Editing Storm Wardens (section)

==History and Notable Battles==
A lot of their chapter history has been sealed away. An event, known as the Nemesis Incident (see below), caused the Storm Wardens to purge a lot of their history (and like every time this happens in 40k, somehow the [[Space Marines]], who are supposed to be better at remembering and memorizing than an average human and live much much longer too, [[Derp|just forget it]])(The space marines have used mind wipe techniques for ages, maybe FFG was just too lazy to explicitly state it was used by the Storm Wardens).

In M41 they have fought a considerable number of threats in and around the Calixis sector (which is where their home planet is). When something is too big for them to fight on their own, they usually team up with the [[Alienhunters|Ordos Xenos]] or rally other chapters to their cause [[This Guy|(sending their own battle brothers instead of a messenger, to show honor and respect)]].

There's two notable battles (or at least notable enough for FFG to put extra emphasis on them) during [[Advancing the Storyline|this focused on millennia]]. One involves a battle against the Orks, which shows just how the Storm Wardens' Chapter Master managed to go from captain to chapter master in such a short period of time. The other involves an attack against the [[Slaugth]], which scarred the Chapter ([[PROMOTIONS|and got a lot of its veterans promoted to the]] [[Honour Guard|honour guard]]).

After the [[FAIL|13th Black Crusade]] the the Ork Warboss Kraazgrug showed a bit of cunning (for an Ork anyway) and took his Waaagh! to the Storm Warden's neighboring sector, hoping to take advantage of <strike>the chaos</strike> everyone focusing their attention elsewhere. The Ork Waaagh! had made it to the last planet in the sector, when the Storm Wardens managed to find out about the invasion. The Storm Wardens then assembled an armoured spearhead to assault the Orks, and headed out, with Lorgath Maclir, who was only a captain at the time, leading the way. [[Transformers|Probably saying something about rolling out.]]

This clever Warboss (or cowardly by Ork standards) managed to flank the space marines. So, instead of [[Rip and tear|assaulting the Orks head on]], Maclir decided to [[Just As Planned|trick the Orks]]. The space marines sent some fast attack vehicles to assault and then retreat from the Orks, to lure them into a box canyon. There, the Orks were assaulted by a mass of heavy weapon fire and [[Exterminatus|were all killed without a single survivor.]]

While that was a major success, they didn't have so much success against the Slaugth on the planet Vigil. They were forced to fight in [[Space Hulk|tight and narrow spaces]] that wouldn't even allow the use of heavy armor and [[Rocks fall, everyone dies|lost a lot of marines]] despite their [[Raven Guard|adapting methodical tactics.]] Those who survived the battle wished that they had [[Ultramarines|held more closely to the codex]] [[Steel Rain|and followed its tactical advice.]] Since the now chapter master, Maclir, also liked the codex (but not in the thumping Ultrasmurf way), he promoted many of the surviving veteran members to his honour guard. This battle was so gruesome, that when making a Storm Warden character in [[Deathwatch (RPG)|Deathwatch]], having memories of the battle is one of the past experience options.

Currently, the Storm Wardens are also involved in the [[Jericho Reach|Achilus Crusade]], which according to the Storm Warden's Chapter Master, [[Octarius War| has no viewable end.]] They committed 7 full Companies (with possibly 50 more on guard duty) to the crusade (and convinced several dozen other chapters to send available aid). These forces were then lead by Maclir in the opening battles, and smashed opposing Tau forces. While they were hoping that the Imperium would be given a warm welcome by human forces, [[Gue'vesa|they were instead given the middle finger.]] This set back strained the Imperium's communication, who had hoped that they could use the worlds as a staging area, but the space marines [[meme|kept calm and carried on]], and managed to smash through Tau forces anyways. Maclir thought he could taste victory and finish the campaign in months (when he planned for it to take decades) and ordered all the space marine forces together, so that they could destroy the last of resistance and assault the capital of the region. Things hit the fan though when it turned out the populace of Jericho Reach didn't want to deal with the Imperium, because they had already turned to chaos. They attacked the, very thinned and strained, space marine forces and prevented their final chance at victory. Maclir has since become bitter about the crusade, and how it is now a war of attrition. Even though he could pull his Chapter out at any time. Besides, the Imperium should pull out, let Chaos mulch the Tau (and probably infect the Tau “human helpers”) then come back and kill everyone left.

Some of the more minor battles by the Storm Wardens include:

*Boarding a [[Battlefleet Gothic|Chaos fleet's flagship]], resulting in the destruction of said flagship and crippling of three of its escorts. For reference, boarding Chaos ships is usually forbidden as complete suicide.
*Fighting the [[Tyranid|Tyranids]] with the [[Space Wolves]].
*Sending three companies to help a [[Rogue Trader]] in the Halo Stars, but [[That Guy|when the Rogue Trader started burning too many worlds]] they left him to fight a war only they wanted.
*Capturing a pirate king, before he could have a chance to strike first, and holding him captive, so the Storm Wardens could make repairs to their ship in peace. Then launching him into space when they were finished.
*Rescuing a [[Navigator]] from a [[Feral World]], only to [[Not as planned|end up getting launched through time and space.]]