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The '''63rd Expedition Fleet''' was an [[Expedition Fleet]] created during the [[Great Crusade]] under the command of [[Horus]], the [[Primarch]] of the [[Luna Wolves]]. The fleet comprised of forces from the Luna Wolves [[Space Marine Legion]], the [[Byzant Janizars]] [[Imperial Army]] Regiment, the [[Legio Mortis]] [[Titan Legion]] as well as a large number of [[Remembrancer|remembrancers]]. The fleet rebelled against the [[Emperor]] and supported [[Imperial Guard Hierarchy#Warmaster|Warmaster]] Horus during the [[Horus Heresy]].
===Space Marine Legions===
*Luna Wolves Legion{{cite this}}
===Imperial Army Regiments===
*Byzant Janizars Regiment{{cite this}}
===Titan Legions===
*Legio Mortis{{cite this}}
===Imperial Fleet===
*[[Vengeful Spirit]] - [[Battle barge]] and Horus' Flagship{{cite this}}
At least 10 [[Cruiser|light cruisers]] and 5 [[mass conveyances]].<sup>1.p.213</sup>{{Fn|1a}}
== Notable Members ==
===Luna Wolves Legion===
*Horus - Primarch{{cite this}}*[[Ezekyle Abaddon]] - First Captain, 1st Company{{cite this}}*[[Tarik Torgaddon]] - Captain, 2nd Company{{cite this}}*[[Iacton Qruze]] - 'The Half-Heard', Captain, 3rd Company{{cite this}}*[[Hastur Sejanus]] - Captain, 4th Company{{cite this}}*[[Horus Aximand]] - 'Little Horus', Captain, 5th Company{{cite this}}*[[Serghar Targost]] - Captain, 7th Company and lodge-master{{cite this}}*[[Garviel Loken]] - Captain, 10th Company{{cite this}}*[[Luc Sedirae]] - Captain, 13th Company{{cite this}}*[[Tybalt Marr]] - 'The Either', Captain, 18th Company{{cite this}}*[[Verulam Moy]] - 'The Or', Captain, 19th Company{{cite this}}*[[Maloghurst]] - Horus' [[equerry]]{{cite this}}
===Byzant Janizars Regiment===
*[[Hektor Varvarus]], [[Lord Commander]]{{cite this}}
===Remembrancers===
*[[Ignace Karkasy]]{{cite this}}*[[Euphrati Keeler]]{{cite this}}*[[Peeter Egon Momus]]{{cite this}}*[[Mersadie Oliton]]{{cite this}}
===Other Notable Imperial Personnel===
*[[Boas Comnenus]] - [[Master of the Fleet]]{{cite this}}*[[Regulus (Dark Mechanicum)|Regulus]] - Envoy of the [[Mechanicum]]{{cite this}}*[[Kyril Sindermann]] - primary [[Iterator]]{{cite this}}*[[Ing Mae Sing]] - Mistress of [[Astropaths]]{{cite this}}
== Planets Brought to Compliance==
*Sixty-Three One to Seven - Unknown{{cite this}}*Sixty-Three Eight - [[Davin]]<sup>{{Fn|2</sup>}}*Sixty-Three Nine to Eighteen - Unknown{{cite this}}*[[Sixty-Three Nineteen]] - Unknown renaming. Also known as '''Terra'''.<sup>{{Fn|1</sup>}}
== Notable Battles of the 63rd Expedition Fleet==
=== The Great Crusade===
*[[Murder]] - Attempted eradication of the [[Megarachnid]] species.<sup>{{Fn|1</sup>}}*War with the [[Interex]].<sup>{{Fn|1</sup>}}*The Battle of Davin's Moon.<sup>{{Fn|2</sup>}}*War with the [[Auretian Technocracy]].<sup>{{Fn|2</sup>}}
=== The Horus Heresy===
*[[Isstvan III ]] against the loyalist elements of the Emperor's Children, [[Black Legion|Sons of Horus]], [[Death Guard]] and [[World Eaters]].<sup>{{Fn|3</sup>}}*The [[Drop Site Massacre|Isstvan V]] against the Iron Hands, [[Raven Guard]] and [[Salamanders]].<sup>{{Fn|4</sup>}}
==Sources==
*<sup>{{Endn|1</sup>}}:[[Horus Rising (Novel)]] by [[Dan Abnett]]*<sup>*{{Endn|1a}}: pg. 213*{{Endn|2</sup>}}:[[False Gods (Novel)]]*<sup>{{Endn|3</sup>}}:[[Galaxy In Flames (Novel)]]*<sup>{{Endn|4</sup>}}:[[Fulgrim (Novel)]]
[[Category:Black Legion]]
[[Category:The Great Crusade]]
