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| − | A '''Legion Command Squad''' is a bygone formation of the ancient [[Space Marine]] [[Legions]] used during the [[Great Crusade]] and [[Horus Heresy]] eras in the late 30th and early 31st Millennium. These highly disciplined and worthy warriors often accompanied Space Marine Commanders and Legion Champions serving both as bodyguards and Standard Bearers. |
+ | A '''Legion Command Squad''' is a bygone formation of the ancient [[Space Marine]] [[Legions]] used during the [[Great Crusade]] and [[Horus Heresy]] eras in the late 30th and early 31st Millennium. These highly disciplined and worthy warriors often accompanied Space Marine Commanders and Legion Champions serving both as bodyguards and Standard Bearers. |
==History== |
==History== |
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| − | In the ancient ''[[Legiones Astartes]]'' it was a common sight to see senior Astartes commanders and champions to be accompanied in battle by a squad of elite warriors that served both as a bodyguard for their commander and were entrusted to carry one of the Legion's great standards. On the battlefield this made them a rallying point for the Legion's troops. These chosen Space Marines had access to the finest wargear available to the Legion's rank and file and embodied the Legion's honour in war. |
+ | In the ancient ''[[Legiones Astartes]]'' it was a common sight to see senior Astartes commanders and champions to be accompanied in battle by a squad of elite warriors that served both as a bodyguard for their commander and were entrusted to carry one of the Legion's great standards. On the battlefield this made them a rallying point for the Legion's troops. These chosen Space Marines had access to the finest wargear available to the Legion's rank and file and embodied the Legion's honour in war. |
==Wargear== |
==Wargear== |
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Revision as of 01:32, 23 December 2012
Thousand Sons Legion Command Squad
A Legion Command Squad is a bygone formation of the ancient Space Marine Legions used during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy eras in the late 30th and early 31st Millennium. These highly disciplined and worthy warriors often accompanied Space Marine Commanders and Legion Champions serving both as bodyguards and Standard Bearers.
History
In the ancient Legiones Astartes it was a common sight to see senior Astartes commanders and champions to be accompanied in battle by a squad of elite warriors that served both as a bodyguard for their commander and were entrusted to carry one of the Legion's great standards. On the battlefield this made them a rallying point for the Legion's troops. These chosen Space Marines had access to the finest wargear available to the Legion's rank and file and embodied the Legion's honour in war.
Wargear
- Artificer Power Armour
- Bolter
- Legion Standard (Legion Standard Bearers Only)
- Bolt Pistol
- Chainsword or combat blade
- Frag Grenades and Krak Grenades
Special Option (Terminator Bodyguard]]
- Terminator Armour or Cataphractii Armour
- Combi-Bolter
- Power Weapon
- Heavy Flamer
- Reaper Autocannon
- Plasma Blaster
- Power Fist
- Lightning Claw or Pair of Lightning Claws
- Chainfist
- Thunder Hammer
- Grenade Harness
Optional Wargear
- Melta Bombs
- Combat Shields
- Heavy Chainsword
- Charnabal Sabre
- Power Weapon
- Power Fist or Lightning Claw
- Plasma Pistol
- Volkite Charger
- Jump Pack
- Space Marine Bike
- Legion Jetbike
Sources
- Imperial Armour - The Horus Heresy Betrayal - Book One by Alan Bligh, pp. 192-193