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	His task completed, the servant stood at attention just behind the desk. “Thank you, Franz,” nodded the seated elder. Franz made a formal bow and made his way towards the door, sidestepping the servitor that marched from its place to the right side of the door to take his place. The partially mechanical man then lifted the pot and began pouring out two precisely measured cups of steaming tea.		His task completed, the servant stood at attention just behind the desk. “Thank you, Franz,” nodded the seated elder. Franz made a formal bow and made his way towards the door, sidestepping the servitor that marched from its place to the right side of the door to take his place. The partially mechanical man then lifted the pot and began pouring out two precisely measured cups of steaming tea.

	“Good old Earl Grey,” swooned the old man as he took his cup, “one of the oldest known teas, from all the way back to the days before the ~~Emperors~~ ascension on Terra.” He took a deep breath of the vapors, “I happened to have ordered the leaves for this pot straight from the Blessed Cradle herself.”		“Good old Earl Grey,” swooned the old man as he took his cup, “one of the oldest known teas, from all the way back to the days before the Emperor's ascension on Terra.” He took a deep breath of the vapors, “I happened to have ordered the leaves for this pot straight from the Blessed Cradle herself.”

	The youth nearly dropped his cup at that last remark. His elder shot him a nasty look, a scowl for certain this time. He mumbled an apology as he thought about the implications of wealth and power that would require.		The youth nearly dropped his cup at that last remark. His elder shot him a nasty look, a scowl for certain this time. He mumbled an apology as he thought about the implications of wealth and power that would require.
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	“-Farchivald Zurbrück, yes I remember now. One of Krell’s boys. You must forgive my poor memory.” He thought to himself for a moment. “You’d be nine, now, right?”		“-Farchivald Zurbrück, yes I remember now. One of Krell’s boys. You must forgive my poor memory.” He thought to himself for a moment. “You’d be nine, now, right?”

	Gustav smiled as he answered, ~~“yes~~, grandfather, nine Terran standard just three weeks ago.”		Gustav smiled as he answered, “Yes, grandfather, nine Terran standard just three weeks ago.”
	“See, it’s all coming back to me, I just need a kick start sometimes. How was the trip from the Ottward Sector?”		“See, it’s all coming back to me, I just need a kick start sometimes. How was the trip from the Ottward Sector?”

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	“Yes.”		“Yes.”

	“Ever been ~~planet side~~ before?”		“Ever been planetside before?”

	“Only twice, for victory parades on Ganthax and Ortz; and never for this long.”		“Only twice, for victory parades on Ganthax and Ortz; and never for this long.”
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	“Wonderful, grandfather.” Truth be told, he had heard the basics before in history class, but his grandfather had asked him to ‘humor him,’ did he not?		“Wonderful, grandfather.” Truth be told, he had heard the basics before in history class, but his grandfather had asked him to ‘humor him,’ did he not?

	“This was all many hundreds of years ago, you understand, back in the waning days of the 41st millennium. I all started at the Second Scouring of Croxgar, in the Ultima Segmentum. After the local populous repelled a fairly large invasion from the Orks of Charadon while the reinforcements from the Imperium were still on-route, they got it in their heads that they didn’t need the Emperor’s help anymore. So, after the Fleet arrived some months latter and began to resupply (as was their Emperor given right), the Croxgards announced that they were seceding from the Empire and attacked. They hit pretty damned hard, too, considering they had just survived an Ork Waaagh! Nearest we can estimate, they took out a fourth of the Fleet’s warships and over a third of the ground troops.		“This was all many hundreds of years ago, you understand, back in the waning days of the 41st millennium. It all started at the Second Scouring of Croxgar, in the Ultima Segmentum. After the local populous repelled a fairly large invasion from the Orks of Charadon while the reinforcements from the Imperium were still on-route, they got it in their heads that they didn’t need the Emperor’s help anymore. So, after the Fleet arrived some months latter and began to resupply (as was their Emperor given right), the Croxgards announced that they were seceding from the Empire and attacked. They hit pretty damned hard, too, considering they had just survived an Ork Waaagh! Nearest we can estimate, they took out a fourth of the Fleet’s warships and over a third of the ground troops.

	“Obviously, this didn’t sit well with the Imperials, and they quickly launched an all out attack. In those first few weeks thousands of ground troops and fleet personnel died as we knocked out their orbital defenses and began landing our troops.		“Obviously, this didn’t sit well with the Imperials, and they quickly launched an all out attack. In those first few weeks thousands of ground troops and fleet personnel died as we knocked out their orbital defenses and began landing our troops.

