Raptors - Notable Campaigns: Origo Blockade (701-711.M36) - A mixed force of Space Marine Chapters, built around the 5th Company of the Raptors Chapter, imposed a ring of steel about the world of Origo at the direct request of Segmentum High Command. For almost a solar decade nothing got in or out despite total war engulfing the seven other settled bodies in the Origo System. When at last the war was won and the blockade lifted, the surface of Origo was found to have been scoured clean, with not so much as a sun-bleached skeleton remaining of the once teeming population. What apocalyptic forces were unleashed upon the surface of Origo while the blockade was being maintained remains a mystery, and several dozen highly-ranked lords of the Inquisition, in particular those of the Ordo Xenos, have vanished attempting to determine the truth.Sancta Angelis Campaign (339-370.M39) - A Raptors taskforce was cut off utterly from the rest of the Imperium by Warp storms in the galactic northwest of the Ultima Segmentum; nevertheless they successfully conducted a thirty-standard year campaign against the gathering power of WAAAGH! Irongol in the Sancta Angelis Cluster. Bereft of outside aid or supply, the Raptors engaged in a guerrilla war in the very heart of the Ork demesnes, striking against dozens of different Ork tribes on scores of worlds. This campaign culminated with the Chapter eventually slaying the Ork Warboss Irongol and his hundred-strong mega-armoured bodyguard in a grueling six-solar-hour struggle. This caused the cluster to quickly descend into a bloodbath of internecine warfare to establish dominance amongst the Orks. The threat effectively eliminated, the Raptors withdrew to wait out the storms' passing before returning homeward.Caberiad Wars (ca. 39th Millennium) - During this conflict the Raptors had access to an ample supply line from an unknown homeworld located in the northern Segmentum Solar and a fortress-monastery they called only "Prime."Crucible of Endikon IX (236.M40) - In the early years of the 40th Millennium, the Hive World of Endikon IX fell under assault by Aeldari Corsair hosts, piratical raiders who enslaved the population and set them to systematically strip their world of all material wealth. After nearly eighty standard years of occupation and torment an Imperial force finally arrived to liberate Endikon IX, spearheaded by a combined force of Space Marines from the Raptors and Red Scorpions Chapters. The battle for control of the space over Endikon IX was brutal, with the Navis Imperialis taskforce sustaining heavy casualties as it drove off the sleek Aeldari voidcraft, especially amongst the lumbering transports that bore the liberation army's Astra Militarum contingent. With their manpower depleted to dangerous levels, the Raptors' force commander, Captain Kel Vamar, proposed utilising the famed ability of his Chapter in stealth and infiltration to engage the Aeldari by ambush and wear them down in a campaign of hit-and-run strikes before landing the remainder of their support troops. The Red Scorpions' 5th Company, under Commander Oren Saker, refused to have any part of what he termed "cowardice in the face of the enemy" and proceeded to initiate a full drop assault without any support. The resulting battle was successful in breaking and scattering the Aeldari ground forces, but at a terrible price -- of the eighty-three Red Scorpions who descended to the surface of Endikon IX, only sixteen returned. The few members of the Apothecarion which had accompanied the 5th Company spent many solar days searching the drifts of Aeldari dead to recover all of their Chapter's fallen and their precious gene-seed. The campaign was eventually completed by the forces of the Raptors Chapter, who lost but a handful of brothers in a protracted harrying campaign to eliminate the remaining Aeldari.Sulsalid Campaign, Fourth Quadrant Rebellion (775-777.M41) - A full quarter of the Segmentum Solar and its outlying star systems were engulfed by a series of wars, revolts and secessionist outbreaks which set that part of the galaxy ablaze with civil strife that became known as the Fourth Quadrant Rebellion. With the civil conflicts affecting most of the systems, Renegade and xenos forces took advantage of the widespread anarchy. More than a dozen Space Marine Chapters were caught up in the fighting, either aiding one faction or another or simply defending their own territories while others were brought in by the Imperium to pacify the quadrant and finally put an end to the fighting. Four Adeptus Astartes Chapters -- the Dark Angels, the Raptors, the Skull Bearers and the Red Wolves -- were instrumental in bringing the rebellion to an end. To the Raptors Chapter and the Navis Imperialis' Battlefleet Solar fell the task of toppling the Traitors of the Sulsalid Sub-sector. As the wider rebellion had raged, the powers and principalities of Sulsalid had cast off their tithe lords and cardinals in favour of the twin-abominations of "progress" and "democracy". Given time the Imperium knew such seditious corruption could quickly spread, and the Adeptus Terra tasked the Raptors to stamp out the heresy as swiftly as possible. In order to accomplish their aims, the Raptors took direct strategic command of several failing Imperial taskforces that had been thrown back by the Traitor forces at the Sulsalid Sub-sector capital world of Auranar. Here they reinforced and redirected the Astra Militarum assaults, using them as deliberate cover for their own series of lethal strikes at the enemy's command, control and supply infrastructure. In short order the Traitor forces were thrown into disarray