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Rhino Transport

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{{Topquote|Look, Rhinos,'' '''''RRRRRRHHHHIIIIIIINNNNNOOOSSSSS!!!!''''' ''Our enemies hide in'' '''''[[METAL BOXES|METAL BAWKSES]]''''','' DA KOWARDZ! TEH FEWLZ!! We...*space asthma* We should take away their METAL BAWKSES!!|[[Firaeveus Carron|Chaos Lord Firaeveus Carron of the Alpha Legion]]}}

[[Image:StandardRhino.png|right|thumb|Standard Rhino]]
[[Image:DarkAngelsRhino.jpg|right|thumb|[[METAL BAWKSES]]!]]

'''Rhinos''' are the primary Armored Personnel Carrier of the Space Marines (both [[Chaos Space Marines|Traitor]] and [[Space Marines|Loyalist]] alike), and are without a doubt one of the most useful and ubiquitous vehicles in the entire Warhammer 40K universe. As an easy bake oven (read [[STC]]) produced vehicle, the Rhino dates back to the distant time of Mankind's initial colonization of the galaxy. Originally, they were named "RH1 N0 - Tracked Exploration and Multi-defence. This means that 'L33T SP34K' is still used in the distant grim dark future. Also it being created for "Multi-defence" hints at the possible fact that creation of this STC took place between 1970 and whenever [[C.S. Goto]] will finally draw his last breath.

==Overview==
They are the most ubiquitous vehicle period on the tabletop, as well; they are cheap, effective, easily-modded, and useful in a wide array of scenarios. They give Devastators the ability to get where they need to set up, Rubrics mobility, and if nothing else are something to hide behind when [[Eldar]]/[[Imperial Guard]] starts trying to snipe your commander with Brightlance/[[Lascannon]] fire. They can also be used as battering rams and for Tank Shocking enemy units. Topping it all off, they can pump some ammo down-range for when you really need to squeeze out some extra fire. If you ''don't'' take them out while their cargo is inside, you'd better take them before they do such dick moves as acting as moving cover, providing fire support (for the Chaos version, though the loyalists can do the same with the Razorback) and acting as tank shockers, since the annoyance factor of these things racks up in a hurry.

Rhinos aren't terribly well-armed OR well-armored; their front and side armor are AV11, and their rear armor is AV10. Their only weapon is a Storm Bolter (Combi-Bolter for the Chaos version). However, they are impervious to most antipersonnel fire from the front or sides (unless you fight Necrons or Tau), and the fact that they're ''so frickin' cheap'' to use - means they see a ''lot'' of use in literally every Space Marine and Chaos army that isn't completely drop-pod/teleport happy (and even then they may see quite a few Rhinos). It's so simple that it can be repaired by your average [[Imperial Guard|Guardsman]] (seriously), and its armor is thick enough to hold off considerable amounts of anti-personnel fire - handy against the [[Ork]]s and [[Dark Eldar]].

[[Firaeveus Carron]] hates the things for some reason. Brother Albus of the [[Thousand Sons]] has informed us that this was because Carron was dropped on his head during his gene-seeding process. Like, for the entire day he was dropped on his head over and over.

Also, Brother Vold, also of the [[Thousand Sons]], has hinted that the first thing he saw as a mortal was a single Rhino running over a lot of his hometown. Which would be badass if it wasn't so unbelievable.

As a broad counterpoint, there are a couple reasons to not utilize Rhinos. Firstly, as a cheap, efficient transport, they have a deleterious "pounds to points" ratio. Building up a large force of the transports does not swell a starting army quickly and they are thus shied from by players looking to start a force. Secondly, they have little offensive presence, especially with tank shocks being wholly unreliable. Certain editions favored raw aggression and static firebases, which left Rhinos out cold. In a similar vein, they did not always transport troops faster or more safely than walking, again edition-dependent. An early exploded transport was slower and could cause more damage to a squad than the stray rokkit that blew the Rhino up. Additionally, they can't carry bulky models or be used for scouting or infiltration well, thus closing off other combat styles from finding their use.

==Rhinos in Action==
[[Image:ChaosBoxes.jpg|right|thumb|[[METAL BOXES|SPIKY BOXES]]!]]

