Editing War Scribes (section)

==Beginnings: Legio Secundus==
''"We were fortunate indeed to have found our Primogenitor so quickly. Not for us the confusion and soul-searching which many other Legions endured. It was as if Lord Arelex had never gone missing, and each War Scribe felt truly blessed among the Legions."'' 

-Maestro Ferrorum Polix Creel, Master of Fellblade "Orkburner"

Like the other [[Legiones Astartes (Hektor Heresy)|Legions]], the War Scribes first saw combat action as a squad of the [[Sacred Band]] of the Primarch [[Hektor Cincinnatus]].  Though Hektor was not their gene-father, the ten members of Second Squad greatly respected him as a military leader and, in a way, their uncle.  The Sacred Band's success in the Pacification of the Merican Hives won the Space Marines their place as the Emperor's favourite soldiers.  As the Second Squad expanded into a Legion, they recruited heavily from the Gangers who dwelt in Nord Merica's crowded Hive Cities.  These men were naturally wild and savage, and were cunning urban warriors.  Under Hektor's supervision, Orend Ymoro and his officers molded gang-scum into Space Marines with great success.  Throughout the [[Unification Wars (Hektor Heresy)|Unification Wars]], the fresh-minted ''Legio Secundus'' acquitted itself with honour.  The Legion also began to develop a more technical mindset, adding the skills of combat engineering to their prowess in built-up areas.   "Dirty, Dangerous, Deadly!" became their unofficial motto. 

Unfortunately, things became dangerous indeed during the war with Nathaniel Dume's Pan-Pacific Empire.  Second Legion were deployed to storm fortifications commanded by Dume's vassal, Vuthros Khan, but were met by a barrage of concealed nuclear missiles.  Many Marines were killed instantly, blasted into vapor.  Due to the short-comings of the primitive Mark I Power Armour, even the more fortunate battle brothers suffered terrible burns and radiation poisoning.  Though the Legion would survive, the resultant gene-seed anomalies kept the Second Legion from major engagements during the last decade of the Unification Wars and held up their deployment to the [[Great Crusade (Hektor Heresy)|Great Crusade]].  The Emperor was greatly busy but devoted what time he had to repairing the damage from Vuthros's rad-weapons.  Most of the mutations were minor, but soon Melanchrome organ mutations began emerging, causing a wide and worrying variation in skin coloration.  The timely conquest of Luna won the services of a host of skilled genetors, among them the supremely brilliant [[Pallas Eugenesis]].  Without the burdens of command that sapped the Emperor's fathomless mind, Pallas and her minions were able to conduct a major repair the Second Legion's gene-seed, though the Eclipse Queen warned that its long-term stability was still in question.

As soon as they had received their conditional bill of health, the warriors of Second Legion went into action for the battles of the Solar System.  Due to being stood down for the last years of the Unification Wars, the Second were rested and eager to prove themselves.  They fought with distinction across the inner planets and the asteroid belt, earning great honour for their part in the Volemar Gamma Campaign.  After the Treaty of Mars in 805.M30, Legio Secundus formed the backbone of the 4th [[Expedition Fleets (Hektor Heresy)|Expedition Fleet]], taking the Emperor's Great Crusade to the stars beyond Sol.  But an even more significant event was just around the corner.

===Notable Battles===

*'''c.780.M30 [[The Cleansing of Calverna]]'''  Although the disaster in the war against the Pan-Pacific Empire is better-known, for a time the Second Legion's victory at Calverna marked them out as rising stars among the Emperor's servants.
*'''c.785.M30 [[Dalvan Atrocity]]''' Nathaniel Dume's henchman, Vuthros Khan, unleashed nuclear weapons on the Second Legion and inflicted terrible casualties.
*'''800.M30 [[Volemar Gamma Campaign]]'''.  After healing the atomic wounds of the Pan-Pacific campaign, the Second Legion were called on to help the [[Heralds of Hektor|First Legion]] purge an [[Orks (Hektor Heresy)|Orkish]] outpost menacing Terra.