Editing Death's Heads (section)

==History==
===Pre-Primarch History & Reunion===
By the time the Imperium's 8th Expedition fleet, headed by ? of the [[Dusk Phantoms]] Legion, discovered Rheigmarkch, they found a world whose inhabitants constantly fought their home's hellscape and were furiously devoted to their Leader, Einchurt.

===The Great Crusade===
The Death's Heads, the VI Legiones Astartes, have long been the outsiders of the Legions. One could likely count how many times they have paraded through major Imperial worlds on a single hand. How many times the greater Imperium has recognized their works likely numbers in the dozens. Them even being present at the ceremonies on Ullanor came as a surprise to many. While many Legions are honourable, glorious icons of Imperial power, the VI Legion is dour and grim, a symbol of the Imperium's terrible retribution, a role they seem to relish.

Due to abnormal amounts of gene-seed degradation and mutation, the Death's Heads have long been one of the smallest Legions, and as such, their tactics and approaches to warfare reflect this. To the Legionnaires of the VI, no force can be considered "too much". There is only "not enough". When the agri-world of Gavor resisted Compliance, the warships of the Legion boiled its oceans, scalding clouds of superheated steam devastating the local populace before the entire III Chapter was deployed to the surface to wipe out all resistance or secure Compliance, whichever came first. On Kydran V, virulent bio-weapons were deployed to the surface, several days after which VI Legion troops descended, offering cures to the super-virus to whoever accepted Compliance.

However, mass atrocity is not their only way. The VI pride themselves not on honour nor glory but on cold, brutal efficiency. A full-scale Gavor Campaign would have bogged down Legion assets necessary for the much more major Nyhlax Campaign, whose heavy industry would be used to reinforce the production from several local Forge Worlds. To an Officer of the VI, mastery of the calculi of war is more important than mastery of the blade. While often lacking some of the more specialized ranks of the other Legions, their basic line officers have proven themselves capable, receiving intensive training on taking the initiative when lacking orders from higher sources and managing their own logistics. In this way, even when cut off from Legion command, the soldiers of the VI can continue fighting effectively.

In all walks of war, the Legionnaires of the VI prove tenacious fighters, their resolve growing as they take on casualties. Although they often avoid doing so, it is not unheard of for Death's Heads units to fight violent last stands, bleeding the enemy to the last. Their fanaticism results from the indoctrination they are subjected to as children on Rheigmarkch, followed by more extreme regimens of psycho-indoctrination than the average Legion. It is said that to the Death's Heads, if their gene-father asks of them to die, they will not ask why only how to do so. They resent being compared to the lobotomized warriors of the XV or the religious fanatics of the Symphonious Disciples. However, it is hard for most to see the differences in their fanaticism or coldness toward others.

However, the main advantage the VI Legion possesses is not in doctrine or training but in their extensive arsenal of esoteric weaponry. The Legion maintains larger stores of Volkite weaponry than most other Legions and utilizes an expanded arsenal of Rad and Phosphex armaments. These are boosted by using Radium arms alongside a range of specialist ammunition and bio-alchemical weapons. Conversion Beamers and even the eccentric Eradication Ray are surprisingly common in the Death's Heads arsenal. Utilizing their wide arsenal allows the Death's Heads to lay down terrifying amounts of fire, the sheer variety of sounds, sights, and effects of their weaponry creating a beautifully horrific cacophony of destruction.

While many Legions, such as the [[Silver Blades]] or [[Loxodontii]], prefer to engage their foes hand-to-hand, the Death's Heads avoid melee combat. Such fighting is considered a last-ditch action or a more defensive tactic than an offensive one. When pressed into melee, most units carry Rad-grenades or Rad-censers, sapping the effectiveness of their foes. The chainsword is the weapon of choice due to its reliability, although the Ostrogartian War Flail is a favoured choice of officers due to its intimidating appearance.

The Death's Heads utilize a variety of Rheigmarkch iconography and awards, the most famous of which is the Stahlcrux, variations of which are seen as many battle honours, from ace vehicles to officers who held out for an extended period without logistical support. One of the greater honours is the awarding of the Blitzerius, the twinned lightning bolts, signifying an Astartes who has served under the direct command of the Primarch himself on at least three campaigns. The Legion's own symbol is a stylized skull device descended from ancient Judtz texts, specifically the skull of Death himself during the Judtz's Book of the End.

The VI Legion recruits almost exclusively from Rheigmarkch and has very exacting standards. Many recruits are picked out from the top of the classes of Sturmsoldaten inductees, and thus competition within those schools is extremely high. Any potential recruits must undergo various medical, psychological, and even philosophical screenings before being considered to be sent to the VI Legion training camps on the world's first moon, Rühr. The aspirants are then sent through various physical tests and conditioning regimens, ranging from 100km forced marches to balancing a primed hand grenade upon a standard stahlhelm. Aspirants must also go through several philosophical and moral tests to ensure they will have no negative responses to the experiences they will encounter as an Astartes. A final psychological test is the final step before an Aspirant's fate is decided. The exact method of this specific test is unknown, although it is known some Aspirants do not live through the test. After passing this final exam, the Aspirant is judged. Those granted entrance into the Legion are moved to Rheigmarkch's third moon, Rhonne.

After this point, the Aspirants are now considered Inductees. An Inductee will undergo the full implantation process while receiving further physical training and psychological indoctrination. Even here, as Inductees, an individual is not considered a full member of the Legion and must work hard to maintain his status. If an Inductee survives all their implantations, they are considered ready to become a full member of the Legion.
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