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A brother or battle-brother is the lowest rank within a [[Space Marine]] [[Chapter]] that all [[Neophytes]] become before earning honour in battle and rising up the ranks. Battle-brothers have endured decades of training before becoming a fully fledged Space Marine and form [[marine#redirect Command_Squad|squads]] of up to 10 marines, including the sergeant or equivalent from whom the battle-brother takes his orders, but is capable of acting alone if the sergeant dies in combat. Battle-brothers are well versed in the art of combat and are able to effectively use most weapons with the chapters [[armoury]], including melee weapons such as the [[chainsword]], ranged weapons such as the [[bolter]] or [[plasma gun]], long ranged weapons like the [[lascannon]] or [[heavy bolter]], short ranged weapons such as the [[flamer]] or [[melta gun]]. Battle-brothers who show an aptitude towards one aspect of battle may find themselves getting inducted within the [[Devastator_Squad|Devastator]] or [[Assault_Squad|Assault]] squads, or perhaps they perform the repair rites on their weapons so meticulously that they are sent to [[Mars]] to train as [[techmarines]]<sup>1</sup> Battle-brother is also used to describe another Space Marine regardless of rank when that rank is unknown or is what a [[sergeant]] or higher calls his subordinates<sup>1</sup> Although many chapters differ their teachings from the [[codex]] and vary the names and ranks given to the squads and Space Marines that undergo the transformation from Neophyte, the individuals within those squads are still referred to as battle-brothers.<sup>2</sup> ==Sources==*<sup>1</sup> [[Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition)]]*<sup>2</sup> [[Codex: Space Wolves (5th Edition)]] [[Category:Titles and Ranks]][[Category:Troops (Space Marines)]]
