Modern Assault Marines can trace their origins to over ten thousand standard years ago during the Great Crusade

and Horus Heresy

eras in the late 30th and early 31st Millennia. L

were the rapid attack formations of the ancient Space Marine Legions.

These Jump Pack

-equipped Legion Assault Squads were rapid attack forces whose wargear was optimised towards close-quarters fighting and hit-and-run tactics.



For the Vanguard Veterans of the Blood Angels 1st Company, the Jump pack is more than piece of war gear. It is a way for them to honor the memory of their chapter Primarch, Sanguinius, who was notable for his tremendous (and fully functioning) wings. To the veterans, flight puts them one step closer to that angelic visage... if only for a moment before crashing down on the heads of any heretics and xenos unfortunate enough to be standing below them.