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{{Infobox | {{Infobox CSM Warband | ||
|Name = Red Corsairs | |Name = Red Corsairs | ||
|Heraldry = [[File:CorsairsEmblem.png|250px]] | |Heraldry = [[File:CorsairsEmblem.png|250px]] | ||
|Battle Cry = A tirade of expletives and threats, transmitted across all vox-caster frequencies, "Shiver me timbers!", "Take what ye can, give nothing back! | |Battle Cry = A tirade of expletives and threats, transmitted across all vox-caster frequencies, "Shiver me timbers!", "YYYAAAAARRRRRG!" "Take what ye can, give nothing back!”, alternately they blast off Alestorm | ||
|Origin = [[Astral Claws]], [[Tiger Claws]] (technically, they were absorbed into the Astral Claws and were defunct at time of the reform into the Red Corsairs), and various other chapters | |||
| | |Warband Leader = [[Huron Blackheart]] | ||
|Base of Operations = [[New Badab]]<br>[[Chogoris|Yasan Sector]]<br>'''Formerly:''' Badab Primaris | |||
|Specialty = Piracy, infiltration, boarding tactics | |||
| | |Strength = Roughly the size of a Pre-[[Horus Heresy|Heresy]] [[Space Marine Legions|Legion]] | ||
| | |Allegiance = [[Chaos Undivided]], Themselves | ||
|Colours = Red, Gold and Black. | |||
|Specialty = Piracy | |||
|Strength = | |||
|Allegiance = [[Chaos Undivided]] | |||
|Colours = Red and | |||
}} | }} | ||
Space Pirate Space Marines? In my 40K? It's more likely than you'd think. | Space Pirate Space Marines? In my 40K? It's more likely than you'd think. | ||
==Who They Are== | ==Who They Are== | ||
The Red Corsairs are a space pirate warband of renegade Marines; some following Chaos, some just in it for the plunder and self-aggrandizement. Even before their fall to chaos, these guys were considered the top-dogs in boarding actions, so piracy came pretty | The Red Corsairs are a space pirate warband of renegade Marines; some following Chaos, some just in it [[Blood Ravens|for the plunder]] and self-aggrandizement. Even before their fall to chaos, these guys were considered the top-dogs in boarding actions, so piracy came pretty naturaly to them. Attacking from the [[Maelstrom]], which is kind of like the anus to the [[Eye of Terror]]'s vagina (no, really, the Night Lords of the [[Broken Aquila]] bitch about how filthy it is ''in comparison to the fucking Eye''), they raid and pillage all over the [[Imperium of Man]], stealing vehicles, armour, weapons, ships for their fleets, and basically anything in sight. Nailing it down does not help, as they would steal nails too, making them essentially the chaos [[Blood Ravens]]. They are well-known for their balls-out psychotic raids on Imperial Naval vessels and [[Indrick Boreale|SPESS MEHREEN]] battle barges, in which they use boarding torpedoes to land and then assault the ship, taking it over to add to their makeshift navy. The Corsairs also have a number of not-marines, ranging from mercenaries and assorted scum to slaves captured by the Corsairs for the purposes of tending to their ships and equipment. They have a near-constant influx of loyalist Marines because once it becomes known that you're a fucking pirate, the ladies and ladymen are all down with that shit. | ||
Their core is mostly composed of former [[Astral Claws]], but much like the Black Legion they accept anyone who pledge his loyalty to their leader, and produce new marines from any gene-seed they can land their hands on, so you may find former loyalists (at lest few Ultramarines and Space Wolves are confirmed), veterans of Heresy from the old legions, and a wide variety of Chaos-born neophytes, made with both traitor and loyalist gene-seed. With such a flexible recruitment policy it's not surprise Corsairs are the quickest growing Chaos force in entire Galaxy, and given time may even outgrow the Black Legion. | Their core is mostly composed of former [[Astral Claws]], but much like the Black Legion they accept anyone who pledge his loyalty to their leader, and produce new marines from any gene-seed they can land their hands on, so you may find former loyalists (at lest a few Ultramarines and Space Wolves are confirmed), veterans of Heresy from the old legions, and a wide variety of Chaos-born neophytes, made with both traitor and loyalist gene-seed. With such a flexible recruitment policy it's not surprise Corsairs are the quickest growing Chaos force in entire Galaxy, and given time may even outgrow the Black Legion. It helps that you aren't even required to join Chaos to join the Red Corsairs. So long as you serve as an Astartes of the Red Corsairs, they couldn't care less what you worship. | ||
