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These specialists provide vital support as honour guards and aides – Company Champions defend their Chapter's honour with martial excellence, Ancients guard its inspirational banners, and Company Veterans lay down hails of fire from relic bolt weapons.{{Fn|11}}.
==CompositionCommand Squads trough the Ages==The exact makeup of a Command Squad varies composition has seen variations depending on the Chapter or the Captain, but a typical [[Codex Astartes|Codex]] Squad is composed Age of{{Fn|1a}}:*A [[Veteran Sergeant]] — fourth in command to the Captain behind the company's two [[Space Marine Lieutenant|lieutenants]];*An [[Apothecary]] — equipped with a [[Narthecium]] and [[Reductor]];*A [[Company Standard Bearer]] — charged with carrying the [[Company Banner]];*A [[Company Champion]] — an exceptional [[close combat]] specialist, usually armed with a [[Power Weapon]] and [[Combat Shield]];*1 or 2 additional [[Company VeteranDark Imperium|veteranEra]]s who are often armed with heavy ranged weapons.
===Heresy era===During the [[Horus Heresy]] a '''Legion Command Squad composition has also seen variations depending on ''' could be formed at the [[Age Chapter]], [[Battalion]] or [[Company]] level.{{Fn|12a}} It was typical for [[Praetor]]s to fight alongside a squad of exceptionally disciplined and skilled warriors. This squad acts as both the Dark Imperiumcommander's personal guard and the bearers of one of the [[Company Ancient|Legion Standard|EraLegion's esteemed standards]], serving as a focal point for rallying the Legion's troops on the battlefield. These selected Space Marines are equipped with the finest weaponry the Legion has to offer and epitomize the honor of the Legion in combat.{{Fn|12b}} ====Composition====*2-4 Space Marine Chosen*1 Legion Standard Bearer ====Available Wargear====*[[Artificer Armour]], [[Combat shield]], [[Company Ancient|Legion Standard]], [[Terminator Armour]]{{Fn|12b}}, [[Nuncio-vox]]{{Fn|13}}*Bolter, Bolt pistol, [[Chainsword]], [[Combat Blade]], Frag and krak grenades, Heavy chainsword, [[Charnabal Sabre]], [[Power Fist]], [[Lightning Claw]], [[Plasma Pistol]], [[Volkite Charger]]{{Fn|12b}}*[[Warhawk Jump Pack]], [[Space Marine Outrider|Spatha Combat Bike]], [[Imperial Jetbike|Legion Scimitar Jetbike]]{{Fn|12b}}
===Time of Ending===
==Images==
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LegionCmdSquad.jpg|Legion Command Squad (Horus Heresy){{Fn|14}}
CommandSquad10th.jpg|Company Heroes (10th Ed.){{Fn|8}}
Image:SMCommand.jpg|Command Squad (4th Ed.){{Fn|6}}
*{{Endn|10}}: [[Codex: Space Marines (6th Edition)]], pg. 88
*{{Endn|11}}: [[Codex: Space Marines (10th Edition)]], pg. 152
*'''12''': [[The Horus Heresy Book One - Betrayal]]
**{{Endn|12a}}: pgs. 30-31
**{{Endn|12b}}: pgs. 188-189
*{{Endn|13}}: [[Liber Astartes]], pg. 27
*{{Endn|14}}: [https://web.archive.org/web/20240404144421/https://www.warhammer-community.com/2024/03/28/heresy-thursday-plant-your-flag-with-new-legion-command/ Warhammer Community : Heresy Thursday – Plant Your Flag With New Legion Command (28/04/24)] (saved archive)
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