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Despite their melee-emphasized method of war, the Blood Angels maintain a larger then average pool of armoured vehicles, including some of unique Design. Most notable of these is the [[Baal Predator]].{{Fn|12b}}
==Recruitment==
[[file:Bloodquest - Warhammer Monthly 0.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A young [[Leonatos]] fighting for the honour to become an [[Blood Angel]] [[Aspirant]].{{Fn|40d}}]]
The Blood Angels recruit their [[aspirant]]s from the Chapter's home planet of [[Baal]] and its two moons.{{Fn|1c}} The time of choosing is known as the ''Duplus Lunaris'', a centennial alignment of Baal and its moons. During this time, members of the Chapter visit each tribe of the Baal System to encourage participation in the selection process. The subsequent trials differ, with ritual combat being typical on [[Baal Primus]]. On [[Baal Secundus]] meanwhile they travel to Angel's Fall (the place where Sangunius was found as an infant), then must reach the Place of Challenge by journeying through a vast, hostile desert and a series of canyons, infested with Fire Scorpions and Thirstwater. While the trial claims many, those that succeed come before the Blood Angels, who winnow out those that are genetically incompatible with their [[Gene-Seed]]. All are permitted to return home, though the most promising rejects are elevated to the status of [[Chapter Serf]]. After nine days of games at the Place of Challenge, their numbers are reduced even further. Those that remain are elevated to [[Aspirant]]. These Aspirants are then force-marched to the next Place of Challenge, where they are split into smaller units. Any aspirant who fails at this point is doomed to never leave the facility, and will either die in the trials or remain there as a guard.{{Fn|12b}}
After all these trials, victors (often numbering less than a few score){{Fn|12b}} are finally chosen. They are taken in the [[Thunderhawk]]s to the stronghold of the Blood Angels on [[Baal]] itself, the [[Arx Angelicum]]. However, they haven't completed their trials yet, as they must observe a vigil for 72 hours <!-- the original text says 3 days & 3 nights. Given that the Baal's day doesn't have to be a 24-hour one, this date might be incorrect. The only reason I put it in is to write in my own words. --> without rest. Those that fail and fall asleep are taken away by the Blood-Servitors; no-one knows what happens to them.{{Fn|1c}}
At the end of the vigil, the remaining aspirants are offered a chalice (rumoured to contain a small portion of Sangunius's own blood) by the Sanguinary Priests. [[Insanguination|After partaking of it]], they fall into a coma and are entombed by the Blood-Servitors inside the caskets of the Hall of the Sacrophagi. They remain there for a full year, in full care of the casket's life-support systems, while they are injected with blood of Sanguinius. Many die, incapable of bearing the vast changes wrought upon them by the gene-seed; others wake up too early and grow insane from their dark and claustrophobic existence. The ones who completely adapt, however, become the newest additions to the chapter.{{Fn|11}}
==Gene-seed==
====Deathstorm Strike Force====
The Blood Angels are also able to field a highly specialized force against overwhelming infantry known as a [[Deathstorm Strike Force]] and it is only deployed in the most dire of situations.{{Fn|13}}
==Equipment==
