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Storm Eagle - History: The Storm Eagle gunship is a design that dates back to the time of the Great Crusade in the late 30th Millennium, where it was deployed alongside the larger and more numerous Stormbird and Thunderhawk designs used by the Space Marine Legions' space and aircraft-fleets. It is closely related in design to the Stormraven.The Storm Eagle was a dedicated tactical strike unit and was very heavily armed for its size, but lacked the Space Marine transport capacity of the other patterns of gunships.The Storm Eagle was first constructed on Terra, but as the Great Crusade pushed further and further out into the galaxy, the principal sites of Storm Eagle manufacturing shifted to the Mechanicum Forge Worlds of Tigrus, Galatea, and Anvilus IX, all of which are primary-grade Forge Worlds whose vast industrial output was sufficient to supply all of the Space Marine Legions and the Custodian Guard with large numbers of these well-regarded and adaptable aircraft.Unfortunately for the Imperium, all of the aforementioned Forge Worlds suffered catastrophic damage during the Horus Heresy and the Standard Template Construct (STC) pattern for the Storm Eagle was thought to be lost during this tragic period of history, making further manufacture of this gunship impossible for the Imperium after the end of the Heresy in the early 31st Millennium.Although several Space Marine Chapters have managed to keep a sizable core of Storm Eagles operational down through the centuries, during the later years of the 41st Millennium the number of Storm Eagles in active service has actually begun to increase, especially amongst those Chapters known to have favourable relations with the Adeptus Mechanicus.This has led some observers to believe that production has been restored at an as yet unknown location.
Storm Eagle - Armament: The Storm Eagle is an assault gunship and is thus heavily armed for its task. In fact, the Storm Eagle is one of the most heavily armed Imperial aircraft of its size. The Storm Eagle is equipped with forward hull-mounted twin-linked Heavy Bolters, and a hull-mounted Vengeance Launcher.The forward hull-mounted twin-linked Heavy Bolters can be replaced with twin-linked Multi-Meltas or a single Typhoon Missile Launcher. The Storm Eagle can also carry up to 4 Hellstrike Missiles or Tempest Rockets under its wings.Alternatively, the Storm Eagle can equip two twin-linked Lascannons under its wings. The aircraft can be upgraded with a searchlight that is used to illuminate enemy ground forces and extra armour plating for additional protection from enemy fire.Storm Eagles are also commonly outfitted with an additional layer of ceramite plating, for added protection against enemy fire.
Storm Eagle - Unit Composition: 1 Storm Eagle Gunship (41st Millennium Only)1 Legion Storm Eagle Gunship (31st Millennium Only)
Storm Eagle - Wargear: A standard Storm Eagle Gunship is armed and equipped with:Twin-linked Heavy BoltersVengeance Launcher or ROC Missile Launcher (ROC Pattern Only)2 Hellstrike LaunchersMachine Spirit (Artificial Intelligence)A Storm Eagle Gunship may replace its set of hull-mounted twin-linked Heavy Bolters with any of the following:Twin-linked Multi-MeltasTyphoon Missile LauncherA StormEagle Gunship may replace its two wing-mounted Hellstrike Launchers with:2 twin-linked LascannonsA Storm Eagle Gunship armed with a Typhoon Missile Launcher can use the follwing types of munitions:Frag MissilesKrak Missiles
Storm Eagle - Horus Heresy Era Wargear: During the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy the Storm Eagle Gunships of the Legiones Astartes featured different weapon load-out options than those still found during the 41st Millennium.A standard Legion Storm Eagle Gunship is armed and equipped with:Twin-linked Heavy BoltersVengeance Launcher4 Tempest RocketsMachine Spirit (Artificial Intelligence)A Legion Storm Eagle Gunship may replace its set of hull-mounted twin-linked Heavy Bolters with any of the following:Twin-linked Multi-MeltasMissile LauncherA Legion StormEagle Gunship may replace its 4 wing-mounted Tempest Rockets with any of the following:4 Hellstrike Missiles2 twin-linked LascannonsA Legion Storm Eagle Gunship may take the following vehicle equipment:SearchlightExtra Armour PlatingArmoured Ceramite Plating
Storm Eagle - Chaos Storm Eagle: While the Storm Eagle dropped out of use amongst the Adeptus Astartes when the two Forge Worlds that produced it in the greatest numbers fell during the Horus Heresy, many Chaos Space Marine warbands retained their vessels and, so it appears, the secrets of maintaining them.Though rarely deployed in great numbers, the Heretic Astartes have continued to make use of their Storm Eagles throughout the Long War. The craft are well-suited to the wars the Traitors wage, for many attacks are carried out by small bands of elite warriors launching precise, bloody assaults upon specific objectives.Those Storm Eagles serving in the ranks of the Heretic Astartes warbands are often very different from those serving with the Adeptus Astartes. Their Machine Spirits are corrupted and cruel, and their armour is clad in fell runes and ghastly trophies. In many cases, the vessel's systems have mutated, either under the direction of a Warpsmith or else spontaneously through prolonged exposure to the Warp.
