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==History==
During the [[Great Crusade]] and [[Horus Heresy]], the 4th Chapter of the [[Ultramarines]] [[Space Marine Legion|Legion]] was known as the '''Aurorans'''. They possessed five times as many armoured vehicles as a standard Chapter.{{Fn|1313a}} The 4th Chapter was also used non-standard iconography, using the color green to mark veterans and marking its members with the so-called "Auroran Ribbon",{{Fn|22}} a sign which later became the Aurora Chapter's symbol.{{Fn|9}}
The Aurora Chapter was officially set up in the [[Second Founding]],{{Fn|1}} and since then operates largely in the [[Ultima Segmentum]]. The chapter is well known for their armoured assaults; the Chapter possesses three times the typical number of [[Land Raider]]s and [[Predator]]s{{Fn|2a}}, all of which are manufactured on their [[Adeptus Astartes Homeworld|homeworld]], [[Firestorm (Planet)|Firestorm]].{{Fn|10}}
==Battles and Campaigns==
*'''007.[[M31]]''' — [[Battle of Calth]]{{Fn|13b}}** [[Battle of Ithaka]]{{Fn|13b}}*'''???.[[M31]]''' - — [[Astagar]] deployment{{Fn|22}}
*'''121.[[M31]]''' — [[Battle of Thessala]].{{Fn|15}}
*'''544-546.[[M32]]''' — The [[War of the Beast]]. The Aurora Chapter fought under [[Master of the Forge]] [[Aloysian]] as part of a force led by [[Maximus Thane]] on [[Ullanor]].{{Fn|12}}
===Named Vehicles===
As Ultramarines 4th "Aurora" Chapter:
* ''[[Ardentian]]'' — [[Spartan Assault Tank]]{{Fn|13b}}
As Aurora Chapter:
*''[[Harbinger of Death]]'' — [[Predator Destructor]]. Fought alongside the first company of the Chapter against [[Chaos]] cultists during the [[Goru Heresy]].{{Fn|3}}
*{{Endn|11}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume Two (Second Edition)]], pg. 20
*{{Endn|12}}: [[The Last Son of Dorn (Novel)]], Chapter 15
*{{Endn|13}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book Five - Tempest]], ** {{Endn|13a}}: pg. 81** {{Endn|13b}}: pg. 103
*{{Endn|14}}: [[Gathering Storm: Fall of Cadia]], pg. 98
*{{Endn|15}}: [[Dark Imperium (Novel)]], Chapter Two
