Category:Deathwatch

The Deathwatch is not formally divided into separate companies as are other Space Marine Chapters. The basic tactical unit of the Kill-team is the only set organization used and individual Kill-teams can often change their composition from mission to mission as ordered by the Watch Captain in command of them. A higher level of organization than this would be cumbersome and pointless with the members of the Deathwatch spread across the galaxy on a thousand unrelated missions. Nonetheless, there are First Company Veterans to be found in the ranks of the Deathwatch, expert warriors that have come to perform their vigil and bring their considerable prowess to the service of the Watch. More rarely a Space Marine will win such renown within the Deathwatch that he is accorded the rank and privileges of a First Company Veteran in recognition for his zeal and purity during his Vigil.

Known as the Shield that Slays, they are the Chamber Militant of the Ordo Xenos, charged with protecting it in its search of information, containment, and ultimate destruction of all xeno species. Consisting of Battle-Brothers drawn from many Chapters, the Deathwatch operates from Watch Fortresses and Watch Stations across the whole of the Imperium.

Like many Watch Fortresses, the Kill Teams tend not to remain together for very long; coming together for a specific mission as skills require. The Watch Fortress classifies them as Veteran Kill Team, Kill Team and Line Teams.

• Veteran Kill Teams bring together the elite, and equip them to fulfil very specific missions using kit not typically available to other teams.
• Kill Teams fit into the categories of Terminator, Talonstrike, Fortis, Indomitor or Spectrus where mixed skills are more important than specialised equipment
• Line Teams align to the Codex standard squad types.