View source for Cardinal Boras

{{ImperialNavyPortal}}
The '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' was a [[Retribution Class Battleship]]{{Fn|1}} which took part in the [[Horus Heresy]] and defended [[Terra]] when it was [[Battle for Terra|invaded]] by the [[Warmaster]]'s forces.{{Fn|2}} 

The Battleship survived that climactic battle and later took part in the [[Gothic War]], which it also survived.{{Fn|1}}

The ''{{PAGENAME}}'' then took part in [[Magos]] [[Lexell Kotov|Lexell Kotov's]] [[Explorator Fleet|expedition]] into the [[Halo Scar]].{{Fn|3a}}  It was during the voyage inside the Halo Scar that the ''Cardinal's'' over four thousand years of service would come to an end, as it came under a surprise attack by the [[Craftworld]] [[Biel-Tan]] warship the ''[[Starblade]]''.  Unable to evade the more maneuverable ship or bring its weapons to bear, the ''Cardinal'' was relentlessly taken apart and destroyed by the [[Eldar]] warship.{{Fn|3b}}