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[[Image:UltramarinesRT.jpg|thumb|right|Fig.1.1: A Smurf.]]
The '''Ultramarines''' are a chapter of [[Space Marines]], probably the most famous and well-known (both within the [[Warhammer 40,000]] universe and without). [[Games Workshop]] considers the Ultramarines their chapter of choice, and the Ultramarines represent the standard upon which most other Space Marine chapters are based. They have an easily recognisable blue-with-gold-trim colour scheme - the blue colouration, coupled with the small size of the minis, has lead them to be nicknamed "Smurfs" by some. A squad of Ultramarines are the protagonists of the recently released 40k-based move (coincidentally titled "Ultramarines").
[[Image:Ultramarines.jpg|thumb|right|Cockmongler and Happy Negro, the typical Ultramarines .]]
The [[Primarch]] of the Ultramarines was [[Roboute Guilliman]], and it was he who wrote the famous [[Codex Astartes]] after the events of the [[Horus Heresy]], prescribing each Space Marine chapter to a mere thousand warriors to ensure that no one man would ever command the loyalty of a entire Space Marine legion again. Many, but not all, of the other Space Marine legions adopted the Codex and split up into multitudes of smaller chapters, and most Space Marine chapters today follow the practices found within it. Because they are an extremely successful and well-established chapter, and their gene-seed remains remarkably pure, it is the variety most commonly used to found new Space Marine chapters. Roboute Guilliman himself was mortally wounded by a poisonous attack from the traitor Primarch [[Fulgrim]], and he has been kept in stasis by the Ultramarines for thousands of years, where many claim that his wound is slowly healing (which is technically impossible, but you never know).
The Ultramarines are a very popular chapter in the general 40k fandom, but are widely hated by many denizens of [[/tg/]]. This may initially have been due to their popularity - the Space Marines in general suffer something of a backlash from fa/tg/uys because of their overwhelming popularity with the annoying young children that infest the hobby, and the Ultramarines are the most popular of them all - but of recent editions the blatant favouritism displayed by certain Games Workshop writers towards the chapter have earned them considerable ire, especially from fans of other Space Marine chapters that get slagged off in the process. This is mainly the fault of [[Matthew Ward]], responsible for the latest Ultramarines codex, which is full of ridiculous fanboyism and claims that every chapter strives to be like the Ultramarines and that the ones who don't are clearly aberrants who are dying out (this certainly comes as news to chapters like the [[Black Templars]], [[Raven Guard]], [[Iron Hands]], and [[Space Wolves]], who were doing perfectly fine the last time they checked).
Unfortunately for the Ultramarines, some aspects of their history from earlier editions are fairly well entrenched and can't really be changed now. This includes Roboute Guilliman falling hook, line and sinker for a diversionary trick that took him and the Ultramarines to the opposite side of the galaxy when Horus decided to launch his rebellion at Terra, and the entire Ultramarines 1st Company being wiped out by [[Tyranid]]s during a holding action during the Battle of Macragge. Had Matt Ward been responsible for writing these parts of history, they'd probably have seen right through the clumsy deceptions of the traitor legions and Roboute Guilliman himself would have shown up to save the Emperor after Horus mortally wounded him, and had a Terminator squad single-handedly hold off the entirety of the Tyranid siege on Macragge.
==In Bygone Days==
[[Image:Ultraknights.jpg|thumb|left|Ultrmarines, from the days of [[Awesome]].]]
[[User Talk:Jaimas|This]] grizzled [[Neckbeard]] recalls a time when they weren't retarded or hated.
Before the time of stupid - before the thrice-cursed [[Matt Ward]].
There was an actual fanbase for this chapter once, one that once held deep reverence for the Ultramarines - not because of idiotic Matt Ward fluff, but because they were honest-to-goodness "Joe Everyman" of Space Marines. Many players who stuck with Marines got their start with the Ultramarines, and there was ample fluff of the chapter taking its lumps and fighting on, like men - Maccrage, Black Reach, and more. Hell, even [[Dawn of War|Winter Assault]] harkened back to these simpler times, back when the Ultramarines were worthy of respect and whilst /tg/ simply disliked them before, it was mostly because of the population of newblets that arrived, and not because the [[fluff]] was [[Derp|retarded]] and portrayed them as SECOND TO TEH [[Emprah|EMPRAH]]. Armies like Matt Hudson's were examples of what an actually ''good'' Ultramarines group with deep fluff centered around every victory and loss could be like. Players reminisced over the Ultras because they were, for many, their starting army for 40K.
The Ultramarine's central concepts were that of a well drilled, immaculate army of warrior-monks who executed their duty with professionalism and competence. "By the book, no mistakes," was the Ultramarine way. In part this came because of their extensive study and practice of the Codex Astartes, which covered a very broad range of battlefield situations and doctrine to live by. Thanks to each and every one of them training and living by it, their companies operated like a smoothly functioning combat machine with every unit functionally interlocking with every other. However, as much as this by-the-book discipline was their strength, it was also their weakness, since the few situations that the Codex Astartes did not prepare them for tended to catch them flat-footed, lacking the flexibility to properly respond. The initial Tyranid invasion was one such situation, and presumably new doctrine had to be written for dealing with them. Putting it differently, they had weaknesses to balance out their strengths, and ''actual character development'', something [[Matt Ward|this faggot]] gets the vapors over.
The Ultramarines also feature in a novel series written by [[Graham McNeill]], which actually shows that the Ultras are not wholly perfect (indeed, Uriel Ventris, the main character, makes a cataclysmic mistake after taking captaincy) but were still decent human beings who actually respected and cared about the common people of the Imperium. To McNeill's credit, he showed amazing awareness of how bad the recent fluff with the Ultramarines was, and tried to change that in ''Chapter's Due'' by having them seek help from other people. You can imagine how Ward [[Butthurt|felt]] about that.
There was a time where the Ultramarines were frankly more human, showing both the strengths and weaknesses of humanity all the stronger. They lost members to Chaos, and groups of their forces undertook penitence crusades. There was battles they lost, such as against the [[Necron]]s. They held Maccrage, but with a staggering toll in lives. They defeated the [[Alpha Legion]], but fell prey to the trap set by said legion and paid the price for Guilliman's hubris, something that Guilliman himself felt immense guilt for. They were ''fallible'' before Matt Ward got involved, and they were more characterful for it, as it made their victories ''that much more inspiring''.
The Ultramarines players that actually existed before Matt Ward were rarely given much more than mild indifference from /tg/ in the past. There is thus no one who hates their fluff in the new edition more than those who were long-term fans and players of the Ultramarines. Matt Ward's fluff was ''so'' bad, in fact, that it caused players to abandon the Ultras in favor of other Marine chapters, such as the [[Imperial Fists]], [[Salamanders]], and [[Raven Guard]] (the latter of which Matt Ward seems to have [[Butthurt|a personal vendetta against]]). Other players were so alienated that they either turned to [[Chaos]] or stopped playing Marines entirely.
[[Matt Ward|Thus is the hatred brought about by the hubris of one man]].
==Quotes to Rage By==
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[[File:Cato Sicarius.jpg|300px|right|thumb|One of the Ultramarines few shining moments of Awesome, an extrordinary rarity since the begining of the Ward Era.]]
