Black Sentinels

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{{Infobox Spess Mahreen Chapter
|Name = Black Sentinels
|Battle Cry = Take flight brothers!
|Number = MCCLXXX
|Founding = 21st (36th Millennium)
|Successors of = [[Imperial Fists]]
|Successor Chapters = None
|Chapter Master = Danik
|Primarch = [[Rogal Dorn]]
|Homeworld = [[Dersok 12]]
|Strength = ~1000
|Allegiance = [[Imperium]]
|Colours = Olive and Red
}}

A chapter founded using doctrine of the [[Raptors]] and [[Space Wolves|Wolf Scouts]], making them into the urban ghosts of siege-fighters. Commonly fighting against Tau and Dark Eldar attacks, the Black Sentinels wear their opponents down with lightning-fast close-quarter ambushes. Their doctrine emphasizes getting a good hit in then hightailing it, which often comes into conflict with the "Eye for an Eye" mentality of the [[Order of the Waning Dawn]]. During joint operations, Black Sentinel Battle-Brothers are often seen legging it to their next rally point with a still-shooting Sister stuffed under his arm. Needless to say, this only makes them stealthier in the Orkiest way possible.

== Heraldry ==

The Black Sentinels use a Rook taking flight and the rook chess piece to illustrate their watchful gaze over [[Dersok 12]]. Their armor is usually painted in a combination of olive and red to blend into their native cityscape. The red is close enough to the color of dried blood that it deceives the enemy.

==Recruits==

Any male on Dersok 12 can volunteer for Space Marine candidacy from the age of 10 standard years onwards, and are actively encouraged to do so. The training is grueling, but those who pass are put up for review by a triumvirate of the Head Chaplain, a Veteran Assault Marine, and the Chief Apothecary. Even those who do not pass the board are highly respected, and are often encouraged to try again until they grow too old. Females are permitted to undergo the training process as well, but with the understanding that they are not in the running for Space Marine candidacy. Many Sisters of Battle in the Order of the Waning Dawn completed this training, which both goes a long way towards maintaining their relations yet simultaneously confuses the brotherhood over how reckless the sisterhood's tactics are.

The Black Sentinels also run the Dersok PDF training facility and often use this course as a proving ground for potential recruits. Those selected are relieved of their obligations and undergo a significantly harsher round of trials, most involving live-fire exercises against invading Xenos. Considering how often the Doran J’Kaara Demlok Outpost, Broken Alter Kabal, and Da Mad Hoodz Freebooters attack, there's plenty of practice.

== Detailed information ==

'''Why Was The Chapter Founded?'''
Strategic Prognostication - "Our tarot cards say there's going to be a threat here, maybe. Found a Chapter!"

'''Gene-seed purity'''
Pure - Same as the progenitor in terms of purity, and will maintain close links with it

'''Chapter Demeanor'''
See, But Don't Be Seen - [[Codex Astartes|Run onto the battlefield in colourful armour screaming like a maniac?]] {{blam}} {{blam|No.}}

'''If one exists, what is the Chapter's Flaw?'''
Death Before Dishonor (Same as Progenitor)

'''Figure of Legend'''
Chapter Master Lorget

'''Deeds of Legend'''
Chapter Master Lorget led an action against the Eldar craft-world Rei-Shor, boarding it and inflicting grievous casualties before withdrawing.
He and his Chapter are especially hated by the pernicious Eldar, for whom the event is still fresh and raw.

'''Chapter Homeworld'''
Hiveworld (Dersok 12)

'''Homeworld Terrain'''
Urban

'''Rule of Homeworld'''
Stewardship

'''Chapter Organization'''
Chapter Divergent - The Dark Sentinels have no 10th company, instead of distributing their Scouts throughout the 2nd-5th

'''Combat Doctrine'''
Close Combat

'''Special Equipment'''
Blessed Wargear: It is common for members of this Chapter to have their Wargear blessed by a Chaplain before battle. Doing so puts the Battle-Brother’s mind at ease and more focused on the task at hand.

'''What form do the Chapters' beliefs take?'''
Revere the Primarch

'''At what strength is the Chapter?'''
Nominal Strength

'''Who are your Chapter friendly with?'''
[[Dersok 12 PDF "Looters"]]

'''Who are the Chapter's enemies?'''
[[Tau|Doran J’Kaara Demlok]] and the [[Dark Eldar|Broken Alter Kabal]]

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[[Category:Space Marines]]
[[Category:Warhammer_40,000/homebrew]]
[[Category:/tg/ 40,000]]

Dersok 12 PDF "Looters"

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{{Infobox Sister Order
|Name = Dersok 12 PDF "Looters"
|Battlecry = LOOT FOR THE LOOT GOD! TECH FOR THE TECH PRIESTS!
|Homeworld = [[Dersok 12]]
|Strength = Full
|Allegiance = [[Imperium]]
|Colours = Urban Camo
}}

===General Info===
They fight alongside the [[Black Sentinels]] Space Marine Chapter in defense of Dersok 12, and have a tendency to scavenge recent brotherhood attack sites for any Xeno tech. Thanks to a close relationship with [[Heretek|some of the less scrupulous elements of the Adeptus Mechanicus]], the Looters are armed with an eclectic collection of Tau plasma armaments, Dark Eldar Splinter weaponry, and experimental hybrids. It's actually quite difficult to predict what an element is going to do in a fight because so many of their smaller units are thrown together piecemental. The best of the best are even known to use heavily repaired Tau stealth suits.

Dersok 12 selects PDF guardsmen through an annual lottery of citizens who have turned 18 standard years old that year. Swept up immediately into a training program run by the Black Sentinels, the PDF trains in all manner of Siege warfare so as to better defend their maze-like home. Their Space Marine mentors impart a strong doctrine of stealth and ambush, knowing that the standard PDF is little more than a speedbump buying time for the Guard or an Astartes Chapter. The Looters have a significantly higher rate of success thanks to this training, focusing more on staying alive, mobile, and annoying than dying ignobly. Despite their unorthodox views of both tech and duty, the Looters have a fervent love of the Emperor and are almost more religious than the [[Order of the Waning Dawn]]

===The Malatek Connection===

Dersokers are naturally curious, and more than a little erratic. Regular access to half-broken Xeno tech with little Mechanicus oversight will do that to you. While there are a large number of [[Tech Priests]] on-panet, most are actually Malateks or even Hereteks that are using the remote planet as a place to lay low. This is fairly common knowledge, and so long as no one summons anything gribbly or starts experimenting on the unwilling, the populace really doesn't care.

The end result is that the Dersok PDF tend to be heavily augmented by and armed with scavenged Xeno tech and experimental hybrids. Most every guardsmen has at least one Tau-inspired pattern of bionic eye, as well as a gene-code scanner that keeps their weapons from being used by a non-PDF. Bionic limbs are not uncommon, although those who give up perfectly functional limbs are seen as morbid.

The downside to all this hasn't yet reared its head, but everyone knows the shadow looms. Astartes and Sororitas may look the other way, but sooner or later the Mechanicus will catch on. The planet may not survive when they do.

[[Category:Imperial]]
[[Category:Imperial Guard]]
[[Category:Warhammer_40,000/homebrew]]
[[Category:/tg/ 40,000]]

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