Founding of the 13th Necromunda

 

 

The 13th Necromunda – Regimental History

Regiment Designation: 13th Necromunda Armoured Assault Company

Informal Name: "The Rat Catchers"

Motto: “We Take What's Left... Then We Take What's Yours.”

Originally raised in the wake of a violent suppression campaign within Hive Primus, the 13th was not part of a traditional founding. Instead, they were scraped together from the survivors of a failed Arbites purge operation against rising gang activity in the lower hive. The PDF forces, decimated and demoralized, saw unexpected salvation in the form of a dishonored noble house—House Malrec, stripped of its spire holdings after a failed political coup, and cast into the mid-hive.

When the Imperium called for reinforcements during the Fourth Archenemy Incursion of Heliox, Necromunda's hive governors saw an opportunity: sweep up the gangers, the exiled nobles, and the undesirables, slap on a regimental badge, and send them far from the hive.

Composition

Officer Corps: House Malrec’s remnants—militarily trained, bitter, and clinging to pride. Their personal vendettas and ambition for reinstatement fuel many of the regiment's more reckless operations.

Rank and File: Gangers from all across Necromunda’s underhive: Orlocks, Goliaths, Eschers, and even some scavenged Delaque and Cawdor cells. Hardened by gang wars, they're better at close-quarters urban warfare than parade-ground discipline.

Support Staff: Ex-hive techs, outlaw chem-surgeons, and a disgraced Mechanicus Enginseer with a fondness for salvaged STC templates and "questionable" upgrades.

Doctrine and Tactics

The 13th fight with a "smash and grab" philosophy—urban blitzkrieg powered by looted tanks and repurposed armored transports. Their vehicles are often heavily modified, featuring jury-rigged armor,  mismatched components, and unauthorized weapons mounts.

They prefer:

Close-quarters tank assaults

Surprise flanking maneuvers in urban settings

Combined-arms raids to 'procure' enemy supplies