I now present to you a small allied contingent of the Ghost Stalkers space marine chapter. Yes, that's right, a new chapter. Cause one chapter of marines is never enough. No, I don't plan to expand this small force any beyond possibly filling out the partial squads unless very similarly painted marines just land in my lap somehow. What there is will be where the line is drawn, no companies shall be formed or organized. Merely a small allied contingent is all this is meant to be.
The Ghost Stalkers are an Iron Hands successor chapter. They're a fleet based chapter that patrols the eastern fringes of the Imperium. The Lions and the Stalkers have been allies for a number of years now, ever since a joint campaign to deal with an ork wagh that was starting to threaten their area of space. These two chapters often exchange liaisons and coordinate their campaigns when possible and it isn't a rare occurrence for a ship of the Ghost Stalkers to be found within the Cymru System. The Stalkers have a long and honorable tradition of service patrolling the main space lanes to prevent depredations by Eldar corsairs, ork incursions, chaos fleets raiding, and such. They lean toward ship boarding actions and close quarters combat tactics in their training. While readily accepting of bionics and other modifications, the Stalkers are not as driven in this regard as their primogenitors the Iron Hands. They believe that while the flesh is weak, complete rejection of the flesh is turning away from the Emperor's work creating the space marine. Thus while bionics are common in the chapter, they are not as obvious as with other Iron Hand chapters.
And that's it for this small update. There should be more coming in the near future as I take advantage of this vacation.