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Space Marines Chapter: Aquila Hunters


During the Time of the Horus Heresy A Scientist roamed the universe trying to realizes his vision. The scientist was un-tainted by chaos, but obsessed with the fall of the Emperor.

The scientist was killed after the Horus Heresy, but not before he could realize his obsession and release Triumvirate Aquila.

On a desolate moon unknown to those of the Imperium, Triumvirate Aquila remained in stasis until the current age of the Empire when a group of Adepta Sororitas returning to Ophelia VII crashed on the surface.



Due to the harsh conditions of the planet and the destruction of their ship, almost half their comrades died at the scene of the crash.

They where forced to search for a safe location to wait for recovery. The remaining squad members managed to find an underground bunker fairly close to the crashed ship.

Setting out from the damaged ship the survivors struggled across the harsh moon's surface. Of the 31 survivors only 12 made it to the entrance of the bunker.

Entering the bunker they where surprised to find it was not a bunker but in fact an ancient lab long since abandoned. After searching the entire lab the found food supplies as well as an old com-link system.

They counted the food stores and where relived to find there is enough to last roughly about 8 months.

Now that they had established communications with the Adepta Sororita on Ophelia VII, informing them of the lab and food stores they were informed that recovery would take about 6 months to arrive due to the fact they needed an additional Inquisitor from the Ordo Malleus to accompany the Inquisitor from Ordo Hereticu to assess the risk to the Empirium.

During the wait for the recovery/investigation team the Sisters came across a secret lab hidden under the first lab. There they discovered a stasis tank with an infant child no more then 6 or 7 months old inside.

Their first thought was that it was male and that this was an old test lab from before the Horus Heresy and lost during that time.



However after searching the computer records it is discovered that the infant is female ans slowly dieing because of the stasis chamber.

After much deliberation the acting leader chose to release the infant child as she was female and deserved the right to live.

The infant recovered with no ill effects and began to grow at a surprising rate of growth.

During this time the Sisters were able to find the records, logs and personal files of the scientist.

In the logs and personal files the scientist made numerous mentions of the infant as Triumvirate Aquila.

The Sisters called her this but giving her name Virate for short.

To protect her modesty the Sisters found some mesh armor and an old Imperial trench coat in a footlocker.

By the time the Inquisition task force arrived Virate was just over a year old and about half a foot taller then most of the Sisters.



Her appearance was that of a young woman in her early adulthood. The Inquisitors were quite surprised by Virate.

Even more so after the de-briefing of the Sisters and reading all the records,logs and personal files pertaining to Triumvirate Aquila.

At first the Ordo Malleus Inquisitor wanted to kill Virate but the Ordo Hereticu Inquisitor was against it, saying she could be a great asset to the Impirium and the Adepta Sororitas.

The Ordo Malleus Inquisitor agreed only because he feared that if he did not agree the Sisters would kill him to defend Virate. And so Virate was taken back to Ophelia VII to be inducted into the Adepta Sororitas.

After many years of service Virate had moved up the ranks to second in command of a squad of Sisters of Battle.

Their first mission was to find out what happened to a Gene-Seed Bio-factory being re-located to Terra, but was lost along the way.

The Sisters of Battle along with an Ordo Hereticu Inquisitor arrived at the last known coordinates of the Bio-factory, where they discover a black vortex.

The black vortex appears dormant but for unknown reasons it sucks certain things up at random times.



Much to the groups dismay as it envelopes them, sending them into an unknown system only accessible from the black vortex.

It causes them to crash on the closest planet which lucky for them is a P-class world in a civilized system.

The planet however was largely deserted with old research stations scattered across the surface.

During the crash landing the Inquisitor and majority of the Sisters of Battle where killed.

The Sister Superior as well as Virate and 148 other Sisters survived out of a total task force of 400 members.

A day after they crashed a lone Apothachary approached the the ship. He was one of two survivors from the Gene-Seed Bio-factory.

The factory survived relatively unscathed. The other survivor is a bio-tech who worked in the factory.

The Sister gathered what was usable and the remaining food stores and followed the Apothecary to the factory.



After the Sisters had recovered somewhat from their ordeal, the Apothecary and Bio-tech preformed medical check-ups on all the Sisters.

When they discovered the uniqueness of Virate's origin, the Sister Superior was wary of what they would want to do now that they knew the truth, however they wanted to take genetic material from Virate to try to make new "Pure" Gene-Seeds because she is as pure as the Primach themselves.

