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- "To hire one brother will cost you that nice relic blade. To hire one squad, you will have to give us those two Thunderfire Cannons. A full detachment will cost you at least four Predators and a Thunderhawk. You will not be able to afford the entire Chapter. However, there are one thing we are intresting in..."
- — Max von Cotzhausen, Lord Dominator of the Nameless Stalkers, to the Rogue Trader Matteus Vendall.
The Nameless Stalkers are a non-Codex compliant Space Marine Successor Chapter created from an unstated lineage. It is believed that the Chapter was originated from an altered stock ("Chimeric") composed of gene-seed from both the Raven Guard and the Iron Hands, during the 12th Founding in the mid-35th Millennium. However, this hasn't been definitively proven, and due to the Chapter's nomadic nature, has been extraordinarily difficult for the Magos Biologis to obtain adequate gene-seed samples for study.
The few samples they have been provided by the Chapter down the millennia are questionable in origin, to say the least, although they have shown signs of being stable and relatively pure. However, some Adeptus Mechanicus Genetors believe these provided samples were somehow obtained from illicit sources. The truth of the matter has yet to be resolved.
Chapter History
Pict-file of the traitor Inquisitor, Aliyah Shaw, tainted by Chaos.
The Nameless Stalkers was founded during the tumultuous times of the Nova Terra Interregnum. During this period, the rebellious Ur-Council of the world of Nova Terra dismissed the authority of the High Lords of Terra and claimed rule over the Imperium's worlds in the Segmentum Pacificus. After 900 standard years this conflict resulted in massive religious civil wars against the Ur-Council who were denounced as Heretics and ultimately overthrown and the High Lords were the reinstated as rulers once more.
Just like other Space Marine Chapter that are founded to protect an area or to counter a threat, the Nameless Stalkers was created as a Crusading Chapter. But due to a betrayal by Inquisitor Aliyah Shaw, this resulted in an open conflict between the Inquisition and the Nameless Stalkers, which resulted in the near-destruction of the Chapter and they were declared as Renegade Astartes. They left their holy mission and instead became an freelancing force that now travel the outer borders of the Imperium and hire out Battle-Brothers and assets to different organizations, both military and civilian.
By payment mainly with equipment and resources and mass recruitment of new Neophytes, the Chapter has rebuilt itself in only a few centuries and is now a fully-capable and battle-ready Chapter once more.
Notable Campaigns
- The Traitor (785.M35) - The Chapter was orded by Inquisitor Aliyah Shaw to the Hive City Endura IV to destroy a small Cult that worshipped the Necrons. The Chapter send two squads to carry out the mission, but they were ambushed. Inquisitor Shaw had let them into a trap and thousands of cultist assaulted and killed the Battle-Brothers, while she secured several ancient Necron relics for her self. Once the Nameless Stalkers discovered the truth they hunted down the Inquisitor which answered with the full power of the Inquisition, nearly wiping out and destroyed the entire Chapter. After a bloody battle Inquisitor Shaw was killed. After her dead it came cleared that she was tainted by the mark of Chaos. Her skull now adorns the armor of the Lord Dominator, the Chapter Master, of the Nameless Stalkers.
Chapter Fortress-Monastery
Rare pict-file of the Mercenary's Reward with escort vessels during battle.
The Mercenary's Reward is a ancient Battle Barge that function as the Fortress-Monastery of the Nameless Stalkers. This vessel contains the Chapter's huge armoury and numerous vaults with thousands of relics and artifacts. Detachment Kappa is always escorting the Mercenary's Reward and function as a rapid strike force for the Chapter Master. Beyond this there are also a flotilla of smaller escort vessels that follows.
Chapter Organisation
Officer Ranks
- Lord Dominator - Chapter Master equivalent.
- Moderator- Captain equivalent.
- Field Leader - Lieutenant equivalent.
- Group Leader - Sergeant equivalent.
Line Ranks
A Rector (Chaplain) of the Nameless Stalkers.
- Merc - Battle-Brother equivalent.
- Liquidator - Veteran equivalent.
Specialist Ranks
- Polymath - Librarian equivalent.
- Rector - Chaplain equivalent.
- Hospitalist - Apothecary equivalent.
- Artificer - Techmarine equivalent.
