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The Sons of Medusa most recently appear in Imperial records as one of the chapters that took part in the [[Badab War]] on the side of the loyalists. In response to a call for aid from [[Inquisitor|Legate-Inquisitor]] [[Jarndyce Frain]], they entered the war to deal with the secessionists after they had officially been deemed heretical. The first strike cruisers of the chapter would arrive in early 907.M41, and would be comprised of the full Atropos Clan with equipment and sections of the Lachesis and Magaera Clans. This joint force would be led by [[Iron Thane]] [[Vaylund Cal]] of the Atropos Clan. In total, the estimated force of the Sons of Medusa was six codex companies with a supporting fleet of fourteen various escort and attack vessels, six [[Strike Cruisers]], two [[Forgeship|Forgeships]] and one [[Battlebarge]].{{Fn|1b}}
The Sons of Medusa performed admirably throughout the Badab War, despite only coordinating with the Red Scorpions. They spent the first few years of their involvement purging enemy outlying strongholds, first scouring [[Cygnax]], then later on raiding the systems of [[Decaballus System|Decaballus]] and [[Eshunna System|Eshunna]]. Most notably, the Sons of Medusa led the [[Galen SubjugationVI]] battle with the [[Inquisition]]. During their involvement in the Badab War, the chapter is only noted to have suffered one serious setback; the destruction of the [[Strike Cruiser]] ''[[Warspite]]'', along with all hands aboard. The ''Warspite'' was destroyed by the secessionist [[Executioners]] chapter near the [[Grief System]] in 911.M41.{{Fn|1b}}
When the Executioners surrendered not too long after, the Sons of Medusa advocated bloody retribution; however, they were denied this by the [[Salamanders]] forces present in the warzone that stepped in to prevent unnecessary bloodshed. Whilst direct conflict between the Sons of Medusa and the Salamanders was narrowly avoided, this incident is noted to have seriously soured relations between the loyalist chapters.{{Fn|1b}}