Ultramarines
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| Battle Cry | "Courage and Honour!" and "We March for Macragge!" | |
| Number | XIII | |
| Founding | First Founding | |
| Successors of | N/A | |
| Successor Chapters | Too many | |
| Chapter Master | Marneus Calgar | |
| Primarch | Roboute Guilliman | |
| Homeworld | Macragge | |
| Strength | Exactly 1000 Marines | |
| Specialty | Jack of All Trades | |
| Allegiance | Imperium | |
| Colours | Blue, white & gold | |
"Our presence remakes the past" -the Banner of Macragge
The Ultramarines are a chapter of Space Marines, probably the most famous and well-known (both within the Warhammer 40,000 universe and without). Games Workshop considers the Ultramarines their chapter of choice, and the Ultramarines represent the standard upon which most other Space Marine chapters are based. Why Games Workshop would want a Space Marine chapter whose symbol is a toilet seat is beyond us (hint its because their the 13th Legion aka base on Julius Caesar's Legion). Despite what canon has been trying to imply lately (see the intro to the CGI failmovie), the Ultramarines are not named so because they are 'ultra', as in, superior, 'marines. Nope, they're called that because their (*cough*Homesector is ULTRAMAR) armour is ultramarine, which is a shade of blue. Well its more of the blue oceans of Macragge, which fits there flexibly traits (see Bruce Lee's "be like water" speech). They have an easily recognizable blue-with-gold-trim colour scheme - the blue colouration, coupled with the small size of the minis, has lead them to be nicknamed "Smurfs" by some. A squad of Ultramarines are the protagonists of the recently released 40k-based movie (coincidentally titled "Ultramarines").
For most of the History of the game Ultramarines were seen as the "new kids" army that players grew out of and pick their "real" army. They were never anyone's favorite to be honest but not hated, sure a Neckbread might make fun of a player for still playing Ultramarines rather than a more "edgy" chapter like Space Wolves but that was it really. Then came 5th Edition written by one Mat Ward. Suddenly everyone acted like they used to be cool and how Ward ruined them and how the Codex is stupid ect. This mostly has died out as Games-Workshop has been slowly removing their "generic Chapter" back to their "Space Romans" theme, combine with a a number of great Black Library books in recent years as well as one of the better "Chapter Tactics" has given the boys in blue a real fanbase.