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The '''Red Scorpions''' are a [[Space Marine Chapter]] of unknown origin.{{Fn|1a}}
*Late M39: The Red Scorpions undertake the [[Ordon Crusade]], which sees the entire chapter deployed in the wilderness space of the [[Ordon Rift]] in [[Segmentum Tempestus]] for 300 years, during which time it was feared they had been destroyed. It is unknown what happened during these three centuries.{{Fn|1a}} *[[M41]]: [[Galen V suppression]] ([[Galen V Expeditionary Force]]{{citethis}}) - involved [[Land Raiders]] in Codex approved Cobalt/Ammonium desert camouflage{{Fn|10}} for the cobalt chromate deserts of [[Galen V]]{{citethis}}===Notable Vehicles===*826.M41: A strike force composed of elements of the 1st, 3rd, 6th, and 8th companies arrive during the [[Siege of Vraks]] on the [[Strike Cruiser]] ''Arx Fidelis''. Led by Commander [[Ainea]], the strike force aids in the final breaching of the curtain wall surrounding the Fortress of [[Vraks]]. [[Veteran Sergeant]] [[Carab Culln]] leads the Vanguard squad that carried the [[teleport homer]] used by Commander Ainea and his squad of [[Terminator]]s to arrive, and subsequently hold, the breach in the curtain wall where the besieging army would pour through.{{Fn|4}} *830.M41: The Red Scorpions return to Vraks, this time with a strike force personally led by Lord High Commander [[Verant Ortys]] in response to [[Inquisitor Lord]] [[Hector RexEncarmine]]'s request for aid. The [[Battle Barge]] ''Sword of Ordon'' arrives in orbit, carrying 400 of the chapter's battle-brothers, including Veteran Sergeant — [[Carab CullnWhirlwind Scorpius]]. The Red Scorpions proceed to participate Fought in the retaking of the Fortress of Vraks, particularly the battle of Saint Leonis' Gate.{{Fn|5}} *850.M41: Marines from the chapter's 1st and 6th Companies, led by [[Commander]] [[Carab Culln]] assist [[Ordo Xenos]] [[Inquisitor]] [[Solomon Lok]] during an investigation and subsequent battle against [[Tyranid]]s on [[Beta Anphelion IV]]. The Chapter comes under surveillance by the [[Ordo Hereticus]] for their actions, along with [[Inquisitor Lord]] [[Varius]] of the Ordo Xenos.{{Fn|1a}} *906.M41 ([[Badab War]]): The chapter is brought in, along with the [[Minotaurs]], to protect shipping and space lanes and to reinforce the [[Fire Hawks]] and [[Marines Errant]] during the Badab War. Due to the Red Scorpions' unyielding devotion to Codex scripture and their unwillingness to fraternize with less traditional Chapters, their operations in the War are mainly confined to space-lane duties.{{Fn|2}} They are involved in several bloody ship-to-ship boarding actions against the renegade [[Executioners]] chapter {{Fn|1a}}, while the [[Minotaurs]] carry out similar boarding actions against the renegade [[Lamenters]], which causes the Lamenters to surrender. {{Fn|2}} *906.M41 ([[Angstrom Incident]]): Involving Red Scorpion pursuit squads in Codex red/black disruptive camouflage.{{Fn|2}} *907.M41: The Red Scorpions return to the galactic east to undertake their normal duties, due to [[Ork]] incursions in the [[Ultima Segmentum]] (most likely by [[Urgok the Unstoppable]]).{{Cite This}} More recently, they have been involved in operations against [[Hive Fleet Kraken]] and the growing [[Ork]] empire of [[Urgok the Unstoppable]].{{Fn|1a}} *999.M41 ([[Third War for Armageddon]]): A single company arrives at the end of the first year of conflict during the [[Season of Fire]] and awaits the [[Season of Shadow]] to commence hostilities in [[Warzone Armageddon]].{{Cite this}} *'''Undated''' — Battle with [[Eldar]] forces (location unknown). It is known that at least one Red Scorpion's [[Rhino]] with spaced armour fought there.{{Fn|78}}
===Notable Named Vehicle===
*''[[Encarmine]]'' — [[Whirlwind Scorpius]] — fought in the [[Third War for Armageddon]]{{Fn|8}}
==Fleet==
The Red Scorpions are assumed to have a large fleet at their disposal, given their history and salvage rights following the Badab War, but so far only three ships have been mentioned in official GW material and Forge World publications to date - the [[Battle Barge]]s ''[[Auel's Bane]]'' and ''[[Sword of Ordon]]''{{Fn|5}}, and the [[Strike Cruiser]] ''[[Arx Fidelis]]''.{{Fn|4}}
