Editing Battlefleet Victorum (section)

==Factions==
Like any organization in the Imperium, Battlefleet Victorum has its share of factions and infighting. Whether they seek fame, fortune, or freedom, each faction represents both an opportunity for rich patronage and dangerous censure.

===Noble Chancers===
{| border="1" align="right"
!width="500"|The Noble Chancers
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:'''Stronghold:''' Lyon's Spindle, Avalonus
:'''Faction Leader:''' ''Primus inter pares'' Admiral Aloysius Leo-Khan
:'''Symbol:''' A pair of dice, showing one starburst each 
:'''Colors:''' Navy and gold
:'''Nickname:''' ''"The Band of Brothers"''
|}
<blockquote>''When every morning brought a noble chance''<br>
''And every chance brought out a noble knight''
:''-<small>Anonymous''</small>
</blockquote>
Part social club, part dueling society, the '''Noble Chancers''' see it as their purpose to promote brotherhood and foster frank discussion amongst the leading officers of the battlefleet. Highly selective in their membership, and discerning in their tastes regarding food, wine, and company, they have striven mightily to remain aloof from naval politics since their founding nearly 8,000 years ago. That is not to say they don't know how to play the game. Many of its members are also supporters of one faction or another, and talk of sector politics, politely divorced from battlefleet politics, is a common theme of discussion around the feasting table. However, no brother officer would risk the convivial fraternity of The Noble Chancers for short-sighted gains; such a person would not have been invited in the first place.

Originally established by the surviving captains of Saint Castor's crusade, the Noble Chancers are an officer's club of high repute, a support organization for retirees, and an informal body for the sponsorship of promising young officers.

===Rosellan Optimates===
{| border="1" align="right"
!width="500"|Rosellan Optimates
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:'''Stronghold:''' St. Cyrus Tower, Port Rosella
:'''Faction Leader:''' Lord-Admiral Tyborius Leo-Khan
:'''Symbol:''' A sun with twelve rays, a rose in the center
:'''Colors:''' Magenta and teal
:'''Nickname:''' ''"Rosepluckers"''
|}

A pillar of tradition and orthodoxy, the '''Rosellan Optimates''' are a viper's nest of ambitious admirals, prideful princelings, and resentful would-be revolutionaries steeped in the suppressed lore of the Gareox Prerogative.

If any officer wants to get anywhere in Battlefleet Victorum, they must be on the good side of the Rosellan Optimates. Far from an informal grouping of like-minded officers, and nothing like a fraternal society, the Rosellan Optimates are full-fledged ideological party within the structure of the Imperial Navy, with rank and structure to match. Sprouting from the philosophical union of Victorum naval officers and Imperial tacticians, the Rosellan Optimates grew to fill a long-standing void left by the fall of the Garox Prerogative.

===Anchorites===
{| border="1" align="right"
!width="500"|The Spinward Society
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:'''Stronghold:''' Poseidon Naval Academy, Poseidon
:'''Faction Leader:''' Cruciatus Ragsbeck, High Admiral of the Chartist Order
:'''Symbol:''' Two eagles clutching a six-pointed star
:'''Colors:''' Orange and purple
:'''Nickname:''' ''"Anchorites"''
|}

Spinward Societies were originally social clubs that brought together naval officers, Rogue Traders, and Chartist captains. In time, they came to personify a school of thought found most prominently among graduates of the Poseidon Naval Academy. Shaped by the history and experiences of the Poseidon Run, the '''Anchorites''' are notable for their emphasis on the importance of logistical preparations and maintaining void-ward vigilance that borders on paranoia.

Much of the focus of the Anchorites is devoted to expanding its influence with the Departmento Munitorum, the better to complete their far-ranging plans for deep-space void stations, squadrons of long-range escorts, and colonization of promising frontier worlds. This has naturally brought them into competition with the Rosellan Optimates, who remain fixated on the tactical and strategic teachings of the suppressed Gareox Prerogative.

===Valorites===
{| border="1" align="right"
!width="500"| The Right and Valorous Crusaders
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:'''Stronghold:''' ''Thor's Hammer'', ''Lunar''-class Cruiser
:'''Faction Leader:''' Rear-Admiral Michiel Clifford
:'''Symbol:''' A flaming spear clutched in a mailed fist
:'''Colors:''' Red and gold
:'''Nickname:''' ''"The Red Prows"'',''"Cliffordites"''
|}

Now-defunct, this small band of reform-minded officers were allies of the '''Rostrum Conclave''', a body of Inquisitors associated with the Recongregator doctrine. They were key players in '''Qatasoum's War''' and were slain with their warships and crews.

A combative and active faction, the '''Right and Valorous Crusaders''' considered themselves the future of Battlefleet Victorum. They would be a shining torch guiding the young officers of Avalonus to a new era, an era of far-flung crusades conquering the untouched stars of the distant void by the power and authority of their planet-killing guns. Born of a mix of disgust towards the intrigues of the Rosellan Optimates and resentment at the second-class position of Battlefleet Victorum within the segmentum naval hierarchy, the Valorites distinguished themselves in facing and conquering challenges to the fleet's supremacy in the sector: pirate fleets operating out of the Wolf's Head, Eldar corsairs raiding the Castor Stem, and, most famously, destroying a pair of Fra'al battlecruisers. This last triumph forged a bond between the Valorites and certain Inquisitors, as ambitious and reform-minded as they. It was a bond that would lead to their downfall.

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