There are seven main kinds of Metal Box currently available; the Loyalist Version, the Mechanicus Version, the Custodes/Sisters of Silence Version, the Inquisition Version and the Chaos Version along with the Sororitas. All absolutely kick ass. Essentially speaking, almost everyone uses the damned [[METAL BOXES|Metal Box]] like the 40k equivalent of fucking iPhones. Even the [[Squats]] [[What|of all people]] are known to use the Rhino. Guess it really is that good eh?

'''Rhino Transport'''

The Loyalist Rhino is basic with lots of options. It has a Storm Bolter, which is generally better than a Combi-Bolter at longer ranges, and it can mount a wide variety of weapons as well, including things like Hunter-Killer missiles (infinite range one-shot Krak Missile). Additionally, dozer blades for Loyalist Rhinos work at speeds higher than 6", so it's possible for a Loyalist Rhino to move at cruise speed (or even [[Blood Angels|flat-out]]) and still get the bonus on Difficult Terrain tests. This makes the Loyalist Rhino useful as an assault transport, and generally ensures that it can get where it needs to go in a hurry.

'''Custodes Rhino/Null-Maiden Rhino'''

As expected from the [[Emprah|Emprah's]] [[Adeptus Custodes]] and [[Sisters of Silence]], they themselves have access to the Rhino to help assist them in the 41st millennium. However it is a bit sad seeing as how the Custodes and Sisters went from having [[Caladius Grav-Tank|anti-grav vehicles that could one shot most enemy tanks]] and [[Kharon Pattern Acquistor|stealthed APC's with anti-tank missiles]] during the [[Great Crusade]] to now being bound to one of the most simple vehicles of the Imperium. That or maybe the forces of the Talons of the Emperor are having budget cuts and decide to use the Rhinos as compensation so they could use their more advance vehicles as a backup. The differences between a Custodes and Null-Maiden Rhino other then troop compartment is that the Custodes version gets aegis (+5 invulnerable save) and venerable special rules while the Null-Maiden has a radius special rule that effectively can [[Cheese|turn off all psyker powers,]] so you can [[Troll|troll]] [[Thousand Sons]] and [[Eldar]] players. As expected, these Rhinos are covered in gold which somehow automatically improves its status as [[Wat|''''venerable''''.]] I guess gold paint really is the answer to everything.

'''Adepta Sororitas Rhino'''

Like their Space Marine siblings, the Adepta Sororitas have access to the Rhino. It's very similar to the normal Rhino (same equipment, same options). The only different things about it, aside from it's aesthetics, are that it has can take a Laud Hailer (basically a megaphone that constantly broadcasts prayers and hymns, which helps the Sisters with their acts of faith) and the fact that it comes with a 6+ Invulnerable and Adamantium Will. As you can imagine, this makes it just as awesome, if not more, than the Space Marine Rhino.

'''Chaos Rhino aka The Hedgehog'''

The main difference between loyalist and chaos version of Rhinos is that the ones of chaos have SPIEKS! In a few ways, the Chaos Rhino is a better deal than the Loyalist version. It lacks some of the nifty-bang-splat weapons of the Loyalists, but has a Combi-Bolter, which is better at close range than the Storm Bolter of the Loyalist Rhino. It also can pack on more extra stuff to make the model itself larger - which whilst has the potential to make your Rhino a larger (and easier to hit) target, also makes it do its job of providing cover in an emergency that much better. Chaos Rhinos can also mount Dirge Casters ([[rape|no overwatch for the enemies in 6"]]), and their vehicle can be possessed (immune to shaken/stunned results but becomes BS3/WS3 in exchange and can occasionally OMNOMNOM unlucky passenger). Its best-known and possibly-coolest advantage over the Loyalist Rhino is the [[Havoc Launcher]], which gives it a long-range twin-linked frag missile launcher that allows the Rhino to join in the fun and spray off some explosives to support its squad. It totally makes up for the fact that Chaos fellows don't get Razorbacks.

'''Mechanicus Rhino'''

The Mechanicus also deploys the Rhino but in less frequency due to having most of its forces as cyborgs and robots. It is similar to the loyalist counterparts but with Mechanicum iconography and stuff. They're also painted in Mechanicum red, black and white to show that yes, the Rhino is part of the Mechanicum forces. Although the Mechanicum don't really use them as much, the [[Skitarii]] found them to be quite useful in regards of not getting sniped in the battlefield. Plus the Mechanicum needs something that would led their [[Tech Thrall|expendable robo-men]] to do something rather than instantly dying in droves. For [[Games Workshop|some reason]], 8th Ed. AdMech don't have rules for rhinos, [[derp|even though they are the ones who manufacture them for the rest of the Imperium]], choosing the [[Skorpius Hover Tank|Skorpius Dunerider]] as its main transport.