Specialist Formations
- Merc Squad - Combined squad of Battleline, Close Support and Fire Support.
Order of Battle
Headquarters
Detachments
Unlike other Space Marine Chapters the Nameless Stalkers don't use ordinary Companies to organize the Chapter. Instead they utilize independent detachments that function as small Chapters with their own veterans, scouts and support. The detachments can also split up in even smaller groups or task forces dependent on the mission at hand. Each detachment take on contracts of their own choosing and will only come together as a full Chapter when the Lord Dominator, the Chapter Master, orders it.
There are seven detachments that function as the main Battle Forces, two reserve detachments and one escort detachment that protects the Fortress-Monastery and function as the Lord Dominators own Strike Force.
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Chapter Combat Doctrine
Nameless Stalker Strike Team in battle against the Tyranids.
The Nameless Stalkers make heavy use of small Strike Teams that operates behind enemy lines. They are very often armed with heavy support weapons, such as Lascannons and Missile Launchers.
The brothers are trained as specialists in ambush, sabotage, infiltration, reconnaissance, interrogation and information gathering. It isn't uncommon that the Chapter have contracts that involves taking prisoners for interrogation. For such a mission the Hospitalists often use diffrent kinds of sedatives customized for different types of xenos and humans, and various types of serums for making the prisoners telling the truth.
The most common contracts that the Chapter receive is to carry out ambush and sabotage behind enemy lines.
Chapter Beliefs
The Chapter is still loyal to the Emperor, despite their history with the Inquisition, and they never take contracts that target the Imperium. But the Inquisition is still regard the Chapter as renegades and do believe that Inquisitor Shawn have turned they upon the Imperium and that they have embraced the Ruinous Powers.
The Chapter however don't worship the Emperor a only true god and protector of all Mankind. According to the beliefs of the Chapter the Emperor is not a god, only a entity amongst many others in the galaxy, the brothers do revere the power of the Emperor and the battle he is doing against the hordes of Chaos. But if Chapter would have to choose between saving themselves or saving a innocent planet, a allied force or a holy relic, they always choose to save themselves, if not paid.
Chapter Gene-Seed
Due to the fact that the Gene-Seed of the Nameless Stalkers contains an Altered Stock ("Chimeric") of both the Raven Guard and the Iron Hands Space Marine Chapters, it has produced a mix of the curses of both Primarchs and certain genetic deficiencies. All brothers of the Chapter lacks a functioning Melanchromic Organ and Neuroglottis. The dysfunctional Melanchromic Organ makes all the brothers affected by albinism and the damaged Neuroglottis causes them to lose their sense of smell.
Their Gene-Seed also makes the brothers uncooperative and brusque with a perceives that bionic substitutes making them stronger in battle.
Primarch's Curse: Shadow and Steel
This curse from the bloodlines of both Corvus Corax and Ferrus Manus usually occurs in three stages:
- Level 1 - The Battle-Brother is becoming ruthlessness and prone to sudden aggression with periods of being quiet and brooding. The sudden bursts of aggression can sometimes result in the brother injuring himself to the extent that, for example, hands, legs and arms may be replaced with bionic substitutes.
- Level 2 - To become even stronger in combat, the Battle-Brother start to actively upgrade himself with bionic substitutes. He also believe that only he knows the best tactic and approach to achieve victory, preferring to work alone or in small strike teams.
- Level 3 - The Battle-Brother despises other than his fellow brothers of the Chapter. Refusing to take orders from anyone outside the Chapter and could sometimes even attack a commanding officer of another military organizations.
Recruitment
The Chapter recruit new brothers from various planets all over the galaxy. It is each Detachments responsibility to find sutible recruits that could to fill up the Merc Squads of the Chapter. They also recruit Battle-Brothers that has, for one reason or another, left their Chapters.
Notable Nameless Stalkers
- Max von Cotzhausen - The current Lord Dominator of the Nameless Stalkers, is a master of strategy and a fearsome warrior. Few had stood is his way and survived. He enters the battlefield with his ancient Power Sword, the Oathbreaker, and mastercrafted Executor Pistol.
Chapter Fleet
The Battle Barge Mercenary's Reward is the home of the Lord Dominator and his Escort Detachment Kappa while each Battle and Reserve Detachments are assigned one Crusier with several escort vessels.
