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- "Look at all this carnage all caused by one Greenskin invasion. So much death destruction when will the cycle end?"
- — Docanus Metys after the defense of then fortress Malbork
Guilliman's Hussars are a semi-Codex-compliant Successor Chapter created from the lineage of the heroic Ultramarines during the recent Ultima Founding. At the dawn of the 42nd Millennium, the Imperium was bleeding from a thousand wounds, as the Guilliman's Hussars were raised - carved from the same adamant stock as their gene-sire, yet driven toward a purpose that's not Ultramar by nature. Swift war is their creed: the rapid strike, the sudden descent, the hammer-blow delivered at the moment of despair. They are hunters on the edge of annihilation, mounted in steel and fire, their bodies reshaped for speed and endurance, their power armour stripped lean for swiftness. They are not built to hold, but for speed, and to run faster than death itself.
Garnering a reputation for lightning attacks and swift assaults, besieged Imperial worlds that have heard engines in the sky received salvation from these Sons of Guilliman, they whisper that the Hussars came and went like storms: sudden, furious, and unrelenting, leaving silence in their wake.
Chapter History
With the onslaught of WAAAGH!!! Skullrack and the Tau Third Expansion sphere, the Ultramarines needed a new force to help combat them. Descended from the gene-stock of the Ultramarines during the recent Ultima Founding, this chapter focuses on lightning fast attacks to save as many people as possible they are mounted on bikes and armed with bolt pistols. There armor is reduced around the waist to allow swift dismounted attacks and faster charges. This chapter never forsakes their armor by changing its colors as it is considered a disgrace to the chapter for one to do so. As of right now they are deployed on Bast's world and Prassium cleaning up orc enclaves.
Notable Campaigns
- The Defense of Bast's World (863.m41 - 863.m41) - with them onslaught of Waaagh!! Skullrack, they started To turn to Bast’s World and the ultramarine 2nd company was tasked with defending it. When everything seemed bleak, a squad of outriders led by Ghyso charged the orks and broke the siege of fortress malbork losing his legs in the process. Being interred in a Dreadnaught and gifted to Guilliman’s Hussars when it was founded
- Damocles Gulf Crusade (742.m41 - 745.m41) - The founding members of this chapter (Docanus Metys, Ghyso, Abdaziel) participated in the Damocles Crusade and thus know the area well.
- The second Delirium war
Chapter Homeworld
Bast's world is a plains world with many towns and cities built up. With scattered mountains this means it was less efficient to travel by air to places and more efficient to travel by motor, this is how the chapter got its signature combat doctrine. This also meant that Bast's world needed to have significant infrastructure and resources to support further operations. And so Head librarian Abdaziel instructed the astra militarum to begin mining and building factories. This also increased the trade footprint of the world. And so Bast's World became a bustling trade world with many orbital trade stations surrounding it.
Fortress-Monastery
fortress monastery Malbork is a 2 stage monastery built in a two mountains with a bridge connecting them. This allows for the outnumbered defenders of the fortress to defend it easier with a landing zone and the local astra Militarum headquarters nearby this means that all resources can be devoted here so that many nearby systems will not fall as well. There is one lone brother Dreadnaught sentinel called Ghyso that stands as a symbol of hope for as long as he is not awakened the planet is safe. The fortress monastery has 1 volcano cannon, 4 orbital guns, dozens of anti-fighter guns and dozens of heavy bolter emplacements guarding the passageways .
Chapter Organization
Unit Formations
- Chorągiew Husarska (Hussar Banner) - Chapter equivalent; 1,000 Astartes. Only called in the most dirty of situations typically if an invasion happens in the Bast’s World system.
- Chorągiew Rodowa (Clan Banner) - Company equivalent; 100 Astartes. Called when a planetary threat happens and usually is the 3rd-6th companies or a mismatch of them. The chorągiew Husarska is a threat response force when it is not an immediate threwat to the chapter.
- Kopias (Lance) - Squad equivalent; 10 Astartes. Sent to battles in the sector, these kopias are sent to threats that beyond the notice of a captain and are ordered by a porucznik to these battles.
Officer Ranks
- Hetman Wielki ("Great Hetman") - Chapter Master equivalent
- Rotameister (Captain) - commands a company
- Porucznik (Lieutenant) - Commands 5 Kopias' and leads them in dire situations
Specialist Ranks
- Great Hussar (Reclusiarch) - commands all chaplains, investigates heresy in the chapter.
- Chaplain
- Chief Librarian
- Librarian - Is equal with Chaplain.
- Chief Apothecary - leader of all apothecaries, oversees the implantation of gene-seed.