"Chapters [not descended from Guilliman's geneseed] are disciples who owe their genetic inheritance to another Primarch, but follow the [[Codex Astartes]] as keenly as their divergent heritage allows. While primarily composed of successor Chapters, this group also includes several Chapters of the [[First Founding]] - notably the [[Imperial Fists]], [[White Scars]] and the [[Raven Guard]]. These chapters can never be [[Ultramarines]], for their gene-seed is not that of [[Roboute Guilliman]]. Nevertheless, they will ever aspire to the standards and teachings of the great [[Primarch]].
[Chapters who do not emulate the Ultramarines] are aberrants; chapters who, through quirk of gene-seed, mutation or stubbornness, eschew the Codex Astartes in favor of other structural and combat doctrines. Some, such as the [[Blood Angels]] and their successors, strive to be worthy of Guilliman's legacy, but their recalcitrant gene-seed drives them ever further from it. Others, such as the [[Space Wolves]] and the [[Black Templars]], remain stubbornly independent, looking to their own founder's ways of war and caring little of how they fare in the eyes of others. These aberrant Chapters were always few in number and their presence diminishes with each passing decade, for their gene-seed is no longer the source of fresh Chapters." - Matt Ward, Ultramarines player, codex writer (unfortunately), [[Codex]]: [[Space Marines]], 5th Edition, p/ 25. ''(What, you thought we made this up ourselves? Also note that the Black Templars actually outnumber the Ultramarines at a ratio of at least 6:1)''
"Trust me, somewhere deep in the Eye of Terror, the Blood God himself weeps alone in the dark, for he knows in his heart of hearts: no matter what he may do, no matter what incomparable feats he may accomplish, no matter how infinite and unfathomable his glory...he can never be an Ultramarine." - [[Marneus Calgar]], Chapter Master of the Ultramarines. ''(Not that Calgar actually said this, but Matt Ward has. Actually, this is true for most character quotes below.)''
"This wouldn't be a problem if Horus was an Ultramarine. You know it's true." - The [[God-Emperor of Mankind]], remarking to [[Sanguinius]] during the [[Horus Heresy]].
"My company and I alone have more victories and battle honors than do the entirety of other individual chapters!" - Cato Sicarius, captain of the Ultramarines 2nd company.
"Don't you know it? A shining battalion of Ultramarines, high on every wall around the palace, fought the unwashed hordes who dared to attack the Imperium. When The Emperor and Guilliman went to fight Horus they found the poor man had painted his armor blue and had glued horse shoes to his pauldrons. The Emperor was mortally wounded, but Horus had been no match for Guilliman. Sanguinius, who was also there, killed himself out of shame, realizing then that he would never be an Ultramarine." - A modestly confused historian.
"I am indeed so proficient at my work as a scout sergeant that other chapters borrow me to train their own scouts." - Torias Telion, scout sergeant of the Ultramarines.
"I am positively and undeniably the most gifted of all tank commanders in the entire Imperium. This is not a statement of arrogance, but rather one of verifiable fact." - Antaro Chronus, tank commander of the Ultramarines.
"Eldrad Ulthran voluntarily sacrificed himself to Slaanesh, for he had finally foreseen that even had they struggled for all eternity, the Eldar would never be the equals of Ultramarines, nor could they ever fully grasp the glorious legacy of Roboute Guilliman. Any torment She Who Thirsts could conceive would pale in comparison to living with this horrible truth, and in the end, maybe Slaanesh would take pity on the Eldar since she, too, shares the pain of never being able to reach the shining peak of superiority that are the true Sons of Guilliman." - An unidentified farseer of Craftworld Ulthwé.
"To the man, every single member of the Imperial Guard's 412 Cadian, 1st Kronus, and 252nd Kaurava Conservator regiments committed suicide. I was powerless. As a commissar, how could I threaten to BLAM men who willingly BLAMED themselves? In his final moments I managed to grab a guardsman and ask what had driven the men to do such a thing. 'Because we know we can never be Ultramarines,' He told me right before blowing his own head off with his Lasgun." - Unknown member of the Imperial Commissariat.
"I have pierced the mind-crippling veil of the Hive Mind and can foresee their intents with such accuracy that many suspect only the Emperor Himself could have attained such a feat. It is without question that I am uniquely the most powerful psyker in the entire galaxy, perhaps even as powerful as the Emperor." - Varro Tigurius, librarian of the Ultramarines.
"In truth, Hive Fleet behemoth attacked ultramar because the Tyranid Hive mind wanted to become an Ultramarine and accept Roboute Guilliman as it's spiritual liege and Chapter Master Calgar as it's temporal master. When it was turned down, it attacked in hopes of consuming Ultramarine geneseeds to become one of us...but deep down it knew that it could never become an Ultramarine." - Chaplain Varnus.
"I single-handedly, casually, and easily bested a Bloodthirster of Khorne in hand to hand combat and sent it screaming back into the warp; other chapters would need to send an entire company of assault marines to have the smallest hope of defeating such a beast in close combat." - Chaplain Varnus.
"I was not a tactical genius. My Legion should follow another primarch instead and aspire to his teachings more than my own. My only regret is that thanks to my inferior gene-seed my sons can never be true Ultramarines." - [[Jaghatai Khan]], Primarch of the [[White Scars]].
"I supported the codex reformation from the beginning out of respect for Roboute Guilliman, who is my spiritual liege. Since my own knowledge of warfare is severely lacking I was overjoyed when my Legion was given the opportunity to learn from a more competent general's experience. My only regrets are that we, rather than they, were charged with protecting Terra, and that thanks to my inferior gene-seed my sons can never be true Ultramarines." - [[Rogal Dorn]], Primarch of the [[Imperial Fists]].
"I may be one of the greatest of primarchs, warmaster, Imperium destabilizing traitor, embodiment of the ruinous powers. Yet even I have to admit that my dear brother Guilliman is clearly superior in every way. Hell... I specifically orchestrated the events of this treason so that the Ultramarines are on the other side of the galaxy. Why? Not because I knew they'd trounce us all within mere moments - which they would - but because the entire purpose of my actions was to weaken the Imperium just enough so that my brother, o prestigious Guilliman, could impose his superior ideology over our brethren. I knew I could never live up to his name, so I gave it up all for him, for you, my brother!" - [[Horus]], Primarch of the Luna Wolves/Sons of Horus/[[Black Legion]].
"You jealous little people just don't know what it's like to be so faithful, awesome, and praised by the Emperor! The rules for fighting against my chapter invented proper strategy, and then we wrote a proper book on strategy to show those bitches how it's done! Get a job!" - [[Roboute Guilliman]], during an address to the stunned citizens of Ultramar.
"Indeed, it was Guilliman who would have the greatest lasting effect upon the now leaderless Blood Angels. Through the Codex Astartes - that great treatise on the restructuring and ordering of the Space Marines - Guilliman's legacy would reshape the Blood Angels Legion into the Chapters that defend the Imperium to this day." - [[Matt Ward]], Ultramarines player, codex writer, [[Codex]]: [[Blood Angels]], p. 7. ''(We wish we could say we were making this up...)''
"[The Ultramarines] are one of the hardest working chapters out there... The Ultramarines are the most focused, proficient, and tactically aware force in the galaxy..." - Matt Ward, Ultramarines player, codex writer.
"The Ultramarines are undoubtedly the best Space Marines ever. Yes, really! Thanks to the heritage of Guilliman and their myriad heroic deeds, the Ultramarines are the exemplars of the Space Marines. With a few fringe exceptions... all Space Marine chapters want to be like the Ultramarines and recognize [[Marneus Calgar]] as their [[spiritual liege]]." - Matt Ward, Ultramarines player, codex writer.
