Editing Space Marine Chapter (section)

== Organization ==

A single Marine is extremely powerful; a full Chapter is overkill for almost any situation save the most dire (though these situations are naturally the ones we hear about). To ensure that enough Marines are committed to a given battle (but no more, since they are too expensive to risk where they aren't needed), all Chapters have some organization scheme for dividing into smaller detachments. The majority of Chapters use the organization laid out in the [[Codex Astartes]] to some extent: a Company of ten [[Veteran Squad]]s, four Battle Companies with six [[Tactical Squad]]s, two [[Assault Squad]]s, and two [[Devastator Squad]]s, four Reserve Companies (two with ten Tactical Squads, one with ten Assault Squads, and one with ten Devastator Squads), and a [[Scout]] Company. Beyond these companies are the Chapter Command, comprised of the Librarius (Where all the [[Librarian]]s reside and write stuff), the Reclusiam (Where the [[Chaplain]]s and chapter relics reside), the Apothecarion (for [[Apothecary|Apothecaries]]), and the Armoury (Where the [[Techmarine]]s look over the entire chapter's motor pool), and the [[Chapter Master]] himself, all of whom are attached to the various companies as the situation demands.

This organization has seen some shifts as of late, however. With Guilliman's return and the dawn of the [[Primaris Space Marines]], these forces have been shifted around a little to allow these taller additions in categories that are roughly similar to their baseline counterparts. Chief among them is that Tenth Company now has a pool of Vanguard Marines, those Primaris Marines who have taken to the arts of subterfuge and stealth but are not green rookies by any means. Each chapter also now has two Lieutenants that act under the Captain, managing the company in his absence and coordinating strategies in the event that the company is separated.