Storm Eagle - Notable Users of the Storm Eagle Gunship: Adeptus Astartes - The Storm Eagle Gunship is used by several Space Marine Chapters that have favourable relations with the Adeptus Mechanicus.Chaos Space Marines - Owing to the ancient provenance of the Storm Eagle's pattern, a few examples of the gunship, albeit heavily modified to keep them in service, are found in the hands of Chaos Space Marines. The Storm Eagle has been in service to the Traitor Legions since the early days of the Great Crusade, though those examples still in working order have often been corrupted by the Warp, are covered in blasphemous Chaotic iconography and may have had their Machine Spirits (Artificial Intelligence) replaced by a possessing Daemon.Salamanders - The Salamanders Chapter has very favourable relations with the Adeptus Mechanicus and has been known to make extensive use of the Storm Eagle.Iron Hands - The Iron Hands Chapter has very favourable relations with the Adeptus Mechanicus and has been known to make extensive use of the Storm Eagle.Charnel Guard - The Charnel Guard Chapter deployed six Storm Eagle Gunships during the campaign on Kaziah's Moon in the Bittershard System.Revilers - The Revilers Chapter deployed a single Storm Eagle Gunship during the campaign on Kaziah's Moon in the Bittershard System.Minotaurs - The Minotaurs Chapter makes use of standard and Roc Pattern Storm Eagles, first deploying the latter variant of the aircraft during the Orphean War.Space Marine Legions - The Storm Eagle was widely used by all of the Astartes Legions during both the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy.Legio Custodes - The Legio Custodes made use of the Storm Eagle during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy eras. It is unknown if the Adeptus Custodes still make use of the aircraft in the late 41st Millennium.
Storm Eagle - Adeptus Mechanicus Technical Specifications: Storm Eagle Assault GunshipTypeAssault GunshipOperational CeilingN/A (Void Capable)Vehicle NameStorm EagleMax Speed2,000 kilometres per hour (approx.)Forge World of OriginTigrus, Anvilus IXRange30,000 kilometres in atmosphereKnown PatternsUnknownMain ArmamentHull-mounted Vengeance LauncherCrewUnknownSecondary ArmamentNose-Mounted twin-linked Heavy BoltersPowerplant2 Undesignated Combination Rocket/Afterburner TurbofansMain Ammunition48 MissilesWeight68 tonnesSecondary Ammunition2,000 RoundsLength18 metresArmourWingspan11.8 metresSuperstructure45 millimetresHeight7.2 metresHull55 millimetresTransport Capacity20 Space Marines or 10 Terminator Marines or Assault MarinesAccess Points2 Side Doors, 1 Front Ramp, 1 Rear RampROC Pattern Storm Eagle Assault GunshipTypeAssault GunshipOperational CeilingN/A (Void Capable)Vehicle NameStorm EagleMax Speed2,000kph (approx.)Forge World of OriginUnknownRange30,000km in atmosphereKnown PatternsUnknownMain ArmamentHull-mounted Vengeance LauncherCrewUnknownSecondary ArmamentNose-Mounted twin-linked Heavy BoltersPowerplant2 Undesignated Combination Rocket/Afterburner TurbofansMain Ammunition48 Missiles (Roc Warheads)Weight68 tonnesSecondary Ammunition2,000 RoundsLength18 metersArmourWingspan11.8 metersSuperstructure45 millimetresHeight7.2 metersHull55 millimetresTransport Capacity14 Space Marines or 7 Terminator Marines or Assault MarinesAccess Points2 Side Doors, 1 Front Ramp, 1 Rear Ramp
Storm Eagle - Sources: Imperial Armour Index: Forces of the Adeptus Astartes (8th Edition), pp. 34-35Imperial Armour Aeronatica, pg. 28Imperial Armour Volume Twelve - The Fall of Orpheus, pp. 10-11, 150-151, 160Imperial Armour Volume Two, Second Edition - War Machines of the Adeptus Astartes, pp. 24, 134-141Imperial Armour Volume Thirteen - War Machines of the Lost & The Damned, pp. 71-73The Horus Heresy - Book One: Betrayal (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pp. 45, 97, 149, 165, 214-215The Horus Heresy - Book Three: Extermination (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pp. 80-81, 135-136, 278The Horus Heresy - Book Six: Retribution (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pp. 94-95The Horus Heresy - Book Seven: Inferno (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pp. 94-95The Horus Heresy: Legiones Astartes - Age of Darkness Army List pg. 57Angel Exterminatus (Novel) by Graham McNeill, pp. 102-104, 129-131Forge World - Storm EagleForge World - Darkwing-pattern Storm Eagle (Dead Link)
Storm Falcons - Storm Falcons: The Storm Falcons is a Loyalist Codex Astartes-compliant Space Marine Chapter of unknown origin and Founding. Virtually nothing is known about this obscure Chapter within Imperial archives, except that the name of the Chapter's homeworld is Talon and that it is located in the Segmentum Ultima in the Hodur Sector.In 997.M41, Hive Fleet Leviathan encroached into Imperial space. The Tyranids, under the direction of the legendary synapse creature known as the Swarmlord, orchestrated multiple planetary invasions. In the span of only four solar months, the Swarmlord oversaw the absorption of 24 worlds, including the Storm Falcons' Chapter homeworld of Talon.This resulted in a series of swift victories for the Leviathan along the spine of worlds within the Hodur Sector. Talon was subsequently abandoned. Whether or not the Storm Falcons fought to the last or simply abandoned their doomed planet is not known and the Chapter's current fate remains undetermined.
Storm Falcons - Notable Campaigns: The Swarmlord Returns (302.997.M41) - Hive Fleet Leviathan's swiftest victories occurred along a spine of worlds in the Hodur Sector. In the span of a single standard year, the Swarmlord oversaw the absorption of dozens of worlds, including Talon -- homeworld of the Storm Falcons Space Marines Chapter.
Storm Falcons - Chapter Colours: The Storm Falcons primarily wear grey Power Armour. The Aquila or Imperialis on the chest guard, as well as the shoulder plates, are black. The open-faced yellow squad specialty symbol -- Tactical, Devastator, Assault or Veteran -- is located on the right shoulder plate. A yellow Gothic numeral is stenciled in the centre of the squad specialty symbol, indicating squad number. The colour of the shoulder plate trim indicates company number in accordance with the Codex Astates -- i.e. White (1st Company), Yellow (2nd Company), Red (3rd Company), Green (4th Company), etc.