==History of the Ultramarines==
The Ultramarines have some of the most boring 1st founding histories for any Astartes Chapter in the Imperial history.
Circa M29: The Unification Wars. The Emperor of Mankind unites Terra, and sets off to conquer the stars in a series of violent and bloody battles. The Ultramarines’ Primarch, Roboute Guilliman (Nicknamed Rowboat Girlyman for being an utter twat during the Heresy), is conveniently located on the other side of the galaxy when this occurs.
012.M31-014.M31: The [[Horus Heresy]]. Nine of the twenty [[Space Marine]] legions, fully half of the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] and numerous Imperial Guard regiments [[heresy|betray]] the [[God-Emperor of Mankind|Emperor of Mankind]] and turn to [[Chaos]]. Under the leadership of Warmaster [[Horus]] of the [[Black Legion|Sons of Horus]], the traitors turn on their fellow Legions, causing serious losses. The [[Salamanders]], [[Iron Hands]], and [[Raven Guard]] are nearly destroyed during the Drop Site Massacre of Isstvan V (including the death of Primarch [[Ferrus Manus]]), the [[Dark Angels]] lose their homeworld to <s>renegade elements within their home planet</s> A COMPLETELY RANDOM ACCIDENT AND NOT HERESY, while the [[Space Wolves]] are bogged down in a protracted battle with the [[Thousand Sons]]. Only the [[Blood Angels]], [[Imperial Fists]], and [[White Scars]] are able to return before the traitors lay Siege to Holy Terra, where they take serious losses (including the death of Primarch [[Sanguinius]]). The Emperor defeats Horus, causing the traitors to scatter, but is crippled and forced to ascend the Golden Throne. The Ultramarines are conveniently located on the other side of the galaxy when this occurs being trolled by the [[Word Bearers]]. After the Heresy, Rowboat Girlyman formed the [[High Lords of Terra]] and created the Codex Astartes as we know it today, including the separation of the 10,000 strong legions into 1,000 strong chapters. Note that the Ultramarines didn't participate in the defense of Terra, didn't sustain crippling damage to their Chapter's manpower, and note that, best of all, when they arrived they were too fucking late. The war was already won, yet their primarch still was the first to create the new rules.
546.M32: 'The Beheading': The High Lords of Terra are all slain on the orders of Drakan Vangorich, Grand Master of the Officio Assassinorum. The rogue Master of Assassins is tracked down and slain by a Space Marine strikeforce drawn from the Imperial Fists, Halo Brethren and Sable Swords. Of over a thousand men deployed, only a single Space Marine survives the campaign. The Ultramarines are conveniently located on the other side of the galaxy when this occurs.
843.M35: Distress call from Grendel's World investigated. Planet discovered to have been attacked and all inhabitants slain by terror tactics of the Night Lords. The Ultramarines are conveniently located on the other side of the galaxy when this occurs.
Early M36: The Age of Apostasy and the Reign of Blood begin. Warp storms increase dramatically and [[Chaos]] and [[Ork]] attacks multiply. The Imperium falls into turmoil. An empowered [[Ecclesiarchy]] becomes more tyrannical. High Lord Goge Vandire, Master of the [[Administratum]], assumes the post of Ecclesiarch, becomes the most powerful member of the Senate of the High Lords of Terra, and manipulates a small sect, the Daughters of the Emperor (today the [[Sisters of Battle]]), into becoming his personal bodyguards, the Brides of the Emperor. Vandire rules largely unopposed and becomes more and more bloody and tyrannical. Zhoros, homeworld of the [[Legion of the Damned|Fire Hawks]]' chapter, is thermal bombed. The Ultramarines are conveniently located on the other side of the galaxy when this occurs.
266.M36: Sebastian Thor is born on Dimmamar. He eventually becomes a threat to Vandire, who sends the Frateris Templar fleet to destroy Dimmamar. The fleet is completely destroyed by a warp storm, still in existence today, named the Storm of the Emperor's Wrath in the Clax system. Vandire's armies are finally defeated by combined forces of the Tech Guard and several chapters of [[Space Marines]], organized under the banner of the Confederation of Light, led by Thor. Vandire is executed by Alicia Dominica, the leader of his own bodyguards, who reclaim their old name Daughters of the Emperor in a conspiracy involving the Adeptus Custodes and the Emperor himself. The Ultramarines are conveniently located on the other side of the galaxy when this occurs.
723.M36: The 5th Black Crusade begins. [[Doombreed]], a deamon prince of [[Khorne]], declares war on the Adeptus Astartes. The Warhawks and the Venerators are lost. The Ultramarines are conveniently located on the other side of the galaxy when this occurs.
995.M40-000.M41 The Macharian Crusades. Macharius, Lord Commander of the Segmentum Solar, sets out to reconquer the Segmentum Pacificus for the [[Imperium]]. The Ultramarines are conveniently located on the other side of the galaxy when this occurs.
444.M41: First War for Armageddon. Chaos incursion led by [[Angron]] and his [[World Eaters]] beaten back by the [[Space Wolves]] and [[Grey Knights]] but only at a terrible cost. Only about a dozen of the Grey Knights survive the battle with Angron. The local planetary militia and the other citizens are [[Grimdark|mind-wiped, sterilized and put into work camps, to slave away for the rest of their short, miserable lives]] much to the horror of [[Logan Grimnar]]. The Ultramarines are conveniently located on the other side of the galaxy when this occurs.
742.M41 Damocles Crusade is launched against the Tau Empire, due to the Imperium's ever growing Xenophobia, a small, strategically insignificant piece of nothingness, inhabited by weak fish people with minimal Faster-Than-Light Technology. The Ultramarines are thoroughly defeated along with the rest of the Imperial forces. Those "aberrations" known as the [[Black Templars]] come in and beat the hell out of the Tau after the Ultramarines leave for the...
745.M41: First Tyrannic War. Hive Fleet Behemoth attacks the Ultramarines' homeworld, Macragge. Most of the chapter is eaten by [[Nids]] and lose their entire 1st company, the Chapter's company of hardened veterans and Terminators. The second fight they get and they still blew it, lulz.
754-775.M41: Sabbat Worlds Crusade. The Imperium deploys a massive force under Warmaster Slaydo to retake the Sabbat Worlds from the forces of [[Chaos]]. Several Space Marine chapters participate, including the White Scars and those "aberrations" called the Raven Guard and the Imperial Fists, eventually succeeding in driving Chaos from the sector. The Ultramarines are conveniently located on the other side of the galaxy when this occurs.
897.M41: Battle of Sanctuary 101. The Necrons attack the Adepta Sororitas at the fortress-convent of Sanctuary 101, with every sister slaughtered to the last woman, marking first contact between the Imperium and the Necrons. The Ultramarines are conveniently located on the other side of the galaxy when this occurs.
901-912.M41 Badab War. The [[Red Corsairs|Astral Claws]], [[Lamenters]], [[Executioners]], and [[Mantis Warriors]] chapters rebel against the [[Imperium]], and are defeated by loyalist chapters. The Ultramarines are conveniently located on the other side of the galaxy when this occurs.
941-942.M41: Second War for Armageddon. The Ultramarines bump into Waaagh! [[Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka|Ghazghull]] while running away from the Tyranids. They are saved by the timely intervention of [[Commissar Yarrick]] and the [[Blood Angels]]. Marneus Calgar's first action is to acknowledge [[Dante]] as overall commander of the Space Marines on Armageddon.
