Raptors (Chapter)
"Stop blindly obeying the words of the book and look at the situation. You have completed your training, but you must now learn to apply it. Regurgitation is not the answer, simple analysis and thought must be used to solve the problem!"
- Captain Maodes Karib, Raptors 5th Company
| Raptors | ||
|---|---|---|
| Founding | Second Founding | |
| Successors of | Raven Guard | |
| Chapter Master | Lias Issodon | |
| Primarch | Corvus Corax | |
| Homeworld | "Prime" | |
| Strength | 1000 Marines | |
| Specialty | Guerilla Warfare & Recon | |
| Allegiance | Imperium | |
| Colours | Olive (though they repaint their armour to suit the battlefield) | |
Canon Reasonable Marines.
Raven Guard successors that use actual camouflage, sneaking, and tactics, rather than running at the enemy painted in bright colours.
Made a brief appearance in Warhammer 40,000: Fire Warrior and the Imperial Armour Badab War books.
Ironically in Fire Warrior they were portrayed as reckless assholes known for jumping into missions without any real planning. Which started the whole plot and the Ultramarines show up to fix their mess and beat them over the head with the codex; fun fact - these events take place before the Badab War meaning the Smurf may have in fact turned the Raptors into Reasonable Marines.
Or maybe because at the time they were a background chapter written by two different groups.
Probably the second one. Especially given that the Raptors in the game had olive drab armor, which is their base color scheme after they became Reasonable Marines. Then again their lore still states they used to be very different to what they are now and only change their ways after a disaster; working for a Chaos Worshiper resulting in a whole planet turning to chaos because you didn't bother to wonder why he needed an alien sounds only to be saved by the Ultramarines sounds like a pretty good turning point. Of course, by "reasonable", we mean they think before they act. If you told them to parlay with xenos they'd rip your head off. Better still, the Raptors make a habit of taking command of Imperial Guard forces where they fight and distributing their marines amongst the Guard forces under their command. The result is the Guard kicking ass and taking minimal casualties while maximizing the enemies'. Who knows, maybe the Raptors will eventually take some Guard regiments under their wing and make them mini-me Reasonable Marines?
Nothing to do with Chaos Raptors.