==Leader== | ==Leader== | ||
Whilst the Corsairs operate in smaller strike groups, the ultimate leader of the Red Corsairs is the Pirate Lord of the [[Maelstrom]], [[Huron Blackheart]]. Formerly known as Lufgt Huron | Whilst the Corsairs operate in smaller strike groups, the ultimate leader of the Red Corsairs is the Pirate Lord of the [[Maelstrom]], [[Huron Blackheart]]. Formerly known as Lufgt Huron (a name which to this day, /tg/ is unable to pronounce(either "Loofght" or "Lufag")), Huron used to be the chapter master of the [[Astral Claws]]. They were assigned to guard and patrol the Maelstrom, an area of warp/real space overlap in Ultima Segmentum. | ||
While a decent leader, years of being left sidelined left him bored and pissed off, and he eventually said "fuck this" and decided to take over the planet Badab, where he and the claws conquered the world for themselves and demanded tithes in the name of the Imperium - which they then kept for themselves, getting three other Space Marine chapters to join them in holding the world and turning into their own private little vacation-spot. Huron became known as the "Tyrant of Badab" for his forceful style of leadership. The Claws (and Huron) finally rushed past the moral event horizon when the Imperial Navy sent a small strike group to Badab to kick his ass. | While a decent leader, years of being left sidelined left him bored and pissed off, and he eventually said "fuck this" and decided to take over the planet Badab, where he and the claws conquered the world for themselves and demanded tithes in the name of the Imperium - which they then kept for themselves, getting three other Space Marine chapters to join them in holding the world and turning into their own private little vacation-spot. Huron became known as the "Tyrant of Badab" for his forceful style of leadership. The Claws (and Huron) finally rushed past the moral event horizon when the Imperial Navy sent a small strike group to Badab to kick his ass. | ||
Huron's forces repelled it, but the Imperial Navy had finally had enough of their shit and brought in a battery of heavy-duty ships to finish the job, and sent in [[Stormtrooper]]s, along with a shitton of Space Marines in the conflict that came to be known as the [[Badab War]]. Huron's forces took a major beating, and Huron himself got half of his fucking body blown off by a pissed-off Star Phantoms Captain packing a [[Meltagun]]. Barely alive, Huron's troops grabbed their master and hauled ass for the one area the Imperium wouldn't chase them through - the [[Maelstrom]]. After a few weeks | Huron's forces repelled it, but the Imperial Navy had finally had enough of their shit and brought in a battery of heavy-duty ships to finish the job, and sent in [[Stormtrooper]]s, along with a shitton of Space Marines in the conflict that came to be known as the [[Badab War]]. Huron's forces took a major beating, and Huron himself got half of his fucking body blown off by a pissed-off [[Star Phantoms]] Captain packing a [[Meltagun]]. Legend has it, after a failed attempt at him he put his terminator boot on a dead strike team leader's chestplate (presumably to take a selfie), but the captain turned out not quite dead and shot him in the armpit point-blank with a melta instead. Oh, vanity. Barely alive, Huron's troops grabbed their master and hauled ass for the one area the Imperium wouldn't chase them through - the [[Maelstrom]]. After a few weeks, a shitload of bionics (he had to have most of the right side of his body replaced), and a little help from the Ruinous Powers, Lord Apothecary Garreon, Apothecary Secundus Variel, and Master of the Forge Armanneus Valthex (guys who had earned the nicknames "the Corpse Master", "the Flayer", and "the Alchemancer", respectively) successfully put Huron back together, and he began to rebuild his [[Red Corsair's Domain|personal empire]] through piracy, bit by bit. | ||
Huron himself claims to be Chaos' answer to [[Colonel "Iron Hand" Straken|Colonel "Vance Motherfucking Stubbs is my Poker Buddy" Straken]], but everyone knows that's a load of bullshit. | Huron himself claims to be Chaos' answer to [[Colonel "Iron Hand" Straken|Colonel "Vance Motherfucking Stubbs is my Poker Buddy" Straken]], but everyone knows that's a load of bullshit. | ||
==Namesake== | ==Namesake & History== | ||
