Talk:Red Templars

Sorry but this page appears to be full of rubbish.

1. GW has never stated the chapters lineage anywhere, they've certainly never been stated to be a successor of the Black Templars. They could just as easily be a successor of the Iron Hands by way of the Red Talons..

2. "The Red Templars often ride into battle on specially-designed Assault Bikes."

Starting with the end where does this "specially-designed" bit come from? The bike pictured in How to Paint Space Marines and the 4th edition codex are bog standard Space Marine plastic bikes.

The bit about them often riding into battle is.. irrelevant. According to Insignium Astartes the Red Templars are a codex chapter who denote company by their shoulderpad trim. That means that GW's example Red Templar biker squad is from a 2nd Company Assault squad - just like GW's example Ultramarine bike squad. Do the Ultramarines also merit an "often ride into battle" mention?

3. "They possess elite Assault Squads who go into battle using Jump Packs while wielding either Power Swords" or Thunder Hammers."

Practically the same as #2. The elite Assault Squads are Vanguard Veterans, which you'll find in any Codex chapter, and they can indeed take Power Swords or Thunder Hammer.. but they can also take bog standard Chainswords like the example Red Templars Vanguard Veteran pictured in the codex and on this page..

(Davidius819 (talk) 14:24, June 5, 2013 (UTC))