Pink Decimators

The Pink Decimators were a Chaos Warband operating in Segmentum Pacificus during the 40th millennium. They are especially notable for their attack on Gacontay during the Black Crusade of Glucon, a Traitor Marine Lord of the Berserkers of Stars.

Doctrine
"Only the lazy and stupid suggest that the god whose followers routinely commit rape, and the god who uses Lesser Daemons in the shape of 6-breasted women to torment the enemy could possibly think that Slaanesh was the god most favourable to females."

- Kalinda Doombreed.

The Pink Decimators were nominally a Chaos Warband, with their leader during the Gacontay assault, Aphrodite Bloodaxe, being comparable to Khorne Berserker in bloodlust and combat skill, though only on the level of an unmodified human. However, there is evidence that some cultists worshipped gods other than Khorne. For example, a shrine to a bull-headed god and a god of atheism were found by the Avrolanc Blitzkrieg. The Pink Decimators were a matriarchal group, believing that females are suited to the worship of the Blood God, as opposed to the stereotype that women are drawn to Slaanesh. They believed that the honesty and honour of Khorne was more suited to women than the perversion and depravity of Slaanesh. Because of this, it was traditional for cultists to depict Khorne in a female form.

Force Composition
A distinctive feature of the Pink Decimators were the Power Armour suits of the leadership and elite troops. These were Adepta Sororitas-style suits, but there is no evidence that these heretics were Sororitas traitors. The Order of the Sacred Grove believe that the cult stole these items from fallen Sisters of Battle and from manufactorums. The cult focused on speed to enter close combat as quickly as possible. Just as a Chaos Space Marine warband is all-male barring a few auxiliaries and camp followers, the Pink Decimators was all-female, inverting the state of affairs.