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Van Auken later reappeared leading a force of [[Skitarii]] operating under the orders of [[Fabricator-General]] [[Kubik]], where he led the massacre of an [[Officio Assassinorum]] infiltration team led by [[Clementina Yendl]]. He then apprehended Yendl's ally, [[Eldon Urquidex]], and condemned him to modification as a [[Servitor]].{{Fn|2}}
Auken later led Mechanicum forces in the tense standoff with the [[Fists Exemplar]] as they attempted to acquire custody of Urquidex. Auken desperately tried to avoid war, but due to accidental fire violence erupted nonetheless. When Fabricator-General Kubik eventually gave the okay, a panicked Auken ordered his forces to stand down and transferred Urquidex into the custody of the [[Adeptus Terra]].{{Fn|3}} Later during the third Imperial offensive on [[Ullanor]], Van Auken was charged with Kubik with overseeing the redirecting of asteroids into the Ork capital.{{Fn|4}}
==Sources==
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Echoes of the Long War (Novel)]] Chapter 23
*{{Endn|3}}: [[The Hunt for Vulkan (Novel)]] Chapters 2-3
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Shadows of Ullanor (Novel)]] Chapter 7
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