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[[File:RainbowWarriorsRT.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Rainbow Helmets, man. Rainbow [[Beakie|Beakie Helmets]], no less.]]
[[File:RainbowWarriorsRT.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Rainbow Helmets, man. Rainbow [[Beakie|Beakie Helmets]], no less.]]
Back when [[Warhammer 40,000]] was still called [[Rogue Trader]], all of the [[First Founding]] [[Space Marine]] Chapters were known, and the [[Rainbow Warriors]] were one of them.  Nothing else was known of them, except for the fact that the [[Sisters of Battle]] curb-stomped them at one point.  Yeah, [[Games Workshop]] didn't think too highly of these guys, and in a Third Edition [[White Dwarf]] article, they were declared to be of a "later founding." They also hold the title of silliest space marine chapter name of all time.
Back when [[Warhammer 40,000]] was still called [[Rogue Trader]], all of the [[First Founding]] [[Space Marine]] Chapters were known, and the [[Rainbow Warriors]] were one of them.  Nothing else was known of them, except for the fact that the [[Sisters of Battle]] curb-stomped them at one point.  Yeah, [[Games Workshop]] didn't think too highly of these guys, and in a Third Edition [[White Dwarf]] article, they were declared to be of a "later founding." They also hold the title of silliest space marine chapter name of all time, sharing it with a demented LSD-dealing hippie cult that prowls the parking lots of Grateful Dead concerts with mange-ridden dogs.


In the Fifth Edition Space Marines [[Codex]], the planet "Prism" is designated as the homeworld of "<<record deleted>>," a chapter which bears the Rainbow Warriors' insignia. Prism has been found! Get the [[6th edition]] and look in the Northwestern border of the Vidar Sector located in the Imperius Dominatus.
In the Fifth Edition Space Marines [[Codex]], the planet "Prism" is designated as the homeworld of "<<record deleted>>," a chapter which bears the Rainbow Warriors' insignia. Prism has been found! Get the [[6th edition]] and look in the Northwestern border of the Vidar Sector located in the Imperius Dominatus.

Revision as of 08:27, 27 January 2019

Rainbow Warriors
Founding First Founding (later retconned)
Successors of Ultramarines
Successor Chapters None
Homeworld Prism?
Specialty Being forgotten, dressing up as space Aztecs, being cryptically referenced again.
Allegiance Imperium
Colours All the colors of the Rainbow (No durr...), but mainly Blue
Rainbow Helmets, man. Rainbow Beakie Helmets, no less.

Back when Warhammer 40,000 was still called Rogue Trader, all of the First Founding Space Marine Chapters were known, and the Rainbow Warriors were one of them. Nothing else was known of them, except for the fact that the Sisters of Battle curb-stomped them at one point. Yeah, Games Workshop didn't think too highly of these guys, and in a Third Edition White Dwarf article, they were declared to be of a "later founding." They also hold the title of silliest space marine chapter name of all time, sharing it with a demented LSD-dealing hippie cult that prowls the parking lots of Grateful Dead concerts with mange-ridden dogs.

In the Fifth Edition Space Marines Codex, the planet "Prism" is designated as the homeworld of "<<record deleted>>," a chapter which bears the Rainbow Warriors' insignia. Prism has been found! Get the 6th edition and look in the Northwestern border of the Vidar Sector located in the Imperius Dominatus.

Somewhere along the way, people thought it would be cool to envision the Rainbow Warriors as Aztec Marines.

It is noted that the image for Sisters of Battle in the Rogue Trader rulebook has a Sister shoot down what appears to be a Rainbow Warrior. This combined with the record deleted statement above suggest they were filthy heretics who got purged.

There's also a basically-the-Rainbow-Warriors chapter called the Death Strike. Who hate the Ultramarines for helping to excommunicate their brother chapter. HMM.

They're still around in the 41st Millennium if the 6th Edition Codex is anything to go by. They, the Relictors and the Fire Lords fought a bloody powerful Demonic incursion, but ended up losing a fair chunk of their chapter - including their Chapter Master.

