Editing The Bulwark (section)

=Division Organisation=

''"Is the mighty mountain composed of a single stone? Are walls built of single bricks? Nay, brethren, and nor shall we ever be alone."''

''An excerpt from Sebastion Rex's first speech to his Division before their maiden voyage''

After their creation as a separate Division within the Heralds, the Gatekeepers formed their own organization system to better suit their tactics. While formerly each Chapter had been a well rounded force, Sebastion deconstructed the traditional organizational system in favour of grouping 3 Chapters together into what would be called a Bastion, with each being specialized in its purpose.

Each of the Towers, as they were now entitled, kept their command center aboard their prospective capital ship within the primary fleet. From this launching point, mixed forces from each of the 10 Bastions, formed from around 3,000 Space Marines, intermingled to form what was referred to as a Palisade, or mixed fighting force. Each Palisade, usually consisting of around 10,000 Space Marines, was then broken down into Bunkers of 1000 Marines and 20-50 armoured units, with each of these Bunkers being broken down into 2 groups; Anchors and Grapples. Anchors acted as the defensive force that protected the landship and any captured real estate from enemy assault, while the Grapples slowly set footholds into enemy territory in order to expand their own borders.

During the Great Crusade, the Gatekeepers barely, if ever, split their Division into separate Bastions, instead preferring to have a large primary fleet and send Palisades on sorties into enemy space. In this way, though they lost a degree of their flexibility and reaction time, every battle the Gatekeepers fought would be fought well-supported and even better supplied. Reinforcements were never far away and supply lines were well-protected, and allies could be given needed respite. Floating shipyards were towed behind the great procession, allowing minor to medium refits when needed.