His curiosity brought him to the trenches of the camp. There, he found the line of defense of the camp. The men of the Baltic Manticores weren't as big or as bulky as the Space Marines. They were part of the Militarum Tempestus, the most elite branch of the Imperial Guard. These men and women heeded from the various worlds of the Imperium, and were not submitted to gene-seed treatment like space marines. They did not have a codex astartes to guide them. They were men, unlike alon, without magic or enhancements. They were the best of the best of the best, naturally. The Baltic Manticores heeded 80% from Cadia, the world that produced the most Hardened soldiers, and these 80% were Kasrkins, the most elite soldiers available to the Imperium, exclusive from Cadia.