Chapter of the Forlorn Hope
| Maverick Marines | ||
|---|---|---|
| Battle Cry | BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITCH!!! | |
| Number | Unknown | |
| Founding | Unknown | |
| Successors of | Unknown | |
| Successor Chapters | None | |
| Chapter Master | The True Maverick (a.k.a. "Daddy") | |
| Primarch | Unknown | |
| Homeworld | None | |
| Strength | 1000+ | |
| Specialty | Close combat and siege | |
| Allegiance | Imperium | |
| Colours | Varies throughout the Chapter | |
The Maverick Marines are an odd chapter with an unknown founding. It is believed that they were from the cursed founding as a flaw within their gene-seed has been detected that causes the battle brothers of the chapter to degrade mentally over the years into little more than savages. The older marines are often compared to the mentality of the Orks. The chapter believes that everything that can be duel wielded can and should be from chain weapons to bolters to shields. They are an entirely void based chapter roaming between stars and systems carrying out the duties set before them by the Clan Maverick, the leading clan within the Chapter. Though these duties very greatly, the primary and most common of these is to seek out xenos technology where it is brought back to be reengineered and adapted into the Chapter’s armory. This is deemed widely and as blatant heresy if not for their close and nearly symbiotic relationship with the Rogue Trader Lord Bellend of the Bellend House. Do to the uniqueness of the sector and the eccentricity of the Bellend Household, many recruits are received from their worlds along with several regiments of Imperial Guard. This sector of space is a haven for those that seek to better themselves in science and the pursuit of knowledge to better the human race, provided that it is not too over the top even for the eccentric inhabitants.
As a practice, the Imperial forces supplied to the Chapter by the Bellend House, commissars and officers are chosen by the Space Marines to ensure the most loyal and trustworthy ones are chosen from among their ranks. This comes in part to their doctrine of disallowing the use of bolt pistol within their chapter. They are seen as the weapons of cowards and assholes being the favored weapon of many battlefield commissars used to inflict bloody public execution to “improve moral”. Coupled with this feeling, the Chapter holds belief that every citizen of the Imperium of Man is their own person and has value to their life – except commissars. However, it is not uncommon that commissars appointed by the Maverick Marines are seen upon the field. Specially chosen for truly restoring moral and inspiring their charges to greater feats of glory.
The Chapter is divided into Clans/Cults and further divided into gangs, or individual squads. Each Clan/Cult centers itself on a particular kind of warfare from melee chain weapons to bolters, bikes to jump packs, chaplains to librarians. Each Clan or Cult is further dived into gangs, units consisting of 5 to 10 battle brothers. Each gang is assigned a ranking number between 3 and 9, 9 being the lowest ranking and 3 being the highest. These indicate as to which company each gang belongs as the ranks of each company are always changing to suit the needs of the Chapter.