Nova Scions

The Nova Scions are an Ultima Founding chapter made entirely of Primaris marines specializing in urban warfare as well as daring Overlord dropship assaults. Although they have often been deployed against traitor Imperial elements and have acquitted themselves loyally and honorably, some of their actions have led the more religious, callous, and fanatical elements of the Imperium, particularly the Ecclesiarchy and the Inquisition, to raise questions about the chapter's loyalty, particularly as their background is unclear at best.

The Kannes Uprising
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During the early days of the Dominus Crusade, the Nova Scions were deployed to the war world of Kannes III to put down a Chaos uprising. Other forces deployed were the Black Templars, Ordo Hereticus forces, and several regiments of the Astra Militarum. The Nova Marines were charged with reclaiming and holding the Hive city of Vindorg. After the Hive was retaken, the chapter held the Hive for the remainder of the war, rebuffing several traitor assaults and infiltration attempts. Toward the tail end of the war when the majority of the chapter had moved on with the crusade, a force of Black Templars entered the Hive, looking to put the survivors to the sword to put an end to the taint of heresy. The Nova Scions refused as they had not found any sign of heresy or corruption among the survivors, and the two forces came to blows, the battle ending with Nova Scion reinforcements being scrambled from the last orbiting Strike Cruiser to put down the Black Templars. This event marked the start of the chapter’s schism with the Inquisition as well, as they heard of the Nova Scions’ actions in defending suspected heretics against the Black Templars (although there’s no love lost between the Black Templars and the Inquisition, the latter keeps a close eye on the former, hence such events are likely to be noted. They are not joining forces against the Nova Scions for obvious reasons though). The people of the Kannes system remember this event however, and have retained close ties with the chapter.