Inductii
Inductii or Legiones Inductii were Horus Heresy-era Legionaries, who were rapidly created to replenish the ranks of the Loyalist and Traitor Legions during the conflict. It was applied to those who joined their Legions after the Dropsite Massacre and before the death of Warmaster Horus during the Siege of Terra.[1]
Description
The name itself originated on the World Eaters' adopted Homeworld of Bodt, which churned out blood-crazed monsters that were considered mockeries of what Legionaries should be. These creatures were given the name Inductii by their creators and the other Traitor Legions began to disdainfully use the term for their own rapidly-created Legionaries. While the Loyalist Legions did not widely use the term, they had discriminatory nomenclature for their own Inductii as well.[1]
Their creation process was heavily modified due to the constant need for reinforcements and, as a result, the Inductii did not undergo the usual long process of becoming Legionaries. This resulted in Legions bypassing their usual safeguards by modifying the Inductii's organ implantation, physical development and training, which caused some to become deformed. This led many of the Inductii to not be viewed as true Legionaries by their veteran brethren, who shunned what they saw as pale imitations of their Legions. To help rectify their rushed creation, though, many Legions had their Inductii undergo harsh training programs, along with intensive bouts of Hypno-Indoctrination to subvert any lingering cultural ties they had to their birth worlds. Flash-Indoctrination was also used, though it was limited due to the drawbacks the process could instil within Legionaries. The training and equipment Inductii received, though, varied depending on the morality of their commanders and the supplies that were at hand. Some commanders refused to provide their Inductii with proper equipment or training and instead simply used the new Legionaries as chaff, to shield their more experienced warriors. Others relied heavily on Flash-Indoctrination and did not worry about the drawbacks, as they viewed the Inductii as disposable weapons.[1]
Inductii who proved resistant to Hypno-Indoctrination, meanwhile, would blend their Homeworld's traditions with those of their Legions'. This resulted in formations of sub-cultures within the Legions, with dozens being found across the elements of their forces. Inductii Companies eventually became commonplace within some and when this occurred, any further attempts at integration with their Legion's culture were abandoned. By the time of the Siege of Terra, however, most of the Legions were composed of Inductii.[1]
While the existence of the Inductii is still known to the Imperium to this day, the records detailing the Legions' processes for creating them have become fragmented. Some accounts on the subject have been drawn from captured Traitor Legionaries, while others are from Loyalist records, that have been likely purified of any deviations, and decayed Legion medicae facilities that have been found across the galaxy.[1]
Inductii by Legions
Loyalist
- Blood Angels - Some elements of the Legion forced their Inductii to commit Flash-Indoctrination upon the dead.[1]
- Dark Angels - Recruited in the wake of the Crusade of Vengeance, Inductii were equipped with deadly weapons from the darkest vaults of the First Legion. Although unaware of the secrets of the Hexagrammaton, these recruits nevertheless provided the Dark Angels with the resources necessary to continue their Crusade across a broad front. Those Inductii who’s lineage suggested they were recruited from Caliban bore the marks of minor use of Flash-Indoctrination, though the reason for this is not known.[1]
- Imperial Fists - They went by various names depending on where the Legion's forces were located. On Terra Inductii were referred to as Sentries or Neophytes, while elsewhere they were called Recruits or Initiates. Their Hypno-Indoctrination on Terra focused on defensive siege tactics, while those on Cthonia received more focus on obedience packages, intended to remove any lingering loyalties to the Sons of Horus.[1]
- Raven Guard - Their Hypno-Indoctrination implemented in the Legion's facilities in Segmentum Obscurus leaned heavily on infiltration tactics. This ensured the Inductii trained there could wage the guerrilla war the Raven Guard had committed itself to.[1]
- Space Wolves - No terms are known, though their Primarch, Leman Russ, warned his Wolf Lords not to trust any pups who had not bloodied themselves in battle.[1]
- Ultramarines - Those located in Ultramar were provided with safe training facilities.[1]
Traitor
Safe training facilities were located within the more stable regions of the Dark Empire.[1]
- Emperor's Children - Inductii were outfitted with the finest wargear available and organized in mixed companies with regular troops, however, they were forbidden to wear the Palatine Aquila. Some Inductii had surgical modifications such as chem-implants that increased their size and strength, limbs replaced by tentacles or pincer claws, or exoskeletons of chitin. [1]
- Iron Warriors - Some newly raised Inductii garrisons were made to commit Flash-Indoctrination, in order to create unthinking obedience within them.[1]
- Sons of Horus - While the Inductii could wear Cthonian symbols, some veteran Sons of Horus decried their usage by those not from the Legion's Homeworld, to the point that they considered it an offense worthy of harsh punishment.[1]
- Word Bearers - Some Inductii were made to commit Flash-Indoctrination, which caused them to develop frenzied zealotry.[1]
- World Eaters - Inductii in the World Eaters' training facilities duelled in the Legion's fighting pits and were infamously forced to commit Flash-Indoctrination upon the dead. This resulted in the Inductii becoming consumed by an unquenchable rage and blood thirst. In battle, they were poorly equipped and used as chaff to shield veteran Legionaries. Those Inductii that survived were given greater respect by their brethren and could also salvage equipment from the dead. By the Heresy's end, their ranks would include those who became slaughterers that few could equal.[1]
See also
Sources
- 1: Campaigns of the Age of Darkness: The Siege of Cthonia, pgs. 121-124
