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Ah, what kind of name is that? Just zap it.)
Li Qinwu moved closer and carefully examined the fallen Astartes.
The fallen Astartes wore a suit of red armor. In Li Qinwu's view, it was probably cobbled-together armor.
It had been assembled by taking a piece from one type of Power Armor and another piece from elsewhere, patching them together into a single suit.
This proved that the Chapter this Astartes belonged to was not financially well-off. It might even have been desperately poor, the kind that had to count every single Bolt Round.
Li Qinwu then examined the markings on the Space Marine's armor, trying to identify his Chapter.
There was a white wing on the Space Marine's chest, with a sword piercing through its center.
Li Qinwu did not recall any Astartes Chapter using such markings, but based on those elements, he concluded that it was very likely a successor Chapter of the Blood Angels.
The Astartes of the Blood Angels Chapter.
The Gene-Primarch of the Blood Angels was Sanguinius. Sanguinius was a Gene-Primarch with flawless looks and pure white wings on his back, known as the most perfect man in the world.
The Gene-Primarch Sanguinius.
Also the Gene-Primarch Sanguinius.
The all-red paint scheme, along with the wing motif, proved that the dead Astartes's Gene-seed most likely came from Sanguinius.
Could he have been a traitorous Astartes? Li Qinwu thought it was impossible.
The Space Marine's Power Armor bore many poems praising the God-Emperor and Sanguinius. That basically confirmed that he was a Loyalist Faction Astartes, and one from a successor Chapter of the Blood Angels at that.
Li Qinwu scratched his head. Why had a successor Chapter of the Blood Angels come aboard the Space