

The Hunter is equipped with a sophisticated skyspear missile launcher that fires servitor piloted munitions that will remorselessly track enemy aircraft until they hit or are destroyed.

Instead of the usual explosive charge, these specially adapted bolts consist of a brittle ceramic case that contains a powerful mutagenic acid that can liquefy any organic compound.

They stand apart from the Imperium despite serving it, just as they protect humanity despite transcending it. Recognizing no authority other than the Emperor himself, Space Marines either lead their own crusades to fight the enemies of mankind, or answer petitions for assistance. Most Space Marine chapters claim a single world as their fief, ruling and recruiting from it, while others are fleet-bound forces that replenish their numbers when and where they can. Following the disaster of the Horus Heresy, the loyalist Astartes legions were broken down into chapters of roughly a thousand warriors, so that no single man could ever command such an awesome force. Each of these original twenty legions was led by a Primarch, one of the Emperor's clone-sons, and every legionnaire shared his Primarch's genetic template thus, each Legion inherited their commander's strengths, tactics, culture, and in some cases flaws. The Space Marines were created by the Emperor ten thousand years ago as he led his Great Crusade to reunite the galaxy.
