Pride of Fenris
The Pride of Fenris is a Retribution Class Battleship, that serves as the flagship of the Space Wolves Chapter's Great Wolf, Logan Grimnar.[1]
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History
It has an ancient design and has a hull, that is pitted and scarred by a hundred battles. The Pride of Fenris also has a council hall, like the one in the Space Wolves' Fortress Monastery, The Fang. However, the Pride's hall is smaller and less ornate than The Fang's. Though it is Logan Grimnar's flagship,[1] the Pride of Fenris was under the command of Force Commander Rakhim when he received a plea for aid from Asedor. Rakhim then led his forces to the Imperial Hive World, but discovered that it was firmly in control of the Brothers of Retaliation Warband and their Chaos Cult and Traitor PDF allies. Seeing this, led the Commander to know that his forces were outnumbered and could not win in a direct assault against the invaders. Instead he sought to escort Asedor's Imperial Governor, Elias An'Therosed, to the Pride of Fenris, so the Governor could provide intelligence about the Chaos forces they would face. This would then allow the Space Wolves to know where to aim their attacks, in order to ensure they defeated the invaders. Verodan was then part of the rescue-team that Rakhim led to extract An-Therosed and it teleported to the Governor's besieged palace in the Arden Prime Hive.[2]
They found An'Therosed with his remaining loyal forces and were preparing to teleport back to the Pride of Fenris when disaster struck. The Brothers of Retaliation became aware of the Space Wolves' presence and jammed the rescue-team's teleport signal. This prevented them from escaping with An'Therosed and with Asedor's orbital defences in the Warband's hands, the Pride of Fenris was also unable to send Thunderhawks to extract the Space Wolves and Governor. An'Therosed informed the rescue-team, though, that there was a prototype escape pod at the top of Arden Prime's spire. While it could not house all of them, the escape pod was made to be invisible to sensors and could safely reach the Pride of Fenris. However, as they raced towards the pod, the Space Wolves were pursued in turn by a group of the Brothers of Retaliation. The Chaos Space Marines caught up with the rescue-team just as they neared the escape pod's chamber and a fierce battle erupted between the two forces. While the Space Wolves tried to escort the Governor to the pod, the fighting delayed them long enough for the Chaos invaders to shut off power to the hive-spire. This prevented the pod from working and left An'Therosed and the surviving Space Wolves stranded on Asedor.[2]
Trivia
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- The Pride of Fenris is described as being a Battle Barge[2] and not a Retribution Class Battleship[1] in The Citadel Journal 33.[2]
See also
Sources
- 1: Grey Hunter (Novel), Chapter 10
- 2: The Citadel Journal 33, pgs. 62-67 - Operation Salvation
