"Astarte Legion"

The Astarte Legion, the official name of the widely known warrior organization "Space Marines", is the Empire's most powerful and feared armed force, and the vast majority of their soldiers are recruited from the warrior class of the Savage Planet, and these warriors of the savage world compete with each other for the honor of becoming warriors of the gods. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info given the rough, primitive, and unyielding nature of the people of the Savage Planet, they have become the most perfect warrior primordial stone of the Astarte Legion. But when it comes to true aggression and an almost insane killer instinct, few recruits can compare to the low-level scum living in the darkest ditches of Hivecity, these ruthless killers are forced to wander the fringes of madness by the survival pressure of Hive, and are ignored by the governing bodies of their planets (the shadowy areas they live in are too large to be systematically cleaned up). But they are also ideal space marines, so sometimes the Astarte Legion hunts down and captures the low-level scum of the entire gang for this reason. There are also recruits from more civilized parts of the empire - but they are only a minority of the space marines, and young recruits undergo long periods of intense training and indoctrination, a process that drastically alters their physical and mental outlook. In the process, their bodies are strengthened by biochemical compounds, and their wills are strengthened by "psychological surgery". A special black shaped carapace is applied to the recruit's flesh in the process, acting as an identification tag and providing them with additional permanent protection. All reinforcements in this phase are designed to prepare the recruits for the subsequent changes so that they can become disciplined - or, at least controllable - killers.

Space Marines differ from regular armies in many ways: they have completely different organizational structures and modes of operation. The most basic unit of the Astarte Legion is called the Warband, led by its own "Imperial Commander", and each warband operates as a small army of its own, and although the number of Space Marines in the Warband is only a thousand, its combat strength far exceeds that of a regular army many times its size. The Space Marine warband has its own uniforms, transport vehicles, and non-combatants, and can travel to the war zone on their own, relying entirely on their own starships and equipment. Due to their highly mobile nature, Space Marines are usually the first soldiers to arrive on the battlefield, and they are also accustomed to mobile warfare, sabotage warfare, and surprise attacks. Because of their ferocious violence and lack of mercy, the Space Marines have earned themselves another nickname: "Angels of Death".

Each warband has its own base, which may be located on the Empire's planet, or it may be built on a desolate moon or even an asteroid. Some warbands go to great lengths to ensure that their base location is not known to outsiders, while others are quite open to it. Space marines prefer to build bases on Imperial planets, in which case the Imperial commander of the warband will sign an agreement with the local governor to tax them in exchange for the right to build a fortress on the planet. Doges usually welcome Space Marines to build forts around them, as their presence can greatly intimidate undesirable guests.

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Astarte Dictionary Collection, Translation and Explanation

Organizational structure of the Astarte Corps:

Space Marines from the same warband are referred to each other as "battle brothers" or "battle kin", each warband has its own management staff, maintenance group, transport convoy and roughly a thousand fighters, a Star Marine veteran with the title of Imperial Commander leads the entire warband, and the junior soldiers are organized into ten-man squads, each led by a non-commissioned officer, and ten such squads form a company of Space Marines led by a company commander. The non-combatants of the warband are assigned to logistical tasks such as maintenance crews and starship seamen. Each warband has its own Star Whisperer and Navigator, while the Medic and Communications Officers are at the leadership of the warband, and they operate independently on the battlefield and are noted as secondary heroes in the rules. Each warband will have four to eight medical officers and communications officers.

There are a thousand bands of Space Marines in the Empire, each with its own history, rituals, and traditions. Many warbands existed at the dawn of the Empire, and their names are intimately associated with countless legendary battles and heroic deeds, each with its own banner, and some of them even marching into battle with it held high, though this has become increasingly rare in recent times. Warband leaders often have their own flags, especially those from planets where such commemoration is common, and these personal symbols are often brought into battle. The different warband commanders have the right to reorganize or strengthen the band's soldier structure, and the Space Marines will bring a series of musical instruments to the front.