Storm Falcons - Chapter Badge: The Storm Falcon's Chapter badge is a stylised yellow Aquila, whose wing tips end in lightning bolts, centred upon a field of black.
Storm Falcons - Sources: Adeptus Astartes: Successor Chapters (Limited Release Booklet) (7th Edition)Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition), pg. 30Codex: Tyranids (6th Edition) (Digital Edition), pg. 71Codex: Tyranids (5th Edition), pg. 29
Storm Giants - Storm Giants: Storm GiantsLoyalistCodex AstartesChapterSpace MarinesFoundingSalamandersNocturneThe Storm Giants have fought in several of the Imperium's greatest and most pivotal wars, not least amongst them the Third War for Armageddon.They display heightened physical strength, even for Space Marines, and there is some debate that their gene-seed may have mutated to enhance their Biscopea.Several magi-genetors have made requests to study the Chapter's gene-seed but the Storm Giants have refused on each occasion.
Storm Giants - Chapter History: Almost nothing is known about the Storm Giants' origins, save that they were created at some point after the Second Founding.Many scholars point at their similarities in physique, markings and tactical dogma with Chapters such as the Salamanders and Black Dragons to suggest they may be descended from the Primarch Vulkan's gene-seed.
Storm Giants - Notable Campaigns: Second Purging of Lastrati (543.M36) - During the so-called Second Purging of Lastrati, the Storm Giants' 1st Company and several Tactical Squads and Vindicators were sent to support Marshal Gervhart and his Black Templars as they purged the planet of Lastrati upon discovering a purity cult, called the Divine Army, had turned to blood rituals in worship of the Blood God Khorne.Third War for Armageddon (998.M41) - The Ork Warlord Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka led the third invasion of the Segmentum Solar Hive World of Armageddon in 998.M41 during what became known as the Third War for Armageddon. The Storm Giants sent 5 companies in support of the Imperial defenders on Armageddon.
Storm Giants - Chapter Organisation: The Storm Giants are organised in accordance with the tenets of the Codex Astartes.
Storm Giants - Chapter Combat Doctrine: Being a Codex-compliant Chapter, the Storm Giants can adapt to any circumstance that may occur on the battlefield. Nevertheless, many scholars have found similarities in their tactical tendencies to those of the Salamanders and Black Dragons -- a preference for close-range firefights.During the Second Purging of Lastrati, their Tactical Squads worked in concert with their Vindicators to assault the enemy defence lines, executing a 4-stage combat formation -- first, the Vindicator would launch a preparatory artillery strike, while a demi-squad of 5 Astartes gave covering fire to its left and another made a rapid advance to its right.Then, the Vindicator would fall back as the Tactical Marines kept advancing and blocking its line of fire, and the Astartes would storm the enemy position, first from the right, then from the left. Once the defence line was overrun and both demi-squads were ready to begin this process again, the Vindicator would quickly advance and provide suppression fire.
Storm Giants - Notable Storm Giants: Techmarine Cadvan - Cadvan was a Techmarine of the Storm Giants who served with the Deathwatch. In 999.M41, Cadvan was stationed at the Watch Station of Picket's Watch under the command of Captain Nergui. He was part of the search party assembled by Nergui to search for two missing Kill-teams in the Damocles Gulf and deal with the threat to Imperial Titans presented by the new KV128 Stormsurge T'au Battlesuit.
Storm Giants - Physical Appearance: The Storm Giants have long been suspected of being a Successor Chapter of the Salamanders due to their similarly strong physiques.It is unclear whether they have the same tendency to develop ebony skin, which is due to the mutation in the DNA of the Salamanders' Melanochrome gene-seed organ.
Storm Giants - Chapter Colours: The Storm Giants primarily wear tan power armour. The inset of the right shoulder pauldron and the Aquila are red.The white squad specialty symbol on the right shoulder guard designates operational specialty -- battleline, close support, fire support, Veteran or command.A black High Gothic numeral is stenciled on the centre of the squad specialty symbol which indicates squad number.No company markings are displayed.
Storm Giants - Chapter Badge: The Storm Giants' Chapter badge is a stylised red thunderbolt, pointing upwards and centred on a field of tan.
Storm Giants - Sources: Adeptus Astartes: Successor Chapters (Limited Released Booklet)Codex: Space Marines (8th Edition) (Revised Codex), pg. 59Codex Supplement: Salamanders (8th Edition), pg. 56Codex: Armageddon (3rd Edition), pp. 18, 32Imperial Armour Volume Two - Space Marines and Forces of the Inquisition, pp. 74, 181Insignium Astartes: The Uniforms and Regalia of the Space Marines, pg. 63Storm of Damocles (Novel) by Justin D. Hill, Dramatis Personae, Ch. 1White Dwarf 249 (UK), "Index Astartes - Emperor's Shield"
Storm Hawks - Storm Hawks: The Storm Hawks is a Loyalist Codex Astartes-compliant Space Marine Chapter and a rare Successor Chapter of the Raven Guard. Its exact date of creation is unknown, but the Storm Hawks are thought to be related to the Raven Guard through a later Founding. Their Chapter homeworld is named Zephyr.