'''Inquisition Rhino'''

The Inquisition not only has the Rhino but also other supposed 'Space Marine Exclusive' vehicles such as two patterns of [[Land Raider|Land Raiders]] and the [[Razorback]]. The Inquisition being some sort of pseudo-army (A large independent militia is a more accurate term) needed a transport vehicle to carry the [[Inquisitor]] and his merry men of psychos and sociopaths cheaply and safely. So it is of no surprise that the Inquisition would choose the famous Rhino and its versatility. While the Inquisition do also have access to the [[Chimera Personnel Carrier|Chimera]], it is more regulated to act as a support vehicle rather then being a dedicated transport, so the Inquisition rolls with it.

'''Squat Rhino'''

Yeah the Squats have them too. Back in the ye olde days, the Squats were able to gain access to the Rhino in the Ork and Squat Warlords army book back in 1992. While the Squats already have their oversized machines and [[Land Train|Land Trains]], they found out that they are in dire need of some surface crawling troop transport. So they got the Rhino in exchange for the Imperium getting the [[Leviathan]]. The deal worked, and now our little space dwarfs can ride inside a metal box while being supported by ''even bigger'' [[Colossus War Machine|Metal]] [[Cyclops War Machine|Boxes.]]

'''Real Rhino'''

The people over at Relic Games commissioned a true-to-scale Rhino for the Grim Dark Present of the Third Millennium. Oddly, they must have only had a Guardsman model on hand for scale purposes (This is because they didn't make one, they dressed up a FV432). [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PEU_201IfI See it here.] While badass, perhaps the money they put into that Rhino should have been put into [[Dawn of War II]].

==Other Rhino variants==
Because the Rhino is an incredibly easy vehicle to both make, maintain, and customize, the Imperium has developed several vehicles based on the Rhino chassis, though nearly all of them are exclusive to the Spehs Mahrens.

===[[Predator Tank]]===
The Predator tank is the Space Marine's standard battle tank that uses an up-armored Rhino chassis, but has no more transport capabilities as its weapons and ammunition take up the space. Instead, it has a turret-mounted autocannon and 2-side mounted Heavy-Bolter sponsons and even heavier armor. The autocannon and Sponsons can be swapped for lascannons for tank-hunting though. There's also the [[Blood Angels]]' custom version called the ''Baal Predator'', which mounts a twin-linked assault cannon or a flamestorm cannon for a turret.

Back then, the traditional all-rounder of the Predator was the Twin-linked lascannon turret and H.Bolter side-sponsons. Now, with the changes in the lascannon's stats and price, it's now reversed with the autocannon turret and lascannon sponsons, as this is now the cheaper option. If you use the 4th edition combo now, you're probably better off with a [[Land Raider]].

===[[Razorback Transport]]===
A heavier Rhino that eschews some personnel-carrying capacity for heavier weaponry. More expensive, but it can now mount shinier bits like Multi-Meltas and lascannons, which means it can act as a useful close-support unit as well as a transport, if the Predator is your Main Battle tank, the Razorback is your light Infantry Fighting Vehicle.

Particularly useful for marine [[Devastator Squad]]s which provides them with much needed mobility and can provide effective support for them as their weapons can match the range devastators typically fight from.

===[[Whirlwind]]===
The Whirlwind artillery tank is the Spehss Mahrens' primary artillery piece. It can't exactly contest with the IG's artillery in terms of power, but it is more mobile than most of them. It's optimized for screwing over infantry, it can either fire an AP4 shell for anyone in the open, or another one that ignores cover saves.

===[[Vindicator]]===
Probably the only good thing [[Roboute Guilliman]] did during the Horus Heresy is inventing the Vindicator. The Vindicator is the nightmare of every other thing out there. The Vindicator mounts a Demolisher Cannon, which is basically a S10 AP2 pieplate shotgun and coupled mad-tough frontal armor.....with a fucking dozer blade that makes it look cool and makes sure that even difficult terrain can't stop it from fucking someone's day up. In short, think of it as a battering ram ... With a Demolisher cannon. If something expensive gets in it's firing range, it's 98% guaranteed dead, or at least messed up badly. With 6th ed rules any vehicle even touched by the deathpie template gets the full brunt of fuck, instead of just half.

