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969 [[M41]] - While en-route to assault the [[Ork]] world of Gramnia Major in the [[Segmentum Solar]] as part of the crusade against the Arch Maniac of Calverna the '''Raptors'''' ships are thrown off course while traveling through the warp. When they emerged, the chapter is forced to crash land their battered ships on the nearest planet, the [[Death World]] of [[Jemadal]].<sup>2</sup>
Jemadal is an orb of dense, slimy jungle, stagnant and dank to a suffocating degree and teeming with voracious predators and carnivorous plants. The atmosphere of the planet is so heavily saturated with moisture that the air was is literally suffocating. Previous attempts to terraform the planet by the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] had been abandoned centuries before and to survive an hour on Jemadal is an achievement. The world is also infested with predators and each day the '''Raptors''' came come under attack from swarms of carnivorous beasts and bat-winged creatures that could kill an ordinary man with a single bite.<sup>2</sup>
As the breathable air in the '''Raptors''' armour begins to run out and the oxygen supplies dwindle , the Chapter's [[Techmarine]]s desperately seek a solution. The Techmarines are able to modify the breathing apparatus of the [[Power Armour]] helmets to incorporate an osmotic gill that filters the oxygen from the heavily moisturised air. This modification proves highly effective and the '''Raptors''' are able to subsist on a diet of indigenous plants and fungi.<sup>2</sup>
976 [[M41]] - After surviving on Jemadal for seven years the '''Raptors''' are rescued from the Death World by the [[Ultramarine]] [[Battle Barge]] ''[[Rath's Honour]]''.<sup>2</sup>
