Minotaurs (Chapter)
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| Battle Cry | Unknown | |
| Number | N/A | |
| Founding | 21st Founding (Initial) | |
| Successors of | Classified (A few fragmented records describe their gene-seed as "Chimeric", which means they are likely descended from multiple Chapters) | |
| Successor Chapters | None | |
| Chapter Master | Asterion Moloc | |
| Primarch | Unknown | |
| Homeworld | Fleet Based | |
| Strength | 1000 | |
| Specialty | Killing Space Marines, being the High Lords' personal army. | |
| Allegiance | Imperium | |
| Colours | Bronze with a little red. | |
If you are looking for the bull-headed beastmen from Greek mythology, see Minotaur.
The Minotaurs were a Chapter of Space Marines. They were formed in the Cursed Founding as psychopathic berzerkers. And then they disappeared. Their color scheme was also atrocious
The Minotaurs are a Chapter of Space Marines and massive dicks. It's not really clear where they went or whether they're even the same as the Chapter mentioned above. They certainly maintain the "psychopathic berzerkers" flavour (only now they are capable of following battle plans) However, they apparently act as the High Lords' attack dogs now, since they have vast stores of incredibly rare wargear (including shittons of Tartaros-pattern Terminator armour, Mk. 8 power armor, and at least one Adeptus Custodes halberd), and usually only act on orders from the High Lords themselves. Oh, and their Administratum records are sealed so tight that not even Inquisitors can easily break them. They are essentially the Greek Blood Ravens, but with fewer psykers, and they'll wipe you out before they swipe your gear.
And that's not to mention that one of their Brother-Captains insulted Marneus Calgar right in front of an Ultramarines descendent, and the Chapter later tore the Inceptors Chapter apart and stole all their stuff, pissing off all the Ultramarines Successors.
Needless to say, /tg/ thinks they're pretty cool.
While the Minotaurs are strict followers of the Codex Astartes, they're almost never seen as small groups or even individual companies. Every time they're deployed its always been at full chapter strength. They fight in only one war zone at a time with the entire chapter fighting together. This makes them essentially a massive fucking beatstick that the High Lords call upon when shit hits the fan. They also have an unusual preference for killing other Space Marines, which made them feel right at home during the Badab War. Given their fancy new gear, their borderline omnicidal tendencies, and always operating as a full chapter, it would seem that the job of the "Emperor's Executioners" no longer falls upon the Space Wolves. I mean, Asterion Moloc gives his entire detachment Prefered Enemy (Space Marines), for shit's sake.
Unlike most Chapters, the Minotaurs appear to be able to replenish their numbers at an accelerated rate, to the point that they could recover from losses in a fraction of the time it would take other Chapters a century or two to fully recover from. Imperial observers during the Antigonis campaign theorized that this may have something to do with the heavy use of hypnotherapy and neuro-cerebral therapy used in the training of neophytes and frequently "refreshed" with the help of Apothecaries in the Chapter. This has proven to have some unpleasant side-effects- the Minotaurs are highly xenophobic and paranoid, even by the high standards of the Imperium.
There's also a good chance that they recruit from Terra itself thanks to their connections with the High Lords, giving them a massive recruit pool, as the Imperial Fist are also able to replenish losses equally fast thanks to having billions of potential candidates. This is mostly due to the Imperial Fists building recruitment posts on every world they rescue from invasion. Even then they request permission first as Dorn said he "...want recruits, not vassals". The Black Templars also do this and benefit greatly from this method.
They like to dress in like ancient Greeks and their chapter master, one Asterion Moloc, appears to have pilfered the prop department from 300 for his outfit.
They appeared in Imperial Armour Volume 12 where they fought against the Necrons.
Tabletop
With Minotaurs Chapter Tactics models don't take morale checks from shooting attacks, and can re-roll failed pinning tests. In addition they have crusader USR, and +1 to charge distance when in the enemy deployment zone. Overall one of the worst Chapter Tactics. Crusader certainly is nice to have, but ATSKNF makes re-rolling pinning and no morale checks from shooting pretty redundant. If you're gonna play Minotaurs you're gonna have to bring Moloc, who is a fucking monster in CC while gaining a VP per character executed in a challenge and giving your guys Prefered Enemy (Space Marines). So if you didn't get the memo, Minotaurs are meant to be run with Moloc as your Warlord against other Slace Marine armies. If a friend of yours is running a really annoying Space Marine army, especially if he has Smashfucker, sick these guys on him and watch him cry.