Solar Auxilia - Notable Solar Auxilia Cohorts: 1st to 10th Solar Auxilia Cohorts (the "Saturnyne Rams") - The original Solar Auxilia cohorts were raised from the elite Saturnyne Ordo. The 10 Saturnyne Rams Solar Auxilia cohorts were numbered as the first to the tenth of all Solar Auxilia cohorts. They are the corps from which the "Solar" pattern of heavy void infantry organisation, wargear and doctrine was derived. Each of these 10 cohorts was recruited from a different settled moon of the planet Saturn in the Sol System, though since Unification, these once-warring planetary states had united under one banner and now wore the common blue-and-cream undersuit with iron-coloured armour gifted to them upon their agrement to undergo Imperial Compliance.41st Espandor Solar Auxilia Cohort ("Espandor High Guard") - A much renowned cohort that took part in the Battle of Calth and was raised from the Ultramarian world of Espandor.178th Solar Auxilia Cohort (the "Gate-Keepers")187th Solar Auxilia Cohort (the "Death's Heads")216th Solar Auxilia Regiment (the "Titan-killer") - A regiment that defended Nyrcon City during the Battle of Beta-Garmon.222nd Calth Solar Auxilia Cohort - A sub-cohort that defended Platform Principia-Veridia 27/K during the Battle of Calth.255th Calth Solar Auxilia Cohort ("Calth High Guard") - The 255th Calth Solar Auxilia was raised in late 001.M31 primarily from the Erud Provincial Militia of the Imperialis Auxilia, the best of the province's yeomanry being converted to the "Solar" template, and trained and equipped for void and exploratory warfare. During the Calth Conjunction that proceeded the start of the Battle of Calth, the 255th Cohort was deployed across several key orbital defence platforms protecting Calth's Near-Space, the Main Ward Sub-cohort being assigned to the defence of Platform Elipsia-Veridia 09/Q. They valiantly defended these orbital defence platforms during the subsequent betrayal by the Word Bearers Legion during the Battle of Calth.322nd Nexxas Solar Auxilia Cohort - This cohort sustained heavy losses during the failed conquest of worlds in the Xersinia Prohibited Zone.905th Solar Auxilia Cohort (the "Ash Scorpions") - Veterans of a dozen ferocious war zones, the discipline of battle had turned these infamous Feral Worlders into a lethally-effective fighting force. Raised from the fearsome tribal warriors of Lethe, the 905th Cohort was known for its aggression and dedication, and earned numerous battle honours in pacification wars across the Coronid Deeps before its final, glorious sacrifice at Port Maw.933rd Solar Auxilia Cohort (the "King-Makers")1023rd and 2774th Obed Cohorts - The Obed Cohorts were the Solar Auxilia forces who valiantly defended the beleaguered Agri-world of Numinal during the initial invasion of Traitor forces of the Cyclothrathine Mechanicum. Though they ultimately failed to halt the invasion, they splintered into a resistance guerrilla force, which used their expertise in the swamps and semi-aquatic terrain that dominated Numinal to their advantage, terrain that was anathema to the Mechanicum's heaviest combat units. As a result, the Cyclothrathine forces were entangled in a continued campaign of opportunistic assaults and sabotage which required further deployments to counteract, slowing their plans of attack elsewhere in the region. This forced the recall of Archmagos Yelav Draykavac, Cyclothrathe's principal warlord, from another campaign in order to deal with the violent upswing in resistance and civil unrest. With the help of Loyalist forces from the Agathean Cohorts and Imperial Knights of Houses Orhlacc and Hermetika, the Obed Cohorts played an instrumental part in driving the invaders from their world during the Liberation of Numinal.1522nd Solar Auxilia Cohort (the "Lord Marshal's Own") - This much-honoured cohort fought at the vanguard of the 60th Expeditionary Fleet for many standard years, before finally breaking the stalemate at Agathon and bringing the world to Imperial Compliance. Claiming Right of Conquest, Lord Marshal Ireton MaSade occupied the world and replaced its ruling aristocracy with his own officer corps. For an entire generation, the force served as a household army to the MaSade dynasty, Iraton MaSade himself still thriving thanks to rare and costly life-prolonging rejuvenat treatments until the 1522nd Cohort was reconstituted to confront the forces of betrayal sweeping through the Coronid Deeps during the Horus Heresy.2333rd Solar Auxilia Cohort (the "Iron Hearts")6629th Solar Auxilia Cohort - A notable Solar Auxilia cohort whose elite Veletaris units retained Volkite Weapons as their preferred weapon of choice, which would prove more effective than any other tactical armament against the Traitor Legiones Astartes the Loyalists would later face during the Horus Heresy.6633rd Solar Auxilia Cohort - The 6633rd Cohort was one of many cohorts deployed at Manachea that fought in the eleven-day Battle of Hive Ilium. Anticipating the need to conduct expeditionary warfare against xenos remnants across the