The sixth squad of the fifth company, Blood Angels chapter, has a long history dating back to the darkest days of the Heresy.
At the Infamous battle of Signus Prime, the Blood Angels fifth company participated in a battle against the daemonic forces of the warp. At this battle, however, the sixth company was entirely destroyed by the minions of Khorne.
After the battle, the Primarch Sanguinius, while recovering from his injuries, instructed his captains to immediately induct the scouts of the legion to full fledged battle brothers in order to replenish the losses sustained during the battle.
A complete squad of scouts were promoted to tactical marines. This is unusual in that rarely is an entire squad destroyed, but with circumstances as they were, the men that had trained and been through battle together for several campaigns all ascended to full fledged Astartes together.
As equipment was being replaced after the losses of Signus Prime, the entire squad was issued Mark VI Corvus Armour. In honor of their fallen brethren, the sixth squad was renamed to Squad Signus.
To this day, the sixth squad of the fifth company is regarded as one of the most elite units outside of the first company. In addition, the squad still wears Mark VI Armour and uses older pattern weaponry.
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