High Captain:** coordinates operations and commands ships

### Specialist Ranks

* **Techpriest Captain:** Commander of a unit of Dark Scitariis. Such units perform special tasks and operations
* **Clone Master:** Techpriest producing the Vat-born soldiers

### Line Ranks

* **Captain:** Leads Companies**:**
* **Dekurion Sergeant:** Leads strike forces smaller than Companies
* **High Corporal:** Platoon leader
* **Petty Officer**
* **Trooper**

### Specialist Units & Formations

* **Assault Knights:** Gene modified soldiers made by High Heritek Grasund. Grasund spent 45 years capturing physical over-average humans for a breeding program and then modifying the breeded generation to produce a vat-born soldier with who is a better soldier than most other human soldiers. Assault Knights are used for special operations and for decicive strikes. On several occasions fought they against Scout Space Marines but came always out as infirior combatans.
* **Ork Cyborg Warriors:** After the batle of Dakka Rok started High Heritek Grasund a program to grow Orks in vats. First experiments showed that the Ork instinct had to be eliminated by implants to control this Orks. This is also the reson why the Corps use only a little number of them but their raw power and their (control) implants make them to very dangerous support and siege units.

## Methods of Recuitment

Nearly all soldiers were grown in Vats. Only some naturally born soldiers serve in the Black Scion Corps and most are kiddnapped and brainwashed. Such soldiers serve then as templates for new types of soldiers or Dark Scitariis.

## Combat Doctrine

In battle the Black Scions use Squad to Platoon tactics and stealth to suprise their enemies and get away after their raids in rough terrain. Exotic weapons are used as heavy shock weapons in heavy combat, in predefinied emplacements and sieges to inflict damage and destabilize the moral and organisation of enemies. Dark Scitariis are used as support and for attritional combat situations but only rarely serving without vat-born units. When using vehicles who are not Drop Pods or transports they focus on wheeled vehicles for mobility.

## Beliefs

This Traitor Guard Regiment is following the Dark Mechanicum and their believes. Not much is known about their belief system.

## Notable Members

* **High Heritek Grasund:** He was once a Techpriest on the Forgeworld of Lagos Secundus but now is the leader and highest "scientists" of the Black Scion Corps. He is a master in cloning and has already experimented with light gene mofification for his elite troopers.
* **General Hajich:** A formar officer in the Astra Militarum now the leading the Black Scion Corps. He was once the leader of an Airborn Raider Regiment specialised in Orbital attacks. Once he used his knowledge for Humanity now using it for Chaos.
* **The Captain of the Dragon`s Nest:** Nothing is known about this person. It isn`t even known which gender the captain has but the existance is confirmed through intercepted Vox messages.

## Fleet

The fleet serves as a protection and support for the *Dragon's Nest* and is made up of conquered vessels of the Imperium.

* ***Rare Sword* (Destroyer)**
* ***Atilla II* (Heavy Corvette)** - Possesses stealth technology.
* ***Mars Light* (Corvette)**
* ***Eagle Claw* (Heavy Destroyer)**
* ***Lisra VII* (Heavy Destroyer)**
* ***Mars Spear* (Heavy Destroyer)** - Possesses extra shields.
* ***Second Earl* (Light Cruiser)** - Possesses extra shields.
* ***Young Spear* (Light Cruiser)** - Possesses extra armour.
* ***Golden Arrow:* (Armed Freighter)**
* ***Valencia* (Armed Troop Transporter)**
* ***Anor III* (Cruiser)**

### *Dragon's Nest*

The Dragon`s Nest is a 12km long, 4,5 km high and 4,5 km width ship with various fascilities and the hull has the ability to be "easyly" modified and redesigned. Such actions may need much time to be done but gives the ship a different look allowing the crew to outsmart imperial authorities. The vessel is equipped with lots of Heretic technologies.

## Appearance

### Uniform

Soldiers of the Black Scion Corps wear black jumpsuits with modified flak armour. Their flak armour is made up by a stronger and lighter materials and additional parts protect arms and legs. Dark Skitarii wear a black robe and dark grey metal implatants. Both soldiers and Skitariis use the same helmet, although slightly changed.