Editing Novamarines (section)

== Organisation ==
[[Image:Novamarines Terminator Sergeant.png|200px|thumb|left|The [[Codex Astartes]] supports this fashion!]]Often thought of as a fleet-based [[Chapter]], the Novamarines still retain Honourum as their Homeworld, near the '''[[Ghoul Stars]]'''. Because of their homeworld's location, near a vast zone of unexplored space, the Novamarines fight a wide range of enemies, including lost human realms, nascent alien empires, and ancient threats. As a result, the Novamarines spend most of their time ranging through Imperial space, watching over the territory they have chosen to safeguard and responding to any Imperial call for aid. Their quick reaction times and willingness to unquestioningly help defend the [[Imperium]] have resulted in the Novamarines developing a record of being one of the first forms of aid other [[Space Marine]] chapters receive should they ask for it.

The Chapter maintains close links to the Ultramarines and its fellow [[Second Founding|Successor Chapter]]s, but the great distance between Honourum and [[Macragge]] means that the Chapter is unable to send [[First Founding#Legions in 40k|representatives to the court]] of [[Marneus Calgar]] as often as other Chapters. Still, many Novamarines aspire to make a pilgrimage to the Shrine of the Primarch at least once in their lifetimes, with those that have done such pilgrimage adorning their battle helmets with the Laurels of Ultramar, a mark of honour that the Chapter's [[Scout]]s regard with awe and dream of one day gaining for themselves. In sharp contrast with their secular views of Imperial religion, they consider the Codex Astartes to be a divinely-inspired work; ironically, this may ''technically'' be considered a deviation from the Codex, as its authorship is, in fact, well known. They never comment upon [[Spiritual Liege|what deity might have inspired it]], but the work is considered to be more than just a treatise on war, even if the Novamarines are not adherents of the [[Imperial Cult]].

The Novamarines have been lucky enough to be able to maintain much of their original chapter armoury from the [[Great-Crusade]] era. As a result they are able to field their [[Deathwing|entire First Company]] as [[Terminators]] should they so wish. The Chapter also possesses a hefty supply of [[dreadnoughts]] as well as relics beyond the specific scope of the [[Codex Astartes]], most likely mothballed vehicles like the [[Mastodon]] and [[Stormbird]].