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==Background==
The '''Invaders''' are a [[fleet-based|space-bound]] [[Codex]] chapter Chapter of unknown origin.
==Combat doctrine==
==History==
The most famous engagement of the chapter Chapter occurred in 852.[[M41]], when they launched a direct assault upon [[Eldar]] [[Craftworld]] [[Idharae]]. Despite suffering horrific casualties during this bold attack, the '''Invaders ''' were successful; Idharae was left a ruined and desolate hulk. But the chapter Chapter was not done with the [[Eldar]]. Forty-three years laterin 895.[[M41]], with the '''Invaders ''' still rebuilding, Craftworld [[Alaitoc]] launched a retaliatory assault on the chapterChapter's homeworldof [[Ogrys]]. Without the numbers to defend their fortress-monastery, the '''Invaders ''' were quickly overcome. Only three companies Companies survived the attack, and the '''Invaders became ''' are thereafter a spacebound chapterChapter. Still under-strength after their all-out assault, and the retaliatory attack, the '''Invaders chapter ''' Chapter is reported as operating in a support role to the [[Novamarines]] on the doomed planet of Skyfall.<sup>2</sup>
==Sources==
*<sup>1</sup>:[[Insignium Astartes]] - p. 57
*<sup>2</sup>:[[Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition)]], p.3027, p.2730, p.49
*<sup>3</sup>:[http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?community=&catId=cat180005&categoryId=400028&pIndex=6&aId=9600097&start=7 GW Website -- Index Astartes: Other Chapters] ''(site accessed 2009.01.09)''