Editing Reasonable Marines (section)

===[[Space Marines]]===

Like the Imperial Guard, the Reasonable Marines relations with the other chapters vary widely. However, recorded incidents of Reasonable Marines engaging other Loyalist Marines are unpleasantly common. Indeed, the Reasonable Marines have not forgotten the kinship they ought to still share with the other Chapters, and harbor a particular bitterness towards fighting them. In these cases, the adversity arise not so much out of pure hate as many of the Chapters are aware of them and skeptical of the Inquisition's propaganda. It arises in conflicting goals. While some Chapters team up with the Reasonable Marines just as often as they fight them, others are wholly incompatible with them. 

;[[Black Templars]]: Like the Sisters of Battle, the Black Templars' zealotry and lust for violence is too much for the Reasonable Marines. Coupled with their massive legions of soldiers, the Reasonable Marines outright avoid contact with the group unless forced to due to matters of importance or during extraordinary circumstances.

;[[Blood Angels]]: The Reasonable Marines used to  frown upon the Blood Angels, considering them more like beasts than Space Marines. Given the unstable nature of their geneseed defects, and their borderline psychopathic affinity for close combat, Reasonable Marines seldom deal with the Angels. However, this opinion is conflicting as some captains have become fascinated by stories of the Chapter somehow managing to ally and part peacefully with the Necrons: a foe the Reasonable Marines long believed to be wholly unreasonable. However, such interest is discouraged by more senior battle-brothers in the Chapter. Then they found out the truth and a 180 on their views ensued.

;[[Dark Angels]]: The Reasonable Marines are (quite reasonably) distrustful of the Dark Angels. Certainly not beyond working with them, but far from accepting. While the Reasonable Marines are no stranger to being scrutinized as treasonous, the Dark Angels show a sort of morbid love in persecuting threats to their credibility. Such behavior means they have something to hide, and the Reasonable Marines keep their distance, especially out of caution that the Dark Angels might lash out under the belief that they could by some chance be similar to the Fallen or worse; harbor some of them- which, given the way the Reasonable Marines recruit, does not help dispel these suspicions.

;[[Imperial Fists]]: The Reasonable Marines have no problems with the Imperial Fists and find great value in their defensive capabilities. In times where relations are smooth, it isn't uncommon for the two to collaborate in exchanging knowledge about the others' combat specialization. They still have their occasional disagreements, but they are often brief and usually resolved peacefully. 

;[[Iron Hands]]: The who? See Adeptus Mechanicus. <br> While the Reasonable Marines admire the Iron Hands unflinching tenacity and resolve, they despise how rigid and uncompromising they are. The chapter refuses to yield ground in battle even when it would be beneficial, and in victory completely eradicate their enemies, even if they have surrendered and are begging for mercy. They also see the Iron Hands' obsession with modifying their bodies with bionics as unhealthy and irrational. When the two come to blows a battle is always immediate as the Hands refuse any and all attempts at negotiation. In these instances the Reasonable Marines must regrettably resort to their more deadly armaments, the Iron Hands' enhanced physiology coupled with their many bionics rendering most non-lethal weapons useless. 

;[[Raven Guard]]: While the Reasonable Marines consider the Raven Guard fierce rivals in the aspect of covert ops and tactics, this is also the same reason the Reasonable Marines respect the Raven Guard, and they often go to great lengths to stay up to speed with their tacticians. The Reasonable Marines still get in scrapes with the Raven Guard, but more often than not, in a more competitive manner than truly aggressive. However, on the rare occasion that the two chapters do get locked in conflict, it results in painstakingly long, lethal guerrilla campaigns fought almost entirely beyond the naked eye. It's not uncommon for bystanders to think: "WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED" after several city blocks vaporize and life is somehow still going on business as usual. Still, the times where the two share a cause are often enough that the they are more likely to come to the other's aid, than to oppose them, becoming in those times a truly terrifying and utterly lethal alliance to be reckoned with. In this they are a rare example of a friendly rivalry between chapters.  For their part, the Raven Guard never skip an opportunity to ask the Reasonable Marines who their primarch really is.

;[[Salamanders]]: The two could not be of greater opposites in terms of approaches to combat specialty and tactics, but the two chapters share a high regard for prioritizing human lives over destruction of the enemy. This is why they get along very well and will work together easily enough.  It's just that tactically their methods do not synergize at any level higher than ''[[Rogue|Crouching Tiger]], [[DISTRACTION CARNIFEX|Firebreathing Dragon]]''; they are very different tools for very different purposes and both sides acknowledge that.   Conflict does occasionally rise, but is easily diffused because both chapters have humility and patience.

;[[Lamenters]]: Like with the Salamanders, the Reasonable Marines get along very well with the Lamenters. As the Lamenters believe it is their duty to first and foremost sacrifice to defend and protect the people of the imperium, the Reasonable Marines respect and honor their brothers heroism. If there are any clashes it's over the Lamenters' habit being willing to sacrifice any number of their men to save just a few civilians with the Reasonable Marines knowing when to cut their losses and understand when rescue attempts just aren't feasible. Still, this clash in ideals never leads to animosity and both chapters agree to disagree on this point. If there is anything the Reasonable Marines regret, it's not being able to help their Lamenter brothers more due to the Lamenters atrociously cursed luck making any attempts on the Reasonable Marines' part to provide support or backup being practically too late to be of any serious good.