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	“By the time General Davis, the commanding officer, realized he had lost half of his remaining troops, he was getting quite worried. He quickly sent out a request for reinforcements from the Guard and any Space Marines that might be in the area, and lo and behold, the Ultramarines show up three weeks later.		“By the time General Davis, the commanding officer, realized he had lost half of his remaining troops, he was getting quite worried. He quickly sent out a request for reinforcements from the Guard and any Space Marines that might be in the area, and lo and behold, the Ultramarines show up three weeks later.

	~~“Know~~, I don’t know how much you know about the “Ultramarines,” but there are some things you have to understand. They were one of the first twenty Legions, and their founder, the Primarch Roboute Guilliman, just about saved the Imperium after the Horus Heresy. He literally wrote the book on space marines, and all though his “Codex Astartes” isn’t widely used anymore, it was regarded with almost religious reverence and followed to the letter by almost every chapter in the galaxy, at the time. The thing is, this went to the Ultramarines’ heads. They believed that they were better than every other space marine chapter in every way, and believed that marines were better than everyone else in every way. They were pompous and arrogant as hell, but about two thirds of the 1000 or so space marine chapters that existed at the time were descended from their stock, so the High Lords had no choice but to let them have their way.		“Now, I don’t know how much you know about the “Ultramarines,” but there are some things you have to understand. They were one of the first twenty Legions, and their founder, the Primarch Roboute Guilliman, just about saved the Imperium after the Horus Heresy. He literally wrote the book on space marines, and all though his “Codex Astartes” isn’t widely used anymore, it was regarded with almost religious reverence and followed to the letter by almost every chapter in the galaxy, at the time. The thing is, this went to the Ultramarines’ heads. They believed that they were better than every other space marine chapter in every way, and believed that marines were better than everyone else in every way. They were pompous and arrogant as hell, but about two thirds of the 1000 or so space marine chapters that existed at the time were descended from their stock, so the High Lords had no choice but to let them have their way.

	“Anyway, it wasn’t just any Ultramarine army that showed up at Croxgar, it was two full companies led by Marneus Calgar himself. Calgar, you see, was their Chapter Master at the time; and even people that didn’t like his chapter had to admit that he was a damned good warrior and leader of men. Thing is, for an Ultramarine, he was pretty humble. In fact, he only ‘requested’ that he be given overall command of the campaign, rather than demanding it.		“Anyway, it wasn’t just any Ultramarine army that showed up at Croxgar, it was two full companies led by Marneus Calgar himself. Calgar, you see, was their Chapter Master at the time; and even people that didn’t like his chapter had to admit that he was a damned good warrior and leader of men. Thing is, for an Ultramarine, he was pretty humble. In fact, he only ‘requested’ that he be given overall command of the campaign, rather than demanding it.
	After some deliberation, Davis and his staff decided that they couldn’t risk ~~loosing~~ the support of over two hundred space marines by refusing, so they gave him command.		After some deliberation, Davis and his staff decided that they couldn’t risk losing the support of over two hundred space marines by refusing, so they gave him command.
	Truth be told, Calgar lived up to his reputation. He led from the front and didn’t waste the lives of the guardsmen under his command (this is significant as many marine commanders think of us mere mortals as cannon fodder). He directed the guard with all due competence and had his marines strike where the enemy was presumed to be weakest.		Truth be told, Calgar lived up to his reputation. He led from the front and didn’t waste the lives of the guardsmen under his command (this is significant as many marine commanders think of us mere mortals as cannon fodder). He directed the guard with all due competence and had his marines strike where the enemy was presumed to be weakest.

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	“Afterwards, Reyard ordered the platoon forward. They managed to find a hole in the side of the hill, presumably caused by a stray round fired by the enemy. By using every grenade, demolition charge, and melta bomb they had, the platoon blasted their way into the Hill 53 base. After forty seven minutes of fighting, only thirty four of the original seventy five members of the platoon, including a wounded Commissar Reyard and Lieutenant Haggard, survived. They had captured the complex, fifty-six prisoners including a colonel and eight other officers, and valuable maps of the enemy’s underground network.		“Afterwards, Reyard ordered the platoon forward. They managed to find a hole in the side of the hill, presumably caused by a stray round fired by the enemy. By using every grenade, demolition charge, and melta bomb they had, the platoon blasted their way into the Hill 53 base. After forty seven minutes of fighting, only thirty four of the original seventy five members of the platoon, including a wounded Commissar Reyard and Lieutenant Haggard, survived. They had captured the complex, fifty-six prisoners including a colonel and eight other officers, and valuable maps of the enemy’s underground network.

