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==Organisation==

When [[Vulkan]] assumed command of the Salamanders on the [[Great Crusade]] he radically reorganised the [[Space Marine Legion|Legion]]. One of Vulkan's first actions was to largely unify his scattered Legion and do away with its ad-hoc strategic operations, but he did so in a way that preserved, where possible, the spirit of autonomy and self-sufficiency the component units of the XVIII had developed, which he saw as inherent virtues where tempered with purpose. Vulkan ordered his Legion into the formation of seven "Realms", each linked with one of [[Nocturne]]'s seven great city-settlements. To each of these he assigned a [[Lord Commander (Legiones Astartes)|Lord Commander]], known also as a Protector, as it was also their duty to protect their settlement in time of attack. Each Nocturnean city-settlement served as a focus of the Legion's recruitment and their governance of the planet, anchoring the Legionaries to the humans for whom they fought, and each city-settlement went on to exhibit its own unique influences on the Salamanders traditions.{{Fn|21a}}

{{main|Known Formations of the Salamanders}}

*[[9th Chapter (Salamanders Legion)|9th Chapter]]{{Fn|69}}

*[[1st Line Company (Salamanders Legion)|1st Company]]{{Fn|23}}

*[[3rd Line Company (Salamanders Legion)|3rd Company]]{{Fn|21e}}

*[[139th Line Company (Salamanders Legion)|139th Company]]{{Fn|64}}

The Salamanders comply with much of the [[Codex Astartes]], but instead of ten companies continues to maintain the seven warrior houses of the original Legion. Each great settlement of [[Nocturne]] forms the basis of one of the companies. Also unusually, the [[Chapter Master]] of the Chapter directly oversees the 1st Company.{{Fn|44a}} Another significant deviation from the Codex Astartes is that the Salamanders maintain three [[Master of the Forge|Masters of the Forge]] instead of one. This allows for the efficient maintaining of the chapter's machinery alongside the creation of technological artifacts of great beauty and perfect function.{{Fn|47d}}