Editing Conservators (section)

===Infantry===

While their gear may be obsolete, the organization of individual tactical marines is the closest any of the Conservators battle organization comes to the official Codex mandates. Organized into ten man squads, the tactical marines of the Conservators operate in much the same manner as the tacticals of any other chapter. It is of note that rather than combat knives all battle brothers carry their personal swords, giving them an edge over normal tactical marines in close combat. However as the chapter suffers from a lack of specialty weaponry they often suffer in other ways. While hardly totally lacking such weapons, it is a more significant drain on resources to deploy a lascannon, plasma weapons, heavy bolter, and other such weapons. However the relatively simple construction of missile launchers and their ordinance makes those weapons the most common support option for Conservator tactical squads. These missile launchers can take the form of locally made recreations of modern weapons, the original weapons issued to the chapter, or even ancient Heresy era weapons recovered from the supply ship.

Devastator squads, given the chapters scarcity of heavy weapons, are more rare and only take the field if dearly needed. Again, missile launchers are the most easily accessible weapons, however the other weapons are available, simply more rare and difficult to obtain, each one representing a nigh-irreplaceable chapter asset.

Most scarce of all are terminator suits, the chapter has access to only a handful of ancient Tartaros pattern suits. Recovered from ancient supply vaults at great risk, these suits languished in the chapter keep for years until a number of sympathetic techpriests were able to restore them to full functionality. Deployed sparingly, they have nonetheless proved to be a great asset.

Assault squads are also deployed, however they are more rare than in other chapters. This is due to the complex nature of the jump packs, which are difficult to maintain for the young chapter. The chapter does their best to mitigate this by providing tactical marines with their personal swords, giving them higher than average melee prowess.

A highly unique organization compared to other chapters, the Conservator scouts are highly unusual in their equipment and deployment. Sometimes taking the field completely on their own, the scouts of the Conservators wear high quality plate armor, and often wield Astartes bows instead of, or in addition to, their bolters. Proficient in both ranged and close combat, as well as the arts of stealth, Conservator scouts are a fighting force unto themselves, honing their skills by stalking and hunting the orks that infest almost every planet in the Asharn March.