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However, Calgar was later forced to admit that he had deceived his Chapter. He revealed that he had defeated M'Kar, but, even with the 1st Company and the full might of the [[Ordo Malleus]] behind him, he was unable to destroy it completely. The best he could do was to imprison the daemon within the star fort's warp core. Half of the Ultramarines' Fifth Company was sent to garrison the fort, which was sent on a random course meant to lose it forever inside the [[Warp]] {{Fn|2a}}.
In or around 854999, Warsmith [[Honsou]] of the [[Iron Warriors]] learned of M'Kar's whereabouts, and captured the fort in a bloody siege, slaughtering its garrison and freeing M'kar. {{Fn|4}} The star fort became Honsou's temporary headquarters for his [[Invasion of Ultramar]], and first appeared in the skies above [[Tarentus]] .{{Fn|2b}}.
By the time the Ultramarines responded, the fort was in orbit of [[Talassar]], which had been all but destroyed. Calgar and the Ultramarines' 1st Company were shot down over Talassar and took shelter inside the ancient fortress of [[Castra Tanagra]]. In the weeks that followed, M'kar monitored the battle from inside the ''Indomitable'', waiting until they were at their weakest before appearing in person to finish Calgar off {{Fn|2c}}.
** {{Endn|2e}}: Chapter Twenty-Four, pgs. 315-316
*{{Endn|3}}: ''[[The Skull Harvest (Short Story)]]'' by '''Graham McNeill'''
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Iron Warrior (Novella)]] by '''Graham McNeill''', {{Cite This}}
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