Dakkamarines

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## Dakkamarines

Warboss Redteef Armorial, currently used by the Dakkamarines.

A Dakkamarines Battle-Brother of an Unknown Company.

## Space Marine Chapter

### **Allegiance**

Renegade (not officially recognized by the Imperium)

### **Successor of**

Chevaucheurs (Unknown Primarch)
Blood Angels, Imperial Fists and Ultramarines suspected.

### **Fortress-Monastery**

Unnamed Space Hulk (formerly known as Arcanum Leuctra; Battle Barge)

### **Allies**

Several Digga Warbands that travel within the main fleet.
 Ork Freebooterz (ocasionally)

### **Colours**

Green (mainly)
Purple (10th Company)
Red (Vehicles)
Other colors are favored by particular Nob-Maztas

### Successor Chapter(s)

Junkas (Allegedly)

The **Dakkamarines** are a presumed Renegade Space Marine Chapter of unknown founding, officially regarded by the Imperium of Man as an urban legend. The cause of this may be in the nature of the chapter itself, as it is composed—if true— entirely by Diggas, which are humans that have adopted the culture of the Ork race.

All of the information available is only known, mostly by accident, thanks to the efforts of the Ordo Originatus. While searching for the origins of the Ordo Xenos, the Inquisitor in charge discovered information related to both the existence of the Digga humans and the experiments to implant Astartes genetic seed in digga children.

Neither the existence of the Diggas nor the Dakkamarines are acknowledged by the Imperium and even the Inquisitors of the Ordo Xenos need to be careful, or they may end up knowing too much.

## Chapter History

### The Diggas

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**Source:** Personal Journal of Inquisitor Betsabe Ennis

**Author:** Betsabe Ennis, Inquisitor of the Ordo Xenos

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Among all the Xenos scum, the Ork race has been a permanent threat for the Imperium of Man, infecting entire worlds and star systems. Ever since the beginning of the Great Crusade, the Imperium has been in a constant war that pursues the final extermination of all the Greenskins. But in lost worlds scattered around the Galaxy lies an ugly truth that the Imperium has chosen to ignore: human society can flourish among the greenskins. Well, kind of.

Digga is a term applied to feral human tribes that live on planets dominated by Orks. These tribes have been reduced into blood-thirsty savages that roam the wastelands or jungles of their planets and attack or sometimes trade with the dominant clans. This has created some of the tougher types of humans, as an isolated and ork-infested planet should be considered some type of Death World.

It’s hard to determine the origins of a specific digga population. Most of the settlements seem to date from even before the Great Crusade, as they are usually found in planets not mapped previously. However, there are other planets that have had their human population reduced to diggas caused by a sudden isolation from the rest of the Imperium.

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**Source:** Battle Report from the conquest of 25-063

**Author:** Lukas Armijo, Captain of the 32th Company of the XII Legion, “War Hounds”

**Transcript:**

Yes sir, we are removing the last bags of greenskins right now. They ain’t giving any trouble anymore, although one of my Sergeants reported some strange creatures trying to charge at them. No sir, too skinny to be orks. Huh? What is that sound? Motherf-!

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### Inquisitor Ennis and the Chevaucheurs

Thanks to the efforts of the Ordo Originatus it is possible to know some facts about Inquisitor Betsabe Ennis and her experiments. As part of the ordo Xenos, Ennis was in charge of purging Xenos menaces near the galactic core. In this task she got an unexpected help: the shattered remains of a Space Marine Chapter, the Chevaucheurs. Decimated after the attack of the Hive Fleet Ahuizotl, their remaining barges managed to escape and find the flagship of Ennis, the Arcanum Leuctra.

There, Ennis and the Apothecary Chief of the Chapter, Guy Morgen, reached an agreement: The Chevaucheurs would dispose of all of Ennis’ available resources for the reconstruction of their chapter. In exchange, Ennis would be considered the temporary Chapter Master of the Chevaucheurs and therefore be available to lead the Space Marines as she saw fit.

It seems that Ennis’ first close encounter with the diggas occurred between the 36th and 37th millenia, in the now destroyed planet of  Kalfom II.

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**Source:** Personal Journal of Inquisitor Betsabe Ennis

**Author:** Betsabe Ennis, Inquisitor of the Ordo Xenos.

**Transcript:**

I decided to capture some of the greenfaced subjects for further analysis before occupying myself with the planet. We ended up with a good batch: one of their “shamans”, several warriors and dozens of women and children. Fortunately we had a Librarian of our own or the shaman wouldn’t arrived warm to the table.

