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Piscina IV is a world controlled by the [[Imperium]] but in constant battle with the [[Orks]]. Each time the Orks seem to be defeated, the [[Imperial Guard]] regiments stationed on the world come under fire from a new place under siege. The Orks tended to shore up in old abandoned mine heads and dig themselves in until they attained sufficient numbers to overwhelm the Guard troops sent to cleanse the area.
Piscina IV was also the site of a great battle during the [[Third War for Armageddon]], where the site of [[Koth Ridge]] became an intense bloodbath between the Orks and many Dark Angels companies. [[Interrogator-Chaplain]] [[Boreas (Dark Angel)|Boreas]] was one of the key players in this battle{{Fn|1}}, as was [[Veteran Sergeant]] [[Naaman]]. The Orks had set up a [[tellyporta]] system to bring more of their troops in from off-world, under the direction of the Warlords [[Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka]] and [[Nazdreg Ug Urdgrub]]. Naaman was one of the Dark Angels who was lost, but he and his [[Scout]] [[Company]] held off the Ork advance long enough for the [[Deathwing]] to arrive and disable the energy relays and destroy the tellyportas.
Piscina IV's stronghold for the Dark Angels is visited more and more infrequently by the [[Tower of Angels]] in recent years, only coming once a generation or so to take aspirants gathered from the barbaric world of [[Piscina V]] for further testing and modification.