Virate agreed to the procedure, during the growth phase of the implants the Bio-tech was amazed to see 19 implants.

The amazing part was that one was inactive and died shortly after fully grown, and another is an oddly shaped node as well as the absence of another implant.

In total only 18 implants where created. The Omophagea implant died and the Betcher's Gland was missing entirely.

The other implants were all accounted for plus the extra one, After much study and theory the Apothecary and Bio-tech came to the conclusion that the extra node was unique to Triumvirate and was for female use only, designed to allow woman to interact with the Power Armor like Space Marines are able to.

Virate, Sister Superior and the Bio-tech were unsure about using the implants, but the Apothecary offered a solution. Before becoming an Apothecary with The Sons of Guilliman, he had spent many years as a battle hardy veteran of the Storm Lords.

He would create a Recruit Training program so strict it would put ALL Space Marines Training programs to shame, Virate with Sister Superior's approval agreed to the training, however Sister Superior would not partake of the training as someone needed to commanded those Sisters that would not make the cut.



Virate respected Sister Superior and decreed that Sisters of Battle were always welcome with her Chapter.

Out of 150 Sisters (including Sister Superior and Virate) only 105 survived the grueling training. Only 42 passed the training, uniquely enough the Bio-tech had only been able to grow 50 organ sets in the first batch.

As a result all the Sisters that passed were implanted. Unlike some other chapters the Apothecary had been taught by one of the senior most Apothecary and so was able to preform the implant procedures perfectly.

After the Sisters fully recovered from the surgery it was discovered that although the Adepta Sororitas ship was damaged beyond repair, one of the Sons of Guilliman battle ships survived, needing only a few repairs.

A mechanically inclined member of the Aquila Hunters was able to take parts from the Damaged ships to repair the battle cruiser.

After the repairs they where able to find out that the Black Vortex worked both ways and that they could send a signal through it informing the Adepta Sororitas of their status.

The Imperium was pleased to hear that the Bio-factory was still functional. The Adeptus Astartes approved the new Chapter, however there was one condition to the approval.

The Aquila Hunters would be assigned the Black Vortex system as their home system. A planet there being their home world, and their primary mission/objective to protect the Bio-factory at all costs.



The Aquila Hunters are also exempt from the tithe until their numbers increase to chapter standards. Triumvirate Aquila was made the Chapter head of the Aquila Hunters.

Virate ordered that during battles or in the company of other Space Marines the Aquila Hunters were to wear helmets at all times.

The Adeta Sororitas assigned Sister Superior and her remaining Sisters of Battle to the Black Vortex system to aid the new Space Marine Chapter.

The Adeptus Astartes sent a Fortress for the Aquila Hunters. months pass and the Chapter increased to almost 4 timed it's founding number.

Then a distress call came from a unit of the Sons of Guilliman on a planet close to the Black Vortex. They were under heavy assault by Orkz.

Virate sent a Captain and a unit of 100 Aquila Hunters to assist. After months of combat the captain and all 100 Aquila Hunters returned with the surviving members of the Sons of Guilliman to be treated and healed.

The Sons of Guilliman sent a squad to retrieve their men and where happy to see the Apothecary of their unit alive. The Sons of Guilliman in thanks for the Aquila Hunters valor in battle, offered their friendship and assistance whenever the Aquila Hunters need help. The Sons of Guilliman returned through the Black Vortex with their men.



Gene-Seeds

- Second Heart
This is the first and least difficult implant to install. The Second Heart increases blood supply and pumping capacity, and is capable of taking over entirely should the primary heart fail, and enables Marines to survive in low-oxygen conditions and traumatic injury.


- Ossmodula
This implant uses specially created hormones, combined with a diet of high in ceramic-based chemicals, to considerably strengthen the skeleton of a Space Marine. Two years after the implantation, the Marine's skeleton will be exponentially stronger, and the rib cage will be fused into a solid mass of bulletproof interlaced bone plates.

- Biscopea
Implanted into the chest cavity, this small, spherical implant bolsters muscle growth throughout the Marine's body.

- Haemastamen
Implanted into the main blood vessel, the Haemastamen alters the Marine's blood composition to carry oxygen and nutrients more efficiently. It also acts as a growth control for many of the later implants.