;[[Space Wolves]]: Relations with the Space Wolves have not been particularly for the better. Like, at all. Not along the same vein of disaster as Black Templars or Blood Angels, the Reasonable Marines still have never worked well with the Wolves. The two share a common hatred of the Inquisition, so they see eye to eye on at least one topic, and might be all that keeps them from being wholly incompatible. But the Wolves' obsession with melee, drunkenness and, well, wolves, doesn't go well with the Reasonable Marines' doctrine. They could ally, but probably under circumstances where they both share a common enemy. While they would make great a buddy-cop action-comedy team, the Reasonable Marines have never forgiven the large role the Space Wolves played in the downfall of the Thousands Sons, so long-term team-ups are unlikely.

;[[Ultramarines]]: While the Reasonable Marines are ones who admire enforced tactics and strategies, the Ultramarines and their codex are just another chapter to them, one they are particularly indifferent towards. They are easy enough to get along with, and in comparison to some of the others are a preferred chapter. However, in terms of overall ability, they find the Ultramarines lacking, except in arrogance. The distaste has arisen from several occasions where the two did work together, only for the Ultramarines to take all the glory when being led by [[Cato Sicarius]], with others being more willing to share credit. Since then, even the Reasonable Scouts view them with a sense of ire. Despite their differences, the Reasonable Marines remain on friendly terms with the Ultramarines, aside from [[Cato Sicarius]] who they hate with a burning passion.

;[[White Scars]]: Another chapter the Reasonable Marines are fairly indifferent on, having nowhere near as much contact with them. They find the chapter's hit and run tactics highly effective and do occasionally emulate these tactics with fleets of landspeeders, but on the (rare) occasions that the two cooperate for extended periods of time their differences become apparent.  Simply put, Reasonable Marines see the Horde of Jaghatai as rather worldly.  Their love of hunting and calligraphy may not be as undignified as the Wolves, but the Reasonable Marines would still like to see the Chogorians spend more time on the shooting range.  For their part, the White Scars see their Reasonable cousins as disappointingly humorless, with their only saving grace over most chapters being that they aren't stubbornly uptight about the codex.  These differences become most apparent in the Deathwatch; inevitably Reasonable Marines come to despise their White Scar brothers as little more than well groomed Wolves.

;[[Angry Marines]]: Do you even need to ask?... Yes <br> The Angry Marines are the only Loyalist Chapter that the Reasonable Marines wholly refuse to ally with, or even acknowledge. Their favored tactic of [[ork|charging the enemy head on, screaming curses and causing mass casualty]] is too much for even the Reasonable Marines to bear, and the two Chapters come into conflict more often then nearly any loyalist chapters. <br> In the extremely likely event that the two come to blows, the conflict resembles a prolonged chase rather then a battle. The Reasonable Marines constantly moving as the Angry Marines give chase, [[troll|leaving traps and minefields in an attempt to slow them down]]. The Angry Marines keeping up by [[rage|completely obliterating whatever gets in their way]], be it a mountain, [[what|river, or a ravine]]. While the Reasonable Marines, inevitably manage to get away, the conflict is always painful for them. Continued surveillance revealing that the overwhelming rage the Angry Marines feel causes them to [[rage|launch a long and bloody campaign against the nearest potential enemy for the smallest transgression]], [[grimdark|resulting in months if not years of bloodshed that could have been avoided]]. For this reason contact and thus conflict with the Angry Marines is strictly prohibited.

;[[Blood Ravens]]:For the most part, the Blood Ravens and the Reasonable Marines find themselves as simple allies, fellow Astartes in service.  However, their history is marred by a single incident where a company of Reasonable Marines teamed up with the 4th Company Blood Ravens to relieve a Deathwatch fortress besieged by Ork freebooters.  The Reasonable Marines committed a demi-company of three tactical squads, with scout and devastator support.  The Blood Ravens claimed to have fielded an equivalent force but the Reasonable Marines only encountered the force's captain leading a single understrength squad with a dreadnought.  After the battle, the Fortresses archaeotech vaults were inexplicably found to have been breached despite no Orks ever being reported in the area.

;Fire Hawks:It's unknown what the Reasonable Marines stance on the Fire Hawks would be. But they would certainly give them a failing grade for lacking subtlety as evidenced by this quote that is (allegedly) attributed to them.
<div style="font-family:monospace; font-style:italic">The uniforms of the Imperial Guard are camouflaged in order to protect their wearers by hiding them from sight.<br/>The principle is that what the enemy cannot see he cannot kill.<br/>This is not the way of the Adeptus Astartes.<br/>A Space Marine’s armour is bright with heraldry that proclaims his devotion to his Chapter and the beloved Emperor of Mankind.<br/>Our principle is that what the enemy can see, he will soon learn to fear…<br/>Chaplain Aston, Fire Hawks 10th Company</div>