It's even scarier when it's with Chaos version, [[DISTRACTION CARNIFEX|throw in a havoc launcher and daemonic possession and then watch your opponent devote retarded amounts of firepower to keep the Khorne-incarnate rape-engine down.]]

===[[Space Marine Stalker|Stalker]]===
A new Pattern, introduced in the 6th edition codex for the [[Space Marines]]. Looks like an overhauled [[Whirlwind]], but replacing the Missile launcher with Anti-air cannons and MOAR plates, making it a Flak tank of sorts. Can target multiple enemy targets firing normally, or one target with twin-linked.

===[[Space Marine Hunter|Hunter]]===
Anti-aircraft vehicle. It kills flyers by pelting them with dead people.

===[[Sabre Tank Hunter|Sabre]]===
The Sabre is an old pattern used during the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy. It is basically a self-propelled tank destroyer that usually uses either a hull-mounted lascannon or autocannon. Its nothing really fancy. Its a simple Rhino with a gun, with the transport ability removed as the passenger compartment is used to store ammo, or in the lascannon's case: the generators responsible for powering the weapon.

Think of a Jagdpanther and you're pretty close.

===[[Immolator]]===
A Sisters of Battle only variant, the Immolator mounts a pair of Heavy Flamers standard, but can switch it for a pair of Heavy Bolters or a pair of Multi-Meltas, thereby completing the Holy Trinity of Bolter/Flamer/Melta. Formerly a go-to unit for anyone playing Witch Hunters, but when the Inquisition got split off and Sisters got their own separate army, the points got jacked up and it stopped being as popular. It came back in force with the 6e digital update, with a points decrease, every unit in the army having easy access to it and a free upgrade to multi-melta.

It's worth pointing out that it, like the Sister Rhino variant you can build from the same box (protip: The difference is whether the glass canopy on top is open or closed) are absolutely gorgeous models. But then, having gorgeous models has never been an issue for Sisters.

===[[Exorcist]]===
The Sister's primary artillery piece and in true Sister fashion it's a tasty blend of awesome looking and insane. Similar to the Whirlwind, except it replaces the regular old rocket launcher with a missile spewing pipe organ. However, due to the frosty relations between the Ecclesiarchy and the Mechanicus, they don't get as much proper maintenance as they should, resulting in an appropriately moody machine spirit that might decide to sulk and only spit out one missile... or go mad with battle fury and unload a whopping six onto your enemy's face.

===Deimos-Pattern Rhino===
An earlier version of the Rhino used during the Great Crusade, the Deimos-Pattern Rhino is somewhat better armed than the currently used version with two turret-mounted bolters (which could be replaced with a pintle-mounted combi-bolter, heavy bolter, heavy flamer, or Havoc missile launcher). However, this extra firepower came at the [[Wat|expense of front armor]], and without an assault ramp it was not quite as good at carrying assault troops into battle.

===Rhino Advancer===
The Rhino Advancer AKA the Space Marine Limo was a long bodied, open-topped variant of the Deimos-Pattern Rhino modified to carry a greater number of Space Marines while also letting them deploy more rapidly. This was due to the larger, 20 man Tactical Squads of the Crusade/Heresy Era. They have since fallen out of use as their increased capacity was of little benefit after the Legions were divided into smaller Chapters.

===[[Grav-Rhino]]===
This Rhino was specially equipped with grav-plates similar to the [[Land Speeder]] and further enhanced with technology reverse-engineered from Eldar transports, allowing them to hover over the ground and fly to a limited extent. Only the [[Adeptus Custodes]] and the Sisters of Silence have been known to use them, and even then they have never been deployed since the Siege of Terra. It's been theorized that they were meant to carry troops to and from the Imperial Webway that the Emperor was attempting to construct.

===Castellan Rhino===
Like anything else associated with the [[Iron Warriors]], the Castellan Rhinos were designed with siege warfare in mind. While it was still perfectly usable as a transport, its real value stemmed from the unfolding armor bracing that allowed it to be quickly repurposed into an instant bunker.

