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Following the events of the The Red Corsairs are a Renegade Chapter and [[Badab Warwarband]], the surviving of [[Astral ClawsChaos Space Marines]] broke through the who lead a vast fleet of pirates composed of mortals and other Traitor Marines that threaten Imperial blockade shipping and fled to Imperial worlds near the Maelstrom Warp rift in the [[MaelstromUltima Segmentum]], taking a region known as the Maelstrom Zone to Imperial astrocartographers. The Red Corsairs were once a Loyalist Space Marine Chapter called the broken body Astral Claws who were based on the world of Badab Primaris in the Badab Sector of the Ultima Segmentum. The Astral Claws were, ironically, raised during the 10th Founding in the 35th Millennium to guard against the numerous daemonic and alien threats emerging from the Maelstrom. Under the leadership of their [[Chapter Master]] [[, Lufgt Huron]] with , the "Tyrant of Badab," in the late 41st Millennium, the Astral Claws sought to have the Badab Sector secede from the Imperium of Man in protest against the Imperium's continued attempts to use the resources of the Badab Sector outside the region rather than dedicating themfully to the defeat of the Chaotic and xenos threats that emerged constantly the Maelstrom Zone. Huron turned The Astral Claws and the Tyrant of Badab were able to convince several other Astartes Chapters also dedicated to the protection of the Maelstrom Zone, including the Executioners, Lamenters, and the Mantis Warriors to stand with them against the ruinous powers Imperium in order what they believed to survive be a just cause and still leads an attempt to maintain the traditional autonomy of the remnants against Adeptus Astartes in the face of unwarranted interference from the ImperiumImperial nobility, though they now call themselves economic interests and the '''Red Corsairs'''often hated Inquisition.

The intent Unfortunately, Lufgt Huron had slowly been corrupted by his desire for power into the service of Chaos, and eventually the Imperium was forced to respond to the Secessionists in the Maelstrom Zone by unleashing the full might of the Red Corsairs' raids are Imperium in the terrible civil conflict that became known in the Imperial record, before the Inquisition laid down an Order of Obliteration that sought to build Huronremove all records of the Astral Claws's army existence from Imperial history, as the Badab War. This conflict was fought between 901.M41 and 912.M41 and ended in the complete destruction of the Astral Claws defences and the devastation of their Chapter homeworld of Badab Primaris. Only 200 Astral Claws survived the final Imperial assault, and these Astartes, all corrupted by Chaos, fled with captives the maimed body of their leader into the Maelstrom, where they founded a new Chaotic empire. The other Astartes Chapters who turn traitorhad served the Secessionist cause were eventually forgiven by the Imperium since they had only been misguided and not corrupted, in return for launching themselves upon a series of penitent Crusades. Lord But Lufgt Huron is feared swore his soul and the souls of his remaining Astral Claws to the eternal service of the Ruinous Powers in return for the restoration of his health and despised by the power needed to make war upon the Imperium as well as honoured by that he beleived had betrayed him and his fellow Astral Claws. Replacing the other traitor legions. ravaged portions of his body with bionic augmetics, Lufgt Huron, now calling himself Huron Blackheart's empire within , ironically led his corrupt Astartes, now calling themselves the Red Corsairs, back into the [[Maelstrom]] has Zone to become a great threat and a power the piratical raiders that rivals he had so long fought against. In time, the legions within Red Corsairs became the [[Eye leaders of Terror]]. One a vast Chaotic pirate force of Renegades and Traitors that represents a major continuing threat to the planets under their control is New Badab, where Imperium in the tournament called the [[Skull Harvest]] is held Ultima Segmentum. {{Fn|4}}.