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According to the [[Codex Astartes]], a '''Sergeant''' should show his rank with a red-colored helmet, with veterancy marked out by a white laurel around the helmet{{Fn|2a}}; they also wear a red skull on the left shoulder pad{{Fn|6a}}. but variations exist between [[Chapter]]s : for example, the [[Blood Angels]] mark out their Sergeants with black pauldrons, with red edgings, on which yellow versions of the Chapter icon and their [[Space Marine Company|company]] badge.{{Fn|10}}{{Fn|11}} The [[Emperor's Spears]] mark out their Sergeants with transverse crests in red, with Veteran Sergeants' crests being red and black.{{Fn|14}}
Ten thousand years ago during the [[Great Crusade]], the red coloring of the helmet was a mark of shame and discipline to the [[Ultramarines]] [[Legion]]. However, after [[Aenoid Aeonid Thiel]]'s heroic actions during the [[Battle of Calth]] in the early days of the [[Horus Heresy]], the mark was changed by [[Roboute Guilliman]] to one honoring Thiel's rank of Sergeant.{{Fn|19}}
Most Sergeants take to the field with different weapons from their squad mates. As a status symbol they often wield [[close combat weapon]]s, especially [[Chainsword]]s or [[Power Sword]]s.{{citethis}}
