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· A 12-year-old boy faces a grueling three-day climbing trial on a death world.
· Only 40 out of 200 survive this trial, the first gateway to becoming a Space Marine.
· Amidst cold, hunger, and the deaths of comrades, the only goal is to reach the summit.
· This trial demands not just physical endurance but mental fortitude, and those who pass kneel to proceed to the next stage.

· Over several years, 19 artificial organs are implanted into the body, a process accompanied by extreme pain.
· Key Organs Implanted and Their Effects:

Organ	Effect
Secondary Heart	Beats with the original heart, increasing survivability
Osmodula	Fuses ribs into solid bone plates, promotes physical growth
Biscopae	Secretes growth hormones, rapid muscle gain (30kg in 6 months)
Haemastammon	Enhances blood
Larraman's Organ	Generates cells that instantly seal wounds
Catalepsean Node	Allows activity without sleep by resting half the brain
Multi-lung	Enables breathing toxic air and underwater activity
Oculobe	Enhances vision, allows seeing in darkness
Lyman's Ear	Enhances hearing, allows hearing all sounds
Sus-an Membrane	Induces a state of suspended animation when facing death
Melanochrome	Protects skin from radiation
Oolitic Kidney	Filters all toxins and drugs, prevents intoxication or sedation
Neuroglottis	Identifies chemicals by taste
Mucranoid	Coats skin with a waxy protective layer
Betcher's Gland	Allows spitting corrosive acid
Progenoid Glands	Grows the Chapter's gene-seed
Black Carapace	Interface connecting the nervous system to power armor

· Many comrades die during the implantation process, and after implantation, they are no longer human.

· Issued a bolt pistol, combat knife, and scout armor. Power armor is not yet given.
· Scout armor is carapace armor, which can stop small-caliber rounds but little more.
· Primary missions are to deploy ahead of the main force for reconnaissance, reporting, and silent target elimination.
· Trained by veteran Scout Sergeants who have fought for decades, learning to control tremors caused by combat hormones.
· After spending months in a Scout company, losing more comrades, and successfully completing three missions, they finally receive Mark VII Power Armor.
· As the Black Carapace connects with the armor, it feels like their own skin.

· Wields a boltgun, firing rounds that explode inside targets. A magazine holds 30 rounds, each capable of killing an armed human.
· Assigned to a tactical squad of 10 led by a Sergeant, fighting, defending, and dying as instructed.
· Experiences immense noise and stench in the first battle against Orks, fighting at this rank for decades.
· Understands squad members like their own heartbeat, realizing the Chapter's way of war is survival itself.
· The gene-seed of a fallen comrade is recovered by an Apothecary before their body cools, ensuring the Chapter's future.

· Assigned to the 1st Company, the Veteran Company, having survived decades of war and hundreds of engagements.
· Roles of a Veteran:

Role	Details
Stern Guard Squad	Uses special ammunition (Hellfire for Tyranids, Kraken for heavy armor, Dragonfire for clearing entrenched enemies)
Terminator Armor	Gains authorization to wear Tactical Dreadnought Armor Thick ceramite, powerful power field, impervious to bolt fire Equipped with a storm bolter and power fist capable of destroying tanks

· Deployed to the worst battlefields where regular squads cannot survive, such as Space Hulks, daemon-infested planets, and sub-surface worlds where reality is warped.
· What matters is not how many they killed, but returning alive.

· Commands 10 brothers, their lives, deaths, victories, and failures all resting on him.
· Leading from the front is the duty of a Space Marine, giving final orders to the squad before the drop pod lands.
· Must make split-second decisions that determine the fate of comrades; mostly right, but not always.
· Forever remembers the name of the first comrade who died by his command; this is the price of this rank.

· A rank reintroduced with the advent of Primaris Marines and Chapter reorganization, directly under the Captain, commanding half a company (50 Battle Brothers).
· Tactical vision expands from squad level to fire lines, overlapping defenses, strategic reserves, and withdrawal timetables.
· Coordinates armored units, aerial support, and other companies, responsible for 50 troops and a 700-meter front.
· Cannot sleep due to the Catalepsean Node, but now chooses not to sleep. Briefings and support requests are constant.
· Only the capable survive at this position, as all who were not have died.

· Commands 100 Battle Brothers out of the Chapter's total of 1,000, one-tenth of the Chapter's strength.
· His word is law on the battlefield; planetary governors and Imperial Guard generals pay him deference.
· Has fought wars longer than most humans live, possessing relic swords that have slain Xenos on hundreds of planets.
· His power armor has been repaired countless times, closer to scar tissue than ceramite.
· Follows the Codex Astartes but knows from experience when to abandon it.
· Has buried countless comrades, remembering their faces, names, and how they died. The Chaplain says this burden is sacred, but sometimes he finds it hard to believe.

· The pinnacle of the Chapter, commanding 1,000 Space Marines, a battle fleet, a fortress monastery, and a home world (or fleet).
· Answers to no one but the Emperor, but the Emperor has been silent for 10,000 years.
· Sits in a chair guarded by warriors for millennia, bearing the Chapter's honor on his shoulders.
· All his decisions impact centuries, holding the authority of 'Exterminatus' which can end the life of an entire planet with a single command.
· Once a boy climbing a mountain, he now holds the fate of planets in his hands.
· Handles requests from the Administratum, demands from Inquisitors, and warnings from other Chapter Masters, delegating no burden.
· No longer eats for pleasure or sleeps for rest. Combat is not for glory, but the only way to prevent the Chapter's extinction.
· The survival of the gene-seed, passed down through brothers for 10,000 years, depends on his decisions.
· He perfectly understands the boy who gave up on the mountain, but he cannot sit. Space Marines are made to stand.
· He will continue to stand until his second heart stops along with his first, and the Apothecary recovers his gene-seed to create another Space Marine.