- Larraman's Organ
This organ manufactures Larraman Cells. These serve the purpose of platelets, but act faster and more effectively. When a Marine is wounded, Larraman cell are released, attached to leukocytes. At the site of the injury, they form skin substitute of near-instant scar tissue, effectively preventing massive blood loss and infection.

- Calaepsean Node

Jacen, it looks interesting.

But to make people read this thing easier and more appealing, may I suggest breaking them down into couple paragraphs? or at least spacing them?

I think that would warrant more comments and replies!

I'll take a further look when it's fixed. The way it's right now hurts my eyes to take a look at them.

good, point. I did think about that when I posted it.
I've spaced it and tried to add paragraphs.
I'm also working on adding the Gene-Seeds too.
I removed the boldness from it, I hope this helps.
thanks Rockgollem

Hmmm.... interesting piece indeed.

Do you wish to get down to the technical ground with this?

If so, one thing. Female astartes cannot be made, in no way what so ever.

Although this has few plot holes and such, if you're planning to write some story on this, you wouldn't get the greatest reception, but you certainly would get applause for creativity and extensive history.

If you're thinking of some more formal place like the Black Library Forum or talking with one of the greatest warhammer knowledgeman (I call him the God of Warhammer Lore. He literally knows eveyrhting there is to about WHF) it wouldn't exactly bethe most welcoming fluff.

If you wish to get down to technicality, I will point some things out.

1st, Female cannot be astartes, they can be genetically altered to be more super human, but that's where it ends. The gene-seed is not compatible with the female hormones, so unless you're to somehow turn all female hormone into male hormone (which would make them a man), it's impossible.

2nd, Geneseeds are usually planted when they're about... 17~19.

3rd, If it follows as what you're describing, she would have been genetically altered, thus it cannot be manipulated nor be a proper space marine. (Which was how primarchs were made)

4th, Geneseed are not organs and special bitz and gubbinz that are implanted in a marine, but something called "progenoids". There's one deep in chest, and one on neck.

5th, The apothecary would not necessarily have to study the girl, although it would be nice, he would only need to extract a gene-seed from her. Since it's way past 5th and 10th year, she would have developed gene seed that can be extracted.

6th, All Inqusition hates each other, and are essentially rivals. Ordo Malleus Inquisitor cannot interven on the Sisters or Hereticus' matter unless sign of daemons have been reported. Otherwise, the Hereticus can (and usually do) tell the Malleus to frot off and Malleus can't even squeak about it.

7th, The gene seed cannot be created in factory. Such method are extremely difficult and now is lost to the Imperium with many other technologies.

8th, The Adepta Sororita (Sisters of Battle) and Adeptus Astartes (Space Marines) basically hate each other. Sororitas think the Astartes are weak and corrupted because they're not zealous enough and they do not worship the Emperor. Also because Astartes let Librarian (psykers) in their rank. While Astartes hate the Sororitas for being a stupid, un-enlightened idiots. So, they're rivals and actualyl would kill each other if they were not working for a same organization.

9th, A Space Marine cannot switch chapter under any circumstances, unless they are going to assist the founding of a brand new chapter. But in this case, it's extremely unlikely, because Storm Lords is a White Scar descendant chapter, while Sons of Guiliman are Ultramarine descendant chapter. And they are quite far away from each other.

10th, Adeptus Astartes wouldn't allow anything as to female nor Sororitas becoming part of their Brotherhood. Afterall, the Astartes is named the "Ultimate Brotherhood". As a matter of fact, I would think that while many Inquisitors would take interest in this and favour this, just as many will claim that it is heresy and mutation, and try to cleanse the mutants. With the full might of entire Adeptus Astartes behind them, the Inquisitors that doesn't like the idea will inevitably win.

11th, An veteran does not get to change his profession into Apothecary. The way Space Marine organization works is that as soon as they become a Tactical Marine, they are specialized. Those who show special skill toward medicine and such are inducted into apothecarium, psychic talent, librarium, special zeal to the Chaplenacy. If a marine has already reached a exhalted state of a veteran, then there is no way he could switch his field.