Storm Hawks - Chapter Colours: The Storm Hawks primarily wear white Power Armour. The Aquila or Imperialis on the chest guard is red. The red squad specialty symbol on the right shoulder guard designates operational specialty -- Tactical, Devastator, Assault or Veteran. A white Roman numeral is stenciled on the centre of the squad specialty symbol which indicates squad number. The colour of the left knee guard indicates company number in accordance with the dictates of the Codex Astartes -- i.e. White (1st Company), Yellow (2nd Company), Red (3rd Company), Green (4th Company), etc.
Storm Hawks - Chapter Badge: The Storm Hawks' Chapter badge is a red hawk's head with a red lightning bolt protruding from its open beak, centred on a field of white.
Storm Hawks - Sources: Adeptus Astartes: Successor Chapters (Limited Release Booklet)Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition), pg. 30How to Paint Space Marines (2004), pg. 88Imperial Armour Volume Eight - Raid on Kastorel-Novem, pg. 104
Storm Laser - Storm Laser: A Storm Laser, also known as the Decimator Storm Laser, is a large, multi-barrelled laser weapon that is used by the Forces of Chaos. Imperial records indicate that the Storm Laser is known only to be used by the Chaos Decimator Daemon Engine, although it is presumed that it may also be used by other Chaos vehicles and Daemon Engines.The Storm Laser is similar in function to the Multi-Laser used on several Imperial vehicles, such as the Chimera and the Sentinel combat walker. The weapon is highly effective against enemy infantry and lightly armoured vehicles. The Storm laser is usually deployed on Decimators that will be expecting to face  large numbers of enemy infantry, and is usually used either in conjunction with a Decimator Siege Claw or another Storm Laser, but can also be wielded in tandem with a Soul Burner Petard or a Butcher Cannon.
Storm Lords - Storm Lords: The Storm Lords is a Loyalist Space Marine Chapter and a rare Second Founding Successor Chapter created from the gene-seed of the White Scars.The Storm Lords have always maintained a strong sense of rivalry with the White Scars. They frequently compete with their forebears for glory, and have been known to go to reckless lengths in order to emerge victorious.
Storm Lords - Chapter History: As Second Founding successors of the White Scars Chapter, the Storm Lords can trace their history back to a time when Jaghatai Khan hunted across the stars. The Storm Lords were founded in the wake of the tragic events of the Horus Heresy in the early 31st Millennium.Sharing their gene-father's battle lust and aggressive style of lightning warfare, the Storm Lords have ever sought to best the deeds of their progenitors, and the two Chapters often compete on the field of battle to amass the greater glory.Since those bygone days, the Storm Lords have amassed a long list of battle honours, serving the divine Emperor for over ten standard millennia. The Storm Lords are particularly renowned for the ferocity with which they hunt Ork WAAAGH!s; the walls of the feasting halls within their fortress-monastery are covered in the scalps of slain Warbosses.Brotherhoods (companies) of the Storm Lords have recently deployed to the beleaguered Hive World of Armageddon, where their Land Speeder squadrons have earned the honour of drawing first blood against Warboss Deffdrekka's Speed Freeks, much to the chagrin of the White Scars.
Storm Lords - Chapter Organisation: The Storm Lords is a Codex Astartes-compliant Chapter with one minor deviation -- their helms rather than their pauldron trim is painted in their company colour as proscribed in the Codex.The Chapter is known to have some preference for the use of fast-moving vehicles like Assault Bikes and Land Speeders, just like the White Scars.
Storm Lords - Notable Storm Lords: Sergeant Balzach - Despite his current status as the bloody-handed Chaos Lord of the Skulltakers Chaos Space Marine warband, Zhufor, "the Butcher of Vraks," was once known as Balzach, a sergeant of the Storm Lords Chapter. Balzach was captured by members of the World Eaters Traitor Legion and converted into a traitorous killing machine using a mix of drugs, torture, and psycho-corrective surgery. Since his conversion, Zhufor has lost all memory of his past life as a loyal servant of the Emperor.Hasdrubal - Hasdrubal was a member of the Deathwatch who hailed from the Storm Lords Chapter. He was a member of a Kill-team led by Sergeant Decurius tasked with infiltrating a Sslyth nest on the planet Kolagar. Hasdrubal, along with his teammates Zameon Gydrael and Thorne, fought their way through to a specific point of the nest and planted a virus bomb to wipe it out.Tulwei - Tulwei was a Storm Lord who was a founding member of the Deathwatch during the War of the Beast. He took part in the search for an Ork psyker on the world of Valhalla who could be used as a conduit to direct the Null anti-psychic energies of the Sisters of Silence into The Beast's WAAAGH! on Ullanor to defeat the greenskin menace to the Imperium.
Storm Lords - Chapter Colours: The Storm Lords' power armour is painted in a halved colour scheme; the right side is entirely red whilst the left side is white. The backpack and the Aquila or Imperialis on the breastplate are black.The white squad tactical specialty symbol -- battleline, close support, fire support, or command -- is indicated on the right shoulder pauldron whilst the Chapter iconography is painted on the left.Veteran status is instead displayed through the use of a laurel icon on the helm of a contrasting colour.Unlike their progenitors, who utilise unique Chapter iconography to designate squad number which is based upon the imagery used by the tribes of their Chapter homeworld of Chogoris, the Storm Lords instead utilise Codex Astartes-approved squad designations, which are indicated by a white Low Gothic numeral painted directly in the centre of the squad specialty symbol or to either side of it.Most unusual, the Storm Lords' helm colour denotes company designation in accordance with the Codex -- i.e. White (1st Company), Yellow (2nd Company), Red (3rd Company), Green (4th Company), etc.
Storm Lords - Chapter Badge: The Storm Lords' Chapter badge is a white skull superimposed over three red lightning bolts in a triangular pattern on a field of white.The symbol matches the traditional tribal markings of their forebears' nomadic tribes on the White Scars' Chapter homeworld of Chogoris.