- Apothecary
- Master of the Forge
- Techmarine
- Husarska Strażnik (Chapter Champion) - The Chapter straźnik is the best fighter within the Chapter. He is equipped with the finest relic Terminator Armour or Gravis pattern power armour.
- Rodowa Strażnik (Company Champion) - The Company straźnik is the best fighter within the Company, and is typically equipped with the finest power armour.
- Husarska Chorąży (Chapter Ensign) - Chapter Ancient equivalent; carries the Chapter Banner.
- Rodowa Chorąży (Company Ensign) - Company Ancient equivalent; carries one of the Chapter's company banners.
Line Ranks
- Veteran Towarzysz (Veteran Companion) - Veteran Sergeant equivalent, They lead a squad of Vanguard charger's. These are the highest line ranks in the company. Some may even go on to be a Straźnik
- Vanguard Charger (Veteran/Sternguard Veterans) - The vanguard charger is an elite hardened Hajduk and Towarzysz of many battles. They receive extra training and are taught the Wide-Assault Spearhead. They are also taken to make more oaths as a vanguard charger is a honored position and each member is around Towarzysz level. Despite their helmets not showing it they are actually higher rank than a Towarzysz.
- Towarzysz (Sergeant) - The typical sergeant leads a Kopias of Hajduk's. They are well trained and can handle many scenarios that the typical battle-brother cannot. They are also given training on the Hussar-class reconnaissance bike, so that if they become vanguard chargers they can be inducted directly into the second company.
- Hajduk (Battle-Brother) - The typical line battle brother has survived aspirants training and knows how to operate bikes. These are typically sent to most battles or dangers to the system.
- Neophyte/Scout Marine - Those who survive the preparations but are seen as less fit than the other candidates are made neophytes, they are not disgraced and have the chance to become a normal Hajduk.
- Aspirants - Trained to handle assault bikes and reconnaissance bikes. Part of their intense training is charging through a live artillery field provided by the local Astra Militarum, and those who die are seen as not fit to join the ranks of Guilliman's Hussars. They also get dropped off on bast's world with a beacon and their clothes and must find a way to survive. This means that every cycle of aspirants only 10-15 of them survive.
Specialist Units & Formations
The Wide-Assault Spearhead - A formation in which it takes 5 kopias of vanguard chargers and deploys them in a wedge shaped formation across 3 miles. In between each vanguard charger kopias is a slower push mopping up enemies. This assault aims to overwhelm enemy command with 5 breakthroughs that they have to respond to otherwise each vanguard charger kopias is going to wreak havoc in enemy back lines aiming mainly for the artillery lines to kill the main threat to this strategy. Once the strategy is completed ThunderHawk gunships retrieve the vanguard charger kopias' in the backlines. If successful this strategy will turn the tides of a planetary battle.
Terminator mounted assault - Terminators of the 1st company will ride bikes equipped with lascannons against heavily armored enemies, the terminators themselves carry wrist mounted storm bolters, a force shield and a thunder hammer attached to their bike.
Order of Battle
Headquarters
| Chapter Command | ||||
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| Reclusiam | Librarius | Apothecarion | Armoury | Fleet Command |
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 Chief Librarian [Add Name] |
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Rotameister (Captain) [Add Name], |
Reclusiam
One of the most important parts of the chapter the reclusiam commands all chaplains and is the right hand man of the chapter master, the Great Hussar (Reclusiarch) is the liaison between the chapter master and the officer ranks, the current Great Hussar is [insert name].
Librarius
the chief librarian keeps track of all chapters engagements, and potential victims of the warp. Technically standing outside all ranks the librarius collaborates and may command others to give them information, only the boldest refuse orders from them.
Apothecarion
in charge of the chapters gene-seed, the consist of elite members and regularly go on excursions with their flagship The Regent's Honor. Their gene vault is deep in the recesses of their fortress monastery and is one of the most protected parts of the whole fortress aside from the Vault itself.
Armory
in charge of arming the chapter it is home to the STC templates for its equipment and home to the master of the forge, the armory will always be the most essential part of this chapter for without it the chapters main combat style would be for naught. They regularly equip companies with new gear.
