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The current commander of the Honour Company is [[Captain]] [[Echion]], a member of the [[Patriarchs of Ulixis]] Chapter. The Chapter is made up mostly of Ultramarines, but it is not unusual for Marines from Successor chapters to volunteer for the Honour Company's service. As the Ultramarines resources have dwindled following the [[First Tyrannic War]], Marines that are descendant from the Ultramarines are becoming more common.{{Fn|1}}
The Honour Company has been active in the [[13th Black Crusade]], distinguishing itself early in the war. Their first action was a space-borne counterattack against [[Abaddon]]'s fleet as [[Planet Killer]] closed on the [[Agri-World]] of [[Lortox]]. The action bought the world's [[PDF]] time to escape evacuate a significant portion of the worlds population before the planet was blasted to pieces by the accursed [[Chaos]] starship. In the aftermath of the Lortox evacuations, the Honour Company has redeployed to [[Cadia]] and the surrounding systems, launching a series of operations to hinder Abaddon's forces as they invade the [[Fortress World]]. These attacks have included boarding actions against Chaos [[Space Hulk]]s being used to transport hordes of [[The Lost and the Damned]]. In total, the Honour Company has disabled or destroyed 3 such Hulks, stranding an estimate 600,000 [[Cultist]]s, [[Mutant]]s, and [[Traitor Guard]] in the depths of space. A fourth hulk, codenamed ''Herald of Grief'', was destroyed in a boarding action which saw an estimated 200,000 Chaos renegades killed.{{Fn|1}}
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