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Fine subjects indeed. I’m still hypothesizing on what could cause their psychic toughness, but the fact is that, at least in theory, these “diggas” are not only physically stronger, but also could be more resistant than other humans to the influence of the Ruinous Powers . Brother Maynard, the Librarian, seems to agree with me.

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Morgen has been a nuisance lately. He insists on a mission to recruit neophytes. I’m not against it, but it would be a waste of time when we already have enough young boys on this ship. Who knows, something interesting could come from them.

### Notable Sightings

* **Stavaret Belt (862.M37) -** The first known sighting of the Dakkamarines after the death of Inquisitor Ennis occured in the Panolo system. Rumours of strange activity in the Stavaret Belt attracted the attention of the Ordo Xenos, which resolved to send an expedition. After losing contact with them, a nearby Deathwatch Station decided to send a pair of Kill Teams to investigate the situation. The data collected there was misinterpreted as a renegade chapter attack —due to the use of the Chevaucheurs badge— and it was only after the posterior investigations that the truth was revealed.
* **Unknown Location (ca. 880.M37) -** Rogue Trader Cohen's memoir collects a conversation she had with an Eldar Corsair named Bel'Yanni. The Baroness told her about a skirmish maintained against a small fleet of Ork Freebooter Grok Snaka. After the initial success of Bel'Yanni to repel and even counterattack the Freebooterz, their main force was ambushed by a group of Space Marines that wreaked havoc among the Corsairs, with the Baroness barely being able to escape. The heraldry described seemed to match the one from the Chevaucheurs but included the description of usually ork-associated symbols such as the checkered patterns and faces and helmets painted of green.
* **Dalthicus VII (038.M39) -** In the aftermath of the Arimathean Crusade, members from the Chapter of the Braves and Bolds stopped at Dalthicus VII searching for isolated bags of greenskins. This world's colonization started less than sixty years ago but when the Space Marines arrived they found it almost empty, with the few survivors unable to express correctly what had happened, but repeating the words "Barfang".
* **Orborn Prime (396.M39) -** Before the Orborn system was isolated by a Warp Storm, communications received strange reports about a war fought between the Chaos Warband of the Sorcerous Scribes, the Imperial Guard Regiments assigned to that system and a Space Marine Chapter using a ramshackle of old green and blue armours. The heraldry described matched the one of Warboss Rukbad, but the reports also speak of a Dreadnought decorated in red and black, presumably the final resting place of Boss Barfang.
* **Wandan System (027.M42)** - After a pyrric victory against a Red Corsairs warband, the fleet-based Primaris chapter of the Silver Pilgrims retreated to the Scarus Sector to lick their wounds and resupply their forces. When all communications with the chapter's fleet were lost, a small relief expedition finally reached their flagship, the Insidius Fidelitas, near the Wandan System. Now an empty husk, the battle-brothers not only failed to find any survivor but also discovered that the attackers took all of the geneseed stock. As soon as the Ordo Xenos knew about the attack, covered up the situation and forbid further investigations to non-authorized personel.

## Chapter Organisation

### Rank Hierarchy

#### Officer Ranks

Despite their feral nature, the Dakkamarines seem to follow an order of battle that remotely resembles the ranks of the Codex Astartes, although adapted to the Digga culture and dynamics of power:

* **Warboss (Chapter Master)** - Most of the available data supports the idea that a Warboss (also called Boss) is the Dakkamarine combination of an Ork Warboss and a Chapter Master. As occurs within Ork warbands, the leadership can be contested anytime and by any aspirant, with defeated leaders often being put into Dreadnought-equivalents. One curious aspect of the Dakkamarines is that the chapter badge always changes when a new Warboss seizes the power, adapting it to their personal heraldry.
* **Capboss (Captain)** - The Dakkarines seem to still have a division system similar to the Companies, each one commanded by a Capboss. While acting as enforcers, it is common for them to defy the authority of the Warboss if they believe they would be better leaders for the Chapter.
* **Shamboss, Mekboss and Painboss** - Akin to the titles of Chief Librarian, Master of the Forge, and Chief Apothecary respectively, the specialist ranks of Shamnobz, Meknobz and Painnobz have their equivalent titles, which are revered for their strenght and veteracy**.**