	“Twenty-two days ~~latter~~, the high command of the Croxgar Successionist Armed Forces surrendered to the Imperium. The surviving Ultramarines would not learn of the events surrounding their commander’s death for another six days.		“Twenty-two days later, the high command of the Croxgar Successionist Armed Forces surrendered to the Imperium. The surviving Ultramarines would not learn of the events surrounding their commander’s death for another six days.

	“However, when they did discover how their Chapter Master met his inglorious end, they immediately demanded the life of Commissar Reyard, whom had been quickly shuttled off planet to a ship leaving the system. For seventy-seven days the Ultramarines pursued the Carthago Nova, the ship the commissar has hitched a ride in, all the way to Prefectus Primus, capital of the Prefectus Sector and the staging ground for most Fleet and IG operations in that area. They arrived two days after the Nova, and once again demanded that Commissar Reyard be handed over to them.		“However, when they did discover how their Chapter Master met his inglorious end, they immediately demanded the life of Commissar Reyard, whom had been quickly shuttled off planet to a ship leaving the system. For seventy-seven days the Ultramarines pursued the Carthago Nova, the ship the commissar has hitched a ride in, all the way to Prefectus Primus, capital of the Prefectus Sector and the staging ground for most Fleet and IG operations in that area. They arrived two days after the Nova, and once again demanded that Commissar Reyard be handed over to them.

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	==The Macragge Heresy ==		==The Macragge Heresy ==

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	[[Category: Stories]] [[Category: RAGE]]		[[Category: Stories]] [[Category: RAGE]] [[Category:Stories/Warhammer 40,000]] [[Category:Imperium]] [[Category:Space Marines]]

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	“No, it’s: Don’t piss off a commissar.”		“No, it’s: Don’t piss off a commissar.”


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	A young boy shuffled nervously into a large, circular room. A well clothed servitor stood on either side of the door silent as death and just as cold. Its one wall filled near to bursting with books. Old and new, dusty and worn, they crowded every shelf from the floor to the very ceiling, a full three stories above the boy’s head. He walked, even slower than before, into the center of the room; his head on a swivel, taking in everything at once. On each level above the first there was a cast iron terrace that wound around the whole room. The second story was noticeably larger than the third, giving the room a strange, funneled look. The first floor sported a pair of wheeled ladders connected to its wall; and he could make out at least one more on the second. Another well dressed servitor stood blankly at attention next to the base of each ladder. The boy couldn’t make out any details of the third floor even with his head tilted back till his neck began to ache. Large, comfortable chairs were placed at irregular intervals around the room, each flanked by a large, ornamental lamp.		A young boy shuffled nervously into a large, circular room. A well clothed servitor stood on either side of the door silent as death and just as cold. Its one wall filled near to bursting with books. Old and new, dusty and worn, they crowded every shelf from the floor to the very ceiling, a full three stories above the boy’s head. He walked, even slower than before, into the center of the room; his head on a swivel, taking in everything at once. On each level above the first there was a cast iron terrace that wound around the whole room. The second story was noticeably larger than the third, giving the room a strange, funneled look. The first floor sported a pair of wheeled ladders connected to its wall; and he could make out at least one more on the second. Another well dressed servitor stood blankly at attention next to the base of each ladder. The boy couldn’t make out any details of the third floor even with his head tilted back till his neck began to ache. Large, comfortable chairs were placed at irregular intervals around the room, each flanked by a large, ornamental lamp.

	The ironwork columns were lavishly decorated with eagles and fleurs de lis. At the highest point of each level, just below the next level’s floor, were four snarling faces. They were rather abstract, as they were fashioned from bent iron bars, but he could just make out that they were meant to be bulldog heads. One head on each column pointed inwards, with another to both the left and right, with a fourth pointing outwards towards the wall. Equally lavish lanterns were gripped by the handle in each snarling maw. A spiral staircase wound its way upwards directly across from the door.		The ironwork columns were lavishly decorated with eagles and fleurs-de-lis. At the highest point of each level, just below the next level’s floor, were four snarling faces. They were rather abstract, as they were fashioned from bent iron bars, but he could just make out that they were meant to be bulldog heads. One head on each column pointed inwards, with another to both the left and right, with a fourth pointing outwards towards the wall. Equally lavish lanterns were gripped by the handle in each snarling maw. A spiral staircase wound its way upwards directly across from the door.