Notable Vessels
- Mercenary's Reward' (Battle Barge) - Chapter Fortress-Monastery.
- Hateful Shark (Strike Crusier) - Assigned to Battle Detachment Alpha.
- Anger of the Executioner (Strike Crusier) - Assigned to Battle Detachment Omicron .
- Cursed Dagger (Strike Crusier) - Assigned to Battle Detachment Gamma.
- Dirty Dishonor (Strike Crusier) - Assigned to Battle Detachment Delta.
- Shameful Anger (Strike Crusier) - Assigned to Battle Detachment Epsilon.
- Dragon's Cruelty (Strike Crusier) - Assigned to Battle Detachment Lambda.
- Screaming Raider (Strike Crusier) - Assigned to Battle Detachment Sigma.
- Wandering Wolf (Vanguard Crusier) - Assigned to Reserve Detachment Zeta.
- Hangman (Vanguard Crusier) - Assigned to Reserve Detachment Theta.
Notable Chapter Relics
The Chapter have a multitude of different relics and mastercrafted weapons. Since the Chapter did become a freelancing military force they have collected such a vast amount of artifacts that every Battle-Brother use and wield a array of weapons and armor, each one a invaluable antiquity.
Chapter Appearance
Chapter Colours
The power armor of the Chapter are mainly painted in grey. The helmet, pauldrons (shoulder guards) and greaves are painted in a black and white camouflage-pattern. On the right poleyn (knee guard) is the name of which detachment the brothers belongs to in white. On the left poleyn is the brothers rank (Merc, Liquidator, Group Leader, Field Leader, Moderator or Lord Dominator) stenciled in white. On the left vanbrace there is a small white roman numeral stenciled indicates squad assignment.
All brothers use relic or mastercrafted weapons or/and armor. Heavy imperial support weapons are most common amongst the Battle-Brothers.
Chapter Badge
The Chapter Badge of the Nameless Stalkers is two skulls with a longsword driven through them.
Relations
Allies
The Chapter are allied with all races and organizations, military or civilian, that pay them for their services.
Enemies
Acknowledgement
My brother came up with the idea for this Chapter and we wrote it together.
| Chimeric Space Marine Chapters | |
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| A | |
| Aardwolves • Angels Palatine • Angels Perdition • Angels of Ruin • Angels of Slaughter • | |
| B | |
| Beast Hunters • Blades of the Eclipse • Blood of Vulkan • Brotherhood of the Midnight Sun • | |
| C | |
| Carrion Lords • Chancellors of Genesis • Chiroptera Legion • Crimson Bones • Crimson Shadows • | |
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| Eternal Sons • | |
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| Flame Liches • | |
| G | |
| Ghost Wolves • Golden Torches • Graven Skulls • | |
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| Hochmeister • Hounds of Kerberos • | |
| I | |
| Ifriet Host • Imperatoris Executoris • Imperial Brothers of the Sword • | |
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| Juggernauts • | |
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| L | |
| Legion of Solus • | |
| M | |
| Makhai • | |
| N | |
| Nameless Stalkers • Night Guard • Noble Angels • Northern Lions • | |
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| P | |
| Palatine Sons • | |
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| R | |
| Rust Hammers • | |
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| †Scions of the Konic • Silver Flames • Solar Avengers • Sons of the Wyvern • Spears of the Phoenix • Star Crusaders • Starblades • | |
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| U | |
| Umbral Wraiths • | |
| V | |
| Void Angels • Void Rippers • | |
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| Winged Axes • | |
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| Zero Legion • |
| Twelfth Founding Space Marine Chapters | |
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| Dark Angels Successors | Obsidian Spears • |
| White Scars Successors | • |
| Space Wolves Successors | N/A |
| Imperial Fists Successors | Blades of Dorn • Lyran Guard • Terra's Hammers • |
| Blood Angels Successors | Blood Serpents • |
| Iron Hands Successors | Iron Wardens • Shadow Claws • |
| Ultramarines Successors | Thunder Lords • Tidebreakers • |
| Salamanders Successors | Dragons Amaranthine • |
| Raven Guard Successors | • |
| Unknown Lineage | Sun Warriors • Winged Axes • |
| Renegades | Nameless Stalkers • |