"Corsair" means pirate, and they use " | "Corsair" means [[pirate]], and they use red "paint" to obliterate their former Chapter livery. Ergo, Red Corsairs. Not exactly a great name, but it's hard to argue that it doesn't work. | ||
Historically though corsairs were not pirates in the traditional sense. A corsair would be someones commissioned by a certain government, say Spain or Britain, to operate freely against the navy or ships of another opposing government. | |||
Basically a country might decide to let a captain raid their enemies stuff as long as the captain only hurt their enemies that is a win. As the navies of even the British empire could not completely control the open seas. But with time and as the practice waned the terms pirate and corsair started becoming interchangeable. And to a poor civilian merchant getting looted it does not really matter that the corsair has a license or not, to them both are pirates. | |||
This makes the name corsair make some sense in context considering they are technically 'commissioned' by the Chaos Gods to raid the Imperium. | |||
==Rise of the Red Corsairs and Fifth Edition== | ==Rise of the Red Corsairs and Fifth Edition== | ||
Long before [[Matt Ward]] somehow managed to make the [[Ultramarines|Smurfs]] more hated than they already were - something [[/tg/]] had long since thought [[Troll|impossible]] - the Chaos Codex had gotten a reasonable update. Most of it was streamlining, pure and simple, but a lot of it was done with the intent to make Chaos forces of every stripe that much more viable and to put an end to the godless [[Gay|faggotry]] that was [[Emperor's Children]] [[FAIL|Noise Marine spam]] [[FATAL|raping]] entire armies in the opening salvo (for example). Players wanted more flexibility with their choices, more opportunities to play with unique options, (WTF are you smoking? CSM 4.0 took away so much stuff) and less ridiculously unbalanced exclusive shit that ruined everything (read: Iron Warriors fielding squads upon squads of Obliterators backed by [[Basilisk]]s). With so many changes to the system, Chaos largely got | Long before [[Matt Ward]] somehow managed to make the [[Ultramarines|Smurfs]] more hated than they already were - something [[/tg/]] had long since thought [[Troll|impossible]] - the Chaos Codex had gotten a reasonable update. Most of it was streamlining, pure and simple, but a lot of it was done with the intent to make Chaos forces of every stripe that much more viable and to put an end to the godless [[Gay|faggotry]] that was [[Emperor's Children]] [[FAIL|Noise Marine spam]] [[FATAL|raping]] entire armies in the opening salvo (for example). Players wanted more flexibility with their choices, more opportunities to play with unique options, (WTF are you smoking? CSM 4.0 took away so much stuff) and less ridiculously unbalanced exclusive shit that ruined everything (read: Iron Warriors fielding squads upon squads of Obliterators backed by [[Basilisk]]s). With so many changes to the system, Chaos largely got nerfed and saw marked improvements in a few areas ([[fail|at the cost of all the unique legion rules,]] [[herp|pages of]] [[derp|wargear]] [[brundlepenis|and mutations,]] [[AIDS|and anything else that made them stand out from vanilla marines]]), but since nobody liked the [[Black Legion]] or its [[derp|retarded]] leader [[Abaddon]], a long-available but largely unsung chapter, the Red Corsairs, got pushed into prominence... | ||
...[[FAIL|before being cunt-punted back into a paragraph and Huron's special character page]] in favour of [[Crimson Slaughter|a bunch]] of no-name not-[[World Eaters]]. | |||
Vigilus Ablaze grants them tabletop rules, which are quite possibly the best out of any of the Chaos Space Marine subfactions. Not only can they advance and charge (the old generalist Renegade Chapter trait which already was pretty good), but now they get extra command points from detachments with three or more units. This is also in addition to an update on their war with the [[White Scars]]. Long story short, they wrecked shit and kidnapped Chapter Master Jubal Khan. The remaining Scars then had to stage a raid to free the hostages, but by this point Jubal was so damaged that he wouldn't be able to do much. As of present, they're still within the area and are continuing with raids around the sector as Huron establishes a new capital. | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
Image:RedTermies.jpg|Red | Image:CSM painschemes.jpg|New CSM model in Red Corsair colors (right) | ||
