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===Support Formations=== The necessity of developing their support formations from the ground up led to Lumey and Antonelle making some substantial diversions from the path of the other Legions. Nothing displayed their differences with their brother marines more sharply than the treatment of the Legion's serfs. The notion of enserfing recruits who washed out of training was anathema to the Cibanese mindset. Lumey wasted no time in declaring that the Legion's serfs were free men, welcome to settle on Ciban IV with the hospitality of that gentle world. Those who chose to remain, along with new generations of failed aspirants would be given professional positions in the Legion's administrative and logistical staff. '''Clerks''' are generally well-respected and have a similar rank structure to Marines. '''Apothecarion''' The '''Chirurgeons''', renamed to better suit Cibanese and Markian ears, performed the same role as other Apothecaries. Due to Fifth Legion's deployment of ''Scouts'', Chirurgeons were frequently seen on the battlefield. '''Remus Alsara''', the Legion's wily Master of Recruits, often served as a ''de facto'' spokesman for the Apothecarion. '''Armorium''' Training the first generation of '''Techmarines''' at Al-Sherar and Ghalhal lagged behind the early campaigns of the Fifth Legion. In the intervening period, it was not uncommon to see the techpriests of these Forge Worlds fighting in the ranks of the Fifth Legion. '''Castra''' The reputation of the Fifth Legion as a tremendously effective offensive force somewhat obscures the work of their engineers. However, the fortresses appointed by Gaspard Lumey's sons guard some of the most important worlds in the Imperium. Dolsene's great star forts are perhaps the Fifth Legion's finest fortification work, although the defences of Ciban IV and Kerstes VI are also fine monuments to their architects. '''Librarus''' The return of Jeffrey Dinola from his apprenticeship with the [[Eyes of the Emperor]] was cause for great celebration among the Fifth Legion. Although the new classes of Marines raised from Ciban IV and the Markian Pact worlds had swelled Winged Victory's numbers to something more closely resembling the other [[Legiones Astartes (Hektor Heresy)|Legiones Astartes]], the lack of any trained psykers had seemed to many as a sign of the Legion's incompleteness. With Dinola among them, the Fifth could finally regard themselves as the equal of their brother Legionaries. The young psyker's first task was establishing the rules of his Librarius. As a true son of Gaspard Lumey, Jeffrey Dinola was reluctant to delve into poorly understood mysteries of the Warp, especially in light of the lessons of the Emperor - and history - about the perils of sorcery. However, this was not a matter of simple closed-mindedness. There was a great deal to be studied and categorized about the interaction of psykers and the Immateria that relied on comprehensible principles. Dinola believed that it would be through a slow process of establishing these principles that the more mysterious processes - "Sorcery" - could be properly understood. Thus, the Fifth Legion's '''Librarians''' worked under a cautious code of ethics to develop their abilities and knowledge. A constant fixation was the effort to negate the warp-based powers employed by Xenos races such as the perfidious Eldar and foul Orks. '''Tribunal''' Lumey was deeply concerned with his Legion's acceptance and understanding of the Imperial Truth. To accomplish this task, he dictated that a cadre of recruits be trained in the arts of the Iterators who carried out the task of spreading the Emperor's word to newly pacified world. The Fifth Legion's '''Tribunes''' became mighty warriors of great strength of will, trained in logic and rhetoric. The presence of such an exceptional individual on the battlefield fills his Battle-Brothers with a sense of their part in Mankind's destiny. Tribunes also serve an important role in the life of the Legion, counselling their fellow Marines, acting as judges on matters of internal discipline, and often serving as envoys to other Chapters. The '''Tribune Legionis''' is the Legion's chief justice and carries out certain ceremonial roles, while his counterpart, the '''Master of the Collegium''' is the chief of the Void Angels fortress-barracks on Ciban. '''Victualary''' This prosaically-named department was one of the most important to the Legion. As befitted his training, Antoine Antonelle took personal responsibility for the Legion's Victualary. His deft hand saw the Fifth through their difficult years, but he also carefully husbanded the bounty of their good years. The amassed supplies and armaments cached in the Ciban system and carried by ''The Light of Reason'' allowed the Void Angels to fight non-stop through the Scouring. As with many of their peers, the Fifth did not simply defer to the '''Frumentarii''' of the Victualary to secure supplies for their campaigns. Secret but equally significant was the role of the Victualary in coordinating the intelligence efforts of various scouts and spies in the orbit of the Legion. The Fifth's Frumentarii were especially proficient at interviewing their agents, sifting out reliable assets from pure opportunists and assessing the quality of the information provided to them. A lasting legacy of the importance of Fifth Legion's Victualary are the many generous ''Warrants of Trade'' signed by Gaspard Lumey. Some of the [[Rogue Traders (Hektor Heresy)|Rogue Traders]] who benefited from the Legion's need for information went on to amass huge fortunes and found dynasties of explorers and conquistadors - but at least as many died in the silence of space or on hostile worlds.
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