	Most impressive of all was the beautiful ceiling. Fashioned by master artisans out of stained glass, the room’s domed ceiling depicted the Emperor of Mankind in all of His glory staring downward. Hovering around his benevolent features were dozens of smaller figures; saints, cherubs, winged skulls, and complex roses of red and white. An intricate network of florescent lights illuminated the image from behind.		Most impressive of all was the beautiful ceiling. Fashioned by master artisans out of stained glass, the room’s domed ceiling depicted the Emperor of Mankind in all of His glory staring downward. Hovering around his benevolent features were dozens of smaller figures; saints, cherubs, winged skulls, and complex roses of red and white. An intricate network of florescent lights illuminated the image from behind.
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	“It was shortly thereafter that the “Shot that was Heard Across the Galaxy” was fired; and Marneus Calgar was summarily executed by the platoon’s commissar.		“It was shortly thereafter that the “Shot that was Heard Across the Galaxy” was fired; and Marneus Calgar was summarily executed by the platoon’s commissar.

	“According to the official report, ~~‘Clagar~~ ordered the surviving members of the platoon to fall back. Commissar Reyard voiced his opposition to the order. Calgar repeated his order, stating that the attack had failed and that they needed to regroup to plan the next assault. Reyard then fired a single round from his bolt pistol into the Ultramarine commander’s unhelmeted face.’		“According to the official report, ‘Calgar ordered the surviving members of the platoon to fall back. Commissar Reyard voiced his opposition to the order. Calgar repeated his order, stating that the attack had failed and that they needed to regroup to plan the next assault. Reyard then fired a single round from his bolt pistol into the Ultramarine commander’s unhelmeted face.’

	“Lieutenant Haggard, the platoons senior officer, would latter testify that ‘he just stood there and took it in the face. I don’t think he believed what he was seeing, a commissar turning his weapon on him.’		“Lieutenant Haggard, the platoons senior officer, would latter testify that ‘he just stood there and took it in the face. I don’t think he believed what he was seeing, a commissar turning his weapon on him.’

	“Afterwards, Reyard ordered the platoon forward. They managed to find a hole in the side of the hill, presumably caused by a stray round fired by the enemy. By using every grenade, demolition charge, and ~~metla~~ bomb they had, the platoon blasted their way into the Hill 53 base. After forty seven minutes of fighting, only thirty four of the original seventy five members of the platoon, including a wounded Commissar Reyard and Lieutenant Haggard, survived. They had captured the complex, fifty-six prisoners including a colonel and eight other officers, and valuable maps of the enemy’s underground network.		“Afterwards, Reyard ordered the platoon forward. They managed to find a hole in the side of the hill, presumably caused by a stray round fired by the enemy. By using every grenade, demolition charge, and melta bomb they had, the platoon blasted their way into the Hill 53 base. After forty seven minutes of fighting, only thirty four of the original seventy five members of the platoon, including a wounded Commissar Reyard and Lieutenant Haggard, survived. They had captured the complex, fifty-six prisoners including a colonel and eight other officers, and valuable maps of the enemy’s underground network.

	“Twenty-two days latter, the high command of the Croxgar Successionist Armed Forces surrendered to the Imperium. The surviving Ultramarines would not learn of the events surrounding their commander’s death for another six days.		“Twenty-two days latter, the high command of the Croxgar Successionist Armed Forces surrendered to the Imperium. The surviving Ultramarines would not learn of the events surrounding their commander’s death for another six days.

	“However, when they did discover how their Chapter Master met his inglorious end, they immediately demanded the life of Commissar Reyard, whom had been quickly shuttled off planet to a ship leaving the system. For seventy-seven days the Ultramarines ~~persued~~ the Carthago Nova, the ship the commissar has hitched a ride in, all the way to Prefectus Primus, capital of the Prefectus Sector and the staging ground for most Fleet and IG operations in that area. They arrived two days after the Nova, and once again demanded that Commissar Reyard be handed over to them.		“However, when they did discover how their Chapter Master met his inglorious end, they immediately demanded the life of Commissar Reyard, whom had been quickly shuttled off planet to a ship leaving the system. For seventy-seven days the Ultramarines pursued the Carthago Nova, the ship the commissar has hitched a ride in, all the way to Prefectus Primus, capital of the Prefectus Sector and the staging ground for most Fleet and IG operations in that area. They arrived two days after the Nova, and once again demanded that Commissar Reyard be handed over to them.

