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==Terra and the Sacred Band==
The Eleventh squad of the Sacred Band had little opportunity for glory during the conquest of the Merican hives. Mostly recruited from the children of common soldiers, the 11th were looked on with suspicion and disdain due to their close relation to the Thunder Warriors. They were usually overshadowed in the field by the Ninth Squad in the role of Tactical Marines, and though their size and strength would have made them a natural choice to serve as Assault Marines, that role went instead to the 4th squad. These proto-Thunder Kings were often looked on with suspicion and distrust, due to their resemblance to the Thunder Warriors who had begun the Unification Wars. Despite this, some names began to drift through the ranks of the regular human troops they served alongside. The stories of the feuds between Roc Galveoc and Zebulon Uriy were particularly notable. The two had been enemies since childhood, and the process of geneseed had done little to dull their antipathy. Though Roc had been made Sergeant, Uriy strove at every opportunity to usurp his rival. Unfortunately, this rivalry merely strengthened the opinions of higher command, and Squad XI was rarely called upon for front line work. Their only real action of note on Terra was the pacification of a small colony of renegade Thunder Warriors who had defied the Emperor's demand for their surrender. 

The rebel Thunder Warriors based themselves in The Great Scar, a deep canyon gouged into the western half of the Merican continent. Once a normal canyon caused by the slow march of a river, it was now a hotbed for warped and hideous genetic experiments. These Thunder Warriors had allied with a band of twisted surgeons, who were known as the Men of the Snake, in an attempt to extend their own lives. The Men of the Snake intended not only this, but also to grow an army of horrid mutants from their new test subjects. The gorge was a prime defensible site, as even the slightest misstep could send a warrior plummeting into the depths, never to return. The Eleventh managed to abseil into the Scar and hit different levels all at once, working their way downwards. Zebulon Uriy, a minor scientist in his own right, appropriated a needle gun and chemicals from several of the labs he came across. He would use these purloined tools to wreak havoc on the genetic horrors they faced. Roc Galveoc himself fought the rebel leader in the bottom levels, by the shores of the Blood River After losing his weapons to the mutated Thunder Warrior's prodigious strength, Roc managed to appropriate his enemy's enormous chainsword and take his head. However they received no real accolades for this victory. Most suspected that the squad had simply used their close resemblance to Thunder Warriors to trick their enemies into a victory. Some even accused the Eleventh of collaborating with the renegade Thunder Warriors, only turning against them when they knew they could not survive a rebellion. Though the Emperor did not give credence to these claims, the shadow was cast, and the Eleventh spent the rest of the Unification Wars under the command of more trusted legions.