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The '''Red Scorpions''' are a [[Space Marine Chapter]] of unknown origin.{{Fn|1a}}
==Origins==
The origins of the Red Scorpions Chapter are unknown. No records remain of the chapter's founding or from which [[Space Marine Legion]] their [[geneseed]] was first taken. This secrecy has led to some of the Imperium's hierarchy questioning the loyalty of a chapter that keeps its history secret and holds itself answerable to the [[Emperor]] alone. Despite this, the chapter assists wherever it can, carrying out thousands of relief missions. It is known, however, that the chapter has existed for at least 5,000 years.{{Fn|1a}}
==Notable Engagements==
*'''857.[[M38]]''': The Chapter is called to assist in the prolonged siege of the traitor stronghold on [[Helios]]. The Chapter's [[Master of the Forge]] creates the [[Land Raider Helios]] by mounting extra [[Whirlwind]] launchers onto existing [[Land Raider]]s. He took this step because the Red Scorpions mistrusted the [[Imperial Guard]] units they were sent to work with, fearing the Chapter may become tainted by forces already exposed to the traitors' corruption.{{Fn|1a}}
*'''633-635.[[M39]]''': The Red Scorpions battle [[Heretek]] forces in the [[Second Aegisine Crusade]].{{Fn|6a}}
*'''Late M39''': The Red Scorpions undertake the [[Ordon Crusade]], which sees the entire chapter deployed in the wilderness space of the [[Ordon Rift]] in [[Segmentum Tempestus]] for 300 years, during which time it was feared they had been destroyed. It is unknown what happened during these three centuries.{{Fn|1a}}
*[[M41]]: [[Galen V suppression]] ([[Galen V Expeditionary Force]]{{citethis}}) - involved [[Land Raiders]] in Codex approved Cobalt/Ammonium desert camouflage{{Fn|10}} for the cobalt chromate deserts of [[Galen V]]{{citethis}}
*'''826.M41''': A strike force composed of elements of the 1st, 3rd, 6th, and 8th companies arrive during the [[Siege of Vraks]] on the [[Strike Cruiser]] ''Arx Fidelis''. Led by Commander [[Ainea]], the strike force aids in the final breaching of the curtain wall surrounding the Fortress of [[Vraks]]. [[Veteran Sergeant]] [[Carab Culln]] leads the Vanguard squad that carried the [[teleport homer]] used by Commander Ainea and his squad of [[Terminator]]s to arrive, and subsequently hold, the breach in the curtain wall where the besieging army would pour through.{{Fn|4}}
*'''830.M41''': The Red Scorpions return to Vraks, this time with a strike force personally led by Lord High Commander [[Verant Ortys]] in response to [[Inquisitor Lord]] [[Hector Rex]]'s request for aid. The [[Battle Barge]] ''Sword of Ordon'' arrives in orbit, carrying 400 of the chapter's battle-brothers, including Veteran Sergeant [[Carab Culln]]. The Red Scorpions proceed to participate in the retaking of the Fortress of Vraks, particularly the battle of Saint Leonis' Gate.{{Fn|5}}
*'''850.M41''': Marines from the chapter's 1st and 6th Companies, led by [[Commander]] [[Carab Culln]] assist [[Ordo Xenos]] [[Inquisitor]] [[Solomon Lok]] during an investigation and subsequent battle against [[Tyranid]]s on [[Beta Anphelion IV]]. The Chapter comes under surveillance by the [[Ordo Hereticus]] for their actions, along with [[Inquisitor Lord]] [[Varius]] of the Ordo Xenos.{{Fn|1a}}
*'''906.M41''': The [[Badab War]] - The chapter is brought in, along with the [[Minotaurs]], to protect shipping and space lanes and to reinforce the [[Fire Hawks]] and [[Marines Errant]] during the Badab War. Due to the Red Scorpions' unyielding devotion to Codex scripture and their unwillingness to fraternize with less traditional Chapters, their operations in the War are mainly confined to space-lane duties.{{Fn|2}} They are involved in several bloody ship-to-ship boarding actions against the renegade [[Executioners]] chapter {{Fn|1a}}, while the [[Minotaurs]] carry out similar boarding actions against the renegade [[Lamenters]], which causes the Lamenters to surrender. {{Fn|2}}