#### Specialist Ranks

* **Shamnob (Librarian / Chaplain)** - Shamnobz (derived from the Digga word for psykers) act as both combat psykers and religious figures for the companies where they are attached. It has been theorized that they also command Digga Shamans and captured Astropaths to allow the Chapter to travel thorugh the Immaterium.
* **Meknob (Techmarine)** - Lacking both the genetic memory of the Mekboys and the training of the Techmarines, the Meknobz have to acquire their knowledge through the consumption of any Techpriest or Techmarine that they manage to capture. Old Meknobz might also be consumed by young apprentices so his accumulated knowledge doesn't die.
* **Painnob (Apothecary)** - Painnobz are the Dakkamarine equivalent of an Apothecary, being in charge of caring for the health of the Chapter and supervising the process of implanting the genetic seed in young aspirants. It is unknown where the Painnobz acquire the gene-seed, if it is cultivated by themselves or if it’s sacked as much of the equipment used by the chapter. Similar to Meknobz, most of the medical knowledge of the Painnobz comes through the ingestion of Painboys, Apothecaries or any medic personnel they could get.

#### Line Ranks

* **Nob (Squad Sergeant and Veteran)** - As occurs within the Ork race, Nob is a polyvalent term that can de applied to stronger and more experienced battle brothers. Nobz normally act as enforcers and squad leaders, but the strongest of them might be deployed in specialist units within the 1st Company.
* **Boy (Battle-Brother)**
* **Yoof (Scout )** - Digga children seem to be alightly more resistant to the implantation of Astartes gene-seed, and therefore more youngs survive to become Yoofs, the equivalent of Scouts on other Chapters. Recent sights suggest that the number of Yoofs may exceed the number of actual marines by a proportion of 3 to 1, but this hasn't been confirmed.

### Specialist Formations

#### Terminobz

The strongest (or the richest) Nobs might join the selected ranks of the Terminobz. Akin to the Terminator units deployed by Space Marine Chapters, these squads are allowed to wear Tactical Dreadnought Armours —or at least junk that serves the same function— to act as a spearhead for combat in closed environments. Terminobz units have probably the wider choice of weapons among all Dakkamarine formations (except officers) since they can use either Ork, Meknob or even old Space Marine weaponry. In contrast, their armour is a ramshackle of old Terminator pieces, looted Mega Armours or anything that can provide enough protection.

#### Dreffs

It is known that Bosses constantly face challenges to their power as well as need to remind their brothers who is in charge. If an aspirant is defeated but its courage and ability are beyond proven it might be rewarded by being put into a Dreff, a decrepit construct that acts similar to a Dreadnought. The same fate occurs to defeated Warbosses that are mortally wounded. In that case they are put into more proper Dreadnoughts, decorated with their personal colours and heraldry and are allowed to command other Dreffs.

#### "10th Company"

In recent times the Dakkamarine archives of the Ordo Xenos are filled with odd reports of broken communications, malfunctioning vehicles and sudden defense breaches before an incursion. The suspicions of the Inquisitors were confirmed when a Deathwatch Kill Team managed to capture the body of a Scout with the marks and heraldry of the Dakkamarines. Among the jumbled remains of the Yoof, the Veterans could identify a number 10 in Low Gothic.

### The Junkas

In a similar fashion to Ork clans, Dakkamarines also seem to have a much stronger bond with brothers that share specific preferences or behavior. One of these "clans" is known as the Junkas, which are characterized for favoring heavy mechanized warfare, bionic implants and red power armours. They also seem to have a different chapter badge, that doesn't change with each Warboss.

### Chapter Equipment

As one could expect, there is no standard equipment used by the Chapter. Instead they rely on a combination of looted material, ramshackled fabrications and even some Ork traded weapons. It is unknown how Diggas are able to use Ork weapons, although it is accepted by the Inquisition that Meknobz are involved somehow.

## Chapter Gene-Seed

Ever since the discovery of the link between the lost chapter of the Chavaucheurs and the Dakkamarines, the Ordo Xenos has been trying to scrutinize every available Imperial records about the first ones in order to find their gene-sire, with all efforts being fruitless. Inquisitor Ennis' personal notes seem to indicate that there was a profound distrust between her and Chief Apothecary Guy Morgen, so it is most likely that he never shared that information with her.

However, there are two main theories among the assigned inquisitors. The first theory indicates that the Chevaucheurs gene-sire comes from the Blood Angels and their Primarch Saguinius, mostly supported on their known Omophagea genetic mutation as well as many small details found on the sighting reports, including the possible existance of anthropophagic rituals among them. This theory has been rejected by some inquisitors due to the lack of any record of the most known Blood Angels gene flaws: the Red Thirst and the Black Rage.