region, these units were founded according to the "Solar" template and were granted the right to bear the blue and yellow livery of the Ultima Segmentum Armada Imperialis.Agathean Cohorts - Aftere their world of Agathon was brought into Imperial Compliance during the Great Crusade, it became a highly organised and productive Hive World, with an overriding military aesthetic defining its culture. Its sizable standing military, the Agathean Cohorts of the Solar Auxilia pattern, bore direct lineal descent to the Solar Auxilia, and acted to dominate the Coronid Reach region as the standing Imperial defence force.Archite "Palatines" Cohorts - Solar Auxilia cohorts that were raised from among the Europan noble houses of Terra, a culture from which their patron Space Marine Legion -- the Emperor's Children -- itself drew recruits prior to the discovery of Primarch Fulgrim on Chemos.Arkadian "Janissary" Cohorts - The Arkadian "Janissary" Cohorts were once drawn from the highly militarised populations of the bastion-hives of Arkadia. Though originally clad in armour of gunmetal grey and undersuits of dark grey, several Arkadian cohorts pledged themselves to the service of the IIIrd Legion -- the Emperor's Children -- and took to bearing the Tyrion purple of that Legion as a token of their loyalty. It is notable that the Arkadians had never been formally inducted into the service of the IIIrd Legion, and had never been counted in the ranks of the Legiones Auxilia, making the relationship somewhat unilateral. The 278th Solar Auxilia Cohort raised from Arkadia was one of the notable "Head-hunter" cohorts that always sought to decapitate the command structure of their foes.Barbaran "Ambaxtoi" Cohorts - Solar Auxilia cohorts raised from the Death Guard's homeworld of Barbarus.Byzant "Janizars" Cohorts - The "Janizar" cohorts of the Byzant System served extensively in the 63rd Expeditionary Fleet during the Great Crusade, and followed the Warmaster Horus Lupercal into rebellion at the outset of the galactic civil war. "Janizar" cohorts wore armour of off-white and undersuits of dark brown, with rank and service symbols rendered in dark red. It was common amongst these cohorts for troops to bear the High Gothic numeral "LXIII" in recognition of their long service to the 63rd Expeditionary Fleet, even long after that body ceased to exist. As with the infantry, it was not uncommon for "Janizar" vehicles to also bear the numeral LXIII in recognition of their service in the 63rd Expeditionary Fleet.Calibanite "Jaegers" Cohorts - Solar Auxilia cohorts drawn from Caliban, the homeworld of the Dark Angels Legion. Those Calibanite cohorts specialising in armoured warfare bore the title "Calibanite Hussars" instead of "Calibanite Jaegers."Carak'tak "Scarborn" Cohorts - Solar Auxilia cohorts raised from the Feral World of Carak'tak, this savage force entered into legend as the only non-Legiones Astartes force to survive the Khrave onslaught at Perdition's Gate.Chogorian "Limitanei" Cohorts - Solar Auxilia cohorts raised on multiple worlds brought to Compliance by the White Scars Legion, including Kolarne, Capsis, Lemua, and Chogoris itself. Regardless of their origins, the Limitanei conformed to the bare livery derived from the city-dwelling societies on Chogoris, which was conquered by Primarch Jaghatai Khan prior to his reunification with the Emperor.Colchisian "Torquatii" Cohorts - The Colchisian Torquatii Solar Auxilia cohorts were originally drawn from the populations of the great coastal cities of Colchis, the homeworld of Primarch Lorgar Aurelian and his the Word Bearers Legion. Originally clad in sombre funerary black and grey, the Torquatii adopted the same red colour as their parent Legion, worn across the upper pauldron and helmet, and often adorned with script and runic devices derived from the esoteric traditions of Colchis and, later on, the heretical teachings of Primarch Lorgar.Cthonian "Headhunter" Cohorts - Solar Auxilia cohorts raised from the savage Mining World of Cthonia, homeworld of the Sons of Horus Legion and the Warmaster Horus himself. "Headhunter" cohorts combined the savagery and élan often found on such warlike worlds with the discipline and firepower the Solar Auxilia was rightly famed for, forming a truly deadly combination. The Cthonian Headhunters would go on to accompany the 63rd Expeditionary Fleet of the Warmaster Horus Lupercal. The 142nd Solar Auxilia Cohort is one of these notable Cthonian "Headhunter" Cohorts which like the Luna Wolves themselves often sought to win a battle by decapitating their enemy's command structure.Cthonian "Jackals" Cohorts - Solar Auxilia recruited from the people of the Sons of Horus' homeworld of Cthonia, but judged unsuitable for Legiones Astartes conversion. During the opening years of the Horus Heresy, they were installed as Port Maw's garrison. Beneath this shadow, the hive cities of Manachea became little more than vast slave-camps run by those natives who had pledged themselves wholly to Horus Lupercal and who now competed with each other to prove their