5th Company, Salamanders Chapter
From Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
Insignia of the 5th Company[1]
The 5th Company of the Salamanders, known as the Drake Hunters, is a Company of the Chapter.[1]
The 5th has a reputation of destroying large enemy constructs and alien horrors. Its members specialize in slaying the salamander drakes of Nocturne. As a Reserve Company, they rarely fight together but instead are used to reinforce other companies during campaigns. In battle, they favour acting as mobile weapons platforms instead of static defense and use a large amount of Dreadnoughts. They also make extensive use of attack craft and heavy gunships.[1]
Known Battles
- 533.M39: Fires of Phaistos[2]
- 975.M41: Defense of Nocturne[4]
- 998.M41: Third War for Armageddon[3]
- 998.M41: Destroying suspected Necron Tomb Worlds in the Heracles Sub-Sector.[5]
Known Members
- Mulcebar — Current Captain.[1]
- Tu'shan — Former member, now Chapter Master.[6]
Sources
- 1: Codex Supplement: Salamanders (8th Edition), pgs. 11-18
- 2: Imperial Armour Volume Ten - The Badab War - Part Two, pgs. 76-78
- 3: Codex: Armageddon (3rd Edition), pg. 32
- 4: Nocturne (Novel), Chapter 5
- 5: Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition), pg. 31
- 6: Codex: Space Marines (6th Edition) (E-Book Edition) pgs. 194–196
