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{{otheruses|USE=Mining World|OTHERUSE=Death World|OTHERPAGE=Piscina}}
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Piscina IV is an [[Imperial]] mining planet and that was the site of a [[Dark Angels]] stronghold.
{{Planets
|Name=Piscina IV
|System=[[PiscinaSystem]]
|Affiliation=Imperial
|Class=[[Mining World]]
==Overview==
Though controlled by the [[Imperium]], Piscina IV is in a state of constant battle with [[Orks]]. Each time the Orks seem to be defeated, the [[Imperial Guard Regiment]]s stationed on the world come under fire at a different place. The Orks tend to shelter in abandoned mine heads and dig themselves in until they attain sufficient numbers to overwhelm the Guard troops sent to cleanse the area. In recent years, the [[Dark Angels]]' stronghold on Piscina IV has been visited more and more infrequently by the [[Tower of Angels]], only coming once a generation or so to take [[aspirant]]s gathered from the barbaric world of [[Piscina V]] for further testing and modification.{{cite this}}
Piscina IV was also the site of a [[Battle of Piscina IV|great battle]] during the [[Third War for Armageddon]].{{cite this}}
==Garrison==
The Dark Angels squad stationed on the planet included:{{cite this}}
*[[Interrogator-Chaplain]] [[Boreas (Dark Angel)|Boreas]], leader of the Dark Angels presence on the world;
*[[Techmarine]] [[Hephaestus]], in charge of equipment repair and the annihilus virus weapon under the keep;
*[[Veteran Sergeant]] [[Damas]], who trained the aspirants gathered off-world until their departure on the Tower of Angels;
All the members of this squad met their deaths inside their own keep due to an intricate plot by the [[Fallen Angels]] led by [[Cypher]] designed to steal the gene-seed kept in the [[Apothecarium]] vault. {{cite this}}
The keep's virus weapon failsafe had been activated, and was going to destroy all life on the planet. Boreas realized that the only way that they could keep the planet's population safe was to not break the air-tight seals of the keep's doors, therefore containing the virus inside until its eventual end. Nestor, having been charged with keeping the gene-seed safe, sought to leave and was killed by Boreas, using Hephaestus' [[plasma pistol]]. The rest of the [[Space Marines]] decided that ending their lives before the hunger or thirst of waiting to die pushed them to leave was the better idea, and detonated [[meltabombs]] clasped against their chest as they prayed to their [[Primarch]], [[Lion El'Jonson]].{{cite this}}
In the aftermath, the [[Ravenwing]], led by [[Dark Angels Grand Master|Grand Master]] [[Sammael]], arrived at the stronghold to investigate the disappearance of the garrison.{{Fn|1}}
== Sources ==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Ravenwing (Novel)]] by [[Gav Thorpe]], {{Cite This}}
===Uncited===
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*[[Angels of Darkness (Novel)]] by [[Gav Thorpe]], {{Cite This}}
*[[Storm of Vengeance]]{{cite this}}
[[Category:Dark Angels]]
