Brotherhood of 100

Warband History
The Brotherhood of 100 are a small obscure warband that was formed during the Moirae Schism, from one of the Iron Hand Companies that were exiled, This company did not follow the others in their quest of redemption, instead they dedicated themselves wholly to the Moirae Cult, going so far to begin trading with Chaos Astarte Warbands alongside fighting alongside Xenos as mercs to forward their agenda.

Using the powers of Chaos, the Warband managed to find several fragmented STC's which contained bits and pieces of Power Armor, Boltguns, ammo variations long lost to time, With these STC's they dominated the trading market, gaining favors from other Warbands, notably Warbands from the Iron Warriors and Thousand Sons gene-lines. With these favors the Warband climbed to the top in its eternal quest to please the Omnissiah.

The Warband across time came to blows with the Invictors of Mars Space Marine Chapter, being the ones who forced the Brotherhood to join Chaos after their near destruction, several years after its creation, Recently the Invictors of Mars captured 75% of the STC fragments, creating a great blow towards the Brotherhoods connections, and their ability to sustain themselves. This has let to many warbands to pledge allegiance or promised favors retracting them, which in turn obscured the Warband even more in the endless spec of Bands dedicated to chaos. As of 120.M42 only 17 small warbands still negotiate with the Brotherhood and their numbers begin to dwindle each year.

Assault of the Red Massacre
During the first years of the Warbands existance, the Invictors of Mars chapter assaulted the Brotherhood. Unprepared, the astartes took heavy loses, being on the bring of destruction with only 20 Astartes left. The Warband retreated, losing most gear necessary to keep up with the demand a group of 100 Astartes would need.

The Enslavement
After the near destruction of the Warband, the Brotherhood pledged its allegiance to Chaos in order to replenish their loses at a faster rate through the help of nearby Hellforge, effectively turning the Warband into slaves, doing the Dark Mechanicums bidding, Until war broke out between the 2 factions, the Hellforge capitulated and was forced to donate to the Astartes all gear requested by them

Eternal Hunt
After several Millennia, several orders what were interpretted as the Omnissiah's demands began to indicate the Brotherhood to locations where STC fragments were located, This quest would last 3 millennia in which 20 Fragments were found, more then half of which were lost after another attack of the Invictors ended in them capturing half the Warbands stock, bringing it back into the Imperium.

Warband Home-World
The Warband does not posses a Home-World, instead being a fleet-based group that also act as Soldiers for Hire by nearby Warbands and emissaries for Hellforges that wish to transport gear across the Segmentums.

Due to the Brotherhood being stuck upon 1 Rrvamped strike cruiser, the Marines of the Warband find it as their home, and would do anything to protect it, even at the cost of their own lives.

Command Ranks

 * War Leader
 * Captain

Junior Ranks

 * Sergeant

Line Ranks

 * Battle Brother
 * Scout

Warband Beliefs
The Warband believes that they are the only ones who could accomplish the act of speaking directly to the Omnissiah through their teachings gathered from the Moirae Cult back in M35 before the Warband was founded.

The Brotherhood does not care about the other gods such as the Gods of Chaos, considering them as nothing but pawns in their quest to satisfy the needs of the Omnissiah, no matter the request. A Battle brother who had to be granted the gift of a chaos god does not do it of his own volition, instead being tasked by the Warbands chaplain to become tainted by chaos for the sole purpose to keep that gods favor if the need arises for the Astartes to need a miracle upon the battlefield, be it salvation from destruction or a way to crush their foes.

Warband Culture
The Culture of the Warband is solely dedicated to reviving the lost Moirae Cult that split the Mechanicus and Iron Hands successors after it became a known to the larger Imperium. Though as the years proggressed the Warband slowly added their own additions such as the Change of the Omnissiahs favored number from 12 to 100 after the original number of Marines that made a vow to some day resurrect it.

Recruitment Process
The Warband recruits only from locations where they previously transformed the populace into occultists of the Moirae Cult, Taking the most intelligent and devoted children first, then picking the scraps after the higher quality recruits begin to dwindle in numbers.