	“Reyard, having just been exonerated by a Commissariat ~~Trubunal~~ on the ground that the battle situation not hopeless as the Ultramarine Master had asserted as proven by the platoons heroic success. As such, Governor Sedaris of the Prefectus Sector, at the urgings of the Imperial Guard and Commissariat, refused to comply with the Ultramarines’ demands.		“Reyard, having just been exonerated by a Commissariat Tribunal on the ground that the battle situation not hopeless as the Ultramarine Master had asserted as proven by the platoons heroic success. As such, Governor Sedaris of the Prefectus Sector, at the urgings of the Imperial Guard and Commissariat, refused to comply with the Ultramarines’ demands.

	“Exactly one hour later, a terminator strike force under the command of Chapter Master-elect Agemman teleported into the Adeptus ~~Minutorum Cental~~ Office on Prefectus Primus, killed six-hundred and eighty two adepts, guardsmen, and visitors, and burned Commissar Reyard to death with a heavy flamer.		“Exactly one hour later, a terminator strike force under the command of Chapter Master-elect Agemman teleported into the Adeptus Munitorum Central Office on Prefectus Primus, killed six-hundred and eighty two adepts, guardsmen, and visitors, and burned Commissar Reyard to death with a heavy flamer.

	“After teleporting back to the Battle Barge Octavius, they destroyed one hundred twelve vessels in orbit, including the Star Fortress Emperor’s Shield, the defense ships sent to detain the Octavius, and numerous civilian vessels. Between the deaths at the Central Office, in orbit, and from the stray round fired by the Ultramarines that hit Jacobi Hive, it is estimated that at least three million adepts, soldiers, sailors, and civilians were killed.		“After teleporting back to the Battle Barge Octavius, they destroyed one hundred twelve vessels in orbit, including the Star Fortress Emperor’s Shield, the defense ships sent to detain the Octavius, and numerous civilian vessels. Between the deaths at the Central Office, in orbit, and from the stray round fired by the Ultramarines that hit Jacobi Hive, it is estimated that at least three million adepts, soldiers, sailors, and civilians were killed.
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	“Declaring the noble Imperium corrupt, the Alliance launched the Guilliman Crusade, an all out assault towards Terra and the Segmentum Solar to take control of the Imperium. They left nothing but destruction in their wake.		“Declaring the noble Imperium corrupt, the Alliance launched the Guilliman Crusade, an all out assault towards Terra and the Segmentum Solar to take control of the Imperium. They left nothing but destruction in their wake.

	“Believing that anyone planet that did not subject itself to the Alliances rule was a traitor to Guilliman and the Emperor (in that order, I might add), they razed every world they resupplied at in between Macragge and the Segmentum Solar. They were particularly harsh on space marine chapters that did not join their cause, and thirteen chapters were wiped out to the man, and their geneseed destroyed, by the vengeful Ultramarines and their allies. These chapters are now know as the Thirteen Martyrs, and thirteen shrine worlds were commissioned afterwards to commemorate and honor their sacrifice in slowing their traitorous once-brothers. It should be noted that eight of those chapters were descendants of the ~~ultramarines~~.		“Believing that anyone planet that did not subject itself to the Alliances rule was a traitor to Guilliman and the Emperor (in that order, I might add), they razed every world they resupplied at in between Macragge and the Segmentum Solar. They were particularly harsh on space marine chapters that did not join their cause, and thirteen chapters were wiped out to the man, and their geneseed destroyed, by the vengeful Ultramarines and their allies. These chapters are now know as the Thirteen Martyrs, and thirteen shrine worlds were commissioned afterwards to commemorate and honor their sacrifice in slowing their traitorous once-brothers. It should be noted that eight of those chapters were descendants of the Ultramarines.