Chorągiew Rodowas (Clan Banners; Companies)
| Veteran (Heavy Weapons) Company | Battleline Companies | |||
| 1st Chorągiew Rodowa (Heavy Weapons) |
2nd Chorągiew Rodowa (Chargers) |
3rd Chorągiew Rodowa (Battleline) |
4th Chorągiew Rodowa (Battleline) |
5th Chorągiew Rodowa (Battleline) |
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Rotameister (Erlech Gestolar) [Add Name], |
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| Battleline Company | Reserve Companies | Scout Company | ||
| 6th Chorągiew Rodowa | 7th Chorągiew Rodowa | 8th Chorągiew Rodowa | 9th Chorągiew Rodowa | 10th Chorągiew Rodowa |
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Chapter Recruitment
This Chapter recruits by taking infants from their mothers at a young age to go through the harsh induction, training rites and eventual genetic augmentation processes. Recruits are usually taken by a Chaplain or Librarian. The augmentation process is completed by the Apothecaries under the Chapter Master's watchful eye. When they are first taken the aspirants are given an augmentation that allows their muscle to be more dense.
Chapter Gene-Seed
The chapter's gene-seed allows for more dense leg and torso muscle allowing for them to be faster than a normal Astartes.
Genetic Flaws:
This chapter's gene-seed causes rapid destabilization of muscle if aspirants are not taken at birth, meaning all battle-brothers do not remember their family and grow closer with their chapter. Also with less armor it means that if a brother of Guilliman's Hussars is shot they have a high likely hood of dying or being interred in a Dreadnaught.
Combat Doctrine
The members of the Guilliman's Hussars 2nd Company will drive Hussar-Class reconnassaince bikes off of thunderhawk gunships into battle. If the situation requires the members of the 1st Company may even bring terminators down with attack bikes. This chapter will deploy 1 Kopias (Squad) of battle-brothers from the 3rd-5th Companies for any situation that requires the Adeptus Astartes. You will also see many Stormraven gunships doing strafing runs over bigger battlefields.
Notable Members
Ghyso, once a captain in the ultramarines 2nd Company Brother Ghyso was the leader of an outrider and participated in the counter charge to Defend fortress monastery Malbork. He lost his legs battling the Orks but was then interred inside a Dreadnoughts and placed to guard the bridge in his honor.
Abdaziel, earned his rank by defeating an Ork warboss by himself but he was severely wounded and believed that the emperor himself saved him and such he devoted his life to questioning the zeal of other members of his chapter.
Dataron Albus, the husarska straźnik. Dataron Albus is one of the oldest members of the chapter and is a veteran of the first company. He regularly goes on missions deemed to dangerous by even chaplains. He participated in the Defence of Bast's World and the Damocles Gulf crusade. Some of his notable achievements include, quelling a local rebellion, participating in the countercharge on Bast's World, The cleanup of Accatran and the defeat of an ork warlord. He is currently leading the first company on Bast's World.
Erlech Gestolar, Is the captain of the 2nd company. Leading them into all battles from his bike The last wind, no matter the situation Erlech leads from the front, always spearheading the charge. He is a master tactician and encourages others to think for themselves and not from registered tactics in the manuscriptorium. He himself invented the wide assault spearhead. He participated in the defense of bast's world, the Damocles gulf crusade, the first tyrannic war; and the defense of the tau third expansion sphere. He is almost the oldest space marine in the chapter asides from Docanus Metys.
Aarvak the IV, the chief apothecary of Guilliman’s Hussars. He and Docanus Metys oversee the implantation of gene-seed in new aspirants. Currently he is on The Tonbax ready to deploy to the battlefield at a moments notice. He is the holder of the only way to make the Chapter's gene-seed and will never give that away. A veteran of the chapters wars he is no stranger to death as he watched many brothers fall at the defense of Bast's World.
Chapter Fleet
Battle Barges:
- The Last Charge - Guilliman's Hussars' flagship leads a formidable fleet of 15-20 vessels in the local systems.
- Bast's Honor - Secondary flagship leads a vanguard detachment of strike cruisers to scout for the ork invasion.
- The Last hurrah - the 2nd companies battle barge.
- The tonbax - armed with many volcano cannons this battle barge protects Bast's world itself.
- Xeaus flay - A battle barge leads a second fleet to aid Atilla against the Great Tyrant of Jagga
Strike Cruisers:
- Bast's Revenge - part of the vanguard fleet, this strike cruiser was part of the defence of Bast's world
- The Royal Charger - part of the main fleet, main glass cannon, put in the back lines.
- The Regent's Honor - part of the main fleet, main ship the collects fallen gene-seed and brings it back to Fortress-Monastery Malbork
- [Add Name]
The fleet is currently focused on finding and stopping the ork invasion of Arch-Arsonist of Charadon, With them being deployed to the extent of the Guilliman's Hussar's reach. They are also sending a secondary fleet to aid Atilla against The Great Tyrant Of Jagga
Chapter Wargear & Equipment
Bolt pistols, Bolter, Heavy bolter, Flamer, Assault bike(normal bike), Attack bike (mounted with heavy bolter and terminator in sidecar), Reconnaissance bike (faster bike), Thunderhawk gunships.
