Discover all 40k bitz for Commander at BitzStore and make your miniatures unique with all the conversion elements available. Space Marine Commander. [Needs Citation] The book Realm of Chaos: The Lost and the Damned (Rick Priestly and Bryan Ansell, 1990) was the first book from Games Workshop to give a backstory for the Space Marines. A Command Squad is a squad of Space Marine veterans who accompany the Brother-Captain or other senior leaders such as a Librarian or Chaplain into battle. Marine Corps commandant directs activation of space service component . — Gen. David H. Berger, Commandant of the Marine Corps, directed the activation of a new Marine Corps forces command subordinate to the newest unified combatant command, United States Space Command. Space Marines were first introduced in Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader (1987) by Rick Priestley, which was the first edition of the tabletop game.. In addition some chapters, such as the Salamanders and the Space Wolves, the Chapter Master is at once the leader of the entire chapter and of his own company of marines. Publication history. OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. The exact name of the squad can vary from chapter to chapter, based on customs or tradition, but their function is largely the same. All available Space Marine Commander bits are from new Warhammer 40k Games Workshop miniature boxes. Additionally, the commander of a Space Marine Company's Battle Barge may be referred to as "Captain" aboard his vessel, regardless of his regular rank. They are second in experience only to the Chapter Master and each is a warrior so deadly that he will rarely meet his match. A Captain leads each of the ten Companies of a Space Marine Chapter.