His homeworld would also become the new homebase of the Space Marine Legion in question. Upon discovery the single primarch would be evaluated, and if found worthy - all of them were - received the command of his respective legion.

This created twenty distinct Space Marines Legions which he led into the Great Crusade.ĭuring the Great Crusade, the Emperor, sensing that the primarchs were still alive, searched and eventually found his 'sons', one by one. In the creation of a particular legion he only used the material of a single Primarch. However not everything was lost, and using samples collected previously from the Primarchs the Emperor was able to create Space Marines. Unable to destroy them, they still were able to scatter the Primarchs throughout the galaxy. However while the foetal Primarchs where still maturating inside of womb-vats, the Chaos Gods somehow managed to spirit them away. Even the Emperor could not be everywhere at the same time, and accordingly he created twenty Primarchs using his own DNA.

1.4 Space Marines Deployments in the GalaxyĪs the Emperor of Mankind began to plan the Great Crusade he felt the need for faithful lieutenants who could lead his forces throughout the galaxy.

Space marine strike cruiser