===Rhino Primaris===
A new command Rhino announced as an exclusive for Warhammer World, it differs from other Rhinos by using a twin-linked Plasma Gun as its main weapon instead of a Storm Bolter. But more importantly, as a command tank it gets a fun batch of toys- anytime past the first turn, its orbital array either allows it to bring in one unit from reserves (bypassing the reserves roll entirely) or call down a Chapter Master-style orbital bombardment once per game (S10 AP1 with Ordnance 1, Barrage, Massive Blast, and always rolls 2d6 for scatter regardless of BS). Additionally, it has a Servo Skull Hub that gives out one of three buffs to anyone within 12" (each of which is usable once per game): grant a unit Fearless, repair a nearby vehicle for one Hull Point on a 2+, or allow a unit to fire Snap Shots and Overwatch at their full BS. It's meant to be used alongside the Land Raider Excelsior, and as a result it gives the LR +1 BS as long as it stays within 24" of it. And for those wondering it, no, the Rhino Primaris can't transport actual [[Primaris Space Marines|primaris]].

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:Null-Rhino-2.jpg|Custodes/Null-Maiden Rhino
Image:SororitasRhino.png|Sisters of Battle Rhino
Image:Battle+Sisters+2nd+Rhino.jpg|Sisters of Battle Rhino (note: those things at the front are styled after WWII hedgerow cutting devices; tanks that had them were nick named "rhinos" by Americans, making this a Rhino Rhino.)
Image:Mechanicus_Rhino.JPG|Mechanicus Rhino
Image:Inquisition_Rhino.jpg|Inquisition Rhino
Image:Squat_Rhino.jpg|Squat Rhino
image:DeimosRhino.png|Deimos Pattern
Image:20141220_154906-1.jpg|Deimos Pattern
Image:Rhino_Limo.jpg|Rhino Advancer
Image:Space-Marine-Rhino-Primaris-Command-Tank.jpg|Rhino Primaris
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Land Raider]]
*[[Aurox Armoured Transport]]
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Marines Malevolent

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{{Infobox Spess Mahreen Chapter
|Name = <s>Evil</s> Marines Malevolent
|Heraldry = [[File:Marines_Malevolent_Icon.jpg|150px]]
|Battle Cry = [https://youtube.com/watch?v=UrgpZ0fUixs This ancient Terran chant]
|Founding = A mistake
|Successors of = Unknown, as no Chapter in their right mind would admit it.
|Successor Chapters = No Chapter would admit it anyway
|Chapter Master = Scumbag Steve
|Primarch = <strike>[[Secundus]]</strike> <strike>[[That Guy]]</strike> Unknown and presumed ashamed
|Homeworld = Worse off for having them
|Specialty = Being absolute assholes, dickwards and douchebags, pissing off the [[Salamanders]], and getting completely burned by said [[Tu'Shan|Salamanders]]
|Strength = Hopefully declining
|Allegiance = [[Imperium]] (much to their chagrin)
|Colours = Piss Yellow and "Hangover poop" Black trim
}}
[[File:Marines Malevolent.jpg|250px|thumb|left| Witness the very pinnacle of douchebaggery, the yellow that reeks of <s>scum</s> PISS. They are every [[Salamanders]]' nightmare and major cause of [[rage|ragequits]]. They are... the Marines Malevolent. Notice they are also the colour of wasps, undisputed douchebags of the insect world.]]

{{Topquote|The Marines Malevolent are '''the worst'''.|[[Games Workshop]] [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2018/10/19/20th-oct-500-facts-for-500-stores/ itself]}}

The '''Marines Malevolent''' are a [[Space Marines|Space Marine]] [[Space Marine Chapter|Chapter]] in [[Warhammer 40,000]]. They have only two real defining characteristics beyond their piss-hued [[Ceramite]]: they are complete assholes (even by WH40k standards), and they hate (and are hated by) the [[Salamanders]], which is probably related to the first point. It may also be related to their ''unique'' approach to hostage situations (hint: it involves [[Whirlwind]]s). They're such super massive assholes that, if their douchebaggery manifested in reality, it would be as a [[Warp]] [[Great Rift|Rift]] which would collapse in on itself and sucks in the entire universe. Imagine [[Angry Marines]] but with all the anger, rage, and lolrandom cursing replaced with passive-aggressiveness, zero empathy, and complete dickishness. They're pretty much the poster boys of everything bad about the [[Imperium of Man|Imperium]] rolled into one collection of chucklefucks. Between that and the name, they're collectively the [[Goge Vandire]] of Space Marine Chapters: almost comically evil, comically dickish, and overtly malignant... except that the Imperium eventually "solved" their Goge problem, at least.