988.M41: The battle of Rynn's World begins. A large ork army, led by the Warboss Snagrod, attacks the Crimson Fists and their homeworld. During the battle, a stray missile strikes the Fortress-Monastery of the Crimson Fists, killing most of the Marines. The survivors are severely crippled and are forced to rebuild their chapter. The Ultramarines are conveniently located on the other side of the galaxy when this occurs.
757998.M41: The Third War for Armageddon begins. Having learned from past mistakes, Imperial Commanders commit a ridiculous amount of forces to hold the world. It drags on for months in a bloody stalemate until Ghazghull grows bored and leaves his generals to finish the fight while he goes looking for other worlds to conquer. [[Commissar Yarrick]] joins a [[Black Templars]] Crusade and gives chase. The Ultramarines are conveniently located on the other side of the galaxy when this occurs.
5999.M41: Warmaster [[Abaddon]] launches the [[13th Black Crusade]]. The armies of [[Chaos]] Undivided lay siege primarily to [[Cadia]] but attack many of the surrounding worlds as well. Imperial Forces launch a massive counterattack, and eventually push back the tides of Chaos, but only just barely, and at great cost. The [[Space Wolves]]' 13th Company are amongst the forces seen fighting against the forces of Chaos. The Ultramarines were apparently man enough to get into the fighting... by offering some honor guard units that barely made up half a company. Yes, we're facepalming with you too.
As an additional note of interest, there stands reasonable evidence that the Ultramarines are partially responsible for unleashing the Nightbringer on the galaxy in the current age. On the planet Pavonis, it was brought to the attention of Uriel Ventris, of the 4th company of the Ultramarines, that a group of revolutionaries were digging their way straight to the Nightbringer's sarcophagus while the Dark Eldar rounded up the keys to unlock the thing. Uriel was given a choice: he could either [[exterminatus]] the planet, burying the Nightbringer, revolutionaries, and Dark Eldar all at once in a single fell swoop, or he could boost his own ego by making a balls-first attack on the excavation site with nothing but chain swords and bolters. Unfortunately for the entire galaxy, Uriel chose the latter of these options, lost the fight, and let the Nightbringer get free. Which in lay man's terms means that they made the single largest fuck up to end all fuck ups of all time. Oops...
[[File:1280346485348.jpg|thumb|right|While most believe the story told by the Ultrasmurfs, eye-witnesses paint a different story...]]
==Notable Members==
*[[Marneus Calgar|Papa Smurf]], the current Chapter Master of the Ultramarines and plated with heavy duty, fanboy-grade plot armor. His accomplishments include being thoroughly ripped apart by a Tyranid (by that we mean all his limbs, a large portion of his body and his eye) and surviving with the help of bionics, single handedly holding off an Ork Waaagh! for 9 days all by himself and killing a daemon prince with only a squad of Terminators by stabbing him with a warp-touched dagger named "The shard of Erebus". However, his crowning Mary-sue moment is his defeat of an Eldar Avatar of Khaine in 1 vs 1, hand-to-hand combat, which is typically killed by the same effort it takes to kill a Khornate Bloodthirster.
*Captain Sicarius, the captain of the Ultramarines Second Company, is [[Mary Sue|suicidally brave]]. He and his company alone have held off over 10,000 Orks at once, using only knives and [[plot armor|favoritism]] to survive, and he is stated to command "the finest fighting unit in this [the Ultramarines] or any other Space Marine Chapter". He once divided his company into thirds to defeat an entire tomb world, was only wounded as a result, and still managed to blow up the planet.
*Ortan Cassius, a chaplain of the Ultramarines, is one of the oldest Space Marines alive and [[Bjorn the Fell Handed|not yet placed in a Dreadnought]]. His oratory skills are perfect, so much so that it makes the Eldar weep. Though the Ultramarines are already [[Mary Sue|supremely and undeniably perfect enough - unbeatable to the point of being boring really; it's like watching Superman: "Oh, no! Not a continent made out of Kryptonite! What's Superman going to do? Oh! I guess he throws it into space! I was on the edge of my being remotely excited!"]] - Cassius is such a great Chaplain that he can push his men to even more god-like feats of brilliance.
*Varro Tigurius, the Ultramarine's Chief Librarian, is the most special snowflake of all the Imperium's [[Psyker|Psykers]]. He is so amazingly powerful that he can predict an enemy's entire battle plan before the fight begins, allowing him to counter any attacker from the start. His Mary Sue presence is so great that he can do unbelievable things, such as communicating with the Tyranid Hive Mind, allowing him to understand and predict the plans of untold numbers of inhuman monsters all thinking and acting as one. Supposedly his powers rival those of the Emperor, put Eldar Farseers to shame and yet place him in no real danger of being tempted or being violently possessed by the Ruinous Powers, considering his soul has to shine like a motherfucking lighthouse in the warp with all the powers he's capable of dishing out. '''Please note that before Matt Ward, this guy had LD 9.'''
*Torias Telion (aka; Shawn Connery made [[Grimdark]]) is an Ultramarine Scout Sergeant. He is the best sniper currently alive in the Imperium. His ability is so beyond realistic that he can shoot a target so far away that ''planetary curvature'' must be taken into account. He's so great that other chapters prefer to borrow him to train their scouts instead of using their own sergeants. He once killed a Tau ethereal and cadre commander in one sitting using only two bullets from extreme range. He is also bald. Yes, as in [[Indrick Boreale|Indrick Baldeale]] bald. Still though, he isn't as awesome nor as [[grimdark]] as the [[Blood Ravens|hair-etical scout sergeant who morbidly bitches about everything in the universe]].
*[[Captain Titus]] is a Smurf Captain of the who the fuck knows company (if the trim of his pauldrons are accurate, he's Captain of the 2nd Company). He gained prominence (will gain prominence?) on the forge world of Graia, trying to keep a whole waaagh! from stealing all the bitz for themselves while keeping a probably radical Inqusitor happy. Also there's a portal to the warp letting out Deamons and chaos marines to go on a jolly old pub crawl. He is also one of the few Ultramarines who clearly states that the Codex Astartes is not meant to be taken literally. Thus, he is awesome. He's voiced by Mark Strong.
*Chaplain Varnus, an Ultramarines Chaplain dispatched to Lorn V. He banished a Bloodthirster of Khorne back into the warp in melee combat within a matter of seconds simple by swinging his Crozius Arcanum; something that would typically need a squad of Grey Knight terminators to do over the course of several minutes of protracted combat, an armored division of Heavy tanks or about 5 squads of heavily equipped Space Marines led by the bravest balls-on-head suicidal Commanders who could stand up against a giant, cow-dog daemon of death with a FUCKHEUG mace. Yeah, Plot armor tends to do that. In the fagged-up writings of C.S. Multilazor, he was actually a vile Alpha Legion Chaos Space Marine. Of course, this is obviously false, for how can the [[Mary Sue|oh so perfect, virtuous, noble and indeed, holier-than-thou Ultramarines]] possible be profane servitors of Chaos?! Surprisingly, he comes off as fairly cool in the game. For perhaps the first instance in recorded time, he is a Space Marine who actually bows to the better Imperial Guard strategy.
