Red Scorpions

The Red Scorpions are the chapter responsible for the Land Raider Helios artillery support vehicle. The chapter is characterized by its obsession with purity and totally strict adherence to Codex dogma. It considers deviation from even the traditional patterns of Codex-sanctioned camouflage to be tantamount to heresy, leading the chapter on occasion to refuse to fight alongside other chapters.

Red Scorpions power armor was originally black with yellow helmet stripe and shoulder plate, leg and arm trims. Imperial Armour Volume Four has amended this to charcoal gray with mustard shoulder plate trim, chest eagle and helmet stripe (irrespective of company). The chapter's symbol is a red [scorpion centered on a white field.

The Chapters Captains are known by the title of Commander whilst the Chapter Master is known by the title of Lord High Commander. His second-in-Command is the Master of the Apothecary as a matter of tradition.

They are known to have participated in the Badab War and the Third War for Armageddon, appearing at the end of the first year of conflict. They also appear to have fought in the Anphelion project alongside Inquisitor Soloman Lok.

The forge world miniatures of their veterans also shows that their veterans exclusively wear Mk. IV armor, which is very unusual, as the armour has become rare in the extreme, most chapters being lucky to have even a few suits of this pre-Heresy armour.

Notable Red Scorpion characters include the Chapter's Captain of the 1st Company, Commander Carab Culln. Culln was in charge of the Red Scorpions during the fighting concerning the Anphelion Project.