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The '''Ultramarines Honour Company''' is a specialized [[Space Marine Company|Company]] of [[Ultramarines]] that have been stationed at the [[Cadian Gate]] for many millennia, rotating officers and warriors from Ultramarines Companies elsewhere and also drawing from the Ultramarines [[Successor Chapter]]s.{{Fn|1}}

The current commander of the Honour Company is [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] [[Echion]], a member of the [[Patriarchs of Ulixis]] [[Chapter]]. The Company is made up mostly of Ultramarines, but it is not unusual for Marines from Successor chapters to volunteer for the Honour Company's service. As the Ultramarines ' resources have dwindled following the [[First Tyrannic War]], Marines that are descendant descended from the Ultramarines are becoming more common.{{Fn|1}}

The Honour Company has been active in the [[13th Black Crusade]], distinguishing itself early in the war. Their first action was a space-borne counterattack against [[Ezekyle Abaddon|Abaddon's]]'s fleet as the ''[[Planet Killer]] '' closed on the [[Agri-World]] of [[Lortox]]. The action bought the world's [[PDF]] time to evacuate a significant portion of the worlds population before the planet was blasted to pieces by the accursed [[Chaos]] starship. In the aftermath of the Lortox evacuations, the Honour Company was redeployed to [[Cadia]] and the surrounding systems[[system]]s, launching a series of operations to hinder Abaddon's forces as they invade invaded the [[Fortress World]]. These attacks have included boarding actions against Chaos [[Space Hulk]]s being used to transport hordes of [[The Lost and the Damned]]. In total, the Honour Company has disabled or destroyed 3 such Hulks, stranding an estimate estimated 600,000 [[Cultist]]s, [[Mutant]]s, and [[Traitor Guard]] in the depths of space. A fourth hulk, codenamed ''[[Herald of Grief]]'', was destroyed in a boarding action which saw an estimated 200,000 Chaos renegades killed.{{Fn|1}}

*{{Endn|1}}: [[WD286White Dwarf 286 (UK)]] , pg.66