Editing Marines Malevolent (section)

==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.

A few Chapters, such as the Salamanders and the [[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]]), 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. [[Noblebright|But curses upon ourselves and our Chapter if we allow that degenerate rabble to harm the Emperor's faithful!]]''

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.''

Some Chapters, like the [[Minotaurs]] and the [[Alpha Legion]] will actively kill fellow imperials when necessary (say, you cannot have someone spouting important information if they're captured, so that person needs to be silenced) or let them be killed (like bait - the Minotaurs are known to do that) in order to ensure a very important goal is achieved and in fact more lives are saved in the long run – “lives are the emperor’s currency” after all, so fucking use it well and certainly don’t fucking waste it. Those chapters will do so because it is necessary and there are no better options, however, they will be under no illusions what they did and certainly won’t be dicks about it (this is the attitude of the Inquisition too, contrary to popular perception). ''Yes, we allowed those civilians and Guardsmen to be slaughtered, for if we did not the xenos could not have been wholly eradicated. I pray their souls will find peace at the Emperor's side, but their deaths were necessary to prevent far more.''

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. This might be why the other Space Marine assholes known for sacrificing civvies, the [[Star Phantoms]], nearly destroyed the chapter during the [[Macharian Heresy]]. ''Help, Guardsman? No, you will only have my scorn.'' The Star Phantoms may be dicks, but they at least get shit done.

Their callous and insufferably smug attitude towards authorities and civilians has even caused the ire of the [[Inquisition]] to press charges to <s>censure the chapter</s> [[Lulz|declare the entire chapter traitoris perdita.]] [[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.]] In fact, when the [[Star Phantoms]] nearly blew up the Marines Malevolent [[lulz|by total accident]] on some planet called Thoth, the Inquisition found the irony so hilarious they didn't press any charges against the Phantoms.