Storm Lords - Sources: Codex: Armageddon (3rd Edition), pp. 18, 32Codex Adeptus Astartes - Space Marines (8th Edition), pg. 35Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition), pg. 47Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition), pg. 8Codex: Space Marines (6th Edition), pp. 8, 14, 39, 77, 143Codex: Space Marines (7th Edition) (Digital Edition), "White Scars Successor Chapters," pg. 136Codex: Space Marines (8th Edition) (Revised Edition), pg. 41Codex: Space Marines (9th Edition), pg. 70Codex Supplement: White Scars (8th Edition), pg. 28Codex: Ultramarines (2nd Edition), pg. 43Deathwatch: The Flesh of the Angel (Short Story) by Ben CounterGathering Storm - Volume One - Fall of Cadia (7th Edition), pg. 96How To Paint Space Marines (2004), pg. 81Imperial Armour II - Ork, Eldar and Dark Eldar Vehicles for Warhammer 40,000, pg. 31Imperial Armour Volume Thirteen - War Machines of the Lost & The Damned, pg. 23The Last Son of Dorn (The Beast Arises Series, Book Ten) (Novel) by David Guymer, Ch. 1Hunter's Snare (Novella) by Josh Reynolds, Ch. 1War Zone Octarius Book 1: Rising Tide (9th Edition), pp. 30-31
Storm of Iron (Novel) - Storm of Iron (Novel): Storm of Iron is a novel written by Graham McNeill.
Storm of Iron (Novel) - Synopsis: On the nightmare battlefields of the Warhammer 40,000 universe, few foes spark more fear and dread than the Chaos Space Marines. Nurturing a hatred that is millennia-old, they attack without mercy, spreading terror and destruction in their wake. Now hell has come to Hydra Cordatus, for a massive force of terrifying Iron Warriors, brutal assault troops of Chaos, have invaded the planet and lain siege to its mighty Imperial citadel. But what prize could possibly be worth so much savage bloodshed and destruction and how long can the defenders possibly hold out?
Storm Ravens - Storm Ravens: Storm RavensSpace MarineChapterFounding
Storm Ravens - Notable Storm Ravens: Master of the Arsenal Jagveij Skyhammer - Victor of the Rhopara Crusade and developer of the "Suppression Force" doctrine. It was at his direction that several of the Storm Ravens' Land Speeders were stripped of all unnecessary armament and fitted with sophisticated terrain-following sensor arrays. Drawing upon two hundred standard years of combat experience, Skyhammer retrained the Chapter's pilots, suppressing their hunting urges and awakening instincts of evasion and caution, the better to scout enemy formations and direct Whirlwind fire support. After great successes in the assault on the Rhoparra sector capital, Skyhammer's tactic was adopted not only by the rest of the Storm Ravens Chapter, but across the Adeptus Astartes as a whole.
Storm Ravens - Chapter Colours: The Storm Ravens' Chapter colours are not listed in current Imperial records.
Storm Ravens - Chapter Badge: The Storm Ravens' Chapter badge is not listed in current Imperial records.
Storm Reapers - Storm Reapers: Storm ReapersSpace MarineChapterPrimaris Space MarinesWhite ScarsUltima Founding
Storm Reapers - Chapter History: There are none more battle-hungry than the Storm Reapers, the first Primaris Chapter founded from Jaghatai Khan's gene-seed. In them runs the purest of blood distilled from the legendary primarch.The Khan would be proud of his newest, ferocious sons -- for they are wise and noble, but on the attack they fight with a passion he would recognise as his own.They have claimed the Feral World of Jagun for their home planet, the natives of which are known for their savagery.The Storm Reapers have been commended for their spearheading of the Absolutis Crusade.
Storm Reapers - Notable Campaigns: Brimstone Stampede (Unknown Date.M42) - Alongside the Grey Knights 2nd Brotherhood, the Storm Reapers stopped the Bloodthirster Xakros'Ka after his Brimstone Stampede emerged from the newborn Great Rift and killed trillions of Imperial citizens across the Carricus Sector. While the Storm Reapers launched lightning assaults into the flank of Xakros'Ka's mighty horde, the sons of Titan struck at its heart. Armed with the Bloodthirster's true name, the Grey Knights destroyed Xakros'Ka's physical form, but the victory came at a hideous cost.War of Beasts (Unknown Date.M42) - The Storm Reapers sent 2 demi-companies to serve alongside the White Scars who deployed to the strategically vital world of Vigilus to protect that crucial link between the Imperium Sanctus and the Imperium Nihilus from xenos and the forces of Chaos.
Storm Reapers - Chapter Colours: The Storm Reapers' Chapter primarily wear white power armour. Their backpack, as well as the Aquila or Imperialis worn on the chest guard is black.Like their progenitors, the Storm Reapers also base their Chapter iconography on the imagery used by the barbarian tribes of Jagun from which they are recruited.This usually takes the form of jagged lightning bolt designs painted onto their armour and helms, echoing the ritual scarification applied to the flesh beneath.In addition, the Storm Reapers display their company markings on their left knee plate or greaves as opposed to their shoulder pauldrons. The knee plate is typically black, while the lightning iconography is white.The black squad specialty symbol on the right shoulder pauldron indicates tactical specialty -- battleline, close support, fire support, Veteran or command -- while the Chapter iconography is proudly displayed on the left shoulder pauldron.A white High Gothic numeral stenciled on the squad specialty symbol indicates squad number.