	“By the time the Alliance reached the outskirts of the Segmentum Solar, marines from nearly one hundred chapters flew with them.		“By the time the Alliance reached the outskirts of the Segmentum Solar, marines from nearly one hundred chapters flew with them.
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	“In the end, they never did decide on a new leader. They were still bickering and arguing amongst themselves, violently in fact, when the loyalists fell upon them. The host, led by Commander Dante and Great Wolf Logan Grimnar lead their marines in a bloodless battle of absolute slaughter. Only one hundred and two loyalist marines were felled during that, the Battle of Ultramar. The traitors were hit with such ferocity and righteous zeal that they were dead to the man before any of the Fleet’s guardsmen even made planet fall.		“In the end, they never did decide on a new leader. They were still bickering and arguing amongst themselves, violently in fact, when the loyalists fell upon them. The host, led by Commander Dante and Great Wolf Logan Grimnar lead their marines in a bloodless battle of absolute slaughter. Only one hundred and two loyalist marines were felled during that, the Battle of Ultramar. The traitors were hit with such ferocity and righteous zeal that they were dead to the man before any of the Fleet’s guardsmen even made planet fall.

	“It would be another two and a half centuries before the Heresy officially ended with the Exterminatus of the Sons of Orar’s ~~homewolrd~~ of Armato. They were the last of the seventeen chapters that remained unrepentant or unsalvageable by the High Lords.		“It would be another two and a half centuries before the Heresy officially ended with the Exterminatus of the Sons of Orar’s homeworld of Armato. They were the last of the seventeen chapters that remained unrepentant or unsalvageable by the High Lords.

	“The Imperium has changed much since so days. The High Lords passed sweeping legislation allowing any chapter that fought for the Imperium against the Ultramarines and their allies to completely abandon the Codex Astartes if they so chose. Those chapters were also invited to found new chapters and to greatly expand their numbers. Of remaining First, each founded at least four new chapters, with the exception of the Space Wolves, who only founded one new chapter, the Catachan Devils. The Blood Angels alone founded seven new chapters within fifty years, and now number nearly ten thousand.		“The Imperium has changed much since so days. The High Lords passed sweeping legislation allowing any chapter that fought for the Imperium against the Ultramarines and their allies to completely abandon the Codex Astartes if they so chose. Those chapters were also invited to found new chapters and to greatly expand their numbers. Of remaining First, each founded at least four new chapters, with the exception of the Space Wolves, who only founded one new chapter, the Catachan Devils. The Blood Angels alone founded seven new chapters within fifty years, and now number nearly ten thousand.

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	“Anyway, it wasn’t just any Ultramarine army that showed up at Croxgar, it was two full companies led by Marneus Calgar himself. Calgar, you see, was their Chapter Master at the time; and even people that didn’t like his chapter had to admit that he was a damned good warrior and leader of men. Thing is, for an Ultramarine, he was pretty humble. In fact, he only ‘requested’ that he be given overall command of the campaign, rather than demanding it.		“Anyway, it wasn’t just any Ultramarine army that showed up at Croxgar, it was two full companies led by Marneus Calgar himself. Calgar, you see, was their Chapter Master at the time; and even people that didn’t like his chapter had to admit that he was a damned good warrior and leader of men. Thing is, for an Ultramarine, he was pretty humble. In fact, he only ‘requested’ that he be given overall command of the campaign, rather than demanding it.
	After some deliberation, Davis and his staff decided that they couldn’t risk loosing the support of over two hundred space marines ~~buy~~ refusing, so they gave him command.		After some deliberation, Davis and his staff decided that they couldn’t risk loosing the support of over two hundred space marines by refusing, so they gave him command.
	Truth be told, Calgar lived up to his reputation. He led from the front and didn’t waste the lives of the guardsmen under his command (this is significant as many marine commanders think of us mere mortals as cannon fodder). He directed the guard with all do competence and had his marines strike where the enemy was presumed to be weakest.		Truth be told, Calgar lived up to his reputation. He led from the front and didn’t waste the lives of the guardsmen under his command (this is significant as many marine commanders think of us mere mortals as cannon fodder). He directed the guard with all due competence and had his marines strike where the enemy was presumed to be weakest.

	“It all fell apart at the Hill 53 incident, however. Intelligence indicated that a major command center lay under that hill, and Calgar led the combined marine/guard assault himself. That’s where things get sketchy. We know now that Hill 53 wasn’t nearly as important a base as they had thought at the time. We believe that the rebels moved everything important to a base they built while the original fleet was still inbound, one that obviously wouldn’t have been on any Imperial records. We also know now that the rebels had the area heavily and pre-sighted with heavy ordnance.		“It all fell apart at the Hill 53 incident, however. Intelligence indicated that a major command center lay under that hill, and Calgar led the combined marine/guard assault himself. That’s where things get sketchy. We know now that Hill 53 wasn’t nearly as important a base as they had thought at the time. We believe that the rebels moved everything important to a base they built while the original fleet was still inbound, one that obviously wouldn’t have been on any Imperial records. We also know now that the rebels had the area heavily and pre-sighted with heavy ordnance.

