On the Reorganization of the Thirteenth Legion Elements Assigned to the Forty-Seven Eleventh Expeditionary Fleet and the Exiled Imperium
[DOCUMENT PRINCIPIA]
HENCEFORTH, the XIIIth Legiones Astartes 'Ultramarines' (whose count numbers Three Thousand Five Hundred and Ninety Four) shall be organized into Seven Battalions, numbered I through VII. Each Battalion shall be organized according to principles outlined in the Principia Belicosa, adjusted by necessity as outlined in codification papers to follow.
Each Battalion shall be considered an independent entity, answering only to the Praetorium; each Battalion shall granted men and material necessary for their tasked role and may petition the Praetorium for further supply. Of the Neophytes in service in the Forty-Seven Eleventh, they shall be evenly distributed between each Battalion for purposes of reinforcement. Each Battalion shall be required to train their own Neophytes, while the task of gathering Initiates shall fall to the Praetorium.
Each Battalion shall be assembled of Five Companies of Legionnaires Ultramarine, numbering one hundred per company. Each Company shall be headed by a Captain, subordinate to the Centurion of the Battalion. Within each Battalion, Companies shall be numbered I through V, without respect to the total Companies of the Legiones Ultramarine.
Each Battalion shall be counted at Full Strength when numbered at Five Hundred Battle-Brothers, yet may maintain on Rolls an overcapacity count of an additional demicompany.
The Praetorium of the Legiones Ultramarine shall remain in Perpetuity the final Authority over all Battalions Founded, retaining sole authority to command and call all Battalions Founded. The Praetorium may draw officers from any Battalion.
On the Numbering and Cognomen of the Legiones Ultramarine and the Seven Battalions Founded, With Reference to Character and Presentation of Allegiance
Henceforth, the XIIIth Legiones Astartes 'Ultramarines' shall be described as the Legiones Ultramarine in all official communique. Each Battalion, by number, shall be known as:
I Astartes Aggressor
II Astartes Vigilum
III Astartes Scutum
IV Astartes Astra
V Astartes Vastator
VI Astartes Intercessor
VII Astartes Velite
Further Battalion Founding shall continue this formation of numbering and cognomen. Each Battalion of the Legiones Ultramarine shall claim emblem, colours and words. Colours shall be required to contain as primary, secondary, or tertiary the colour Ultramarine, in fealty and honour to the Legiones Ultramarine. Battalions shall be required to differentiate emblem and colour from other Battalions, such that no Battalion may overlap in selection. Distinct Character is the intent in Presentation by each Battalion Founded.
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The means by which each Battalion shall select for emblem, colours and words is left to the internal deliberation of each Battalion, with final approval required by submission to the Praetorium.
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[ADDENDA]
BY ORDER OF THE PRIMARCH,
The Captains Phratus Auguston, Fastus Foltrus, Erriod Paston, Klord Empion, Archod Haesorion, Justinius Secandar, Damastes Argant are elevated to the Battalion Command rank of Centurion.
BY ORDER OF THE PRIMARCH,
The Brevet promotion of Captain is confirmed for Gegannius Rurus [3rd Company], Anchorine Dallant [7th Company], Rankandrous Amandrake [8th Company], Egritan Spane [15th Company], Sentatus Plianus [17th Company], Lysimane Iassos [18th Company], Seltal Krassant [24th Company], Coteio Brammant [30th Company], Keritirun Flavien [33rd Company], Sydeion Gargast [34th Company].
The Brevet promotion of Captain is confirmed for Aeonid Thiel [First Adaptive Tactics Company].
BY ORDER OF THE PRIMARCH,
Henceforth, all regulations shall be in effect in perpetuity, barring EITHER countermanding decision by the Praetorium or, by the Grace of Him on Terra, the Reunification of the Exiled Imperium to the Greater Imperium of Terra, by which latter circumstance all Battalions Founded are to be dissolved and all further reorganizations undone.
BY ORDER OF THE PRIMARCH,
The Ultimate Authority is and shall remain with Him on Terra, the Emperor of Mankind, by whose authority and trust is the Primarch Roboute Guilliman empowered to speak and deliberate on behalf of the Legiones Ultramarine and the Exiled Imperium. Let no power or person elevate themselves above the Emperor on Terra.
BY ORDER OF THE PRIMARCH,
The Ultimate Purpose of all Battalions Founded and the Exiled Imperium is and shall remain the Return, to be considered an Order Primary above all other concerns. Any Battalion Founded into whose possession comes actionable intelligence or apparatus that further the action of the Order Primary must report this exigent circumstance to the Praetorium with all due and reasonable haste, else face condemnation as Excommunicate Traitoris.