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I'm a new Blood Ravens player - not new to 40k, or Space Marines (though this is my first codex marines project), and I've never played the Dawn of War games - and I was wondering what the vets could tell me about the organization of the Blood Ravens. All I know is that they are fleet based and sometimes give leadership roles to librarians. Beyond that, what else do I need to know to create a reasonably convincing background for my Blood Ravens force? How are individual forces organized, and how much latitude do they have to achieve their goals? How long would a particular task force be in existence before its marines are called back and reassigned? What are the answers to questions I don't even know enough to ask?

Thanks in advance.

They're a Codex Chapter, so they follow Codex organization, but have a lot more Librarians than would be expected from any other Chapter, and said Librarians are more powerful on the average. Lots of Chapter Masters also doubled as Chief Librarians, and at least one non-Librarian - Gabriel Angelos - is implied to be a latent psyker himself. Also, unlike in most Chapters, where Librarians are usually ostracized off the battlefield, Librarians are treated well among the Blood Ravens.

Wish GW would continue releasing lore about the Blood Ravens, even a new canon novel from blacklibrary would be nice also...