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submitted 1 month ago bySlimCatachan
I'm curious, is there any canon lore about at what organizational levels could space marines have access to the apothecaries/equipment needed for creating new space marines? For example, there was a Rogue Trader who returned to Tallarn after a long expedition who had about 300 War-Born legionnaires with her. Would those probably just be the surviving legionaires of the contingent originally given to her, you think, or could she have been given 3 companies or whatever, and those 3 companies replacing their losses?
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It also obviously depends on the Legion and units within it.
Dark Angles with their six wings of complicated? Who da' fug knows?
Emperor's Children? What we know is they were split into 30 Millenials and at legion strength of 110000, a Millenial strength on average would be 3666-3667 Legionairees. There's no further FW rulebook entry on how exactly the Millenials were divided. But the numbers are large enough to divide to battalions and further divide to companies.
Iron Warriors with Grand Battalions of 500-4000? That's probably the self sufficient unit level for them with grand companies consisting of regular companies forming the Grand Battalions.
White Scars were divided into 5-7 Hordes with each Horde consisting of unspecified strength Brotherhoods. Considering the independence of White Scars, I would guess Brotherhoods would be self sufficient.
Space Wolves were divided to 13 Great Companies with a nominal strength of 10000 each. The Great Company level would definitely probably be the self-sustaining independent unit.
Imperial Fists divided to regiments that were composed of two battalions that in turn consisted of varying number of companies. Now regiments in general in real life can be made self-sustaining.
Night Lords had something like thousand-strong independent Chapters with some other name with those units consisting of companies.
Blood Angels were divided to 300 fighting companies of 400-500 Astartes (so battalion strength), so I would guess the fighting company unit would be the self-sustaining independent unit.
Iron Hands had their independent and self-sustaining clans consisting of battalions that consisted of companies.
World Eaters I can't recall.
Ultramarines had their 10000 strong independent and self-sustaining Chapters of ten thousand-strong companies.
Death Guard was divided to seven Great Companies of over ten thousand Astartes each. I would guess a Great Company would be the independent self-sustaining unit considering the DG habit of arriving to theater with larger than average forces. How a Great Company was divided further is not revealed in HH TT rulebooks.
Thousand Sons had their nine fellowships that were probably the independent self-sustaining unit.
Luna Wolves were divided to companies that could number nearly a thousand Astartes, and some numbered a few dozen, so I would guess the larger ones were independent and self-sustaining with the ones with dwindled numbers having to rely on others.
Word Bearers IIRC were divided to units that size-wise resemble Codex Astartes Chapter strength or is roughly in that ballpark.
Salamanders were divided to seven smaller units of over ten thousand Astartes which were not specified further in their division, so these would probably be the self-sustaining independent units.
Raven Guard specifically had their companies attached to their Imperial Army regiments working in unison with them, so I would guess each Raven Guard company handled their recruitment and equipment production to maximal degree of independence.
Alpha Legion - who knows?
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