Image:RedTermies.jpg|Red Corsair Terminators. | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
{{Template:Chaos-Official}} | {{Template:Chaos-Official}} | ||
[[Category:Warhammer 40,000]][[Category:Chaos]][[Category:Space Marines]] | [[Category:Warhammer 40,000]][[Category:Chaos]][[Category:Space Marines]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:25, 22 June 2023
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| Battle Cry | A tirade of expletives and threats, transmitted across all vox-caster frequencies, "Shiver me timbers!", "YYYAAAAARRRRRG!" "Take what ye can, give nothing back!”, alternately they blast off Alestorm | |
| Origin | Astral Claws, Tiger Claws (technically, they were absorbed into the Astral Claws and were defunct at time of the reform into the Red Corsairs), and various other chapters | |
| Warband Leader | Huron Blackheart | |
| Base of Operations | New Badab Yasan Sector Formerly: Badab Primaris |
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| Strength | Roughly the size of a Pre-Heresy Legion | |
| Specialty | Piracy, infiltration, boarding tactics | |
| Allegiance | Chaos Undivided, Themselves | |
| Colours | Red, Gold and Black. | |
Space Pirate Space Marines? In my 40K? It's more likely than you'd think.
Who They Are[edit]
The Red Corsairs are a space pirate warband of renegade Marines; some following Chaos, some just in it for the plunder and self-aggrandizement. Even before their fall to chaos, these guys were considered the top-dogs in boarding actions, so piracy came pretty naturaly to them. Attacking from the Maelstrom, which is kind of like the anus to the Eye of Terror's vagina (no, really, the Night Lords of the Broken Aquila bitch about how filthy it is in comparison to the fucking Eye), they raid and pillage all over the Imperium of Man, stealing vehicles, armour, weapons, ships for their fleets, and basically anything in sight. Nailing it down does not help, as they would steal nails too, making them essentially the chaos Blood Ravens. They are well-known for their balls-out psychotic raids on Imperial Naval vessels and SPESS MEHREEN battle barges, in which they use boarding torpedoes to land and then assault the ship, taking it over to add to their makeshift navy. The Corsairs also have a number of not-marines, ranging from mercenaries and assorted scum to slaves captured by the Corsairs for the purposes of tending to their ships and equipment. They have a near-constant influx of loyalist Marines because once it becomes known that you're a fucking pirate, the ladies and ladymen are all down with that shit.
Their core is mostly composed of former Astral Claws, but much like the Black Legion they accept anyone who pledge his loyalty to their leader, and produce new marines from any gene-seed they can land their hands on, so you may find former loyalists (at lest a few Ultramarines and Space Wolves are confirmed), veterans of Heresy from the old legions, and a wide variety of Chaos-born neophytes, made with both traitor and loyalist gene-seed. With such a flexible recruitment policy it's not surprise Corsairs are the quickest growing Chaos force in entire Galaxy, and given time may even outgrow the Black Legion. It helps that you aren't even required to join Chaos to join the Red Corsairs. So long as you serve as an Astartes of the Red Corsairs, they couldn't care less what you worship.
Leader[edit]
Whilst the Corsairs operate in smaller strike groups, the ultimate leader of the Red Corsairs is the Pirate Lord of the Maelstrom, Huron Blackheart. Formerly known as Lufgt Huron (a name which to this day, /tg/ is unable to pronounce(either "Loofght" or "Lufag")), Huron used to be the chapter master of the Astral Claws. They were assigned to guard and patrol the Maelstrom, an area of warp/real space overlap in Ultima Segmentum.
While a decent leader, years of being left sidelined left him bored and pissed off, and he eventually said "fuck this" and decided to take over the planet Badab, where he and the claws conquered the world for themselves and demanded tithes in the name of the Imperium - which they then kept for themselves, getting three other Space Marine chapters to join them in holding the world and turning into their own private little vacation-spot. Huron became known as the "Tyrant of Badab" for his forceful style of leadership. The Claws (and Huron) finally rushed past the moral event horizon when the Imperial Navy sent a small strike group to Badab to kick his ass.