Storm Reapers - Chapter Badge: The Storm Reapers' Chapter badge is the profile of a large, black, double-bladed battleaxe, with two red lightning bolts striking diagonally downwards, centred on a field of white.
Storm Reapers - Sources: Codex Adeptus Astartes - Space Marines (8th Edition), pg. 35Codex Adeptus Astartes - Grey Knights (8th Edition), pg. 25Codex: Space Marines (9th Edition), pg. 70Codex: Space Marines (8th Edition) (Revised Codex), pg. 41Dark Imperium (8th Edition Starter Set), "Defenders of Humanity," pg. 15Imperium Nihilus - Vigilus Defiant (8th Edition), pg. 79
Storm Shield - Storm Shield: A Storm Shield is a Power Shield that is used by the Space Marines and sometimes by Inquisitors of the Ordo Malleus to provide an extreme form of protection from ranged weapons fire and potent melee strikes.The Storm Shield is a much larger and rarer version of the Combat Shield and is usually used only by the most decorated of Astartes, often Vanguard Veterans or Veterans wearing Terminator Armour. Unlike the Combat Shield, which is attached to the user's arm and thus allows the hands to remain free, the Storm Shield is heavier and needs to be carried in one hand.The Storm Shield is equipped with an internal gravitic energy field generator which renders all but the most powerful blows completely ineffective. The shield provides protection against both melee and ranged attacks and it is able to withstand an assault from even heavy weaponry like a Lascannon or a direct hit from an artillery piece.When the generator is activated, the shield shimmers with blue energy and when struck it emits crackling lightning, which gives the Storm Shield its name. While Storm Shields are most commonly used by Space Marine Terminators, there are also many Daemonhunters and other members of the Inquisition who use them.The most common variant of the Storm Shield is forged to look like the Space Marine Crux Terminatus and is wielded by Vanguard and Terminator Veterans who intend to engage primarily in melee combat. It is often paired with a Thunder Hammer.
Storm Shield - Notable Storm Shields: Anvil Shield - The Anvil Shield is an immense Storm Shield that Space Wolves Champion Arjac Rockfist utilises both as an impenetrable defence and as a convenient additional weapon to knock down and batter foes away from him in battle. This powered slab of Adamantium-laced obstinite has crushed the skulls of a score of enemy warlords.Bastion Unwavering - This mighty tower shield stands a little over a metre-and-a-half tall, forged of triple-hardened adamantium, and reinforced with a potent force field. It was brought to Watch Fortress Erioch by Brother Asmodel of the Angels of Redemption, and when its protection at last failed him, his Chapter demanded the return of their sacred relic. The Watch-Commander of the time saw this as dishonour upon Asmodel’s service in the Vigil, and kept it within the armouries of Watch Fortress Erioch, where it remains a point of contention between the Deathwatch and the Angels of Redemption to this day.Duty's End - A Chapter relic of the Imperial Fists Chapter, this mighty Storm Shield currently resides in the armouries of the Deathwatch's Watch Fortress Erioch. When Brother Sergeant Artor and his squad were posted on the world of Deepcut IX, guarding a mining colony, Ork raiders attacked. Despite assurances of assistance from the hundred or so miners, their chief foreman convinced them to flee and hide deep in the tunnels. The ten Space Marines were left to defend the mine head unaided against a horde of nearly a thousand Orks. The mine entrance was an excellent place to defend, but inevitably the Orks' numbers overwhelmed the Imperial Fists. Artor was last to fall, countless Slugga shells impacting on his great Storm Shield as he hacked down Greenskin after Greenskin.Levin Shield - The Storm Wardens Chapter Master, Lorgath Maclir, once wielded the Levin Shield. It is said he passed it to the Deathwatch of the Jericho Reach in payment of an honour debt to Watch Captain Mordigael. This Storm Shield adjusts to the bearer’s bio-electric signature and uses his body as part of the circuit to generate its powerful energy field. The crackling nimbus protects the wielder while electrifying his foes. The shield’s kinetic repercussion plating also unleashes thunderous fury when struck.Valiant Legacy - A Chapter relic of the Sons of Orar Chapter, this Storm Shield is of great antiquity, and is said to contain fragments of the original Storm Shield wielded by the hero Orar during the Great Crusade of the late 30th Millennium. Those who have held it claim they felt their Chapter’s spiritual patriarch watching and guiding them from afar. Some scoff at this legend, but none doubt that anyone bearing the shield is able to achieve great deeds.
Storm Shield - Sources: Codex: Space Marines (7th Edition) (Digital Edition), "Armoury of the Space Marines - Special Issue Wargear - Storm Shield", pp. 448-449Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition), pp. 100-101Codex: Space Wolves (5th Edition), pg. 51Dark Heresy: Ascension (RPG), pp. 142-143Dark Heresy: Book of Judgement (RPG), pg. 66Deathwatch: Core Rulebook (RPG), pp. 166, 168Deathwatch: Honour the Chapter (RPG), pp. 125, 136Deathwatch: Rites of Battle (RPG), pg. 157Deathwatch: The Jericho Reach (RPG), pg. 19Deathwatch: The Outer Reach (RPG), pp. 24-25The Horus Heresy - Book One: Betrayal (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pg. 236The Horus Heresy - Book Three: Extermination (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pg. 267Warhammer 40,000: Wargear (4th Edition), pg. 60Warhammer 40,000: Wargear (2nd Edition), pg. 69
Storm Speeder - Storm Speeder: The Storm Speeder is an anti-gravity skimmer vehicle used by the Primaris Space Marines of the Adeptus Astartes for multiple tactical roles.The Storm Speeder was developed as a part of Cawl's Primaris project, combining Arkhan Land's ancient discoveries of anti-gravitic technology with the uncompromising brute force of Cawl's own newly-discovered Repulsor technology.Though closely resembling the older patterns of the Adeptus Astartes Land Speeder and performing a similar function, Storm Speeders are larger and more heavily armed without compromising on manoeuvrability.The Storm Speeder can be outfitted in three variants -- the Storm Speeder Hailstrike, the Storm Speeder Hammerstrike and the Storm Speeder Thunderstrike -- each with a different combination of formidable turret and sponson weaponry designed to meet changing tactical needs on the battlefield.