*Many others. If there is a tactic or important role that is occupied in an army, there is a speshul snowflake in the Ultramarines who has mastered it with such gravity that he makes the rest of the Imperium, or more likely the entire galaxy, redundant.
== [[Ultramarines:The Movie]] ==
*"And the greatest of them all are the Ultramarines." [[Rage|FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF-]]
(To be honest, however, were John Hurt speaking of a different chapter, our response would be the same.)
The movie, written by the capable Dan Abnett, actually gives probably the most realistic interpretation of the Ultramarines. Simply put: they get fucked up. The geniuses decided to put scouts in their first combat deployment wearing power armor and not knowing how to use their guns. Their Captain is a cocksure moron who charges into battle against a daemon prince alone. The only sane man in the squad is a geriatric Apothecary who everyone ignores. After the Captain dies, command is given over to a paranoid trigger happy lunatic. The Captain, who is OBVIOUSLY NOT A DAEMON POSSESSING HIS BODY comes back and kills everyone, and only two Marines survive the entire encounter.
Yep. Humanity's greatest all right.
(Be sure to mention this to Matt Ward if you ever meet him, and don't forget to generally mock Ultramarines when he's around.)
==Reasons Every Other Chapter Is Better==
There are ongoing reasons that every other chapter of both Loyalist and Traitor legion are better than the Ultramarines. Here are but a few:
* They did not fight against the traitor legions on the walls of the Imperial Palace, fighting with all they had to defend Terra against horrors the likes of which had never been seen before in the history of the Imperium.
** That award goes to the [[Imperial Fists]].
* They did not lose half of their chapter to <s>[[heresy]]</s> A COMPLETELY RANDOM AND COMPLICATED ACCIDENT THAT DID NOT INVOLVE HERESY and engage on a millenia-long crusade of <s>penance to clear their name in the eyes of all other chapters</s> GETTING SMOKES, a never-ending quest that causes them to heroically go up against all odds in order to restore their chapter's <s>shattered</s> TOTALLY AWESOME AND UNDISPUTED honor.
** That award goes to the [[Dark Angels]].
* They do not have the balls to ignore what their Chapter Master wishes, realizing that a chapter with a decentralized command structure is far more effective, choose instead to, like [[Black Templars|a few other badasses]], do their own thing. This means they head around the galaxy and [[/tg/ gets shit done|openly lend their aid to any Imperial Guard, Planetary Government, or Space Marine unit that needs their assistance]] in sabotage, covert ops, and assassination, which [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdRbiJ29VkM includes an assault on a heavily-fortified Tau outpost that captures the ethereal and leaves hundreds dead via a covert strike from a single squad].
** That award goes to the [[Raven Guard]].
* They did not wind up taking a heavily-defended city that had dug in with fifty marines after it had 2 weeks to prepare its defenses because taking it the quick way with hundreds of casualties "would have been too easy."
** That award goes to the [[Alpha Legion]].
* They did not wind up having a Primarch fighting alongside the Emperor deep into Horus' battle barge during the Horus Heresy, only to wind up in a doomed battle that he himself knew he could not win - but fought nonetheless knowing full well that death awaited no matter what course he took.
** That award goes to the [[Blood Angels]].
* They are not kickass vikings in space with a Primarch that fucking kicked that [[Gay|faggot]] Horus' ass in a duel and who was so manly that the [[Imperial Guard]] named a tank after him, which has gone on to be perhaps the most-used tank in the imperial arsenal.
** That award goes to the [[Space Wolves]].
* They are not crafted from the Emperor's Gene-Seed and are privy to knowledge that would destroy lesser men, tasked with the all-important mission of having to destroy the most powerful entities ever brought about from the warp or die in the attempt.
** That award goes to the [[Grey Knights]].
* They are not angry enough to shit plasma grenades and then punch someone in the face with one just to show you how awesome they are.
** That award goes to the [[Angry Marines]].
* They are not capable of blending in for more than 3 seconds and resolving conflicts by simply talking to their opponents instead of shooting them.
** That award goes to the [[Reasonable Marines]].
* They are not Space Marine Space [[Poison'd|Pirates]] that are out for the plunder, wenches, and cool [[hat]]s.
** That award goes to the [[Red Corsairs]].
* They are not angry enough to contest the Angry Marines' claim on being the angriest whilst having the support of an almost-as-angry god, while also being the best melee fighters in the setting.
** That award goes to the [[World Eaters]].
* They are not created by having a lesser daemon posses them and exorcised later as so to be more resistant to daemonic corruption, which would normally result with most Space Marines going insane.
** That award goes to the [[Exorcists]], a chapter descended from the [[Grey Knights]].
* They aren't awesomesauce enough to create 2 memes in a single game.
** That award goes to the [[Blood Ravens]], specifically to [[Indrick Boreale]].
* They don't have thick-enough plot armor to have no more than a hair-etical Force commander, a 4-man tactical squad led by the only bald marine in the group, a 3-man assault marine squad led by a young hair-etic, a 3-man devastator squad led by an angry-as-fuck devastator sergeant, a 3-man scout squad led by the most morbidly grimdark scout sergeant to ever live, the only confirmed non-[[Salamanders | Salamander]] negro librarian in the entire Imperium, and a senile Dreadnought stand up to a Tyranid invasion and full-blown Chaos intrusion all the while having no form of heavy armor support other than said Dreadnought. Though the 4th Company did hold the line for them while these shitheads did all the work.
** That award again goes to the Blood Ravens.
* They don't have ==Homeworld==The Ultramarines are unique in that, unlike their fellow chapters, they control nine star systems, rather than a single planet. Collectively, these systems are known as [[DURR|''Hair''-eticalUltramar]]-enough commander and sergeant , with [[Macragge]] as its capital. Macragge is a hairstyle that makes them look like Vanilla Ice.** The award ''also'' goes cold and rocky world, though certainly capable of sustaining life, and is home to the Blood Ravens[[Fortress of Hera]], the Ultramarines' main base.
* They do not go around "acquiring" a very large number of priceless artifacts and wargear from a dozen other Space Marine Chapters, the Adeptus Custodes, the Inquisition, and even from Chaos without getting caught.** That award also '''Ultramar'''<ssup>goes to2c</ssup> was "gifted" to the Blood Ravens.
* They didn't manage to troll an entire marine chapter (complete with primarch) by having them assault a heavily fortified fortress, and then ambushing them [[Macragge]] is just one of the eleven worlds in said fortress after it was but a trapthe Ultramar sector.The others are:* [[Tarentus]]: Agri World* [[Quintarn]]: Agri World* [[Konor]]: [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] Research World* [[Calth]]: Cavern World* [[Espandor]]: Cardinal World* [[Iax]]: Garden World*[[Masali]]: Agri World* [[Talassar]]: Ocean World* [[Talasa Prime]]: [[Inquisition]] Fortress* That award goes to the [[Iron WarriorsParmenio]].: Training World
* They didn't ==History==[[Image:UltramarinesRT.jpg|thumb|Ultramarines (Rogue Trader era)]]As a First Founding Chapter, the Ultramarines have a long history dating back to before the balls to defy [[Horus Heresy]]. When the Codex Astartes [[Emperor]] landed on Macragge and have more than 1000 marines in a single chapter in-order to commence a never-ending crusade met Roboute Guilliman, Roboute instantly recognized him and readily took command of awesomeness that resulted in numerous the Ultramarines. During the [[Great Crusade]], the Ultramarines won countless victories, purged millions upon millions greatly expanding the realm of filthy heretics, mutants, the [[Imperium]]. Due to Roboute's tactical genius and Xenosbrilliant administration skill, while doing it in a medieval-esque fashion he ensured that involves them rushing their target with all the intent worlds he took were left more prosperous than before and thus able to go CQC as much as possible.** That award goes contribute to the [[Black Templars]]Imperium.
