Editing Corsairs Gallant (section)

===Filibusters and Blackshields===
[[File:blackshieldcorsair.png|200px|frame|right|A Corsairs Gallant-aligned Blackshield operating during the Brother's War]]Even prior to the Brother's War and the Corsair's joining of the Separatist cause the Corsairs Gallant made heavy use of unmarked and false-flag operatives, keeping a full seven-thousand marines in covert status. The origins to this phenomenon lie in the traditions of old Manden and surrounding worlds. Trade families dominated the politics, and it was simply the way of things to both declare ones official forces as well as maintain unmarked forces, often masquerading as other armies or mercenaries, yet composed of fully loyal members. Rahman instituted this method for acting outside the normal realms of propriety. Though often rumored, they were studious in hiding their origins and never officially pinned to the legion; if they were to be captured, they would instead destroy themselves to prevent identification.

A Fillibuster is an astartes masquerading as another legion, with armor and equipment to match. Only the most skilled members of the legion, able to emulate the mannerisms of other legions, were chosen for such a role. Often, the Corsairs would deploy such troops simply to keep tabs on the other legions, leading to one of the reason they had such information. Yet this also became something of a blind spot; paranoid due to his divination abilities, Rahman trusted these assets to keep him appraised and yet he was caught off guard by the Brotherwar all the same.

Blackshields, on the other hand, originated with the act of blacking out the armor of an astartes for deniable operations not linked to any explicit legion. Though during the Brotherwar other blackshields would arise in the form of rogues and warbands, the original blackshields where actually these Corsairs assets. Additionally, the Corsairs would recruit a number of other blackshields into their forces, both overtly and covertly supporting them and directing them towards ends that Rahman saw as desirable or necessary.