L-XIII-51

Ultramarines 51st Cohort

L-XIII-51
"Courage and Honour" Praetor, Markus Claudius Balista
Legio	Legio XIII
Legio Name:	The Ultramarines Legion
Designation:	L-XIII-51
Cognomen:	Ultramarines 51st Cohort
Allegiance:	Loyalist
Owner:	User:Praetoriian

History

Legion: XIII Ultramarines

Name: 51st Cohort

Nickname: Guilliman's Fist

Specialism: Siege Warfare

Praetor: Markus Claudius Balista

Like many Chapters and Companies within the Legiones Astartes, the company affectionately dubbed the Imperatoris Fortuna can trace its origins back to Terra, though has naturally shifted its Recruitment and Replenishment Tithe-Sources to include Macragge, Armatura and seven other worlds in the Five Hundred realms. Even so, the company still hosts a notable percentage of Terran veterans, including its Praetor and the majority of the ranking brothers.

The company earned its current cognomen "Imperatoris Fortuna" (Emperor's Fortunate) early in the Great Crusade for inexplicable timing and apparent luck, not to mention being the 13th company of the 13th chapter, in the 13th legion. The Company would often arrive to aid beleaguered brothers at the last moment managing to avoid catastrophes, traps and other misfortunes through sheer happenstance. The Companies apparent penchant for inexplicable fortune is most apparent during the Calth massacre. Despite being summoned to Calth, the company ended up stranded at a combined mustering point between Terra and Calth due to erratic warp activity. This made it impossible for any aid to reach the besieged forces during the Massacre that followed. Naturally this has left the company at high strength Post-Calth, a fact many Humans and even some Astartes have called a stroke of luck. Yet to many in the company, the fact they could not be at Calth to fight alongside their brothers when they should have been, is a deep dishonor and a constant shadow looming over the company's morale. The very name of the company in light of these events blurs the line between apt recognition and cruel jest.

The "Fortunate" went on after the Calth massacre to hunt down and engage Word Bearer forces in several small conflicts before being absorbed into Retribution Fleet Carthago, where-in it was supplemented by additional Ultramarines assets. The 13th, bolstered by elements of the 102nd (Veteran) company and the Thraxian Armoured Battalion, was granted seniority over the fighting forces, culminating in the appointment of Captain Felix Otho as the Legatus. While attached to the fleet, the company had been hunting even larger Word Bearers threats, however, with the Heresy now at full momentum and the fleet finding itself caught between the intermittent calls of the Warmaster-Apparent Dorn and Primarch Guilliman's conflicting orders to return to Terra and Macragge respectively, the fleet has stalled in the Cambrius Sub-Sector only to find itself caught in the growing struggle for the sector itself.

Vengeance for the Five Hundred Worlds! - Common post-Calth battle cry.

"This is not a question of fighting for our Lord Guilliman or fighting for Terra. We are fighting to save this whole Galaxy from the betrayal of the Warmaster and his lapdog brothers, and in defense of all that is most sacred to man. This is no war of domination or imperial aggrandizement or material gain; no war to shut any of the myriad Xenos race out of infesting our rightful place within our beloved galaxy. It is a war, viewed in its inherent quality to establish on impregnable rocks, the rights of the Imperial truth, and it is a war, to prove our unbreakable will and loyalty to the father of mankind. We must eradicate any and all traitors. We must prevail! For the Emperor!" - Legatus Felix Otho, 13th company of the XIII Legion, retribution Fleet Carthago. Vox transmission to advanced fleet battlegroups before the start of the Inferno Campaign.

Noteworthy Individuals

Decimus Marius:

Legion Contemptor Dreadnought: perse enemy battle lines. The absence of the 13th company during the Calth Massacre hangs over Felix heavily and has on more than one occasion lead to complete commitment to destroying Word Bearer forces whenever they appear, well beyond the necessary. A sword fighter at heart, Felix often leads from the front, almost always eschewing the additional protection of Tactical Dreadnought Armour in favour of the additional mobility provided by a Jump Pack to charge into battle alongside the Company's assault squads.

Gallus Vinicius:

Vet Serg: given to disorder, our cradle, our homeworld. I was raised up above the masses by the greatest man in the history of mankind to serve a truth: the Imperial Truth. Humanity must be united and compliant, a mighty Imperium, a bastion against the alien and the corrupt. For two hundred years I have served, from the Grey Legions to the Battle-Kings of Ultramar. Today, I have seen the Truth shattered. Now there is only retribution. Retribution for rebels, traitors and heretics who have torn asunder the Great Works. Arise my brothers, my kin of the Five Hundred and beyond. Arise and unleash the Thirteenth's Retribution! - Legatus Otho

Cyrillus Vitus Agrippa:

Centurion: Sadatio is rough, hot headed and very noticeably displays habits picked up during a combined campaign between the 13th and the World Eaters. His tendencies have earned him ire among many of his brothers causing him to be a loner. His ruthless battle style and continued conflicts with certain brothers within the company eventually led to being relegated to his censure and relegation to Moritat. Despite appearances, Sadatio is still apparently loyal to his Emperor and Legion, despite lacking his brother's trust, he has yet to show any real acts of treacherous defiance, even accepting his punishment with humility and self awareness. His World Eaters ties, brotherly conflicts and outsider status have the Chaplains keeping a close eye on him, often deferring to Consul-Chaplain Livius in any resolutions regarding Sadatio's rebukes.

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Combat Reports for L-XIII-51

Campaigns

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Battles

Battle Name	Date	Planet	Battle Outcome	Battle Summary
Portcullis Incident	378.007.M31	Portculis	Traitor	One of the initial landings of the L-XIII-51, it was repelled successfully by a stalwart defence of the World Eaters, but proved a great distraction for the Loyalists as they gained the upper hand ..→

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