Huron's forces repelled it, but the Imperial Navy had finally had enough of their shit and brought in a battery of heavy-duty ships to finish the job, and sent in Stormtroopers, along with a shitton of Space Marines in the conflict that came to be known as the Badab War. Huron's forces took a major beating, and Huron himself got half of his fucking body blown off by a pissed-off Star Phantoms Captain packing a Meltagun. Legend has it, after a failed attempt at him he put his terminator boot on a dead strike team leader's chestplate (presumably to take a selfie), but the captain turned out not quite dead and shot him in the armpit point-blank with a melta instead. Oh, vanity. Barely alive, Huron's troops grabbed their master and hauled ass for the one area the Imperium wouldn't chase them through - the Maelstrom. After a few weeks, a shitload of bionics (he had to have most of the right side of his body replaced), and a little help from the Ruinous Powers, Lord Apothecary Garreon, Apothecary Secundus Variel, and Master of the Forge Armanneus Valthex (guys who had earned the nicknames "the Corpse Master", "the Flayer", and "the Alchemancer", respectively) successfully put Huron back together, and he began to rebuild his personal empire through piracy, bit by bit.
Huron himself claims to be Chaos' answer to Colonel "Vance Motherfucking Stubbs is my Poker Buddy" Straken, but everyone knows that's a load of bullshit.
Namesake & History[edit]
"Corsair" means pirate, and they use red "paint" to obliterate their former Chapter livery. Ergo, Red Corsairs. Not exactly a great name, but it's hard to argue that it doesn't work.
Historically though corsairs were not pirates in the traditional sense. A corsair would be someones commissioned by a certain government, say Spain or Britain, to operate freely against the navy or ships of another opposing government.
Basically a country might decide to let a captain raid their enemies stuff as long as the captain only hurt their enemies that is a win. As the navies of even the British empire could not completely control the open seas. But with time and as the practice waned the terms pirate and corsair started becoming interchangeable. And to a poor civilian merchant getting looted it does not really matter that the corsair has a license or not, to them both are pirates.
This makes the name corsair make some sense in context considering they are technically 'commissioned' by the Chaos Gods to raid the Imperium.
Rise of the Red Corsairs and Fifth Edition[edit]
Long before Matt Ward somehow managed to make the Smurfs more hated than they already were - something /tg/ had long since thought impossible - the Chaos Codex had gotten a reasonable update. Most of it was streamlining, pure and simple, but a lot of it was done with the intent to make Chaos forces of every stripe that much more viable and to put an end to the godless faggotry that was Emperor's Children Noise Marine spam raping entire armies in the opening salvo (for example). Players wanted more flexibility with their choices, more opportunities to play with unique options, (WTF are you smoking? CSM 4.0 took away so much stuff) and less ridiculously unbalanced exclusive shit that ruined everything (read: Iron Warriors fielding squads upon squads of Obliterators backed by Basilisks). With so many changes to the system, Chaos largely got nerfed and saw marked improvements in a few areas (at the cost of all the unique legion rules, pages of wargear and mutations, and anything else that made them stand out from vanilla marines), but since nobody liked the Black Legion or its retarded leader Abaddon, a long-available but largely unsung chapter, the Red Corsairs, got pushed into prominence...
...before being cunt-punted back into a paragraph and Huron's special character page in favour of a bunch of no-name not-World Eaters.
Vigilus Ablaze grants them tabletop rules, which are quite possibly the best out of any of the Chaos Space Marine subfactions. Not only can they advance and charge (the old generalist Renegade Chapter trait which already was pretty good), but now they get extra command points from detachments with three or more units. This is also in addition to an update on their war with the White Scars. Long story short, they wrecked shit and kidnapped Chapter Master Jubal Khan. The remaining Scars then had to stage a raid to free the hostages, but by this point Jubal was so damaged that he wouldn't be able to do much. As of present, they're still within the area and are continuing with raids around the sector as Huron establishes a new capital.
Gallery[edit]
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New CSM model in Red Corsair colors (right)
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Red Corsair Terminators.