	“What we don’t know, is how Calgar, separated from his honor guard, and came to be in direct command of an IG platoon. It is believed that his unit suffered a direct hit from a massive enemy bombardment, which we base on the fact that none of his honor guard were reported to have survived the battle.		“What we don’t know, is how Calgar was separated from his honor guard and came to be in direct command of an IG platoon. It is believed that his unit suffered a direct hit from a massive enemy bombardment, which we base on the fact that none of his honor guard were reported to have survived the battle.

	“It was shortly thereafter that the “Shot ~~hat~~ was Heard Across the Galaxy” was fired; and Marneus Calgar was summarily executed by the platoon’s commissar.		“It was shortly thereafter that the “Shot that was Heard Across the Galaxy” was fired; and Marneus Calgar was summarily executed by the platoon’s commissar.

	“According to the official report, ‘Clagar ordered the surviving members of the platoon to fall back. Commissar Reyard voiced his opposition to the order. Calgar repeated his order, stating that the attack had failed and that they needed to regroup to plan the next assault. Reyard then fired a single round from his bolt pistol into the Ultramarine commander’s unhelmeted face.’		“According to the official report, ‘Clagar ordered the surviving members of the platoon to fall back. Commissar Reyard voiced his opposition to the order. Calgar repeated his order, stating that the attack had failed and that they needed to regroup to plan the next assault. Reyard then fired a single round from his bolt pistol into the Ultramarine commander’s unhelmeted face.’
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	“Twenty-two days latter, the high command of the Croxgar Successionist Armed Forces surrendered to the Imperium. The surviving Ultramarines would not learn of the events surrounding their commander’s death for another six days.		“Twenty-two days latter, the high command of the Croxgar Successionist Armed Forces surrendered to the Imperium. The surviving Ultramarines would not learn of the events surrounding their commander’s death for another six days.

	“However, when they did discover how their Chapter Master met his inglorious end, they immediately demanded the life of Commissar Reyard, whom had been quickly shuttled off planet to a ~~shit~~ leaving the system. For seventy-seven days the Ultramarines persued the Carthago Nova, the ship the commissar has hitched a ride in, all the way to Prefectus Primus, capital of the Prefectus Sector and the staging ground for most Fleet and IG operations in that area. They arrived two days after the Nova, and once again demanded that Commissar Reyard be handed over to them.		“However, when they did discover how their Chapter Master met his inglorious end, they immediately demanded the life of Commissar Reyard, whom had been quickly shuttled off planet to a ship leaving the system. For seventy-seven days the Ultramarines persued the Carthago Nova, the ship the commissar has hitched a ride in, all the way to Prefectus Primus, capital of the Prefectus Sector and the staging ground for most Fleet and IG operations in that area. They arrived two days after the Nova, and once again demanded that Commissar Reyard be handed over to them.

	“Reyard, having just been exonerated by a Commissariat Trubunal on the ground that the battle situation not hopeless as the Ultramarine Master had asserted as proven by the platoons heroic success. As such, Governor Sedaris of the Prefectus Sector, at the urgings of the Imperial Guard and Commissariat, refused to comply with the Ultramarines’ demands.		“Reyard, having just been exonerated by a Commissariat Trubunal on the ground that the battle situation not hopeless as the Ultramarine Master had asserted as proven by the platoons heroic success. As such, Governor Sedaris of the Prefectus Sector, at the urgings of the Imperial Guard and Commissariat, refused to comply with the Ultramarines’ demands.
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	“Exactly one hour later, a terminator strike force under the command of Chapter Master-elect Agemman teleported into the Adeptus Minutorum Cental Office on Prefectus Primus, killed six-hundred and eighty two adepts, guardsmen, and visitors, and burned Commissar Reyard to death with a heavy flamer.		“Exactly one hour later, a terminator strike force under the command of Chapter Master-elect Agemman teleported into the Adeptus Minutorum Cental Office on Prefectus Primus, killed six-hundred and eighty two adepts, guardsmen, and visitors, and burned Commissar Reyard to death with a heavy flamer.

