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*'''826.M41:''' [[Siege of Vraks]] — A strike force composed of elements of the [[1st Company (Red Scorpions)|1st]], [[3rd Company (Red Scorpions)|3rd]], [[6th Company (Red Scorpions)|6th]], and [[8th Company (Red Scorpions)|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 at, 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 (Inquisitor)|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]] carried out similar boarding actions against the renegade [[Lamenters]], which caused the Lamenters to surrender.{{Fn|2}}
*'''906.M41:''' The [[Angstrom Incident]]{{Fn|2}}
==Gene-Seed==
The Chapter is noted for the purity of [[geneseed]] [[tithe]]s which is heavily tied to its fanatical belief in purity, in deed and thought as well as physically. According to an assessment of [[progenoid]] samples by [[Inquisitor Lord]] [[Varius (Inquisitor)|Varius]]'s acolytes, the Chapter retains over 94% purity, with the only exception being an overactive [[Betcher's Gland]]. It was for this reason that Varius chose the Red Scorpions as the gene source for his proposed new founding to counter the [[Tyranid]] [[hive fleet]]s.{{Fn|1b}} However, the Chapter has repeatedly refused to allow more samples to be examined by the Inquisition or the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] Biologis.{{Fn|4}}
Despite its extreme purity, the Red Scorpions' gene-seed is highly genericised; it has none of the defining features that might be used to tie it to any specific [[Space Marine Legion]].{{Fn|6b}}
**{{Endn|14c}}: pg. 35
*{{Endn|15}}: [[White Dwarf 112 (UK)]], pg. 71 - ''[[Adeptus Titanicus (game)|Adeptus Titanicus]]: Conqueror! - [[Robots]] in Adeptus Titanicus''
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