12th, Imperium does not trust the Ecclisiarchy as it currently is right now. (Adepta Sororitas, or Sisters of Battle are Ordo Militant or fighting arm of the Ecclisiarchy) SInce the Vandire's treason that split the Imperium in half, the Ecclisiarchy were not allowed to have any "Men at arms", and they circumvented the decree by having the sisters of battle. Despite their zeal and faith to the Emperor, Imperium still does not view them kindly and keep an eye on them with suspicion. They would abhor the idea of Sisters being a Space Marine. Immediate rejection and exterminatus called upon by the High Lord, millions, if not billions of mperIial Guard Regiments and hundreds of marine Chapters called into exterminate every evidence and witness of such event would ensue.

13th, The genetic and mental qualification and the amount of people that can go through the intensity of any given Space Marine program would be somewhere in betwwen 5,000~10,000 to 1. Which means for about every 5,000 ~ 10,000 people, there may barely be a single person that can be a Space Marine. (Or at least survie to become one)

14th, Gene seed are protected and stored in a massive fortress world maintained by the Adeptus Mechanicus. If the transportation of gene seed were needed for foundation of new chapter or some other reason, huge Mechanicus Fleet with multiple detachements of Skitarii legions, multiple Imperial Navy Battle Groups, Imperial Guard Reigments and Astartes escorts will follow. After all, gene seed are valuable and slow to make.

15th, No chapter are exempted from the gene seed tithe. They keep especially close tab on the newly founding chapters for any sign of mutation or problem. So, it would be both impractical, unsafe and un-wise for a chapter to be exempted from Gene seed tithe because they're few. (Mechanicus only collect 5% of all gene seed in stock after all)

16th, Missing Omophagea can be considered extreme mutation and can even possibly lead to the rejection of the gene seed. While Betcher's Gland are missing feature for many chapters and are not exactly required (but quite handy), missing Omophagea can seriosuly hinder the way a Space Marine learns and fights. But then again, I'm not sure on this. But it would be a big deal.

17th, Astartes would not entrust the Sororitas or Inquisitor dealing with the gene-seeds. If anything was related with gene-seed, the Adeptus Astartes would go so far as to kill anybody in the way to reclaim them. There are many instances where some nosey Inqusitors have "Mysteriously disappeard in warp" because they poked the Marines in the wrong way. Marines themselves would launch a massive, joint-chapter operation to retrieve such valuable materials. (Gene seed are regarded as one of the most important things amongst the marine)

18th, even a most well stocked and strong chapter cannot double their number in a matter of many months. Space Marine are made by recruiting children that show the talent or some other skills that are under age of 9. Then training them up untill they are about 18, then they are ussually a full battle brother by such time. It takes a gene seed 10 years to re-grow, (although first one takes only 5 years). Plus with the amount of failures and drop outs and such, it's really hard. It usually takes even a strong and well stocked chapter (like Ultramarines or the Fists or etc) several hundreds of years before they can double their number. Which is why every marine warriors are worth so much, and can fight so much better.

19th, As I mentioned before, for anybody to be a Space Marine, they need to be recruited and started to be trained when they're under the age of 9.

20th, for any recuriment of a chapter to be succesful, or any effective, they require more than single planet's worth of population. Especialyl since the said planet was mostly deserted, there wouldn't be enough people.

21st, unless a large contingent of the Adeptus Mechanicus was with the sisters, and they have survived, or if a tech-marine (of the space marine) was with them, it would be impossible to fix the ship. Unlike the world now days, in 40K era, technology are revered and only the tech-priests and the members of Adeptus Mechanicus are sanctioned to make any large repairs or build a machine. OF course, patching a couple holes would be no problem and anybody could do it, if something needed fixing, major or minor, it had to be the Mechanicus, because they're the only one who knew how to do things. If the non-members of the Mechanicus knew of such knowledge, they would immediately be persecuted for "Techno-heresy".


So, that's my 21 reason why it would not be realistic. Of course, I am considered very picky and less forgiving than the other members....

Overall it's a great story, it has excellent basics, and nicely organized layouts. But when someone who's well adequated at WH lore looks at this, they would provably go "Huh? What the heck?".

Of course, I'm not saying it's bad, it's great! It has passion and possiblity of a great story, but in many WH community, I am afraid it will simply be banished and labelled as "Heresy!". Despite all that, I see a possiblity of great theme and story here.

IF you wish to continue on with this, just give me a line saying that you want so, then I will give you what's technically wrong as to not matching the WH40K world, and not anything about the "female can't be marine" stuff and on.

Hope this helps! (That took long!) And also thanks for listenign to my suggestion and fixing it! I was having a headache when I first tried to read it.