Space Marine

"Space Marines. They seem to look cool... even for sci-fi stories. I like sci-fi stories. Even for these type of guys, Space Marines came from the Imperium of Man, and now they serve for all of us, the Grand Alliance, even for the Future Alliance as well."

--Su Ji-Hoon, Miles to the Future

The Space Marines or Adeptus Astartes are foremost amongst the defenders of humanity, the greatest of the Emperor of Mankind's warriors. They are barely human at all, but superhuman; having been made superior in all respects to a normal man by a harsh regime of genetic modification, psycho-conditioning and rigorous training. Space Marines are untouched by plague or any natural disease and can suffer wounds that would kill a lesser being several times over, and live to fight again. Clad in ancient Power Armor and wielding the most potent weapons known to Man, the Space Marines are terrifying foes and their devotion to the Emperor and the Imperium of Man is unyielding. They are the God-Emperor's Angels of Death, and they know no fear.