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#REDIRECT The '''63rd Expedition Fleet''' was an [[Expedition Fleet]] created during the [[Great Crusade]] under the command of [[Horus]], the [[Primarch]] of the [[Luna Wolves]]. The fleet comprised of forces from the Luna Wolves [[Space Marine Legion]], the [[Byzant Janizars]] [[Imperial Army]] Regiment, the [[Legio Mortis]] [[Titan Legion]] as well as a large number of [[Remembrancer|remembrancers]]. The fleet rebelled against the [[Emperor]] and supported [[Warmaster]] Horus during the [[Horus Heresy]]. == Composition of the 63th Expedition Fleet== ===Space Marine Legions=== *Luna Wolves Legion ===Imperial Army Regiments===*Byzant Janizars Regiment ===Imperial Fleet===*[[Vengeful Spirit]] - [[Battle barge]] and Horus' Flagship At least 10 [[Cruiser|light cruisers]] and 5 [[mass conveyances]].<sup>1.p.213</sup> == Notable Members =====Luna Wolves Legion===*Horus - Primarch*[[Ezekyle Abaddon]] - First Captain, 1st Company*[[Tarik Torgaddon]] - Captain, 2nd Company*[[Iacton Qruze]] - 'The Half-Heard', Captain, 3rd Company*[[Hastur Sejanus]] - Captain, 4th Company*[[Horus Aximand]] - 'Little Horus', Captain, 5th Company*[[Serghar Targost]] - Captain, 7th Company and lodge-master*[[Garviel Loken]] - Captain, 10th Company*[[Luc Sedirae]] - Captain, 13th Company*[[Tybalt Marr]] - 'The Either', Captain, 18th Company*[[Verulam Moy]] - 'The Or', Captain, 19th Company*[[Maloghurst]] - Horus' [[equerry]] ===Byzant Janizars Regiment===*[[Hektor Varvarus]], [[Lord Commander]] ===Remembrancers===*[[Ignace Karkasy]]*[[Euphrati Keeler]]*[[Peeter Egon Momus]]*[[Mersadie Oliton]] ===Other Notable Imperial Personnel===*[[Boas Comennus]] - [[Master of the Fleet]]*[[Regulus]] - Envoy of the [[Mechanicum]]*[[Kyril Sindermann]] - primary [[Iterator]]*[[Ing Mae Sing]] - Mistress of [[Astropaths]] == Planets Brought to Compliance==*Sixty-Three One to Seven - Unknown*Sixty-Three Eight - [[Davin]]<sup>2</sup>*Sixty-Three Nine to Eighteen - Unknown*[[Sixty-Three Nineteen]] - Unknown renaming. Also known as '''Terra'''.<sup>1</sup> == Notable Battles of the 63rd Expedition Fleet== === The Great Crusade===*[[Murder]] - Attempted eradication of the [[Megarachnid]] species.<sup>1</sup>*War with the [[Interex]].<sup>1</sup>*The Battle of Davin's Moon.<sup>2</sup>*War with the [[Auretian Technocracy]].<sup>2</sup> === The Horus Heresy===*[[Isstvan III ]] against the loyalist elements of the Emperor's Children, [[Black Legion|Sons of Horus]], [[Death Guard]] and [[World Eaters]].<sup>3</sup>*The [[Drop Site Massacre|Isstvan V]] against the Iron Hands, [[Raven Guard]] and [[Salamanders]].<sup>4</sup> ==Sources==*<sup>1</sup>:[[Horus Rising (Novel)]] by [[Dan Abnett]]*<sup>2</sup>:[[False Gods (Novel)]]*<sup>3</sup>:[[Galaxy In Flames (Novel)]]*<sup>4</sup>:[[Fulgrim (Novel)]] [[Category:Black Legion]][[Category:The Great Crusade]]
