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Command Ranks
● The Commanders

● The Librarians

● The Lieutenants

● The Ancients

● The Champions

Junior Ranks
Junior Commanders are young Commanders who have not yet learned the tricks of leading an army from the front, they are mentored by an older, more experienced Commander who will train them through the years to become not only deadly warriors, but also inspiring leaders. After years of training, each Junior Commander can gain his rank as a Commander by winning a dual with his mentor. If he wins he is granted the rank of Commander and may train 1 Junior Commander. If he fails he must resume his training until he is found capable. The Lieutenants are trained to relay orders and be a Commander’s right hand man in times of need, each Commander has 2 Lieutenants assigned to him, each Junior Commander has 1. Their role can differ from relaying orders, to combat assistant to sniper, but their main role is always to take the command from the Commander should he fall in battle and see the fight through to its end. After the battle they go into mourning in the Tower of the Fallen Heroes for 1 year, before emerging to serve a new Commander. A Lieutenant gets a badge of Honour from each Commander they serve, so veteran Lieutenants will often have 5 or more badges. Each Lieutenant is sworn to a Commander till one of them dies, so Lieutenants and their Commanders will understand each other perfectly not only on the battlefield but also off it. The Ancients are the banner-bearers of the Stormbreakers and they will bring each of the Chapter’s sacred Standards to war. They are the 1st point of contact in case of a retreat and they will guard the banners with their life. Because these banners are so few and the Chapter so secretive for even 1 of them to fall to the enemy is a great failure that must be addressed immediately. The Stormbreakers are not afraid to kick out any Ancient who fails in his duty, forcing them to become Blackshields for the Deathwatch or even try to fit back into normal society and become a member of the Astra Millitarium, where they will likely be mistaken for an Ogryn and shunned for the remainder of their lives. As such, only 1 banner has ever fallen to the hands of the enemy, and this warrior purged himself from all archives and ran away, and he was never seen again.

Line Ranks
The Commanders are the equivalent to Captains from other Chapters and fulfill the main officer roles. These are the strongest Marines, with their own indoctrination process, however this takes between 5-10 years longer than the normal process and as such is impractical for normal usage. The Commanders are trained from as early as possible to deliver orders effectively and lead from the front, after 2 decades of training they are sent in as Junior Commanders, their role halfway between a Lieutenant and a full Commander. After a decade of service, if they have proven their worth on the battlefield they are invited to an indoctrination ceremony, in which they must win a duel of honour with their commanding officer (usually whichever Commander happens to be mentoring them) before they are given the rank of Commander and their own Junior Commanders to teach. There are only 5 Commanders as of M42 but that number often fluctuates depending on the situation. There will be as many as 10 Junior Commanders, no more, no less. The Librarians fill exactly the same role as they do in the other Chapters, providing invaluable psychic support. However the Stormbreaker Librarians are specially trained to take out opposing psykers in 1 on 1 duels, be that with mind or blade. Anyone accepted into the Stormbreakers who is psychically gifted goes through the Librarian indoctrination process. This strengthens their mind beyond what even the Librarians of other Chapters could ever imagine, as well as physically tuning them to near Commander standards, allowing them to perform as deadly assassins or brutal crowd-control units. They undergo rigorous training that can take up to 5 decades, but turns them into a living, breathing weapon. The Champions are the quickest, most skilled warriors, and of the Specialisms, this is the only one that is not trained from indoctrination, and as such it is a very prestigious position as it is the highest rank that a non-specialised marine can achieve. The Champions join the retinue of the Commander, alongside the Lieutenant/s, the Apothecaries and his bodyguards. Their role is to single out and target enemy leaders in epic duels to the death, often facing off against formidable Ork Warbosses or hateful Chaos Lords.

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