Editing Setting:Cloudburst/Blue Daggers (section)

===Apex Point Skirmish===
Prior to this date, the space fleet of the Chapter had not been tested in battle against forces that could match it.  In M41.856, a force was en route to the Gothic Sector to participate in an Inquisitorial task force there when it was abruptly assaulted by a fleet of pirates while exiting the Warp to re-ascertain Navigation bearing.  The fleet was forced into rapid defensive combat, against a contingent of pirate vessels that technically outnumbered them, which were looking to steal rare Astartes vessels and gear for themselves at the Apex Point Warp Nexus.  Four Astartes ships were boarded, although the pirates were unable to make much headway against the bondsmen and serfs of the ship crews.  Eventually, the pirates were driven off, but the damage was done.  The ships of the Blue Daggers had lost fifteen percent of their manpower and significant ordinance in the conflict; enough had been lost that their ability to participate in the conflict was diminished greatly.  The flotilla quickly patched their hulls and flew to the rendezvous point, but took only a rear-line role in the ensuing conflict.