User blog comment:Valarian of Naples/The Final Day: A suggestion-run story of the Star Saints Space Marine Chapter/@comment-5691049-20141102173826

Changing what I previously said, I really like Dog of War's idea on making a stranded group of marines. More than likely, this group of marines would have had the misfortne of being sent on a death oath (The Star Saints don't tolerate the abandonment of civilians).

So, instead of these guys having Lamenters-style misfortune, I'm guessing that they could simply be going through rough times. Back on the topic of rare wargear, the Star Saints are now of 10th Founding origins, making their posession of heresy-era goodies a little more plausible., though they still have a hard time getting new ships from the mechanicus (they once lost three barges and half of their entire fleet while using their ships as shields).