* They did not successfully troll ===The Horus Heresy===Before [[Horus]] declared his treachery against the Emperor, he had ordered the Ultramarines Legion to go to the Veridan System in [[UltramarinesSegmentum Tempestus]] into not only abandoning Terra on a fool's errandfar to the galactic south, but kicking claiming that the smurfs' asses in system was under attack by an [[Ork]] invasion force from the processGhaslakh Empire. Roboute Guilliman commanded his troops to depart at once and set course for Ultramar, so he could meet up with more of his forces and obtain supplies.** That award also goes Ultramar was close enough for an assault against Veridan, so Roboute ordered his Legion to assemble in the [[Alpha LegionCalth]]System.
* They are not badass black marines that kick As Roboute and his fleets arrived at Calth, they knew something was wrong, because none of their [[Astropath]]s could get messages through the Warp and the shit out of foul xenos storms were interfering with flamer and melta weapons even after shreds the navigation of their chapter went ships; they were blocked from the rest of the Imperium. It was at this moment that the traitor forces of the [[Chaos|dumbshitWord Bearers]].** That award goes Legion attacked, rendering the Ultramarines unable to participate in much of the Battle for [[SalamandersTerra]].
*They did not achieve Upon learning of the treachery, Roboute immediately set course for Terra, destroying [[Chaos]] reinforcements along the way, but arrived after the war had already been won. Because of this feat while remaining fundamentally decent human beings in a universe that pisses , the Ultramarines were one of the few Legions at full strength; thus, Roboute and his Ultramarines bore much of the burden of holding the Imperium together against aliens and [[grimdarkChaos]]forces in the aftermath of the Heresy. During this time, the Ultramarines recruited heavily from their homeworld and eventually counted for over half of the Loyalist Marines.** That award also goes to Around a decade after the SalamandersHeresy ended, the Imperium finally reached a point of stability.
*They do not have a very large amount At the time of master crafted and artificer wargear because they give their artificers extra time to make them since each marine maintains his own wargear.** The third award the [[Horus Heresy]], it is estimated that goes to the SalamandersUltramarines Legion numbered around 250,000 combat troops.<sup>18</sup>
* They were not capable ===Creation of getting entire star systems the Codex===After the Horus Heresy, Roboute Guilliman set himself to unconditionally surrender via create the [[Codex Astartes]], which would define the mere ''mention'' that they were approaching a systemtactics and organization of all [[Space Marines]], from battlefield strategies to squad markings.** That award goes to Most important of these changes was the division of the Legions into 1,000-strong [[Night LordsChapter]]s. One of the Chapters would retain the heraldry of the original Legion, but the others would be given a new name and symbol. In doing so, Guilliman hoped to divide the power of the Space Marines to ensure that the Horus Heresy could never occur again.
* They are not a legion who spent ten thousand years enhancing themselves with bionics This, however, caused dissention among the remaining Primarchs. [[Rogal Dorn]], [[Vulkan]] and has survived decades despite being constantly ignored [[Leman Russ (Primarch)|Leman Russ]] opposed the splitting of their legions while Guilliman himself was supported by [[Games WorkshopJaghatai Khan]]and [[Corax]]. Neither side was willing to relent and the controversy grew more intense with Rogal Dorn calling Guilliman a coward for not having participated in the Siege of Terra, and Guilliman accused Dorn of being a rebel for his refusal to follow the Codex.** That award goes The situation threatened to bring the Imperium into another civil war. When the Imperial Fist strike cruiser ''Terrible Angel'' was fired upon by the [[Iron HandsImperial Navy]], Dorn finally relented and agreed to split his legion.<sup>9</sup>
* They did not turn traitor ===Against the Tyranids===[[Image:M2030040 P4Mb1.jpg|thumb|left|[[Marines]] vs. [[Genestealer]]s]]The Ultramarines were the first [[Chapter|Space Marine Chapter]] to protect priceless bits successfully repel a [[Tyranid]] invasion. With the help of lore because [[EmperorUltramar|daddyUltramar's]] [[PDF]] wanted to be , a fuckwit [[Titan Legion]], and decided ships from [[Battlefleet Tempestus (fleet)|Battlefleet Tempestus]], [[Hive Fleet Behemoth]] was defeated at the [[Battle of Macragge]] in 745.[[M41]]. Since then, the Ultramarines have tirelessly hunted down the [[Tyranids]] to hate on Psykershonour and avenge the fallen at the [[Battle for Macragge]].** That award goes They contribute a large number of [[Marines]] to the [[Thousand SonsDeathwatch]] because of this. The Ultramarines were also instrumental in defeating [[Hive Fleet Kraken]] on [[Ichar IV]], and [[Hive Fleet Leviathan]] on [[Tarsis Ultra]].
* They did not simultaneously tell both Chaos and the Imperium to fuck off due to Tzeentch and now go around the galaxy in a Space Hulk fighting everyone in the name of the Emperor at the command of a [[Awesome|half spider Chapter Master]].==Notable Battles==** That award goes to the Soul Drinkers.===The Jorun Retaliation===
* [[Grimdark|They did not have two homeworlds destroyed143.M41. On route to the Gothic War an Imperial Battlegroup, been brought back from the brink 15th Heraklion Ironclads, turned on their Commissariat attachment and went renegade. Investigations into this turn of extinction many times, then finally have events uncovered the entire Chapter disappear in the warpfoul xenos taint of Dark Eldar, only who had managed to come back with a different paint job ensnare and corrupt General Jorun and his command structure. Jorun and name, to help Imperials in their time of needhis fleet raided planet after planet, while battling a warp disease that destroys enslaving whole populations for their sanity but gives them incredible strengthmasters.The full [[Howling Griffons]]** That award goes to chapter was given command of the strike force, with support from the Fire Hawks/Legion Ultramarines and [[Sons of the DamnedOrar]] chapters.<sup>15</sup>
* They do not manage ===The Battle For [[Tarsis Ultra]]===During this war the Ultramarines 4th Company were dispatched to be tactically competent and even come off as likable and relate-able the world of Tarsis Ultra to defend it against on of the two tendrils of [[Hive Fleet Leviathan]]. With help from the normal people [[Mortifactors]] Chapter and several regiments of the Imperium despite being superhuman warriors.** That award goes to [[Imperial Guard]], the Iron Snakesinvasion was successfully repelled, though at great cost.
* They do not have ==Organisation==The Ultramarines follow the highest concentration of [[BeakieCodex Astartes]]s in all matters of any chapterorganization.** That award also goes Roughly two thirds of all Space Marines can trace their origins to the Ultramarines, and many still revere [[Raven GuardRoboute Guilliman]]as their creator.
*They were not almost completely destroyed by random chance before rallying their few remaining brothers and defending ===Armament===As well as a [[Boltgun]], many Ultramarines carry a city from an Ork waagh! with virtually no reinforcements while avoiding stupidly suicidal moves to someday rebuild their shattered chapter (sword known as a feat which most thought would be impossible)[[Gladius]].** That award goes to <sup>5</sup> The Ultramarines Honour Guard wield formidable close combat weapons known as the [[Crimson FistsAxes of Ultramar]].