Hussar-class reconnaissance bike - The Hussar-class reconnaissance bike is a type of reconnaissance bike created by the master of the forge specifically for Guilliman's Hussars 2nd company. It is a reconnaissance bike but armed with 6 guns instead of 4 and faster than normal specifically made to charge into enemy lines the engine was moved to the back to prevent stray shells from damaging it also increasing it's trench climbing capabilities. The STC's for this bike are crucial as not even the highest tech-priests of the Adeptus Mechanicus know how to build it. The STC to build it is currently in the deep recesses of Fortress-Monastery Malbork.
Chapter Relics
- Vanguard - The Vanguard is a unique-pattern attack bike utilized exclusively by Docanus Metys. It was crafted and outfitted by Docanus personally, and is currently assigned to a Terminator in the 1st Company.
- Guilliman's Honor - A master-crafted, relic power sword that was given to Dataron Albus (Husarska Strażnik). It is said to have been wielded by Guilliman himself. It was further enhanced by Docanus Metys and Abdaziel.
- Bast's Fury - A master-crafted, relic twin-linked wrist mounted storm bolters crafted by Docanus Metys and enhanced by Abdaziel it is awarded to a devastator centurion in Docanus' personal guard.
- The last wind - a unique-pattern reconnaissance bike outfitted with extra armor and better engines to lead the charge. This bike is always shot at and keeps any battle scars that do not danger the safety of the rider or the bike itself, therefore it has an appearance that makes it look like it’s on it's “Last wind”. This bike is also blessed by the head Techmarine, Abdaziel, and Docanus Metys. It is currently in the possession of Erlech Gestolar.
Chapter Appearance
Chapter Colours
The Guilliman's Hussars Chapter primarily wears dusty sky blue power armour with secondary white in their armorial insets and tertiary black on their shoulder pauldron trim. A silver/gold Imperialis or Aquila is affixed to their plastron (chest armour). The Chapter icon is prominently displayed upon their left shoulder pauldron inset, while the opposite inset prominently displays a large black Roman numeral, indicating a battle-brother's assigned company. Veterans and officers have black shoulder pauldron insets, with a white Roman numeral instead.
Astartes of this Chapter primarily wear dusty sky blue helmets, while sergeants and officers wear red coloured helmets with horizontal crests. If an individual battle-brother is awarded an Iron Halo award, they may add white elements to their horizontal crest.
A black squad specialty symbol stenciled on the right poleyn (knee guard) indicates a battle-brothers assigned combat specialty (Fire Support, Close Support, Battleline, Veteran or Command). A small white Roman numeral stenciled on the center of the specialty symbol indicates squad assignment.
Chapter Badge
Chapter icon of the Guilliman's Hussars Chapter.
The Chapter badge of the Guilliman's Hussars depicts a pair of stylised wings, arched upward from a central base, their feathers flaring outward in a sweeping, aggressive curve. Rendered in a clean, symmetrical form, the wings evoke both the divine heraldry of the Emperor's Angels of Death and the martial splendor of Old Earth's legendary cavalry - the Polish Winged Hussars. The symbolism is steeped in both heritage and intent. The winged motif is directly inspired by the hussars' iconic winged armour, whose great feathered frames were said to create an unearthly roar as they thundered into battle, terrifying enemies before the charge even struck. In like manner, the badge of the Guilliman's Hussars signifies unstoppable momentum and righteous ferocity, a Chapter defined by the shock of its assaults and the indomitable will of its warriors.
To the Hussars, the wings also serve a spiritual purpose. They represent both the divine mandate of Roboute Guilliman - the primarch who gave them their genetic inheritance - and the Chapter's role as avenging angels, ever descending upon their enemies in disciplined, unstoppable waves. Where other heraldry may emphasize stoic guardianship or the tools of war, the wings of the Guilliman's Hussars embody the fusion of honour, speed, and terror - the qualities that made the hussars of Old Earth feared across battlefields, now transfigured into the eternal wars of the 42nd Millennium.
Relations
Allies
| Crimson Fists |   |
After the invasion of Rynn's World by Arch-Arsonist Snagrod in WAAGH!! Snagrod, the Crimson Fists vowed to help the Guilliman’s Hussars, and not let them return to their sector and cause more chaos. |
Enemies
| Orks | [[File:orks_logo.png | After the invasion of Bast's World by the ork WAAAGH!! Guilliman’s Hussars hated the Xenos scum with a burning passion at the loss of so many Hajduk. |
Sources
- Codex: Imperial Guard (5th Ed), pg. 29