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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]]<sup>1b</sup>, and later encountering [[Necrons]] released from stasis by the presence of sentient life<sup>1c</sup>. It was later speculated that high-ranking [[Magos|Magi]] of the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]], had deliberately built the refinery above the Necron Tomb, in order to investigate it.<sup>1d</sup>
Commissar Cain attempted to destrtoy destroy the Necron Tomb, along with a Necron warp portal with [[melta bombs]], but initially failed.<sup>1e</sup> In desperation, he filled the deep underground caverns beneath the processing plant with promethium from a reserve, with the help of Adeptus Mechanicus magus, [[Logash]]; and "got the frak out of there". <sup>1f</sup>
The [[Imperial Guard]], realizing that they could not defeat an endless wave of foes (noting that said foes were apparently indestructible without the help of an [[Astartes]] [[Chapter]]), on top of a wave of Orks being led by a [[Gargant]], promptly chose to evacuate the mining colonies to an awaiting ship, the ''Pure of Heart''. <sup>1g</sup>
