Editing The Crusaders (section)

==Allies and Auxilia==
[[File:1445312110605.png|thumb|right|200px|Techno-feudal auxilia, typical of those deployed by the Crusaders]]
Thomas Gaudin often employed Auxilia to perform roles that his own Space Marines were less interested in.  The Crusaders tended to favour heavy infantry regiments, and if these formations rarely proved themselves as an "anvil" to the Marines' hammer, they were still a valuable addition in the field. Given the dispersed nature of the Crusaders forces, there was an astonishing variation in the types of Imperial Army forces that served alongside the Legion.

Thomas Gaudin visited ''Ardito'' in 878.M30 to inspect its troops.  Impressed by what he found, he ordered that half of the [[Ardito Highwatch]] regiments be attached to his Legion.  Although the Highwatch struggle in the open country favoured by the Crusaders, their skills in rough country often helped to screen the Astartes' flanks.