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Calth’s Bane

March 2010·pp. 30–31

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Sergeant Learchus leads Ultramarines and Calth Defence Auxilia armour into an ambush against a corrupted supply convoy crossing Calth’s irradiated surface. Their first salvos devastate the lighter vehicles, but a concealed Baneblade turns the apparent success into a desperate withdrawal. Unable to stop the surviving supplies reaching the caverns below, Learchus fixes the monstrous tank in his memory and vows to meet it again with the means to destroy it.

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