loyalty by enforcing the brutal quotas demanded by their distant and merciless overlord.Fenrisian "Kaerls" Cohorts - The Fenrisian Kaerls shared a homeworld with their patron Space Marine Legion, the Space Wolves, but the pattern is also used by cohorts inducted from other VIth Legion fief worlds, including those from Lucan. Veteran Kaerls were elevated to the "Aettguard" and afforded the honour of guarding The Fang, the mighty fortress-monastery of the Legion.Inwit "Phalangite" Cohorts - Solar Auxilia recruited from the people of the Imperial Fists Legion's homeworld of Inwit.Lethe "Ash Scorpions" Cohorts - The "Ash Scorpions" were raised on the ruined post-industrial world of Lethe. The ash scorpion from which these cohorts took their iconography was an especially dangerous creature native to that planet, and an appropriate mascot for this veteran corps.Manachean "Bulls" Cohorts - Solar Auxilia cohorts raised from the Manachean Commonwealth. The 204th Solar Auxilia Cohort belonged to these cohorts. The "Bulls" Cohorts' armour panels were navy blue, their undersuit service grey with yellow. These colours were said to be derived from the livery of the ancient mercator houses of Manachea, whose bond-armies were elevated to the various Imperialis Auxilia patterns (such as the common "Solar" pattern) upon their world's accession to the Imperium.Nagrakal "Thraexii" Cohorts - Solar Auxilia cohorts recruited from a range of different worlds and cultures conquered by the World Eaters Legion.Nostraman "Damnatii" Cohorts - Solar Auxilia cohorts that were originally recruited from the Night Lords Legion homeworld of Nostramo itself, but after that world's destruction at the hands of the Night Haunter, they were mustered from across the Nostramo Sector and beyond, including such worlds as Rebus, Okki, and Flent. Veteran Damnatii were occasionally afforded the honour of wearing additional adornments more redolent of the Night Lords' own highly idiosyncratic livery, such as a skull-faced mask.Prosperine "Spireguard" Cohorts - Solar Auxilia recruited from the people of the Thousand Sons Legion's homeworld of Prospero.Proximan "Sacramentii" Cohorts - Solar Auxilia cohorts were drawn from the nomadic subterranean societies of Proximal, a fief world of the Salamanders Legion. The Sacramentii cleaved to their own sub-sect of the Nocturnean Promethean Cult, their close associations with the Salamanders shielding them somewhat from the disapproval of the Iterators of the Imperial Truth.Saiphan "Elevatii" Cohorts - The Saiphan Elevatii cohorts are recruited from the deadly IXth Legion fief world of Saiph. The Blood Angels had long drawn Legion recruits from this planet, and even those judged unsuitable for ascension to the Legiones Astartes could yet find great honour in the ranks of their Legiones Auxilia.Selucid "Thorakite" Cohorts - Solar Auxilia cohorts recruited from the people of the Iron Warriors Legion's homeworld of Olympia.Sparatoi "Vindicta" Cohorts - Solar Auxilia cohorts were known to have very close associations with the XXth Legion. Their livery was often very similar to schemes occasionally used by the Alpha Legion itself, no doubt as part of some ruse de guerre, notably during the Nurth Compliance.Sthenean "Chainshroud" Cohorts - Solar Auxilia cohorts were one example of a corps sometimes referred to as the Medusan "Chainshroud" due to their close associations with the Xth Legion, the Iron Hands.Shoar "Skull Taker" Cohorts - Raised from the Feral World of Shoar located in the Grail Abyss, its hardy and brutal native population lived lives locked in unremitting, pre-industrial tribal warfare. Formidable physical specimens and able fighters, the Shoar were inducted in large numbers into the Imperialis Auxilia, forming several "skull taker" cohorts attached to the 7th and 60th Expeditionary Fleets, and it is believed several intakes were sent to Terra to determine their suitability for Space Marine Legion recruitment with an unknown outcome before civil war was to shatter the Imperium.Therion "Velites" Cohorts - The Velites were well-known for their ostentatious parade dress, elements of which were sometimes worn by their officers even in battle. The rank-and-file, however, wore black void armour, worn not by way of stealth but in deference to the livery of the Raven Guard Legion that they served. This was shown by how they polished their armour to a high sheen typical of the standards expected of the Velites even on campaign.Theta-Garmon "Deathless" Cohorts - Theta-Garmon "Deathless" cohorts were particularly skilled in voidship security and ship-to-ship boarding actions, although they were capable of the full range of operations expected of the Solar Auxilia. The cohorts of Theta-Garmon were split between those that remained loyal to the Imperium and those that swore to the Warmaster Horus' cause, and so as the civil war ground on, it became increasingly common for Traitor crews of the "Deathless" Cohorts to adorn their vehicles with text and runes pronouncing their enslavement to the Ruinous Powers.