Space Marines

Space Marines

LONG AGO, the late United Nations needed soldiers to help it in its great crusade to unite humanity. Secretary-general José Angelico knew that he required something better than his normal troops if there was to be any chance of succeeding, thus the Space Marines were born.

Genetic maniplulation was used to make the Space Marines stronger, faster, and tougher. At the same time, extensive surgery was performed to implant special organs to make them absolute masters of the battlefield.

The Space Marines have become the ultimate human soldiers, though it could be argued that they are no longer still human. A Space Marine is well over seven feet tall and easily able to crush a man's skull with his bare hands. Space Marines can fight for days at a time, heal wounds in minutes and survive the most treacherous conditions. With his constant training, boltgun and power armour, the Space Marine is the most feared warriors throughout the galaxy.

Centuries later, having become too large and unmanuverable for the tasks assigned to them, the tremendous Space Marine Legions of the late Earth Command were broken down into more managable and harder-hitting armies. The Space Marine Legions became Space Marine Lodges - smaller, sleeker, and much more powerfull.

A Space Marine Lodge is more than just a self-contained fighting force. By now, most Lodges are a millenia old, and each has its own history and heros. Today, there are over a thousand Lodges in existance, from the noble and unyielding Guardian Angels, to the intense, fierce, and not entirely trustworthy Mad Dogs. Though they may differ in organizations and methods, the one thing they all have in common is their absolute loyalty to humanities only saviour, the immortal God-Emperor, the undying but unreachable Machine.