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The '''Veritas Ferrum''' was a [[Strike Cruiser]] in the [[Iron Hands]] [[Legion]], that took part in the space battle above [[Isstvan V]] during the [[Dropsite Massacre]]. Commanded by [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] [[Durun Atticus]], the Veritas was part of the second wave of Iron Hands vessels to arrive at Isstvan V, having been too damaged in the [[Emperor's Children]] ambush on [[Callinedes]] to join their [[Primarch]] [[Ferrus Manus]] in the first wave, and was immediately attacked by the [[Traitor Legions]]. In the massacre that followed most of the second wave of Iron Hands vessels were destroyed, with the Veritas taking fire as its crew desperately tried to escape; after receiving word that their Primarch had fallen in battle. As the Veritas made its escape, it suddenly received a vox from two [[Thunderhawks]] bearing survivors from Isstvan V's surface and, after being convinced by [[Space Marine Sergeant|Sergeant]] [[Khi’demKhi'dem]] of the [[Salamanders]] 139th [[Company]], moved to recover them. While coming under continuous fire the Veritas recovered the survivors, which cost the Iron Hands more lives than the ones they had just saved, before finally making an emergency jump into the [[Warp]], as the traitors' ships closed in on the Strike Cruiser.{{Fn|1}}
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