*They were not ===Chapter Disposition===[[Image:UMtaskforce.jpg|thumb|right|Ultramarines Task Force]]As the paragon [[Codex Chapter]], the Legion whose Primarch had such moral integrity that he would never tell a lie if his life or cause depended on it.** That award goes to Ultramarines are divided into ten Companies of 100 Marines, as prescribed by the [[Imperial FistsCodex Astartes]]. Each Company is led by a hero of the Ultramarines, many of which - in addition to their Company command - are in charge of a particular aspect of the Chapter's logistics and hold a "Master Of The Chapter" position.
*They are not a chapter noted for actually defying Inquisitorial if it means preserving innocents who would fight and die for their homeworldThe current Company Captains as of 999.** That award goes to the [[Space WolvesM41]].are as follows:
==To sum up *'''First Company:''' Captain [[Severus Agemman]], [[Regent of Ultramar]], Successor to Captain [[Invictus]] who died at the Ultramarines==[[Battle of Macragge]].**97 [[Space Marine Veteran]]s, 3 [[FileDreadnoughts]].<sup>2a</sup>*'''Second Company:Niggermander.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Calgar spent a short amount ''' Captain [[Cato Sicarius]], Master of time studying and learning the customs Watch, Successor to Captain [[Agemman]] upon his promotion to First Company after the [[Battle of Macragge]].**6 [[Tactical Squad]]s, 2 [[Assault Squad]]s, 2 [[Devastator Squad]]s, 2 Dreadnoughts.<sup>2a</sup>*'''Third Company:''' Captain [[Mikael Fabian]], Master of the SalamandersArsenal, when he retured this is what happened. <sup id="fn_2_back">[[#fn_2|[2a]]]</sup> Successor to Captain [[Ardias]] who died in battle with the Ultramarines soon fell into disaray[[Tau]].So**6 Tactical Squads, 2 Assault Squads, 2 Devastator Squads, the 2 Dreadnoughts.<sup>2a</sup>*'''Fourth Company:''' Captain [[Uriel Ventris]],<sup id="fn_1_back">[[#fn_1|[1]]]</sup><sup id="greatestfn_3_back" warriors >[[#fn_3|[3]]]</sup> Successor to Captain [[Idaeus]] who hand-picked him just before his heroic sacrifice at Bridge Two-Four on the entire Imperium has are apparently comprised world of a chapter of Space Marines who[[Thracia]].**6 Tactical Squads, 2 Assault Squads, on the whole2 Devastator Squads, 4 Dreadnoughts.<ssup>apparently2a</ssup> have an enormous ego that has gotten them into serious problems more than once. From *'''Fifth Company:''' Captain [[Caito Galenus]], Master of the way fluff is written about themMarches**6 Tactical Squads, you would think that they have gotten the most done out of any chapter2 Assault Squads, and yet all they have done is made a few major screw ups and failures2 Devastator Squads, done a few things that don1 Dreadnought.<sup>2a</sup>*'''Sixth Company:'''t seem entirely extraordinary (ohCaptain [[Epathus]], you cleansed a planet Master of heretics? Thatthe Rites**10 Tactical Squads, 4 Dreadnoughts.<sup>2a</sup>*''s totally something no other chapter has managed to do'Seventh Company:''' Captain [[Ixion]], let alone the Imperial Guard)Chief Victualler**10 Tactical Squads, and when they have done something that3 Dreadnoughts.<sup>2a</sup>*'''Eighth Company:''s a bit bigger' Captain [[Numitor]]**10 Assault Squads.<sup>2a</sup>*'''Ninth Company:''' Captain [[Sinon]]**10 Devastator Squads, it7 Dreadnoughts.<sup>2a</sup>*'''Tenth Company:'''s alwaysCaptain [[Antilochus]], always Master of the Ultramarines with about Recruits. ("[[How To Paint Space Marines]]" lists a dozen other chaptersCaptain [[Abraxxon]] as the Tenth Captain<sup>8a</sup>).**[[Scout Squad]]s.<sup>2a</sup>
They started the "Zeist Campaign" '''Note''':Light vehicles and transports (why would you remind people of horrible movies that nobody likes[[Rhino]]s, [[Matt WardLand Speeder]]?) to try to reclaim worlds from the Taus, but apparently can't finish it without help from at least 9 other chapters, which even includes the severely depleted Crimson Fistsetc. Even after they get ) are not included in this count; such vehicles are held in reserve by their reinforcements they can't even finish the weeaboo communists, the Imperial offensive sort of just dissipates after everyone pretty much says "I've got other things to doparent Company and drawn upon as their mission requires." <sup>2a</sup>
On top of that<span id="fn_1">[[#fn_1_back|Note]]: Until 999.M41, they aren't involved inCaptain [[Idaeus]] led the Fourth Company, or barely contribute anything at all to almost any of the major battles but died in almost the entirety of the history of the Imperiumbattle on [[Thracia]]. Not one of [[Uriel Ventris]] was confirmed as the Black Crusades saw any notable contribution successor Captain shortly after, but has been exiled from the Ultramarines, other than being part of for failing to adhere to the background in a battle or simply reinforcements after everyone's done killing the opposition, the battles over many of the big war-planets don't see a single Ultramarine (Armageddon, for example)Codex Astartes. He completed his death oath on [[Medrengard]], and they're apparently entirely removed from the huge games of political backstabbing that changed much of the Imperium (Age of Apostasy, etc)has returned to Macragge. He has since been reinstated to his former rank.</span><sup>16</sup>
So they have done apparently little of actual note in <span id="fn_2">[[#fn_2_back|Note]]: Until 745.M41, Captain [[Ardias]] led the grand scheme of things despite having many of the most incrediblyThird Company, shamelessly powerful snowflakes in but was seriously injured on Joran IV during the entire galaxy, who apparently only got that good because they spend most of their days in training to get that good, because they're sure [[Damocles Crusade]]. [[Fabian]] was confirmed as hell not getting his successor on the experience out in the field.[[Battle of Macragge]] against [[Hive Fleet Behemoth]]</span>{{Cite This}}
On top of that, if you'll see that surprisingly long list above<span id="fn_3">[[#fn_3_back|Note]]: Normally, the Ultramarines are quite obviously one Captain of the most mediocre Chapters there are. They don't really have anything to stand on other than their reputation. Sure, they may claim to be Fourth Company would hold the "best" chapter position of Space Marines, but once you probe any further, that claim comes apart like wet newspaperMaster Of The Fleet. It's almost like Ciaphas Cain turned into a whole chapter of Marines, except this time there's even less to base it on (except Cain frequently does quite heroic things[[Uriel Ventris]] bestowed his title upon Lord Admiral Lazlo Tiberius instead, even if whom he claims to be trying to save his own skin)felt was better suited for the job.</span><sup>16</sup>
