Editing Corsairs Gallant (section)

==Special Units==

===Braves===

===Reaver Squads===
[[File:CorsairsReaver1.png|200px|frame|left|A Corsairs Gallant serving in a Reaver squad, note the combi-heavy bolter/flamer weapon and the lack of Bills of Honor]]Though often considered lacking in honor, the Reaver Squad was a formation inside the Corsairs Gallant deployed when maximum impact and destruction of property and personnel was necessary. In some ways taking the place of Destroyer Squads and inspired by legions such as the Death’s Heads, the Reavers utilized a mix of flamer weaponry, entire sqauds using combi-flamers, infernus heavy bolters, and other incendiary weapons to wreck havoc across wide areas, burning out resistance too hard to expel through other means. Though considered lacking honor, and thus not authorized to wear Bills of Honor on their armor, the Reaver Squads were not disdained, and were considered necessary parts of the Corsairs Gallant doctrine. Rarely did an Astartes remain in their numbers for long, instead rotating back into normal squads, their time in the formation rarely spoken of and not held either for or against their later honors or promotions.

===Brethren of the Court===
The elite of the elite, the Brethen of the Court are a force of terminator-armor equipped Astartes that honor guards are drawn from for praetors and the Primarch himself. They are also the last stop before an astartes of the XXIth legion is promoted to an officer rank, and indeed all officers remain as members of the Brethren, entitling them to a place at the court of the Primarch and Legion master. It is there that these picked men both learn and give council. Often, Brethren are then embedded into squads to give direct action to the council choices, but when formed into an all Terminator force they are to be reckoned with, equipped with heavy blades of arcane make and both grenade harnesses as well as under-slung Astartes-grade grenade launchers for hurling several varieties of powerful grenade at foes. The blades used by the Brethren, though, are perhaps the true iconic element. Drawn from caches of ancient weapons and those discovered on the fringes of the galaxy, some are not unlike the phase blade used by the primarch, while others are cleaving weapons that strike with unheard of power. Rahman himself would gift a member of the Brethren their first blade, a rite later taken up by the Legion Master after the primarch disappeared into the unknown.

===Kroot===

====Origins and Development====
A species native to the eastern fringe world of Pech, the Kroot (or Krootis aviana in scientific terms) had not yet left their native world when a far ranging Rogue Trader linked to the Corsairs Gallant discovered them, reporting their existence to his patron first. Rahman took an immediate interest in the species, whose adaptive physiology allowed for rapid acclimation over a very short period. Such was his interest that he intentionally seeded human DNA  (via surreptitiously crashed vessels) and started a superstitious rumor of the region being dangerous for travel as a result, allowing him to guide their development unimpeded for some time before they were discovered again. By the time they were, it was because they'd spread off-world, colonizing a number of surrounding worlds. Such was Rahman's insatiable curiosity that he even seeded Astartes geneseed in limited numbers. By the time the Kroot were fully discovered, at a time that was chosen by Rahman himself, many of the Kroot could be mistaken as almost abhuman, though the greater number of their species was clearly xenos in nature. However, the outbreak of the Brotherwar prevented a campaign of extermination from taking place.

Following the war, Pech and its surrounding worlds were firmly inside Dragoon-controlled territory, but the Corsairs had already covertly seeded populations outside in their own areas, both inside and outside the Union. Through mediators, they were able to establish a sort of protectorate status for the species, lobbied heavily by Corsair support.

====Usage====
Shaped through introduction of gene elements to make them both effective and to work well with Corsair forces, modern Kroot have been compared to Orks, owing to the robust physiology that actually has more roots in integration of Astartes gene elements, combined with their nevertheless often primitive appearance. Kept in a state of semi-uplift, Kroot vary in some degrees of development, with those in the service of the Corsairs being the most well equipped, trained, and organized.