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|Strength=9 full [[Space Marine Company|Companies]] and reduced strength [[Scout]] company.{{Cite thisMarker End}}
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*'''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}}
*'''907.M41:''' The Red Scorpions return to the galactic east to undertake their normal duties, due to [[Ork]] incursions in the [[Ultima Segmentum]] (most likely by [[Urgok the Unstoppable]]).{{Cite ThisMarker End}}*'''999.M41:''' [[Third War for Armageddon]] — A single company arrives at the end of the first year of conflict during the [[Season of Fire]] and awaits the [[Season of Shadows]] to commence hostilities in [[Warzone Armageddon]].{{Cite thisMarker End}}
*'''Undated''' — Battle with [[Eldar]] forces (location unknown). It is known that at least one Red Scorpions [[Rhino]] with spaced armour fought there.{{Fn|7}}
*'''Undated''' — The [[Scoring of Entessian]] — Red Scorpions forces (including [[Dreadnoughts]] and [[Conqueror Class Robot]]s) supported the [[Firebrands]] [[Titan Legion]] fighting Rebel [[Robots]] during the attack on [[Myrdinn City]]'s industrial sector.{{Fn|15}}
==Organization==
The Red Scorpions consider the [[Codex Astartes]] as religious scripture, and their chapter organization closely follows codex standards. The chain of command within the Chapter is highly authoritarian, and all orders given by a superior are to be obeyed without question. [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]]s are called '''Commanders''', and the [[Chapter Master]] is known as the '''Lord High Commander'''. The [[Master of the Apothecarion]] traditionally holds the position of second-in-command due to the Chapter's emphasis on purity, and they also maintain a larger [[Apothecarion]]. The Chapter's [[Apothecaries]] are often attached to [[Tactical squad]]s to ensure the retrieval of the Chapter's [[geneseed]].{{Fn|1a}}{{Fn|3}}{{Fn|6b}} Being a [[Codex Chapter]], the Red Scorpions favor a combined-arms approach to the destruction of the Imperium's enemies whenever possible. Each [[Battle-Brother]] is expected to be a master of all forms of warfare described in the Codex and available for re-assignment to different squad types and companies as the need arises.{{Cite thisMarker End}}
Although the Chapter relies heavily on the Codex Astartes for strategic and tactical deployments, it can unexpectedly innovate when circumstances dictate. A particularly notable example is the [[Siege of Helios]], where the Chapter's [[Techmarines]] developed the [[Land Raider Helios]] due to their distrust of the [[Imperial Guard]] assets fighting alongside them. The Land Raider Helios has now been adopted by many Chapters and was recently approved by the [[Mechanicus]]. Despite being fully capable of undertaking covert operations, the Red Scorpions abhor them, and prefer to face their enemies proudly bearing their colors. This, combined with a reduced [[Scout Company]] due to strict recruitment standards, ensures that the Chapter's [[Neophytes]] are often deployed in the main battle line as an auxiliary force.{{Fn|6b}}
*[[Ainea]] — [[Space Marine Captain|Commander]] of the Red Scorpions 3rd Company circa 826.M41. Led a task force that answered [[Marshal]] [[Kagori]]'s request for aid, and captured the breach in the curtain wall of the Fortress of Vraks that finally allowed the 88th Siege Army to enter the Citadel proper.{{Fn|4}}
*[[Sevrin Loth]] — [[Chief Librarian|Magister]] of the Red Scorpions and is considered one of the most powerful Librarians, not only in his Chapter, but throughout all of the Astartes. Inducted from a feudal planet within the Ordon Rift, he soon started to display powerful psychic powers during martial training; able to break bones with thought alone. Loth has a reputation for being a relentless fighter as skilled in personal combat as he is mentally.{{Fn|6a}}
*[[Kregor Thann]] — [[Master Apothecary]]. Also a member of the [[Deathwatch]]{{Cite thisMarker End}}
*[[Casan Sabius]]: [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]]. One of the two ''de facto'' [[Chapter Masters]] of the Red Scorpions since the wounding of Carab Culln.{{Fn|9}}
*[[Sirae Karagon]]: [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]]. One of the two ''de facto'' [[Chapter Masters]] of the Red Scorpions since the wounding of Carab Culln.{{Fn|9}}
*[[Galtus]] — [[Space Marine Dreadnought|Dreadnought]].{{Fn|14c}}
*[[Justinian (Dreadnought)|Justinian]] — [[Space Marine Dreadnought|Dreadnought]].{{Fn|14c}}
*[[Haas (Red Scorpions)|Haas]] — [[Veteran Sergeant]] with he has a [[bionic]] left arm. His [[Power Armour#Mark 4 "Imperial Maximus Suit"|Mark 4]] armour incorporates an [[Iron Halo]] and he has served in over 60 missions.{{Cite ThisMarker End}}
==Images==
*{{Endn|2}}: [[White Dwarf 101 (UK)]], pg. 71 - ''[[Index Astartes]]: From the Imperial History Archives — the [[Badab War]]''
*{{Endn|3}}: [[White Dwarf 105 (UK)]] - ''Land Raider!''
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume Six - The Siege of Vraks - Part Two]], {{Cite ThisMarker End}}*{{Endn|5}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume Seven - The Siege of Vraks - Part Three]], {{Cite ThisMarker End}}
*6: [[Imperial Armour Volume Nine - The Badab War - Part One]] (2010)
**{{Endn|6a}}: pgs. 165–166
