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When the Spiders enter the ranks of the Guard, they are organized into platoons formed by a whole gang; officers are prominent individuals within Spider Clan, respected and feared by the gangers.

Soldiers often have their face tattooed with an image of the Necromundan Spider, the symbol of the gang. Necromundan regiments use antifrag armour plates covering the chest and shoulders.

The most famous battle honors won by the 8th were earned by their participation in the Battle of Deucalion. The First Army of [[Warmaster]] [[Solon]] was forced to retreat from the planet Deucalion and he had to order the evacuation of its troops. The entire army consisted of at least thirty regiments in three huge divisions. Troop ships were landing to evacuate the army. While troops embarked into the ships, the enemy managed to pass through the defenses of Solon, putting the landing field within range of its mobile artillery, so that when the last of the transport crafts landed, the bombs started to fall. Then, the first troop-laden transport craft suffered damage from enemy anti-aircraft weapons, the ship crashing to the ground, crushed an entire regiment under it.

Seeing that Warmaster Solon and his own troops still had to be evacuated, Colonel Mortz ordered the 8th to move against the enemy. Renouncing any hope of escape, the Spiders charged through the smoke and dust fogged fields, disappearing from view. Soon the intensity of the bombing declined and remaining transports could land in relative safety. The last transport to leave Deucalion was that of Solon's. Although waiting until the last moment Solon had no choice but to order the launch of the last transport and abandon the Spiders.

==Sources==

* http://us.games-workshop.com/games/40k/imperialguard/gaming/doctrines/unorthodox.htm

* [[Codex Imperialis]]

[[Category:Imperial Guard Regiments]]

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