==Relationship with the wider Imperium of Man==
They have a shortage of [[Power Armour|power armour]] (pissing off the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] tends to have that effect), so they use [[Pauldron|whatever parts of it]] they can find. In the novel ''Salamander'' by Nick Kyme, they even steal some from an abandoned forge ship. Not only do they justify such acts by necessity born of their own infamy, but also by their sheer contempt for anyone who is <s>inferior</s> not them. This, coupled with their aforementioned lack of empathy, means they show outright scorn towards the common people of the Imperium, and won't bat an eye at slaughtering confirmed faithful humans to accomplish their goals, such as wading through the unclean masses in their spikiest boots on their way to convert the Ministorum orphanage into a new firing range.

Most Chapters such as the [[Imperial Fists]] or [[Ultramarines]] regard casualties, particularly those of the collateral nature, to be unfortunate but largely unavoidable. ''Yes, many civilians and Guardsmen died during the orks' assault on the hive, but had we not fought the xenos there, many more would be dead. Civilian casualties should be avoided but the mission always comes first.''

A few Chapters such as the Salamanders, [[Lamenters]] (The counterpart to the Marines Malevolent in many ways, being poorly equipped and distrusted by the Imperium at large, but also being genuinely compassionate to regular humans as opposed to these [[Murderhobos|dickwads]]), and the [[Space Wolves]] go out of their way to minimize casualties. ''Battle-brothers, we few are all that stand between the heretics and the refugee camp behind us. The PDF and the Guard have not the men to spare to protect this place as they withdraw themselves. But curses upon ourselves and our Chapter if we allow that degenerate rabble to harm the Emperor's faithful!''

But then we have the Marines Malevolent; their attitude is that the dead are worthy of contempt, for they were too weak to live, and if the wounded suffer, then it is likewise because they are wretchedly weak. ''Help, Guardsman? No, you will only have my scorn.'' [[Iron Warriors|Sounds vaguely familiar...]] This might be why the other Space Marine assholes known for sacrificing civvies, the [[Star Phantoms]], nearly destroyed the chapter during the [[Macharian Heresy]].

Their callous and insufferably smug attitude towards authorities and civilians has even caused the ire of the [[Inquisition]] to press charges to censure the chapter. [[Wat|Yes, even the trigger-happy Dickbags that pop]] [[Exterminatus]] [[Derp|like Christmas presents,]] [[That Guy|find the Marines Malevolent to be fucking unpleasant and cruel towards civilians.]]

==Relationship with other Space Marine Chapters==

At this point, with the amount of hatred the Chapter has garnered, it's pretty amazing in and of itself that several other, cooler Chapters don't just petition the [[High Lords of Terra|High Lords]] to disband them and give the armour and weapons to other Chapters who don't shit themselves laughing after launching artillery at a refugee camp. Hell, since the Imperium is so bumfuck retarded, they could probably get away with being stamped as 'Traitors' for killing civilians for no reason (ooh, some Kommandos are nearby. It'd be nice if we had some sort of low-key, un-Power Armoured marine who has been trained in stealth and reconnaissance to go and take them out).

And should that happen, I can't think of too many Chapters who would turn down the chance to kick the Marines Malevolent in their collective dicks. Especially if the [[Minotaurs]] and [[Carcharodons|SPESS SHARKSH!!!]] happen to be in the area. One of the Malevolents challenged a [[Black Templar]] to an honor duel, just so he could take the Templar's armor when he won, so the Templars would probably be first in line as well.

They even blackmailed a First Founding Chapter Master to the point that he had to physically restrain himself from smacking the fuck out of the Malevolent representative. When the two met again at the end of the Third Armageddon campaign, said Chapter Master openly insulted the Malevolent Captain (after he beat the ever-living fuck out of him in private) in front of the entire army, causing much sniggering amongst the nearer [[Imperial Guard|Guardsmen]] and earning the Chapter Master ([[Tu'Shan]]) the title Hero of Armageddon.

Well OK, he got it for kicking [[Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka|Thraka's]] ass, but who cares.

