What is known of The Renegade Chapter So Far...
The Chapter are successors of
The Silver Skulls that diverged during the
Cursed Founding.The Chapter was declared Exocommunicate Traitoris soon after their heresy of
Xenophilia was discovered, interacting with a species of Xenos for any reason but to purge them.
The Chapter reveres a
Battle Brother of
The Silver Skulls 9th company, 10th squad, who "defected" to their cause and committed many great deeds before he was
Lost To The Warp.The Chapter has taken refuge in a
Nebula Sector, a swathe of uncharted space teeming with nightmarish danger and the rumors of rare, half-functioning miracles of the Dark Age of Technology that might lie somewhere within.
The Chapter has carved out a territory consisting of a handful of fringe systems which they hold under
Direct Rule and rely on in battle, in the form of massed
Auxiliaries.The Chapter's structure has remained unchanged since they abandoned the Imperium, functioning as a
Rogue Military with significant strategic flexibility.
The Chapter has lost its
Apothecaries due to casualties among key personnel during their breakaway and the efficiency of their gene-seed extraction and implantation has suffered greatly.
The Chapter was too new when it went Renegade to have a store of
Artificer Armour to draw on and as of yet has none.
The Chapter, despite its shortcomings, has fostered a deep martial culture of the
Bolter Rifle and revere its tactical versatility, so that almost to an Astartes, they have utterly mastered its use and use it often.
The Chapter has, in despite of its lack of
Apothecaries, recovered from its losses and reached
Nominal strength of 10 full companies, a match for any but the most numerous Loyalist Chapters.
The Chapter has no outspoken goals, instead following
The Unknown Agenda of its Prognosticators and taking advantage of opportunities where they can.
The Chapter has, in a fluke, become "allies" with a
Tyranid Splinter Fleet by merit of sharing the same enemies, in the Imperium and to a greater degree, the
Orkish Kroozade of Orkz who are either convinced they're Loyalists or mimicking the aesthetic, that is hell-bent on krumpin' the Chapter for its herezy.
What is not known...
What is the Chapter's name? Has it changed since they went Renegade or has it stayed the same?
What are the Chapter's colours and what is their livery? Perhaps more importantly, what is their battle cry?
What has the Chapter's internal culture done to prevent a drift of dedication over the centuries without the Imperium? Do they still revere the God-Emperor or have they taken on their own traditions in its stead?
How has the Chapter changed in regards to the Codex Astartes? Do they call ranks by different names or have different ranks entirely? Or have they remained similar to a Loyalist Chapter with the exception of their Prognosticators, much like their predecessors?
Apart from the Chapter's
FIRM emphasis on the personal, tactical, and strategic importance of Bolter Rifles and of their mythologized Battle Brother of the Silver Skulls, does it have any cultural motifs, themes, and/or preferred means of spending time that isn't spent on training that it leans toward?