Editing Steel Marshals (section)

==The Steel Host==

Prior to their Primarchs discovery, just after the conquest of Sol and the bolstering of the Legion, the Tempest Knights were more or less informally organized into the ten "Demi-Chapters". Each Demi-Chapter was led by one of the members of the 10th Squad, the first led by Dietmar Hohn himself. Roughly operating as war bands, their numerous victories were darkened by the acts of barbarism by certain members of the former 10th Squad. Unless otherwise organized by their Captains, the Tempest Knights were not specialized and in some cases could be called a horde of Astartes that would descend on their foes.

Upon their Primarchs discovery, Roman reorganized the Legion with great detail. Reformed into the Grand Orders, each of these consisted of ten Orders. Each Order then consisted of roughly two hundred Astartes and twice that many Aspirants. It was Roman who thought that the aspirants should be tested in the heat of battle, for that is where they would truly become an Astartes. Each Order was then further split along battlefield duties, including line infantry, siege breaker squads, assault squads and heavy support squads.

===304th Order of the Steel Marshals===

The following example is a rough outline of a Steel Marshal Order.

-Centurion Avard Kalos (Legion Champion), Commander of the 304th Order, Hand of the Marshals, Breaker of Dark Citadel, Lord of the Rheldian Steppes (Accompanied by a Legion Command Squad)

-Attached Apothecarion Detachment and Techmarine Covenant

-Contemptor Dreadnought Valahad (Interred during the Dark Citadel Campaign)

-Terminator Squad ‘Knecht’ (Five Marines, Cataphractii Pattern Armor)

-One Veteran Tactical Squad (Ten Marines)

-Three Tactical Squads (Ten Marines each)

-Two Assault Squads (Ten Marines each)

-Four Siege Breaker Squads (Twenty Marines each)

-Two Tactical Support Squads (Five Marines each)

-Two Legion Outrider Squads (Five Marines each)

-Two Legion Heavy Support Squads (Five Marines each)

The 304th also possessed a number of transports and support vehicles depending on the mission type, terrain, and necessity.