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==Chapter creation==
The creation of a new Chapter is known as a [[Founding]], and it does not happen overnight. Each Chapter is created from the [[gene-seed]] of an existing donor Chapter. After the [[Scouring]], [[Roboute Guilliman]] tasked the [[Adeptus Terra]] with setting up and maintaining a genetic bank to procure and store tithes of gene-seed, which would in turn provide the gene-seed for all future Chapters. To prevent cross-contamination, the genetic stock of each legion was isolated while those of [[Chaos Space Marines|Traitor Legions]] were put into stasis lock. By taking direct control of these genetic tithes, the Adeptus Terra now could ultimately could control the Space Marines as they had the power to destroy or create Space Marine armies at will.{{Fn|4}}
When creating a chapter, the zygote is implanted in a human test-slave who spends his entire life in a static experimental capsule, immobile and serving as nothing but a medium which from two progenoids will develop. When the progenoids are developed, they are extracted from original test-slave and then implanted into another two test-slaves, producing four progenoids, and so on. It takes 55 years of reproduction to create a healthy set of 1,000 organs. These must be sanctioned officially by the [[Fabricator-General of Mars|Master]] of the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] and then by the [[High Lords of Terra]], speaking for the [[Emperor]], who alone can give permission for the creation of a new Chapter.{{Cite This}}