One could make the argument that this dickishness is just extreme pragmatism, combined with scorn towards everyone (including their own) who show weakness. You'd be wrong. Being pragmatic isn't bad in itself as such Chapters like the [[Raven Guard]], or their successors like the [[Raptors]], show multiple times, but the Marines Malevolent are just callous. They see others as an interference in doing their job as Marines, while those who prevent them in doing so actually do so because even they draw a line. An Inquisitor must be pragmatic due to the things he has to deal with constantly, but even then he wouldn't go that far as to put an entire sector to the torch unless he has enough evidence to justify this act, and even then he'll go to great lengths to hit places where heresy and corruption are at its worst and then cauterize the rest before it grows and strengthens itself. The Raptors Space Marines are known for their pragmatic take on warfare, yet even then they will never go so far as to waste allies or bombard a place with civilians in it. This is the reason why Marines Malevolent are not liked <s>that much</s> by the Imperium.

They also have piss-coloured armour, the ungrateful fucks.

Other forces in the Warhammer 40k universe may be EEEEEEVIL!!! on some sort of grand cosmic scale of [[Grimdark|grimdark]], but very few are just nasty, petty, and cruel in an all-too human way. They treat their [[Chapter Serf]]s like slaves, and for those not in the know, this is otherwise unheard of. That's not grimdark, M&Ms, that's just... unpleasant.

In short, in a galaxy of horror and tragedy, most suffer jadedly, a few grieve but only the Marines Malevolent jeer.... well, and the [[Iron Hands]], but [[Skub|that's basically retconned now]]. Alternately: a Marine Malevolent is, on average, ten pounds of jerkwad in an eight pound bag.

==42nd Millenium==
They're still active in the 42nd Millennium (unfortunately). A Marines Malevolent relief force arrived to rescue some Custodians defending Primaris Marine Gene-tech on Loque II, just in time to rescue the last surviving Custodian and the gene-tech. Knowing the Marines Malevolent, they probably not only tried to take the gene-tech but they probably took the credit too.

As a side note, when asked what the chapter opinion was of the Marines Malevolent, the Angry Marines actually got ''so'' mad that they each individually popped a blood vessel and passed out before they could give their answer. The resulting Angry Energy wave was so powerful that warp travel became virtually impossible an entire sector for at least ten weeks.

==Characters (or lack thereof)==
They have only a few named characters, and only a few are alive at the time of the 'present day' in 40k. They had no fewer than thirty three of their men (including a Veteran Sergeant, ''two'' Techmarines, a pilot, and a '''fucking APOTHECARY''') get infected by the Obliterator Virus while they were boarding the ship ''Demetrion,'' so Vinyar basically told them to go hit themselves with Tu'Shan's Thunder Hammer until they were purified. We are not kidding.

===Captain "Dickbag" Vinyar===
The only Malevolent known to be alive at the time of Medusa was '''Vinyar,''' a Company Captain with a raging grudge against Tu'Shan, and the actual cause of most of the Chapter's reputation. No really. read the books. While the chapter has a reputation for being dicks, its because they are compared to the snugglebunnies called the [[Salamanders]], but over all are only dicks out of pragmatism. FUCKING VINYAR thought is your garden variety petty goddamn jackass. While a normal Marine Malevolent will use one of his brothers as bait for the enemy so the rest can attack more safely, Vinyar will straight have one of the other Marine Malevolent's killed just to clap back at that guy's friend. Or have a bunch of his troops, who got chaos corrupted, attack an allied Astartes homeworld, just to clap back at that guy for calling him out on his dickatry! And unlike most unreasonably petty fucking jerkoffs depicted in 40k, Vinyar doesn't even have the excuse of being Chaos corrupted. '''HE IS JUST A COMPLETE PRICK'''.

==Chapter Tactics==
'''Friend no one Likes:''' When determining the level of allegiance between a faction with this chapter tactic and another without it decrease the standard level of allegiance as shown on the allies matrix by one to a minimum of ''Come the Apocalypse''.

'''Victory at any Cost:''' Units with this chapter tactic may make shooting attacks at enemy units that are locked in close combat with any allied unit that does not have this chapter tactic. To represent the nature of firing into a swirling melee use the following rules when firing: If using a blast or template weapon place them as usual but allied models may be under its starting position and roll for scatter as necessary. If firing another kind of weapon target the enemy unit as normal and roll to hit with a -1 to ballistic skill. For each successful to hit, roll to wound against the enemy unit, but for each miss roll to wound against the allied unit. All wounds are randomly allocated and saves may be taken as normal.

