Imperial Hawks

Imperial Hawks
Warcry	Unknown
Founding	Unknown
Successors of	Unknown
Successor Chapters	Unknown
Number	Unknown
Primarch	Unknown
Chapter Master	Unknown
Homeworld	Unknown
Allegiance	Imperium of Man
Colours	Blue & White

Imperial Hawks Chapter Colour Scheme

The Imperial Hawks are a Loyalist Space Marine Chapter of unknown origin and Founding. They specialise in fast attacks from the air, utilising high-altitude Jump Pack-assisted assaults, followed by reinforcement sorties from squadron-strength units of Land Speeders, often dropped at altitude and at high-speed from Thunderhawk gunships. Almost nothing else is known about the Chapter in Imperial records.

Chapter History

Notable Campaigns

• Battle of Samax IV (Unknown Date.M41) - Samax IV was an Imperial Agri-World whose population was pre-industrial and possessed a technology level roughly equivalent to that of Old Earth's Iron Age. Samax IV fell to the predations of a large Ork WAAAGH! By the time the Imperial Hawks' 4^th Company was able to reach the world after receiving its people's distress call, only a single human holdout remained, the walled city of Mallax. The 4^th Company was able to break the Greenskins' siege of Mallax and within a week the Orks were in retreat from all corners of the planet.

Chapter Fleet

• Carmine Talon - The Carmine Talon was the Battle Barge used by the 4^th Company of the Imperial Hawks to get to the world of Samax IV and lift the siege of the city of Mallax.

Chapter Appearance

Chapter Colours

The Imperial Hawks wear primarily blue coloured Power Armour. The shoulder pads and the power pack as well as the Aquila or Imperialis on the chest guard, are white in colour. The blue-coloured squad specialty symbol (Tactical, Assault, Devastator, or Veteran) is designated on the right shoulder plate. A white coloured Roman numeral centred on the squad specialty symbol designates squad number. The colour of the helmet stripe indicates company number in accordance with the Codex Astartes -- i.e. White (1^st Company), Yellow (2^nd Company), Red (3^rd Company), Green (4^th Company), ect.

Chapter Badge

The Imperial Hawks' Chapter Badge is a stylised blue-coloured Imperial Aquila, its wings displayed and elevated, with a large white skull centred on its chest, on a field of white.

Sources

• Adeptus Astartes: Successor Chapters (Limited Release Booklet)
• Bringers of Death (Anthology), "Xenocide" by Simon Jowett, pp. 113, 146, 202, 210-211