and Auranar's power-distribution network was severed in a dozen vital locations, cutting off enemy supplies and communications. The Traitors buckled before the mass assault of the Astra Militarum, but it was the Assault Squads and Thunderhawks of the Raptors that smashed their way into the sky-palaces of the Sulasalid Ordinators in the final battles of the campaign and put them to the sword, ending this one revolt among many in the rebellion with ruthless efficiency.Badab War (906-908.M41) - Responding to the Inquisitor Legate's call for aid against the Secessionist threat in the Badab Sector, the Raptors, along with strong contingents from the Fire Angels, Salamanders and Red Scorpions Chapters arrived in the Maelstrom Zone in 906.M41 to participate in the Badab War. The Raptors deployed four companies to the war zone. This taskforce was led by the Raptor's Chapter Master Lias Issodon, a warrior of great experience and expert in the arts of covert and rapid-moving warfare in which his Chapter excelled. As a highly experienced Chapter Master, Lias Issodon offered himself for command of the combined Loyalist Space Marine forces but lost out to Carab Culln of the Red Scorpions. The Raptors gracefully deferred to the newly appointed Loyalist force commander without hesitation or reservation. The Raptors maintained an excellent relationship with the Red Scorpions Chapter throughout the war, forming many lasting ties of blood and alliance with them; a perhaps surprising development given the almost diametrically opposite styles and beliefs of the two Astartes Chapters who in many ways could not have been more unalike in character. The Raptors engaged in frontline combat duties for the next standard year and a half of the war. They primarily operated as a mobile reserve for the main Loyalist battle lines. Though well-suited to these tasks, these extensive commitments caused the Raptors to suffer substantial losses in some of the heaviest fighting of the war. Within two standard years of their arrival, the Chapter's complement was no longer considered a combat-effective force and given the withdrawal order from the war in late 908.M41.906.M41 -  The Raptors answered Inquisitor Legate Jarndyce Frain's call for assistance fighting the Secessionist forces in the Badab Sector. Arriving alongside the Red Scorpions, Fire Angels and Salamanders, the Raptors, led by Lias Issodon himself, deployed their 2nd, 5th and 6th Companies bolstered by assault reserves and Scout Marines. The committed fleet elements for the Raptors included the battle barge War Talon, two strike cruisers, the Arias Vex and Shadow Stalker, all accompanied by ten Gladius-class frigates. Offering himself for command of the Loyalist Space Marine forces in the Badab Sector Lias Issodon was passed over and Carab Culln of the Red Scorpions was selected instead. This decision caused no ill will or resentment between the Chapters and despite the obvious cultural differences between them, many lasting bonds were formed. The Raptors engaged in frontline combat duties and acted as mobile reserves during the first standard year and a half of combat in the sector. Of particular note was Operation Sedna wherein the Adeptus Astartes forces were tasked with liberating the planet Surngraad. The Raptors devised a cunning plan to assault the polar defence fortress. The successful execution of the plan allowed for the Raptors and Salamanders to retake Surngraad. Losses during Operation Sedna included severe damage to the battle barge War Talon; this however did not remove it from the war.907.M41 - Participating in some of the heaviest fighting of the war took its toll on the Chapter and by the end of 907.M41 it was estimated the Raptors had lost between 35% and 60% of their original fighting force. The worst losses were inflicted during fighting against the Mantis Warriors and Astral Claws in the Gargathea System and included the destruction of the strike cruiser Arias Vex. The losses were not in vain, however, as the Raptors helped achieve the eventual victory on Gargathea III, a victory that in no small part was also due to the Raptors' ability to match the Mantis Warriors' ambush tactics.908.M41 - Deemed "combat-ineffective" after suffering heavy losses and with the intent of allowing the Chapter to rebuild, the Raptors were ordered to withdraw from the war. The Raptors next focussed their attention on the growing wars in the Ultima Segmentum. The Raptors' strike cruiser Shadow Stalker and a small force of battle-brothers did remain in the Maelstrom Zone for some time, however, though the exact reason for this is unknown.Third War for Armageddon (998.M41) - The Raptors deployed a task force of five companies from the Chapter throughout the equatorial jungles and vapour woods of the Hive World of Armageddon during the Third War for Armageddon. The Raptors served alongside the infamous Astra Militarum regiment known as the Armageddon Ork Hunters and the Catachan Jungle Fighters whose deadly jungle warfare skills and infiltration tactics were best suited to the terrain.Taros Campaign (998.M41) - The Taros Campaign was an Imperial military campaign fought by the 4621st Astra Militarum Army and elements of the Adeptus Astartes to reclaim the Imperial desert mining world of Taros from the T'au Empire and its Kroot and Human (Gue'vesa) allies of the Taros Planetary Defence Force. The Raptors deployed their 3rd and 6th Battle Companies in support of Imperial forces during the Taros Campaign.Indomitus Crusade (Unknown Date.M42) - The Raptors Chapter assigned elements to Fleet Primus, Fleet Secundus and Fleet Tertius of the Indomitus Crusade (see above).