Storm Speeder - Storm Speeder Hailstrike: The Storm Speeder Hailstrike is so heavily armed that it can annhilate entire swathes of enemy infantry in fusillades of blistering projectiles. Speeding over the battlefield, its specialised loadout shatters charging infantry formations and shreds barricades and other infantry defences.
Storm Speeder - Wargear: 2 Fragstorm Grenade LaunchersOnslaught Gatling Cannon (Turret Mounted)Twin-linked Ironhail Heavy Stubber
Storm Speeder - Storm Speeder Hammerstrike: The Storm Speeder Hammerstrike excels at rooting out enemies from trench and bunker networks. Sweeping low over the battlefield, it employs searing melta blasts and volleys of rockets to crack the foe's defensive lines wide open.
Storm Speeder - Wargear: Hammerstrike Missile Launcher2 Krakstorm Grenade LaunchersMelta Destroyer
Storm Speeder - Storm Speeder Thunderstrike: The Storm Speeder Thunderstrike can outmanoeuvre the foe at every turn, targeting vulnerable points in armour, fuel tanks and missile hoppers to turn opposing tanks and vehicles into raging fireballs.Just a single Thunderstrike is capable of destroying armoured breakthrough attempts, and when one is on the battlefield, few armoured enemies are safe. At the same time, the Thunderstrike is well protected from enemy air cover with its turret-mounted Icarus Rocket Pods.
Storm Speeder - Wargear: Twin-linked Icarus Rocket PodThunderstrike Las-talonStormfury Missiles
Storm Wardens - The Inheritors: After the Nemesis Incident, the Storm Wardens rebuilt their 1st Company of Veterans. Those who joined its ranks became known as "The Inheritors," knowing that they would represent their Chapter's honour until their ancestors awakened from their timeless slumber in stasis.Ever since the Nemesis Incident, the Storm Wardens have redoubled their diligence and their fortress-monastery of Highcastle now mounts sophisticated scanning technology reluctantly given by the Adeptus Mechanicus as payment for an ancient pact between the Tech-priests and the Chapter.
Storm Wardens - Chapter Organisation: The Storm Wardens maintain a high degree of isolation from many of the other institutions within the Imperium, and although their homeworld is located within the region of space once called the Calyx Expanse, very few amongst the ruling classes of the Calixis Sector or elsewhere are even aware of their existence.The exact reason for this isolationist tendency is unknown, but is likely to be a combination of the inherent character of the warrior-clans of Sacris from which the Chapter recruits and the events surrounding the Nemesis Incident. It is known that Ward-Master Lorgath Maclir has met with Lord Sector Marius Hax, the most senior representative of the Administratum in the Calixis Sector, but has had comparatively few dealings with the Inquisition's Ordos Calixis.He has, however, undertaken joint missions with a number of Inquisitors outside of the Calixian Conclave, amongst others one Inquisitor Lord Petrion Borsch. In addition, the location of the Chapter's homeworld and its mission to guard the northern reaches from threats emanating from the Halo Zones, the Storm Wardens have fought alongside various Rogue Trader houses, seconding forces ranging in size from a single squad to an entire company to take the light of the Emperor to the dark spaces on the map.One body that the Chapter does appear to have closer ties than normal with is the Adeptus Mechanicus. Because the Chapter maintains a large number of armoured vehicles, its forge is well served by Techmarines, but some would say this in itself is not sufficient to explain the closer than usual ties. Perhaps the answer is to be found deep beneath the fortress-monastery of Highcastle, sealed within the stasis chambers of the Watch Tower.The Storm Wardens are essentially a Codex Astartes-compliant Chapter, with very few deviations. One of the few is their decision to call their Chapter Master "Ward-Master."
Storm Wardens - Storm Warden Librarians: Like their fellow Astartes Chapters, the Storm Wardens also maintain a Librarium of potent combat psykers who are highly talented and trained to master the power of the Warp at the highest levels. Each Chapter selects its Librarians in its own way, either from seed worlds, as it does with the bulk of its initiates, or from the ranks of gifted psykers brought to the Scholastica Psykana.Most Chapters train and test chosen psykers following the ancient ways laid out in the Codex Astartes. Librarians of the Storm Wardens are trained in this way, and, with few minor variances, have been taught to live by the word of the Codex. Storm Wardens Librarians have a number of unique psychic abilities only used by the psykers of their Chapter.Ancestor's Rage - Calling upon the talents of dead heroes, a Storm Warden Librarian is able to instill within himself or another Astartes exceptional skill at arms.Call to Arms - Plunging his will into the Immaterium, the Librarian calls forth ancestral spirits to fight at his side.Crown of Lightning - The Librarian encases one of his foes in a crackling cage of lightning, searing his flesh and contorting his muscles.Hammer of the Emperor - With the power of an orbital barrage, the Librarian calls down a mighty hammer of psychic energy with the power to lay waste to entire towns.Mark of Scorn - The Librarian casts a curse upon one of his foes, marking them for death at the hands of the righteous and causing his combat abilities to degenerate.Thunder's Shell - The Librarian covers himself in a reactive psychic telekinetic shield that gets stronger the more force that is brought against it.