There's a fair chance that they were named after the Greenpeace ship, the Rainbow Warrior, which was sunk by French secret agents one year before the release of Rogue Trader.

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See Also

Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes
First Founding
(M29)
Blood AngelsDark AngelsImperial FistsIron HandsRaven GuardSalamandersSpace WolvesUltramarinesWhite Scars
Second Founding
(021.M31)
Angels of AbsolutionAngels EncarmineAngels PorphyrAngels of RedemptionAngels SanguineAngels of VengeanceAngels VermillionAurora ChapterBlack ConsulsBlack GuardBlack TemplarsBlood DrinkersBrazen ClawsCrimson FistsDestroyersDoom EaglesEagle WarriorsExcoriatorsFists ExemplarFlesh TearersGenesis ChapterInceptorsIron SnakesLibatorsLions SableMaraudersMortifactorsNemesisNovamarinesObsidian GlaivesPatriarchs of UlixisPurple StarsPraetors of OrpheusRampagersRaptorsRed TalonsRevilersSilver EaglesSilver SkullsSoul DrinkersStorm LordsWhite ConsulsWolf Brothers
Third to
Twelfth Founding
(M32-M35)
Astral ClawsAngels PenitentAngels RevenantCharnel GuardDark PaladinsExecutionersFlesh EatersHalo BrethrenHowling GriffonsIron KnightsMantis WarriorsMarines MalevolentNight SwordsSable Swords (initial) - Scythes of the EmperorSpace SharksSons of Guilliman
Thirteenth Founding
(M35)
Death SpectresExorcists
Fourteenth to
Twentieth Founding
Angels of FireAvenging SonsCelebrants
Twenty-First Founding
(991.M35)
Black DragonsBlood GorgonsFire HawksFlame FalconsLamentersMinotaursSons of AntaeusTiger Claws
Twenty-Second to
Twenty-Sixth Founding
(M35-M41)
Angels of VigilanceAngels ExcelsisCelestial LionsDark HuntersDisciples of CalibanEmperor's SpearsFire AngelsGolden SonsHospitallersImperial HarbingersIron LordsKnights of the RavenMarines ErrantMentorsFire Claws/RelictorsStar PhantomsSubjugators
Ultima Founding
(999.M41/000.M42 to 012.M42)
Angels of DefianceBlack VipersBlades of VengeanceCastellans of the RiftCovenant of FireDark KrakensFulminatorsKnights CeruleanKnights of the ChaliceKnights of ThunderNecropolis HawksNemesorsPraetors of UltramarPrime AbsolversRift StalkersSilver DrakesSilver TemplarsSons of the PhoenixStorm ReapersUmbral KnightsUnnumbered SonsValiant BladesVoid TridentsWolfspear
Unknown Founding AbsolversAccipitersAdulatorsAngel GuardAngels EradicantAngels of RetributionAstral KnightsBlood RavensBlood SwordsBrazen DrakesBringers of JudgementBrothers PenitentCarmine BladesCowled WardensCrimson CastellansCrimson ConsulsCrimson ScythesDark HandsDark SonsDeath EaglesDoom WarriorsEmperor's ShadowsFire LordsGuardians of the CovenantGraven SpectresHammers of DornHarbingersHawk LordsInvadersIron CrusadersIron TalonsJade DragonsKnights of BloodKnights UnyieldingMarines ExemplarThe NamelessNight WatchRainbow WarriorsReclaimersRed HuntersRed ScorpionsRed SeraphsRed TemplarsRetributorsSable Swords (refounded) • Shadow WolvesSolar HawksSons of OrarStar DragonsStormwatchersStorm GiantsStorm WardensValedictorsViper LegionVorpal SwordsWhite TemplarsStorm Wings
Unsanctioned Founding Consecrators (founding unknown, but likely after 2nd Founding) • Sons of Medusa (separated from parent Chapters, ratified by edict) • Steel Confessors (de facto 22nd Founding, de jure ratified by edict) • Ashen Claws (separatist Raven Guard Legion exiles, nominal loyalists)
Others Astartes PraesesDeathwatchGrey KnightsJudgedLegion of the Damned