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Twelve years after Priad became the squad's commander, Damocles almost missed out on the greatest undertaking their [[Chapter]] had undertaken inside his lifetime, when the Sergeant refused to sanction the squad fit for duty after the death of a petitioner in their care during a training exercise on [[Ithaka]]. Forcing them to undergo a period of punishment, Priad only relented and placed the squad on active duty after taking the advice of the Chapter [[Librarian]], Petrok. Damocles was sent as part of a relief force to the world of [[Ganahedarak]], which was suffering under a massive [[Ork]] invasion. The relief force combated the greenskins heavily, breaking through their lines and allowing the initial Iron Snakes forces - which by now had become besieged and in danger of destruction - to withdraw. While the action was successful, the world was not cleansed of Orks and several of the members of Damocles were wounded.<sup>1.p.247-351</sup>
Thanks to Petrok's divinations, the Iron Snakes were able to discover that the Orks were searching for a sacred relic, lost in the Reef Stars a dozen years earlier, upon the world of [[Baal Solock]]during one of Priad's first missions as an Iron Snake. Damocles was sent to the world to recover the relic, the skull of a famous ork [[warlord]], and with this item, the Iron Snakes were able to eventually win the campaign against the Ork invaders.<sup>1.p.385-411</sup>
== Known Squad Members ==