'''Disdain for the Weak:''' Units with this chapter tactic automatically pass morale checks the unit must take due to Casualties or to Losing an Assault.

==Daily Rituals==
04:00: -Morning. Marines Malevolent awaken and turn off the obnoxious heavy metal music and strobe lights playing outside of their soundproofed bedrooms. The chapter <s>slaves</s> serfs are beaten and whipped to awaken them from their 4 hours of sleep. Any who protest are shoved into hunter missiles.

05:00: -Enforcement of morale. Said hunter missles are launched to awaken the local populace. They always try to aim for adult care centers or hospitals.

06:00: -Morning Prayer. The chapter serfs are sent to collect cotton in the fields whilst the Marines Malevolent pray to the Emperor. These prayers are usually outright ignored.

07:00: -Morning Firing Rites. The chapter serfs return in time to be used as target practice for neophytes. They also practice yelling passive aggressive insults at the serfs for when any Salamanders show up.

08:00: -Morning Meal. The Marines Malevolent eat a light meal of waffles and milk. Any slightly overcooked waffle demands the immediate creation of ten serfs into servitors.

09:00: -Morning Battle Practice. Said servitors are destroyed with extreme prejudice with their families being sent messages about how worthless they were in life and death with pictures of their corpses attached to the letters.

10:00: -Midday Battle Practice. The chapter gathers to talk shit on the majority of the Imperium. This takes a large portion of the day, as the Mechanicus, Militarum, Ecclesiarchy, Inquisition, Iron Hands, Ultrasmurfs, Black Templars, Salamanders, half the population of their planet, and Angry Marines are all talked copious amounts of shit. This time is also set aside to defend the chapter when someone hears that they were talking shit.

15:00: -Afternoon Battle Practice. Realise they wasted all that time pointlessly, and so take it out on the chapter serfs by either killing them or burning the cotton they collected. May also fight any Salamanders that happen to be nearby (and usually get beat up by said Salamanders).

16:00: -Tactical Indoctrination. The Marines Malevolent study the works of history's greatest shitcunts, assholes, piss stains, arse weasels, ovary thieves, and cock munchers for inspiration. The first company read the collected works of the most revered of the Chapter's icons; the xenos abomination [[Assholetep]], and the horrid [[Eldrad]], kept secret from the rest of the Imperium.

17:00: -Recruitment. Kidnap innocent civilians to replenish their dwindling number of serfs. May also kidnap orphans to become future Marines Malevolent.

18:00: -Evening Meal. The Marines Malevolent giggle to themselves about how mad they made everyone else during their feast. Sometimes they try to eat cake stolen from Children's birthday parties, but usually cannot because the Inquisition ordered the Blood Ravens to steal it back. The Blood Ravens are all too happy to oblige.

19:00: -Night Fighting Training. The Marines Malevolent initiate evening battle practice. May or may not involve deepstriking directly into a funeral and making death jokes, depending on how they feel at the time.

20:00: -Free Time. The Marines Malevolent do all sorts of recreational activities. Typical activities include fine tuning their lack of empathy for any other living being, running up as big of an astropath charge as possible with long, meandering but awkward conversations that you aren't quite sure if you should hang up on, trying to start fights between loyalist chapters, "urban driving practise" which involves smashing civilian homes over with land raiders, verbally harassing any nearby orders of the Sisters Of Battle, and acquiring sweets by stealing them from small children after popping their balloons.

23:00: -Bed time. The Marines Malevolent decide to go to bed. They turn the heavy metal back on turn on obnoxiously bright strobing middle finger pattern spotlights to make sure none of plebs get any sleep, whether they be the Techpriests at the nearby manufactorum or the lowliest peasant.

00:00: -Actual Bed Time. The Chapter Serfs are finally allowed to "sleep".

==Gallery==
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Image:50448-Marines_Malevolent_40k_Space_Marines_Armageddon_Yellow.jpg|A squad of Marines Malevolent, resplendent in their piss colored armor.
Image:Gallery_Maelovent_Boxes.jpg|[[METAL BOXES|YELLOW BOXES!]] [[Firaeveus Carron|Carron]] would be pissed.
Image:99001_md-Marines_Malevolent,_Powerfist_Sergeant.jpg|Brother-Captain Assneus Dickeos.
Image:Marines_Malevolent_banner.png|Salamanders weep bitter tears when the Marines Malevolent arrive.
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