Marines Vindicant

The Marines Vindicant are a Loyalist Space Marine Chapter of unknown origin and Founding. Nothing else is known about the Chapter in Imperial records.

Notable Campaigns

 * Scouring of Vorlinghast (981.M41) - When the vitally important munitions factory worlds of Vorlinghast fell silent and its flow of supply ships crammed full of battle tanks ceased, the Adeptus Munitorum were swift to send a probe-team to investigate. After an cursory investigation, the Munitorum notified Lord Inquisitor Rex of the irregularities they had found before making planetfall and investigating the dereliction of duty of the world's 16 regiments of Imperial Guard, when they refused to answer the Munitorum's vox-hails. Investigating the world for himself, Lord Inquisitor Rex discovered the planet was infected by Warp plague. Within three hours, three strike cruisers of the Marines Vindicant Space Marine Chapter were dispatched to Vorlinghast to cleanse the planet. The first Drop Pods met with heavy resistance. The Chapter's Scout Marines confirmed Commander Sebastius' dark predictions - that the populace and Imperial Guard troops staioned there had been reduced to shambling, plague-ridden creatures. To further complicate matters, these hordes of undead creatures walked amongst Chaos Space Marines of the notorious Death Guard Traitor Legion. The Imperial forces were waylaid in a well-executed and deadly trap. Slamming into the milling ranks of the infected soldiery, the slaughter that followed was immense, but no matter how many of the plague victims fell upon them they could not penetrate the devastating and disciplined bolter fire laid down by the Astartes. The Space Marines advanced relentlessly as the corpses were piled higher and higher. But soon the valiant Astartes were fell upon by the fury of daemonic Plaguebearers of Nurgle. Caught off-guard by this repugnant attack, the Marines Vindicant quickly formed up defensive positions. The hordes of Plaguebearers made it difficult for the Astartes to fan out and lay down suppressive fire, forcing only one or two of their number to be able to fire at any given time. The daemonic creatures shrugged off the normally mortal wounds inflicted by the explosive bolts of their weapons, drawing inexorably closer to their position. Those Space Marines that survived the daemonic onslaught were assailed by the Chaos Space Marines of the Death Guard, and soon found themselves in close-quarters fighting. Overwhelmed by the large forces arrayed against them, Commander Sebastius had not choice but to call for a tactical retreat. He then called for armoured reinforcement to help bolster his beleaguered forces. Thunderhawk gunships soon began to scream overhead, carrying an Astartes tank beneath it. Sebastius's forces managed to take refuge in the tunnel networks that ran beneath the city and secured the vault doors. Taking stock of their situation, they soon noticed that some of the surviving battle-brothers appeared ashen-faced, their helmets missing and the spoor of the Warp plague already apparent on their greying features. Sergeant Bellancio suggested that the Warp plague was too strong, even for their enhanced metabolisms, and could not hold the plague at bay for long. Bellancio then proposed that they should paint their amour black with blood in the tradition of those who seek death in battle and take the fight to the Plague Marines and their Daemonic allies. With nothing to lose, a glorious death was better than lying down to die in the dark. After a moment of silent prayer, Sebastius agreed. Blasting from the bastion's fire slits with every weapon at their disposal the surviving battle-brothers flung open the vault doors and bravely faced their ultimate fate head-on. The gore-covered Astartes of the Marines Vindicant were led by Sergeant Bellancio in a heroic charge into the ranks of the traitors. They were briefly relieved by the armoured onslaught of Predator Tanks and Redeemer Land Raiders, but their momentary advantage turned to shock as a new threat emerged -- a Daemon Prince of Nurgle came forth from the bowels of hell, ravaging the ranks of the hard-pressed Astartes. Surrounded on all sides, a Thunderhawk roared past, disgorging a squad of Assault Marines from the skies to attack the Daemon king, but were easily despatched by the vile daemon. With few options left, Sebastius opened a comms channel to the Strike Cruisers orbiting above, and ordered them to open fire upon his position. The Daemon king was reduced to a smoking crater by the precise lance strikes of the Marines Vindicant vessels. The clean-up operation was foul and difficult work. The once-infected battle-brothers were quarantined in the brigs of the Strike Cruisers and the once-infected Imperial Guard survivors were remotely interrogated until death. The surviving Space Marines were forced to undergo painful purification procedures, escaping with condemnation in extremis and ultimately death by the Imperium's own hand.

Chapter Badge
The Chapter badge is not recorded in current Imperial records.

Chapter Colours
The Chapter colours are not recorded in current Imperial records.

Notable Marines Vindicant

 * Commander Sebastius' - The senior Commander of the Marines Vindicant whom valiantly led the cleansing of Vorlinghast despite the overwhelming forces of Chaos arrayed against him.