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==Chapter Allies==

===Order of the Argent Dawn===

After the March's initial recovery, an Ordo Hereticus investigation team visited the Conservator's worlds to inspect its populace for any signs of heresy or treason. What they found exceeded their hopes, a series of peaceful and loyal worlds who were devout despite their unusually relaxed view of religion and faith. While the people of the March were often quiet and reserved about their faith, they had it, and were very loyal to the Imperium through the Conservators. A few decades after this inspection, the Conservators received an interesting proposal from Canoness Elisa of the Adepta Sororitas. The canoness wished to settle a mission of battle sisters within the March to bolster its defenses, having fallen somewhat in love with the image of the March and its quiet, reserved faith in comparison to other worlds of massive cathedrals and screaming demagogues.

Founded both to aid the March's people and strengthen its defenses, the mission is highly militant for its size, boasting some two and a half thousand sisters of battle, as well as a number of support staff such as hospitalers and spiritual leaders. The Conservators welcomed this new ally, as the Argent Dawn provides much needed numbers and since their arrival ork numbers have steadily diminished due to the increased pressure. The order is based on the world of Isador, thought they maintain a standing force on many worlds in the March.

===House Agrippa===

Many would be surprised to find a fighting force as revered and powerful as an Imperial Knight house, despite the Astartes presence. House Agrippa is an ancient house 
hailing from another series of agriworlds some distance from the March. The Conservators engaged in a defensive action there against a Tyranid splinter fleet which crashed upon it, fighting long and hard to defend the helpless people there, and fighting alongside the brave Knights. Sadly the worlds were eventually rendered uninhabitable due to the hive fleet's culling and heavy toxin levels released during the fighting, but a large number of refugees managed to escape. The Conservators opened their borders to these unfortunates, allowing them to resettle within the March, which was similar in technology and culture to their home worlds. House Agrippa came with them, establishing keeps on several worlds within the marines domain. Ever since then, Agrippa has been a staunch ally of the Conservators and the March, their mighty walkers doing much to offset the lack of vehicular strength of their Astartes hosts.

===Forge World Hephaestus-IV===

The latest and most unexpected of all the Conservators allies came in the form of Archmagos Alphaeus Gearhardt of the forge world [[Hephaestus-IV]]. Being somewhat removed from the March by distance, the archmagos was not involved in the initial decision to place an embargo on the march. While he could not convince the more local techpriests to lift their stranglehold, he did approach the Conservator leadership and offered a deal, supplies in exchange for a military alliance. He would station one of his own factory ships in the March and place it at the Conservator's disposal to produce and deliver any needed supplies it could provide. In exchange, a force of fifty marines would be sent to the space near the Cadian Gate, where Alphaeus and his allies had several manufacturing centers which suffered from constant attack and required a more permanent defensive force than they had thus far received. In addition to this, the marines would serve with the Cybernetica detachments in battle. 

Deliberating for some time on the implications of such an offer, the Conservators eventually agreed and a force of volunteers were quickly called out from the first three companies on Dekara, as time was of the essence. Accompanying these fifty elite marines were thousands from the Auxiliary, several Knights from house Agrippa and roughly one hundred and fifty Sisters of Battle from the Argent Dawn. All in all, the force comprised something more akin to a full company than a simple task force. While the members of this force would be rotated out over time to others, the legends of that unit continue to grow with time, and being asked to join that elite company is a true honor, and a heavy burden. Both because of the heavy fighting, and because that service is what continues to ensure that the chapter recovers through the service of the orbiting factory ship.

===Asharn Auxiliary===

While the Asharn March largely has access to only primitive weaponry, it thankfully does not take much to be able to recharge a lasgun charge pack. Clad in whatever armor is available and wielding mismatched lasguns, these human troops are available to go into battle alongside the Conservators themselves. Often trained with the intent of serving as part of a joint fighting force, the PDF troops of the March lend their fighting prowess and numbers to the fight, letting the heavily armored Conservators draw the majority of the fire while they sink volleys of lasfire into the enemy ranks.

Since the alliance with Hephaestus, the Auxiliary has become much better equipped. Their wargear is custom designed and produced within the march, original pattern gear for their fighting forces. Their armor, while composed of modern flak material, is structural similar to the plate armor traditionally worn within the March for centuries, and their wooden stocked lasguns trade rate of fire and charge capacity for range and stopping power like the Lucius Pattern No.98 made famous the the [[Death Korps of Krieg]], favoring skilled marksmen fighting at range. The Auxiliary also fields a number of armored forces, including the ubiquitous Leman Russ tanks, as well as superheavy designs. These heavy tanks are all older model vehicles bartered from other worlds, who had since replaced them with other designs. The superheavy tanks of the Asharn March are composed of Macharius and Malcador vehicles, though the pact with archmagos Alphaeus has some in the March wondering if the fabled Baneblade could be an option someday.