*'''906.M41''': The [[Angstrom Incident]] - Involving Red Scorpion pursuit squads in Codex red/black disruptive camouflage.{{Fn|2}}
*'''907.M41''': The Red Scorpions return to the galactic east to undertake their normal duties, due to [[Ork]] incursions in the [[Ultima Segmentum]] (most likely by [[Urgok the Unstoppable]]).{{Cite This}}
*'''999.M41''': [[Third War for Armageddon]] - A single company arrives at the end of the first year of conflict during the [[Season of Fire]] and awaits the [[Season of Shadow]] to commence hostilities in [[Warzone Armageddon]].{{Cite this}}
*'''Undated''' — Battle with [[Eldar]] forces (location unknown). It is known that at least one Red Scorpions [[Rhino]] with spaced armour fought there.{{Fn|7}}
More recently, they have been involved in operations against [[Hive Fleet Kraken]] and the growing [[Ork]] empire of [[Urgok the Unstoppable]].{{Fn|1a}}
==Gene-Seed==
The Red Scorpions do not seem to venerate any [[Primarch]] above the others, giving their devotion solely to the [[Emperor]]. Some say that their strict adherence to the Codex Astartes shows that they are a [[Successor Chapter]] of the [[Ultramarines]], but there is little other evidence to support this besides the purity of their gene-seed. Indeed, the preservation of their gene-seed is the Chapter's core belief. The Red Scorpion's devotion to the purity of their gene-seed has made them isolationists, scorning those who they believe are less pure or deviate from the Codex, and they will go to any lengths to retrieve the Chapter's due from their fallen Brothers. They will not serve alongside [[abhuman]]s, and view all the other military arms of the Imperium as untrustworthy.{{Fn|1a}} They are also staunch traditionalists and protectors of authority, and are quick to aid Imperial [[governor]]s or [[cardinal]]s faced with rebellion. The Red Scorpions are also extremely xenophobic, detesting the alien and the mutant in all its forms.{{Fn|6b}}
==Notable Chapter Elements of the Red Scorpions=====Notable EngagementsFleet===*857.[[M38]]: The Chapter is called Red Scorpions are assumed to assist have a large fleet at their disposal, given their history and salvage rights following the Badab War, but so far only three ships have been mentioned in official GW material and Forge World publications to date - the prolonged siege of the traitor stronghold on [[HeliosBattle Barge]]. The Chapters ''s [[Master of the ForgeAuel's Bane]] creates the '' and ''[[Land Raider HeliosSword of Ordon]] by mounting extra [[Whirlwind]] launchers onto existing [[Land Raider]]s. He took this step because the Red Scorpions mistrusted the [[Imperial Guard]] units they were sent to work with, fearing the Chapter may become tainted by forces already exposed to the traitors' corruption.'{{Fn|1a5}} *633-635., and the [[M39Strike Cruiser]]: The Red Scorpions battle ''[[Heretek]] forces in the [[Second Aegisine CrusadeArx Fidelis]]''.{{Fn|6a4}}
===Notable Members===
*'''Veteran Sergeant Haas''': Haas is a Veteran Sergeant among the Red Scorpions, he has a [[bionic]] left arm and wields a [[power weapon]]. His [[Power Armour#Mark 4 "Imperial Maximus Suit"|Mark 4]] armour incorporates an [[Iron Halo]] and he has served in over 60 missions.{{Cite This}}
==Images==
**{{Endn|1a}}: pgs. 121–129
**{{Endn|1b}}: pg. 58
*{{Endn|2}}: [[White Dwarf 101 (UK)]] - ''Index Astartes: The Badab Uprising'', by [[Rick Priestley]]*{{Endn|3}}: [[White Dwarf 105 (UK)]] - ''Land Raider!'', by Rick Priestley
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume Six - The Siege of Vraks - Part Two]], {{Cite This}}
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume Seven - The Siege of Vraks - Part Three]], {{Cite This}}
*{{Endn|9}}: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/11/20/new-heroes-warhammer-40000-coming-soon/ Warhammer Community]
*10: [[Warhammer 40,000 Compendium]]
**{{Endn|10a}}: pgpgs. 34/-35
**{{Endn|10b}}: pg. 117
*{{Endn|11}}: [https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-EU/Astraeus-Super-heavy-Tank-2017/ Forgeworld]
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