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At first the Space Marines made little progress. The natives were so entrenched that even the most devastating orbital bombardments made scant impact on their positions. Nonetheless, the Imperial decree was that Grissen should be brought back into the fold, for it would prove an excellent recruiting ground for the Imperial Guard, and so Phoros held back from ordering [[Exterminatus]]. Biting back his mounting frustration, Phoros directed his [[Techmarines]] to construct a weapon that would win the war. Within a week of the first [[Land Raider]] modifications the Fire Lords took Grissen's capital city. Within a month, the largest planetary faction was suing for peace and Grissen was part of the Imperium once more.
In the wake of the Grissen campaign, Phoros disseminated his new design's schematics. Having always been possessed of a sardonic frame of mind, he named the new pattern [[Prometheus]] after a god from [[Terran]] legend who brought fire to men. He changed the official designation to [[Land Raider Redeemer|Redeemer]] only upon learning that the name "Prometheus" already belonged to a Land Raider variant developed by the [[Salamanders]]. Nonetheless, the original Redeemer still serves in the Fire Lords' Second Company, the name ''Prometheus'' resplendent on its flanks and honored in the Chapter's Histories.{{Fn|1b}}
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