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==Overview==
A field test for the first thousand sets of [[Space Marine]]s equipped with [[Power Armour_#Mark 6 "Corvus Armour"|Mk.VI]] [[Power Armour]], the campaign was waged against the [[Eldar]] of the [[Scalland Sector]]. [[Raven Guard]] forces were chosen to conduct the operation despite their recent heavy losses in the [[Akum-Sothos Cluster]]. There is some speculation that certain Imperial commanders led by [[Perturabo]] pushed for the under-strength and bloodied Raven Guard to conduct the field tests in hopes of their failure and thus the cancellation the Mk.VI project, AS which Perturabo had been pushing for hoped would spur the development of a new heavy assault variant of the armour.{{Fn|1}}
However if that was Perturabo's intent, the plan backfired as the Raven Guard performed admirably against the Eldar forces. They used their advanced auto-senses and increased agility to hound the Eldar in a series of hit-and-run attacks. Originally just intended as a field test, the Raven Guard were actually able to expel the Eldar from the Sector altogether. As a result of their success, the Mk.VI armour was approved for mass production. In the Raven Guard's Primarch [[Corax]]'s honour, it was dubbed ''Corvus'' Armour.{{Fn|1}}