So it comes to this question. Why on earth to ==Noted Elements of the Ultramarines have any fanboys whatsoever?======Relics====*[[Armour of Antilochus]]*[[Banner of Macragge]]*[[Gauntlets of Ultramar]]====Vessels====*''Adsidus'' - [[Battle Barge]]<sup>14</sup>*''Aeternus'' - Battle Barge<sup>14</sup>*''[[Caesar]]'' - Battle Barge<sup>2a</sup>, destroyed (details vary<sup>12,</sup><sup>2d,13</sup>)*''Emperor Incarnatus'' - Battle Barge<sup>14</sup>*''Lord Lamedon'' - Battle Barge<sup>14</sup>*''[[Octavius]]'' - Battle Barge<sup>2a</sup>*''Pro Merito'' - Battle Barge; lost in the warp{{Cite This}}*''Seditio Opprimere'' - Battle Barge<sup>14</sup>*''[[Severian]]'' - Battle Barge<sup>2a</sup>*''Accipiter'' - [[Strike Cruiser]]<sup>14</sup>*''Fidelis'' - Strike Cruiser<sup>14</sup>*''Garra de Macragge'' - Strike Cruiser<sup>2a</sup>*''Internecio'' - Strike Cruiser<sup>14</sup>*''Iter Splendere'' - Strike Cruiser<sup>14</sup>*''[[Vae Victus]]'' - Strike Cruiser<sup>2a</sup>*''[[Valin's Revenge]]'' - Strike Cruiser<sup>2a</sup>
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The current headquarters staff<sup>2a</sup> as of 999.[[M41]] are as follows:*They are not listed on Games Workshop '''Chapter Command:''' [[Marneus Calgar]], [[http:Lord Macragge]] and Master of the Ultramarines.<sup>2a</sup>**[[Ortan Cassius]], [[Master of Sanctity]].<sup>2a</wwwsup>**27 [[Ultramarines Honour Guard|Honour Guard]], 1 [[Land Raider]] (Maximus).games-workshop<sup>2a</sup>**1,700 Chapter [[Chapter Serf|Equerries]] and [[Servitor]]s.com<sup>2a</gwssup>*'''[[Armoury]]:''' [[Fennias Maxim]], [[Master of the Forge]].<sup>2a</contentsup>**27 [[Techmarine]]s, 95 Tech Servitors, 25 [[Predator]]s, 8 [[Vindicator]]s, 9 [[Whirlwind]]s, 12 Land Raiders.<sup>2a</articlesup>*'''[[Apothecarion]]:''' [[Corpus Helix]], Chief [[Apothecary]].jsp?categoryId<sup>2a</sup>**12 Apothecaries.<sup>2a</sup>*'''Fleet Command:''' Lord Admiral [[Lazlo Tiberius]], Master of the Fleet<sup id=cat440165a&aId=8000040a own website"fn_3_back">[[#fn_3|[3]]]</sup>**3 [[Battle Barge]]s (Octavius, Caesar, Severian), 8 [[Strike Cruiser]]s, 12 [[Rapid Strike vessel]]s, 31 [[Thunderhawk Gunship]]s.<sup>2a</sup>*'''[[Librarius]]:''' [[Varro Tigurius]], [[Chief Librarian]] as the most noble and heroic chapter of Space Marines.<sup>2a</sup>** That award goes to the 5 [[Epistolary|Epistolaries]], 9 [[Codicier]]s, 10 [[Blood AngelsLexicanium]]s, 3 Acolytum.<sup>2a</sup>
==Gallery==Notable Members of the Ultramarines===={{main|Known Members of the Ultramarines}}=====Heresy Era=====*[[Roboute Guilliman]] - [[Primarch]]<sup>7</sup>*[[Lysimachus Cestus]] - Captain of the Seventh Company during [[The Horus Heresy]]. (KIA)<sup>5</sup>
=====Post-Heresy=====*[[Marneus Calgar]] - Current [[Chapter Master]] and [[Lord Macragge]]. 77th Chapter Master in the history of the Ultramarines.<sup>3<gallery/sup>File:Spacemarine*[[Tigurius|Varro Tigurius]] - Current Chief [[Librarian]], and is believed to be the strongest [[psyker]] in the Imperium.jpg{{Cite This}}*[[Cassius|PLOT ARMOUR HO!!1!Ortan Cassius]] - [[Chaplain]] and veteran of the [[Battle of Macragge]], and now leads the [[Tyrannic War Veterans]] into battle.{{Cite This}}*[[Varnus]] - [[Chaplain]] who led an Ultramarines escort that accompanied the [[Cadian 412th]] Regiment to retrieve the [[Imperator]] [[Titan]] ''Dominatus''.{{Cite This}}File:Warhammer ultramarine take 2 by faroldjo*[[Invictus]] - [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] of the 1st Company during the [[Battle of Macragge]] (Dec.jpg){{Cite This}}*[[Sicarius|Its hard work holding up Cato Sicarius]] - Captain of the Second Company and commander of Imperial Forces during the [[Medusa V]] Schism.{{Cite This}}*[[Uriel Ventris]] - Captain of the Fourth Company, sent to fulfill a banner on [[Death Oath]] for failing to follow Codex Astartes rules.{{Cite This}}*[[Galatan]] - Ancient and Bearer of the wrong end [[Banner of Macragge]] (Dec.){{Cite This}}*[[Helveticus]] - Ancient and Bearer of the galaxy[[Banner of Macragge]]. (Dec.){{Cite This}}File:*[[Torias Telion]] - [[Scout]] Sergeant, unparalleled marksman.{{Cite This}}*[[Antaro Chronus]] - Brother-Sergeant of the Ultramarines concept by Malkavian7515Armoury.jpg<sup>2d</sup>*[[Titus (Captain)|Not everything can be made of awesomeTitus]] - Company Captain.<sup>17</sup>==Sources==*<sup>1</sup>: UK [[White Dwarf]] 264, p. 47*<sup>2</sup>: [[Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition)]]**<sup>2a</sup>: p.17**<sup>2b</sup>: p.25**<sup>2c</sup>: p.31**<sup>2d</sup>: p.40**<sup>2e</sup>: p.89*<sup>3</sup>: [[Chapter Approved 2001]]*<sup>4</sup>: UK [[White Dwarf]] 256, p. 89*<sup>5</sup>: [[Battle for the Abyss (Novel)]], Ben Counter.*<sup>6</sup>: [[Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition)]], p. 47File*<sup>7</sup>: [[Codex:Ultramarines vs Tyranids(2nd Edition)]], p.9*<sup>8</sup>: [[How to Paint Space Marines]]**<sup>8a</sup>: p.40**<sup>8b</sup>: p.84*<sup>9</sup>: [[Codex: Black Templars (4th Edition)]], p.jpg|Horus during the siege 6*<sup>10</sup>: [[Warriors of TerraUltramar (Novel)]], Graham McNeill.File*<sup>11</sup>:Ultramarinesgt[[Chapter War (Novel)]], Ben Counter.jpg|Honoured Brother Ward bannerImage*<sup>12</sup>:Ultraphone[[Codex: Tyranids (5th Edition)]], p.jpg|Your phone14*<sup>13</sup>: [[The Chapter's machine spirit weepsDue (Novel)]], for in its heart it knows it can never be an UltraphoneGraham McNeill.*<sup>14</sup>: US [[White Dwarf]] 288, p.115*<sup>15</sup>: [[Imperial Armour Volume Nine - The Badab War - Part One]], p126*<sup>16</sup>: [[Ultramarines (Novel Series)]]*<sup>17</gallerysup>: [[Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine]](Video Game 2011)*<sup>18</sup>: [http://youtu.be/lWxl0TnkeYA?t=7m40s Interview with Dan Abnett (7m40s)]
==See also==
*[[Mary Sue]]*[[Fluff]]*[[Who Watches Them]]*[[Macragge heresyList of Space Marine Chapters]]
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