	“After teleporting back to the Battle Barge Octavius, ~~and~~ destroyed one hundred twelve vessels in orbit, including the Star Fortress Emperor’s Shield, the defense ships sent to detain the Octavius, and numerous civilian vessels. Between the deaths at the Central Office, in orbit, and from the stray round fired by the Ultramarines that hit Jacobi Hive, it is estimated that at least three million adepts, soldiers, sailors, and civilians were killed.		“After teleporting back to the Battle Barge Octavius, they destroyed one hundred twelve vessels in orbit, including the Star Fortress Emperor’s Shield, the defense ships sent to detain the Octavius, and numerous civilian vessels. Between the deaths at the Central Office, in orbit, and from the stray round fired by the Ultramarines that hit Jacobi Hive, it is estimated that at least three million adepts, soldiers, sailors, and civilians were killed.

	“The event has gone down in history as the Prefectus Massacre.		“The event has gone down in history as the Prefectus Massacre.
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	“Believing that anyone planet that did not subject itself to the Alliances rule was a traitor to Guilliman and the Emperor (in that order, I might add), they razed every world they resupplied at in between Macragge and the Segmentum Solar. They were particularly harsh on space marine chapters that did not join their cause, and thirteen chapters were wiped out to the man, and their geneseed destroyed, by the vengeful Ultramarines and their allies. These chapters are now know as the Thirteen Martyrs, and thirteen shrine worlds were commissioned afterwards to commemorate and honor their sacrifice in slowing their traitorous once-brothers. It should be noted that eight of those chapters were descendants of the ultramarines.		“Believing that anyone planet that did not subject itself to the Alliances rule was a traitor to Guilliman and the Emperor (in that order, I might add), they razed every world they resupplied at in between Macragge and the Segmentum Solar. They were particularly harsh on space marine chapters that did not join their cause, and thirteen chapters were wiped out to the man, and their geneseed destroyed, by the vengeful Ultramarines and their allies. These chapters are now know as the Thirteen Martyrs, and thirteen shrine worlds were commissioned afterwards to commemorate and honor their sacrifice in slowing their traitorous once-brothers. It should be noted that eight of those chapters were descendants of the ultramarines.

	“By the time the Alliance reached the outskirts of the Segmentum Solar, ~~marine~~ from nearly one hundred chapters flew with them.		“By the time the Alliance reached the outskirts of the Segmentum Solar, marines from nearly one hundred chapters flew with them.

	“However, a massive fleet had been raised to stop them. Four-hundred thirty five-thousand space marines from a confirmed five hundred eighteen chapters, and well over six million sailors of the Imperial Navy met and crushed the Alliance fleet at the Battle of Gibraltar. Amongst the chapters present in the fleet were marines from all eight of the First Founding still loyal to the Imperium. It was decided that Commander Dante of the Blood Angels would be given command of the fleet, while the Space Wolves Lord Grimnar was given overall command any and all ground operations. The Battle of Gibraltar was bloody indeed, with many casualties on both sides. At the time, it was believed that both Aggaman and Sicarius, the arc-traitors of the alliance, were killed along with thirty-three thousand of their followers (their numbers having been boosted by recruits along the way). We learned much later that Sicarius fled to the Eye of Terror with nearly two thousand marines in tow. There he slew Abaddon the Despoiler and took command of his Black Legion and all of his Allies. But that is another story.		“However, a massive fleet had been raised to stop them. Four-hundred thirty five-thousand space marines from a confirmed five hundred eighteen chapters, and well over six million sailors of the Imperial Navy met and crushed the Alliance fleet at the Battle of Gibraltar. Amongst the chapters present in the fleet were marines from all eight of the First Founding still loyal to the Imperium. It was decided that Commander Dante of the Blood Angels would be given command of the fleet, while the Space Wolves Lord Grimnar was given overall command any and all ground operations. The Battle of Gibraltar was bloody indeed, with many casualties on both sides. At the time, it was believed that both Aggaman and Sicarius, the arc-traitors of the alliance, were killed along with thirty-three thousand of their followers (their numbers having been boosted by recruits along the way). We learned much later that Sicarius fled to the Eye of Terror with nearly two thousand marines in tow. There he slew Abaddon the Despoiler and took command of his Black Legion and all of his Allies. But that is another story.