Battle Group Orphaeus, Fleet Primus
Battle Group Orphaeus is an Indomitus Crusade Battle Group,[1] belonging to Indomitus Crusade Fleet Primus.[2]
History
With the aid of a contingent of Raptors, Battle Group Orphaeus hunted down a major warband of Aeldari Corsairs which had preyed upon Imperial shipping along the border of the Great Rift.[2]
During the Pariah Crusade, task forces from the Battle Group were sent into the Nephilim Anomaly, while Orphaeus' Groupmaster remained with the rest of its forces to wage war beyond the Anomaly's growing boundary. As they were unprepared for the dangers they faced within it, these task forces initially suffered terribly from the Anomaly's effects, such as the deadly Stilling. However, they were later found by Battle Group Kallides, which had been waging war against the Necrons who created the Anomaly for some time and were now in desperate need of reinforcements.[1]
Kallides' Groupmaster, Kaspar Marius Todoric Marran, soon had Orphaeus' task forces integrated into his Battle Group and reorganised them so that their faithful Adepta Sororitas and zealous Skitarii cohorts were spread throughout its task forces. His Battle Group's forces had learned at great cost that these groups could greatly reduce the Anomaly's effects amongst their troops and this proved the same for Orphaeus' task forces. Their commanders would readily submit to Marran's authority, as with their own Groupmaster elsewhere, they saw him as an immovable anchor of reliability and sanity amongst the horror that confronted them. And soon Marran's faith bolstered their spirits as they joined Kallides' battle against the Necrons.[1]
Known members
Sources
- 1: White Dwarf 483, pg. 92 - Flashpoint Nephilim: Armies of the Anomaly
- 2: White Dwarf 494, pgs. 42-53 — Index Astartes - Raptors
