[@Muttonhawk] That was either one hell of a storm, or those are some flippin' flimsy whatchamadjigs. Or both.

And I honestly can't remember whether I actually based that part on Space Marines or not. Originally they were all 'Brother' this or 'Sister' that (in Mk.I that is), but I eventually introduced what came to known as 'The Hallowed Hundred' (basically, elite Victors) and those were referred to as 'Battle Brothers/Sisters' to differentiate them from the others. You may have guessed, but there were in fact one hundred of those guys and gals.

But I freely admit: the idea of the Victors was always loosely based around Space Marines (less so in this iteration as they're not going around crushing Xenos). Except that they dwell in something closer to the stone age relative to actual Space Marines.