Warband Gene-Seed
The Gene-seed of the Brotherhood hails from the Iron Hands Legion, The Gene-seed hasn't yet evolved any known mutations since their pledge to Chaos apart from a mental instability regarding the number 100. If this number happens to be bypassed by the Warbands Astarte numbers or number of individuals in their field of view, the Marines act more aggressively and start using more tactics that are high risk but high reward

Warband Combat Doctrine
The Combat Doctrine of the Brotherhood relies upon the support of the Cultists that accompany them alongside tactics that rely upon the Warbands ability to work efficiently between its squads. Due to each squad being outfitted with different gear and weaponry, the warband is forced to stay packed together in order to cover all areas of combat and minimize loses.

Warband Fleet
The Fleet size of the Brotherhood of 100 is non existent being only comprised of just one Strike Cruiser which was modified by the Warband to fit their needs, The Warband decided that having more ships would be bad for the Warband, Seeing as their tactics revolved around the extensive use of combat through combined forces.

The Strike Cruiser, named by the Warband as "Omnissiahs Preacher" was fitted with a small forge to create gear, the STC fragments posses without the need to request aid from a Hellforge. Alongside it, the hull was reinforced by 7 meters of plating thickness wise, With this addition the warband also added several macrocannons in vulnerable spots that would be fatal blows to the ships engine if the cannons werent placed.

Warband Relics
The Warband posses 5 Stc fragments found inside of the Eye of Terror. The Warband possessed 20 before the Raid of the Invictors of Mars Chapter. The Remaining 5 are kept away hidden upon a deamon world forgot to time, only known to a few small warbands located in nearby zones.

STC Fragments:

Ammo

 * Itaro Pattern Astarte Shotgun Ammo - Lost


 * Itaro Pattern "Meltaic" Boltgun Ammo


 * Sevastapol "Peacekeeper" Boltgun Ammo - Lost


 * Harvan "Slaughterer" Boltgun Ammo - Lost

Weapon Parts

 * Sarbath Pattern Boltgun Magazine - Lost


 * Sarbath Pattern Bolt Pistol Barrel - Lost


 * Sarbath Pattern Light Dagger Blade - Lost

Armor Parts

 * Aranus Pattern Mark 6 Power Armor Greaves & Gauntlets


 * Aranus Pattern Mark 6 Power Armor Cuirass & Shoulder Pads


 * Aranus Pattern Mark 5 Helmet & Belt - Belt Template Corrupted


 * Jaris Pattern Indomitus Terminator Helmet - Lost


 * Jaris Pattern Cataphractii Shoulder Pads - Lost


 * Jaris Pattern Cataphractii Knee Guards - Lost

Vehicle Parts

 * Urkan Pattern Heavy Melta Vehicle Mount Variant - Lost


 * Sagitarius Rhino Reinforced Frame - Lost

Full Schematics

 * Ora Pattern Guillotine Lasgun - Lost


 * Varia Pattern Mark 5 Power Armor - Lost


 * Kara Pattern Mark 8 "Heavy Armor" Version - Lost


 * Crimsa Pattern Modular Boltgun Case


 * Crimsa Pattern Plasma Gun - Lost

Enemies
For some time the Brotherhood began a series of conflicts with other Warbands that attempted to steal what is left from their stash of STC fragments. This number as of 120.M42 is 29, some of which were costumers to the Warband exchanging favors for gear.

Warband Appearance
The Appearance of the Warband is aesthetically similar to that of the Mark 5 Scrap Power Armor during the Horus Heresy. Bits and pieces of the Armor look different from one another, The Astartes of the Warband in turn poses unique armors aesthetically.

Helmet Markings
Sergeants of the Warband are forced to have their helmets be decorated a boltgun metal stripe to indicate their Rank as the leader of the Squad.

Apart from Sergeants, no other Rank Displays any addition of markings to helmet or other parts of the Power Armor.

Warband Colors
The Warband uses the exact same colors to that of the Iron Hands, having minor differences such as the iron fists being painted black, its place taken by boltgun metal colored backpack exhaust ports and blue eye lenses.

Warband Badge
The Emblem of the Brotherhood, is that of the number 100, stylized through its binaric aesthetic, identical to that of computers in order to indicate their devotion to the Omnissiah