Storm Wardens - Chapter Homeworld: The world called Sacris, located in a backwater corner of the Drusus Marches sub-sector of the Calixis Sector, is classified as a Forbidden World by the Adeptus Terra, though it was originally a Feral World of highland moors and dark, gloomy swampland. It is inhabited by primitive, pre-industrial Human tribes of warriors who gather around charismatic clan warlords and continually battle for supremacy in the planet's shadowy swamps.The tribes of Sacris have a fierce code of honour and deeply believe that a man's word is his bond. The tribes worship the Emperor of Mankind as a stern, divine father who judges the souls of all men by their strength at arms and the purity of their honour. The culture of Sacris has had a strong impact upon the Storm Wardens, as many of the Chapter's neophytes come from its tribes. It is not uncommon to see Storm Warden Scout Marines with woad-painted faces like those of the native tribes.Humans are not the only inhabitants of Sacris, however; a sizeable colony of the Abhuman Ogryns survived on the planet's rocky southern continent, possibly the descendants of Ogryns owed a debt of honour as the result of an ancient oath sworn by the Storm Wardens before the Nemesis Incident. Whatever the truth of their origins, the Storm Wardens do not show the usual Imperial distaste for Abhumans and have fought beside many Astra Militarum regiments in the past that included units of Ogryns and Ratlings.At the present, automated Imperial orbital beacons encircle Sacris, declaring the world forbidden to all traffic and communion with the wider Imperium and spreading rumours that the planet is home to a deadly plague. The reason for this deception is unknown, save for the fact that it was Owin Glendwyr's final command as Chapter Master. Later Chapter Masters have continued this false quarantine, though they do not know the purpose for it or what danger Sacris might present to the rest of Mankind.
Storm Wardens - Fortress-Monastery: The Storm Wardens maintain their fortress-monastery on Highcastle, the single ivory-coloured moon that orbits above Sacris. Crenellated Gothic towers surmounted by gargoyle-shaped servitors define this great stronghold. Inhabited by all the Storm Wardens, it holds massive chambers where the Chapter's many vehicles and wargear are maintained. The fortress-monastery's halls bear a multitude of blank banners and deep scars left behind by the Nemesis Incident.Highcastle's lower halls (the term refers to the fortress-monastery as well as the moon of Sacris) extend deep below the moon's surface and contain the automated nanofurnaces that provide the raw materials and physical conditions necessary to craft new weapons and vehicles for the Chapter, overseen by the Master of the Forge. Deeper still are the stasis chambers, though none but the Storm Wardens' Dreadnoughts know their true location.Highcastle is a seemingly impregnable citadel, although much of the fortress remains inaccessible and unknown, even to the Storm Wardens. The age of Highcastle is difficult to determine accurately, but the fragmentary records remaining to the Chapter from before the Nemesis Incident reveal that Highcastle was present in this part of the galaxy even before the Angevin Crusade and the resulting formal incorporation of the Calixis Sector into the Imperium of Man.
Storm Wardens - Halo Stars Garrison: The Storm Wardens currently have their attention as a Chapter fixed on the great Warp storms that plague the Halo Stars near the Calixis Sector's borders. The Frontier Worlds that border them are protected by the Storm Wardens from xenos threats, Chaos Renegades and heretical recidivists.Because of the Storm Wardens' insular nature, only a very small number of Imperial monuments and documents celebrate their often heroic defence of these worlds.
Storm Wardens - Chapter Recruitment: The Storm Wardens descend from their fortress-monastery on Sacris' moon of Highcastle to the foggy moors and feral tribes below to hold a series of games and ritual combats to select only the fiercest and most intelligent warriors to join the ranks of the Adeptus Astartes. Often, aspirants must struggle against the fen-trolls and other dangerous native animal life of Sacris during these trials, facing combat in the mist-covered moors in what is actually a combination of a running skirmish with a marathon race.The adolescent recruits must navigate past pockets of toxic swamp gas, through infestations of swarm leeches, across the quicksand-filled plains and then reach the Storm Wardens' landing site. Those recruits who survive that far then compete in the games that pit potential recruits against each other in contests of raw physical strength and skill at arms.Simply to be able to compete in these trials elevates the status of a young man among the feral tribes of Sacris. Whether he succeeds or fails, he has tested himself against the greatest warriors on a harsh world and thus earned great respect. After passing the trials, many of these aspirants take with them to Highcastle the Sacris claymore, an heirloom weapon given by the Storm Wardens to successful aspirants as a reward for their tenacity that is cherished by the tribesmen.It is also common that when a Storm Warden dies, his claymore is ritually returned to his native tribe on the homeworld. Many blades have earned great fame and a place in legend for their tribe in this way.
Storm Wardens - Deathwatch Service: Like the feral tribesman they recruit from, the Storm Wardens value personal honour and strength at arms. The chance to challenge enemy foes in personal combat to test themselves, is of paramount importance to the Storm Wardens.Performing service in the Deathwatch, the Chamber Militant of the Ordo Xenos, provides ample opportunity for a Storm Wardens warrior to test his martial skills and his mettle against foes undreamed of. While fierce upon the battlefield, Storm Wardens are no less committed to the tenets of personal honour and obligation.Service to the Deathwatch comes naturally to the Storm Wardens, for they understand the dangerous duties inherent in performing the Long Watch against the vile xenos that would threaten Mankind. Perhaps because of their fondness for debate or their own turbulent history, Storm Wardens have an interest in mysteries and enigmas. This curiosity has led more than a few battle-brothers to volunteer for service to the Deathwatch as well.