The second theory indicates that the Chevaucheurs come from a less divergent gene-sire, such as the Imperial Fists or the Ultramarines. This theory is supported mostly on available documentation about the Chevaucheurs' chapter personality, like a strong adherence to the precepts of the Codex Astartes that survives even now, although in a mockery form.

### Omophagea Mutation

Regardless of whether there is consensus or not about the origins of the Chevaucheurs, what is considered true is the existance of a mutation of the Omophagea among the Dakkamarines, and that mutation is what has ensured their continuous existance. The evidence suggests that their Omophagea is more active than normal, allowing them to learn more effectively trough the selective ingestion of flesh.

## Recruitment and Chapter Fleet

It is considered that the Dakkamarine Chapter Fleet does not travel alone, but instead is followed by multiple spaceships and space hulks inhabited by Diggas and sometimes even by allied Ork Freebooterz. Is from that population that most of the Yoofs are recruited with the other reruits coming from normal enslaved humans. In very rare occations, the Chapter Fleet may discover feral diggas living on an isolated planet infested by greenskins. In that cases they will kidnap entire populations to incorporate them into the main fleet.

## Chapter Appearance

### Chapter Badge

The Dakka Marines chapter badge is constantly changing, based on the personal "heraldry" of whoever is ruling them at the time. To date at least four different designs have been sighted, the most recent being the one associated with Boss Gitzpit Redteef. This badge consists of a green ork skull with a red jaw over a background divided between a checkerboard pattern and black and yellow stripes.

Despite that, several symbols seem to be of common use for specific units and battle roles. This includes crossed axes to indicate Close Support squads, Ork Skulls for Command roles and their own version of the Crux Terminatus.

### Chevaucheurs Appearance

According to the registers found by the Inquisitors of the Ordo Originatus seem to indicate that the Chevaucheurs colours were red and yellow, with their chapter badge being a red rooster over a plain yellow field.

## Notable Members

* **Gitzpit Redteef -** Last known Warboss of the Dakkamarines. Little is known about him, especially when compared to other Bosses. Most of the incursions under his rule have been much more daring and show a prior planning.
* **Urhak Bludmork -** Shamboss of the Dakkamarines. While it is known that Diggas have a natural psychic toughness, and therefore are not material for powerful psykers, the very rare exceptions are known not only for being skillfull but also surprinsingly disciplined. Among these, the name of the Urhak Bludmork inspires respect and fear. It is suspected that the the more methodical movements of the Dakkamarine fleet are his work, probably due to the capture of Imperial Astropaths.

### Former Warbosses

* **Krool Barfang -** Barfang was the first Dakkamarine name registered by the Ordo Xenos. Particularly known for his brutality, the magnitude of the devastation caused by him is hard to estimate but the reports of Raxor IX and Dalthicus VII are examples of what could happen when the Digga menace is underrated. Despite all of that, Barfang was defeated by a rival aspirant somewhen before the Orborn War and put into a Dreff.
* **"Lucky" Rudbak -** Rudbak's backstory offers a unique scope into Digga mindset. From third-party sources is known that Rudback was, before becoming Warboss, the richest Nob among his brothers. It was partly atributed to his constant use of the color blue and the luck that it gave him. Sighting report also coincide about an increase on the number of vehicles, Dreffs and heavy armament. However, Rudback's luck seems to have ended at some point, for he was eventually replaced as Warboss.

## Relations

### Allies

 **Junkas** |      | Recent findings by the Ordo Xenos inquisitors seem to indicate that the Junkas are not just a "clan", but in fact a succesor chapter that is spliting from the Dakkamarines. It is unknown when it will happen, if it hasn't already.

### Enemies

 **The Round Table** |                      | After their incident at Dalthicus VII, the Chapter Master of the Braves and Bolds warned to their brother chapters of the Round Table —Sol Knights, Witchburners, Perilous Griffons and Pure Sons— about the strange menace.

## Gallery

Current Dakkamarine Armorial, using the "heraldry" of Warboss Redteef.Old Dakkamarine Armorial, once belonged to Boss RukbadOld Dakkamarine Armorial, once belonged to Boss BarfangOrdo Originatus reconstruction of the Chevaucheurs Armorial.Dakkamarines Tactical Brother, Unknown Company.

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