Setting:Tiji Sector/Deep Ones

Deep Ones
Battle Cry	"He waits beneath us."
Number	Unknown.
Founding	18th Founding (M36)
Successors of	Salamanders
Successor Chapters	None
Chapter Master	Isaiah Malim
Primarch	Vulkan
Homeworld	Kratos
Strength	Unknown
Allegiance	Imperium
Colours	Dark Grey, Brown and dark green details.

The Deep Ones are a chapter of Space Marines created as part of the Tiji Sector project, a collaborative work created by /tg/ to serve as an alternate setting for Dark Heresy. Famous for their refusal to give in, even if loss is certain, the Deep Ones have a miraculous track record of somehow pulling victory out of the jaws of defeat, albeit often at a high cost. In victory they are meticulously merciless, destroying every last trace of their vanquished foes.

Fluff

Often deployed in biohazardous war zones that would be considered deadly to most Space Marines, they make good usage of terrain, turning the dangers of the local terrain against their foes. Often they will lure opposing forces into almost suicidal fighting conditions, trapping their enemies before remorselessly removing and eradicating them from the face of the planet.

The Deep Ones don't make much usage of bikes or rhinos, but make extensive usage of landspeeders and thunderhawk Cavalry, preferring to engage opponents in ambushes from impossible directions. Air insertions that rely on suicidal transport runs are favored to gain the element of surprise. Mass guerrilla Drop pod insertions are also favored.

History

The Deep Ones are a secretive chapter, and not much is known about them, even in their 'home' sector, Tiji. The Explorator fleets had deemed Kratos uninhabitable, and marked it for terraforming. However Chapter Master Isaiah Malim, when confronted with a choice of planets to build his Fortress on chose Aquilum, despite repeated claims from the Adeptus Administratum that it was unsuitable.

The building of a Fortress Monastery on Kratos was indeed a difficult task, the ever-changing and treacherous nature of the planet's slippery shifting surface meant that no traditional buildings could be created. After three failed attempts to create a foundation, the fortress was successfully created. The fortress itself is not stationary, but is in fact a giant submersible vessel, capable of submerging itself into the ocean to help its defense, as well as moving through the oceans and swamps of Kratos. It is shaped in the form of the chapter's symbol, a shark.

Chapterworlds

Kratos

This bizarre world is very similar to Xomula - almost identical, in fact, except for the fact there are no gigantic monstrosities, only poisonous microbes filling the atmosphere and the water. It's a primordial world, bursting with new life. The gravity is heavy, and breathing the corrupt air is tantamount to a death wish. This is a difficult place to live, but there aren't any hideous Xenos to make the job even harder. For that reason, the Space Marines chapter of the Deep Ones has chosen to claim this world as their homeworld. There are few living creatures - human or otherwise - who can say they have lived through as much as a Deep One. They are rugged, grim survivalists, capable of outlasting almost any opponent in almost any environment. Their harsh lifestyle on Kratos only reinforces this.

Aquilum

Where some chapters might make initiates fight hand to hand with vile mutations or make grand arena fights, the Deep Ones will train initiates with power armor outfitted with extensive liquid oxygen tanks. The initiate will than be dropped with his fellow brothers into the oceans of Aquilum to perform a week long mission in the underwater caves inhabited by a ferocious species of Akulova Tyranus. The vile beasts work in ambush packs of 15 and have both arms and legs to better navigate their cramp underwater strongholds through miniature tunnels used to repel invaders.

If the Initiate survives this ordeal with his fellow brothers and brings back the nearly indestructible jaw of an Akulova Tyranus brood-king, he and the other initiates will become full fledged battle brothers.

Tactics

The chapter specialises at fighting in biohazardous warzones. In battle, they prefer to use terror tactics and attrition to eliminate their enemies.

Gallery

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  One of the Chapter's seafaring warships.
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  Deep One Space Marine
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  Alternative Chapter symbol.