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Despite being under the overall command of Roboute Guilliman, the Indomitus Crusade did not operate as a single force. Rather, it was a massive ever-growing fleet divided into many formations that varied greatly in size and makeup. Each of these Fleets had their own [[Space Marine]], [[Imperial Guard]], [[Imperial Navy]], [[Adeptus Mechanicus]], [[Sisters of Battle]], [[Sisters of Silence]], and [[Adeptus Custodes]] detachments. Supporting these were support groups from the [[Adeptus Arbites]], [[Inquisition]], [[Officio Assassinorum]], and [[Ecclesiarchy]]. The Fleets were identified by number, such as ''[[Fleet Primus]]'', ''[[Fleet Secundus]]'', ''[[Fleet Tertius]]'', and so on and fell under the command of a [[Fleetmaster]].{{Fn|7}} There are currently 10 known Battlefleets, each of which is massive. The size of Fleet Primus alone surpasses that of all Imperial forces gathered in the [[Macharian Crusade]].{{Fn|15c}}
Each of these fleets was in turn divided into a number of Battlegroups, identified as ''Battlegroup Alphus'', ''Battlegroup Betaris'', ''Battlegroup Cerastus'', etc. each under the command of a Groupmaster. How many Battlegroups each fleet has is unknown, though it is stated that [[Fleet Tertius]] consisted of 16.{{Fn|28}} Though each battlegroup was part of a greater fleet, they were designed to be independent and self-sufficient. Battlegroups would answer to their corresponding Fleetmaster for strategic direction, but otherwise investigated and initiated their own campaigns. The third level of the Crusade was the Task Force, which were specialized military groupings that were assembled on the order of a Groupmaster. They were intended to achieve the conquest of specific worlds or defense platforms, the couriering of vital messages through the vastness of space, the destruction of specific enemies who had been marked for death, and whatever other important tasks had to be achieved. Each Task Force had within it a specialized force known as [[Torchbearers]]. This consisted of Sisters of Silence, 1 squad of Custodes, and a conclave of [[Magos Biologis]]. These acted as the direct emissaries of Guilliman and would transfer new Primaris Space Marine technology and [[Gene-Seed]] to cutoff Space Marine Chapters.{{Fn|7}}
Each Indomitus Crusade Fleet was initially organised right down to a regimental level by Roboute Guilliman. However, the Primarch had to accept that his painstaking organisational work would not long survive contact with the war-torn galaxy. He thus provided fleetmasters and groupmasters alike with powers of requisition to rival those of even the most domineering [[Lord Inquisitor]]. To facilitate and resupply this great undertaking, Guilliman created the [[Officio Logisticarum]].{{Fn|7}} The Officio Logisticarum itself is based out of [[Hub-Fortress]]es, which are periodically established on worlds in the wake of the Crusade.{{Fn|9}}
**{{Endn|27a}}: Chapter 26
**{{Endn|27b}}: Chapter 37
*{{Endn|28}}: [[The Silent King (Novel)]] - Chapter 26
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