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==Known History==
It is, however, most notably featured as the planet where [[Commissar]] [[Ciaphas Cain]] along with the [[Valhallan 597th]] were deployed to defend a promethium refinery against marauding bands of [[Orks]], and later encountering [[Necrons]] after [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] magi unwittingly activated a Necron Portal leading to a Necron [[Warp PortalTomb World]]. Commissar Cain attempted to destroy the Necron warp portal with [[melta bombs]], but initially failed, in desperation, he filled the deep underground caverns beneath the processing plant with promethium from a reserve and "got the frak out of there".
The [[Imperial Guard]], realizing that they could not defeat an endless wave of foes (noting their apparent indestructibility without the help of an [[Astartes]] Chapter), promptly chose to evacuate the mining colonies to an awaiting ship, the [[Pure of Heart]]. From there, they detonated the promethium-filled caverns with bombs placed by sappers originally meant for the approaching Ork [[Gargant]]. The blast was so powerful that shockwaves were felt throughout the already spaceborne Pure of Heart, and left a kilometers-wide crater that permanently scarred the pristine icy-beauty of Simia Orichalcae.
