Battle Group Irasmus, Fleet Quartus
Battle Group Irasmus is part of Indomitus Crusade Fleet Quartus, which has largely been corrupted by Khorne's Murder-Curse.[1b]
History
The Battle Group was originally sent to aid the Imperial defence of the Bargheist Stars[2] within Imperium Sanctus[1b], after they were invaded by the Ork hordes of Warboss Grukk Face-rippa. Irasmus would join[2] its fellow Quartus Battle Groups Cerastus, Gamma and Lambdax, which had first been sent to aid the Rift Stalkers in concluding a seven year battle against heretic forces. They had been successful and were celebrating their victories when the Orks suddenly invaded. All four Battle Groups have since become hard-pressed by Face-rippa's hordes and have sent word to Fleetmaster Trincus Abconcis that they would be committed in the Bargheist Stars for the foreseeable future. This was among the numerous setbacks Fleet Quartus suffered, which caused it to fall behind the gruelling schedule that Lord Commander Guilliman had set for the Fleetmaster.[1a]
The Battle Groups were thus still active within Imperium Sanctus[1b] when the majority of Fleet Quartus's forces went to defend the Choral Engine on Malakbael within the Imperium Nihilus.[1a] Despite Quartus' might, the psychic beacon was destroyed by the Daemon Primarch Angron, which unleashed Khorne's Murder-Curse within the Malak System. However, because of the psychic channels the Fleet's Battle Groups shared, even those outside of the system were struck by the Warp plague. It caused those infected to become servants of the Blood God, filling them with murderous bloodlust and rage, and making them fall upon anyone near them. While not all those who were struck by the Murder-Curse were infected, only the Fleet's Sisters of Silence and Custodians were immune to the Warp plague. However, in a stroke, eighty percent of Irasmus' forces were corrupted and began rampaging within Imperium Sanctus. When the Imperium learned of the widespread infection and attacks, Fleet Quartus was declared Excommunicate Traitoris, despite millions of its forces still being uncorrupted and loyal.[1b]
Known Battles
Known Members
- Verity Kade - Canoness of the Order of the Argent Shroud and Groupmaster (missing since the Battle of Malak.[1c]
Known Vessels
- Mercy in Death - Dauntless Class Light Cruiser and flagship.[1d]
Sources
- 1: Arks of Omen: Angron:
- 2: White Dwarf 454, pg. 23 - Index Xenos: Goff Orks - Leaders of the Goff Clan