Blood Angels - Veteran Squads: Those Blood Angels battle-brothers who distinguish themselves over solar decades of warfare, who work their way through the ranks of the Scout, Close Support, Fire Support and Battleline Squads, earn the right to be called Veterans. Golden-helmed and equipped with specialist wargear, these are amongst the Chapter's finest warriors. These squads include the following:Sternguard Veteran Squads - The entire Blood Angels 1st Company is made up of Veteran battle-brothers, and amongst their number the Sternguard Veterans are indisputably the finest shots. Incredible marksmen, the battle-brothers of the Sternguard can thread a bolt shell through a tangled ruin to slay a speeding target beyond, hit a distant enemy in pitch darkness using nothing but their auto-senses to triangulate its location, and effortlessly pick out the weak spots in any suit of armour or chitinous carapace. They can shoot down the sights of a battle tank to slay the gunner behind, blast the blade from a foe's hand with a single shot, and calculate target priorities with such incredible speed that their point-blank fire is every bit as lethal as a flurry of swordplay. To these dead-eye shots are given the finest small arms that the Blood Angels Chapter armoury has to offer. Each warrior's Boltgun is a masterful example of martial craftsmanship, a finely honed tool of ranged death whose worth is beyond easy calculation. Alongside their bolters, Sternguard Veteran Squads further augment their firepower with an array of special weaponry such as Plasma Guns and Meltaguns. These they wield with phenomenal skill, their marksmanship abilities augmented still further by ballistic auto-cogitation routines and oracular augurhythms integrated into the auto-senses of their helms. Utilising all of these technological advantages to their fullest, even a small band of Sternguard can defeat a force of foes many times their number.Vanguard Veteran Squads - Vanguard Veterans epitomise the Blood Angels' talent for fast-paced, close-quarters combat. Their abilities honed in countless battles, their Red Thirst now more a familiar ally than a curse, these Veterans are supremely skilled warriors. Each wields whatever close-assault weaponry best suits him, fighting in hand-to-hand range with a consummate ease that makes even swift-striking xenos warbeasts and grizzled traitor champions appear cumbersome by comparison. Most Vanguard Veterans soar into battle on the blazing contrails of jump packs, for they still retain the innate joy that all Blood Angels feel upon taking to the skies. So equipped, they can plunge from on high to slam into the enemy lines like a meteor, reducing their victims to bloody corpses in seconds and smashing the foe's best-defended strongpoints wide open for their comrades to assault. However, when the situation demands, they are also practiced in deploying from armoured transports of every stripe. Utilising the covering fire of these vehicles to keep their victims pinned in place, the Vanguard Veterans storm their battle lines and hack them apart with the controlled ferocity that is their hallmark. Whatever the case, Vanguard Veteran Squads form the spear tip of many Blood Angels assaults. Their combat prowess and killer instincts are second to none, their talent at spotting an enemy's weaknesses exceptional. Led into the fight by a band of such lethal brothers, the Blood Angels can shatter even the most resolute enemy battle lines.Bladeguard Veteran Squad - A Bladeguard Veteran is a Veteran Primaris Space Marine largely dedicated to a melee tactical role. Bladeguard Veterans are those Primaris Marines who have earned the right to serve in the elite 1st Company of a Primaris-only Space Marine Chapter raised during the Ultima Founding or later, those who serve in the 1st Company of an already-extant Chapter alongside their Firstborn brethren, or those who are already Veteran Marines and have crossed the Rubicon Primaris. Bladeguard Veterans are melee-focussed Astartes who are equipped much like technologically-advanced versions of the knights of ancient Terran legends. Bladeguard Veterans are inexorable warriors, advancing relentlessly with their blades held high -- the very image of the noble knights of myth. As Veteran members of their Chapter's elite 1st Company, each of these vastly-experienced Space Marines have fought to preserve the Imperium on countless worlds.Veteran Intercessor Squad - A Veteran Intercessor is a Primaris Marine who has earned the coveted Veteran status in their Chapter and earned the right to serve in the elite 1st Company. Since the Ultima Founding, Primaris Marines have wrought illustrious records as their tallies of victories have grown longer. Whether they were Firstborn Astartes who have crossed the Rubicon Primaris, were originally forged on Mars by Belisarius Cawl during the Ultima Founding or recruited directly by their Chapter, they now fight as part of that valiant brotherhood that is the 1st Company. Veteran Intercessor sergeants use the Blood Angels' own variant rank insignia to indicate their status, as described below. Veteran Intercessors can also take on the Assault Intercessor role when they engage in a close support rather than battleline capacity.Terminator Squads - The matchless combination of protection and offensive might presented by Terminator Armour is fearsome enough, yet it is the warrior inside who is by far the deadliest component. Only the most accomplished of the Blood Angels 1st Company Veterans are granted the honour of wearing a suit of Terminator Armour, and nowhere is this wealth of heroism and battle experience better deployed than when put in control of a suit of Tactical Dreadnought Armour and its death-dealing weaponry. Scant wonder is it then that Blood Angels Terminators draw the most dangerous duties and go wherever the fighting is at its thickest. It was battle-brothers clad in these suits who delivered the Chapter's retribution against the space hulk Sin of Damnation, thus expunging one of the Blood Angels' most profound failures in a campaign of righteous vengeance. In the Era Indomitus, Primaris Marines may also serve as Terminators.Terminator Assault Squads - Terminator Assault Squads eschew ranged firepower in favour of dedicated close-combat weaponry. Unsurprisingly, this is a popular option amongst the aggressively-tempered Blood Angels. Some Terminators choose to wield a pair of Lightning Claws, ceramite gauntlets fitted with energised talons that can swiftly rip an enemy to pieces. Others carry massive Thunder Hammers, bludgeoning the foe to ruin from behind the armoured bulwark of towering Storm Shields. In the Era Indomitus, Primaris Marines may also serve as Assault Terminators.