Belisarius Cawl and Roboute Guilliman, deep beneath the surface of Mars, oversee the final stages of development of the Primaris Space Marines for the Ultima Founding. Sternguard Veteran Squad • Vanguard Veteran Squad • Terminator Squad ( Terminator Assault Squad) • Bladeguard Veteran • Veteran Intercessor Squad • Company Veterans

The 8th Company is the Close Support Company and is most often used in an invasion role, or wherever a strong hand-to-hand fighting force is needed. Marneus Calgar, Chapter Master of the Ultramarines, following his transformation into a Primaris Space Marine. Not only are these venerable and mighty warriors valuable battlefield assets for the devastation they can wreak upon the foe, but they are also the living embodiment of their company's history and traditions. Hellblaster Squad • Eradicator Squad • Aggressor Squad • Eliminator Squad • Suppressor Squad • Desolation Squad • Infernus Squad • Firestrike Servo-turret • Hammerfall Bunker For the Ultramarines and the vast majority of their Successor Chapters, the word of their risen primarch was good enough, and many Chapters welcomed the Primaris battle-brothers gladly.

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However, Guilliman forced these armies to fight using squads that contained Primaris Astartes from multiple different gene-lines to better forge cooperation between the different genetic lineages. As before, the organisation of a Space Marine Chapter in the wake of the Ultima Founding of the Primaris Marines comprises 1,000 battle-brothers. The Ultima Founding in ca. 999.M41 was the largest mobilisation of newly-created Space Marines in centuries. It saw thousands of Primaris Space Marines woken from stasis beneath the surface of Mars and hurled into the forefront of Mankind's galactic war. Every facet of the opposition's war machine must be dismantled, from supply routes and infrastructure to communications and logistics. Morale must be utterly sapped through non-stop harassment by terror troops and assassination of key individuals.

Yet it is a risk often worth taking; a hundred Terminator-armoured Space Marines supported by Land Raiders and Stormravens possess more than enough martial might to lay low the most monstrous of foes, or conquer an entire world in the Emperor's name. Fortunately, the Emissaries Imperatus, a Shield Host of the Adeptus Custodes, the elite bodyguard of the Master of Mankind, stepped forward to intercede, stating that the gift that was the Primaris Marines was the will of the Emperor. An elite, fast-moving, silent-striking force of this sort can secure victories through ambush, sabotage and assassination that a far larger army could never achieve through brute force alone.Yet ultimately they were somewhat strategically inflexible, for they had not undergone the gruelling progression through their existing Chapters' companies or gained the wealth of experience that progress bestowed. Some of these Martian Primaris Marines formed entirely new Chapters such as the Rift Stalkers or the Silver Templars.

Capable of levelling overlapping salvoes of firepower, Intercessor Squads often form the flexible fighting core of newly-founded Primaris Chapters. Many already established Chapters have taken to fielding them alongside their Firstborn Tactical Squads. It was only thanks to the Sangprimus Portum -- a device that held potent genetic material originally harvested from the primarchs themselves -- that Archmagos Cawl was able to create these biotechnical miracles. The specialised nature of each of the Reserve Companies sees them deployed in quite specific circumstances. The battleline warriors of the 6th and 7th Companies will often act as crews for large, independent formations of the various armoured vehicles deployed by the Chapter, allowing commanders to field entire companies of skimmers, battle tanks or other swift assault vehicles.GW’s grim reaper, Warhammer Legends, is a very real threat to regular Marines still. With the snap of GW’s fingers, we’ve seen regular Marines (among other units) sent to Warhammer Legends overnight, which is basically where good models go to die. Entrusted to Cawl by Guilliman shortly after the Second Founding in the early 31st Millennium, this device resulted in a new breed of Adeptus Astartes that were deployed en masse in the Ultima Founding. Oh, and don’t forget those extra BA Upgrade Frames. Thematically, those are super useful, too. Anyhow, that puts us at another 435 points plus Wargear. Sorry Primaris Librarian, you’re going to have to sit out this one. Although, we might find a use for him later. So now that we’ve got over 1000 points of “core” Troops and the foundation of this army, what next? It’s time for that Blood Angel’s flavor to get added in.