Editing Silver Cataphracts (section)

==Legion Organization==
''"Why did this have to get so damn complicated?"''

'''Veshnyak, 3rd Army Group Commander'''


Due to the nature the Silver Cataphracts, they prided themselves on being organized and orderly in warfare. Several formations deviating from the normal layout were produced, based on actual effectiveness rather than neat division. The main fighting unit was the Army, led by an Army Commander. Army Commanders had to prove themselves personally to the Primarch in games of skill and intelligence. This was done to show they had the ability to think ahead, and improvise. Army Commanders who would further prove themselves would then be reevaluated again, and if they were found worthy, would be promoted to an Army Group Commander.

There was only ever two Overseers of Operation, but towards the beginning of the Heresy a rumor persist of a third Overseer planned to be promoted. This never came to fruition to the difficulties of organizing anything during the Hektor Heresy. The Overseer was the single most important Marine in the Legion. They were responsible for leading the Legion as a whole if the Primarch was disposed personally leading the Legion. They were also responsible for ensuring Imperial Army Regiments were attached to Silver Cataphracts formations.

Though the relationship between the Cataphracts and their Army allies was tense, the Rosskan Strelky never faltered in their responsibilities. Commonly the Strelky Regiments would be permanently integrated to certain formations, rebuilt even after total destruction. This would allow for a sense of consistency to permeate certain Army formations of the Legion. An unintended side effect of this organizational preference for the Strelky would create veteran forces adept at working side by side with Astartes forces. 

===Specialist Ranks===
'''The Witchborn'''
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[[File:Rosskan Witchv3.jpg|thumb|right|180px|A young Witch of Rosskar, apprenticed to Galash]]
Alexandri realized what Psykers were and how to use them immediately after taking control of his Legion. Through his purges of the Rosskan Covens the Primarch had complete familiarity with the capabilities of Psykers. The Argent's capable Psykers were shamed by the knightly order, but one of the few groups readily embraced by their gene-father. Reorganized into specialist units, the '''Witchborn''' proved their loyalty thrice fold. The few surviving Witches on Rosskar were recruited by these Astartes warlocks, trained by them to augment their own sorcerous strength. The Council of Nikaea banned this practice, with the Witches sent back to the homeworld while the Witchborn were disbanded as a formation.

The Heresy would change everything. The Witchborn were placed with greater importance than ever before, with whatever Witches who could be called up on short notice sent to Terra. This would prove invaluable against the Traitor's Psyker might and summoned Daemons. Reports have supposedly said that some Witchborn summoned up their own Daemons to combat the others, relying on winged beasts to serve them. If this is true, it could damn the entire Legion. However Galash and all of the Witchborn and the Witches would somehow disappear at the beginning of the Scouring. It has been theorized that Alexandri hid them throughout the galaxy, or within his own Legion, to save them from prosecution. Whatever the case, the fate of this formation has never been found out. 

'''The Huscarls'''
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Due to the lack of Assault Marines in the Legion, Byk of the Sacred Band took it upon himself to forge ahead with an elite core of capable close combatants. Wielding massive adamantium tower shields and crackling power axes, the '''Huscarls''' saved the Legion many times when their usual tactics would fail them. Rigorously would the Huscarls train, battling themselves in sometimes day long sparing matches in which they would use fake practicing axes but wear full equipment otherwise. They were both the backbone of the Legion. A line to fall back upon, or pin the enemy in place while they were ripped to shreds by their brothers.

The Huscarls preformed best when inserted onto the battlefield via mechanized transport or by aerial means. Without this their combat effectiveness greatly diminishes. During the Hektor Heresy, their presence saved multiple ships from Traitor boarding actions. 

'''The Cosmonauts'''

Void Warfare specialists 

'''The Reformers'''

Think Dark Angels Dreadwings. 

'''Organization Breakdown'''
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The following is an overview of all Legionary divisions during the Great Crusade and Heresy. These formations acted mostly independent of one another during the Great Scouring, however.

*Joint Strategic Battlegroup (Entire Legion, all Imperial Army Regiments Available), led by a Grand Officer of the Legion.
*Army Group (30,000 Marines, Seven Hundred Regiments of Imperial Armymen), led by a Group Commander.
*Army (15,000 Marines, Three to Four Hundred Regiments of Imperial Armymen), led by an Army Commander
*Battalion (7,500 Marines, One to Four Hundred Regiments of Imperial Armymen), led by a Junior Army Commander.
*Battle Company (1,000 Marines, One Hundred Regiments of Imperial Armymen), led by a Captain.
*Company(500 Marines, Four Companies of Imperial Armymen), led by a Lieutenant.
*Assault Squad(50 Marines, Ten Platoons of Imperial Armymen), led by a Praporshchik(Senior Sergeant).
*Battle Squad(10-20 Marines, Five Platoons of Imperial Armymen), led by a Sergeant.


The Army would be a common formation, spread out among several Expedition Fleets working in concert with one another. The Army Groups were formations designed to tackle particularly daunting enemies. Such as sector spanning stellar empires that would require significant portions of the Silver Cataphracts to attack. The Legion would try to stay together as much as possible when deployed, as Alexandri never wanted his forces to be weakened by being flung across the void.