The Adeptus Astartes are foremost amongst the defenders of humanity, the greatest of the Caesar's warriors. They are barely human at all, but superhuman; having been made superior in all respects to a normal man by a harsh regime of genetic modification, psycho-conditioning and rigorous training. Space Marines are untouched by plague or any natural disease and can suffer wounds that would kill a lesser being several times over, and live to fight again. Clad in ancient Power Armour and wielding the most potent weapons known to Man, the Space Marines are terrifying foes and their devotion to the Emperor and the Imperium is unyielding. They are the God-Emperor's Angels of Death, and they know no fear.
The Space Marines of the Adeptus Astartes are the greatest fighting force of the Imperium of Man. Genetically-enhanced to serve Mankind as humanity's ultimate warriors, they are far stronger and more resilient than even the most exceptional un-enhanced human beings. The majority of the Space Marine Chapters operating within Imperial space are comprised of 1,000 Astartes organized into 10 companies of 100 warriors each. Every Chapter is fiercely proud of its history and achievements and each is marked out by its own distinctive colors and Chapter heraldry. These colors and iconography were established at the time of each Chapter's Founding and are displayed with unadulterated pride upon all armor and vehicles owned by the Chapter. The war-gear of the Chapter is maintained with painstaking precision and many items have been covered over the millennia in fine lines of intricate devotional script in High Gothic, with each line detailing a battle honor of the Chapter won by a previous user of the weapon.
The Space Marines of the Adeptus Astartes are the greatest fighting force of the Imperium of Man. Genetically-enhanced to serve Mankind as humanity's ultimate warriors, they are far stronger and more resilient than even the most exceptional un-enhanced human beings. The majority of the Space Marine Chapters operating within Imperial space are comprised of 1,000 Astartes organized into 10 companies of 100 warriors each. Every Chapter is fiercely proud of its history and achievements and each is marked out by its own distinctive colors and Chapter heraldry. These colors and iconography were established at the time of each Chapter's Founding and are displayed with unadulterated pride upon all armor and vehicles owned by the Chapter. The war-gear of the Chapter is maintained with painstaking precision and many items have been covered over the millennia in fine lines of intricate devotional script in High Gothic, with each line detailing a battle honor of the Chapter won by a previous user of the weapon.