NEPTUNUS SPACE MARINES ORGANIZATION

It is considered a great honor among the Neptunus Space Marines, for in many ways they are a level above their kinsmen. They are the elite of the elite. Just as the Adeptus Astartes are recruited only from the most promising warriors of all Mankind, the Chapter is formed from only the most talented and lethal of proven battle-brothers who have already earned Veteran status. As are there Brothers, the Deathwatch. This makes it an Astartes force truly like no other.

The Son's of Neptune is organized into small, elite companies, much in the style of a Space Marine Chapter. Its numbers are not recruited from a single homeworld, however, nor from trusted source planets rich in quality genetic stock. They are in Hunter Killer teams of 8-10 Marines.

Instead the organization is comprised of Space Marines from Chapters that have pledged to tithe a portion of their strength to the endless war against the alien. Its ranks number only heroes, and each of them has already proven himself an expert alien hunter even before his training as a Neptunus Space Marine operative began. Similar in nature to the Deathwatch.

Upon arrival at the Port of Fort that will become his new home, the Neptunus Space Marine recruit begins a grueling regiment of physical and mental conditioning. He will have faced dozens of alien species in his former life, but thousands more haunt the dark reaches of the seas of the galaxy. Through a grueling new course of hypno-indoctrination, the recruit's subconscious mind is filled with every detail the Son's of Neptune has gleaned about the nature of its xenos nemeses. So it is that when he comes to battle an alien he previously considered unknown, its weak spots and vulnerabilities rise unbidden to the forefront of his mind.

Once a Space Marine has completed his training, any former rank he may have held in his Chapter is put aside, and he is assigned to a squad known as a Hunter Killer Team. Each of these groups is a band of battle-brothers taken from as many as ten different Chapters, all of whom have their own cultures, specialties and insights into the arts of war for their Voyages/Missions. The members of the team share the same core ideals, and have sworn the same vows which is to defend Mankind no matter the cost to themselves.

Groups within the Neptunus Space Marines include,

• Neptunus Raider Squads - (within the 3 task forces currently on THE VOYAGE, each task force has 3 RAIDER Squads)
• Neptunus Apothecaries - (within the 3 task forces currently on THE VOYAGE, each task force has 10 apothecaries)
• Neptunus Techmarines - (within the 3 task forces currently on THE VOYAGE, each task force has 10 techmarines)
• Servitor/Serfs - Neptunus chapter serfs and servitors combined, plus specialized servitor groups for roles like tech or medical support. (Approx. 1500 in total within the chapter)
• Primaris Librarians - (Each battle brother is required to cross the Rubicon and become a primaris Space Marine.)
• Primaris Chaplains - (Each battle brother is required to cross the Rubicon and become a primaris Space Marine.)
• Adeptus Astartes Inferno - (Serves within all ships and task forces for defensive operations.)