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Straken started out as a common trooper of the [[Catachan Jungle Fighters]], working his way up through the ranks until he took the place of his mentor and predecessor, the illustrious Colonel [[Greiss]].{{Fn|1}}
Straken's operational history is lengthy, a veteran of decades of constant warfare, Straken has fought at the forefront of more battles and survived more wounds than most Imperial Guardsmen have had hot meals. To mention The [[Battle of Moden's Ridge]], the [[Dulma'lin Cleansing]], the [[Battle of Voltoris]], the [[Ulani Aftermath]] and the fight for [[Vartol City]], is to name but a few of his successful campaigns. Many of these battles were fought under Colonel Greiss, whose example Straken still follows by leading from the front, where he encourages the troops with insults, curses and the bark of orders. He is a man who scorns personal danger and whose central command ethic is to "get stuck in" and get the job done, on Vendal’s Landing he repulsed a phalanx of [[Daemon Engine]]s with only twenty-two men, ten lasguns and a case of short-fused mining charges. At the battle of the Red Rain Straken personally defeated the notorious [[Dark Eldar]] [[Archon]] [[Yrekh Drash]] in single combat, crushing the degenerate xenos’ head in his whirring bionic fist.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|5}}
On [[Signis VIII]], Straken lead the assault against the [[Tyranid]] hordes infesting the planet. During the initial battle, Straken and his men fought against swarms of lesser [[xenos]] and were able push them back. When a massive, multi-limbed Tyranid appeared, several of Straken's men were butchered, including one of his Captains before it was finally brought down by [[Demolition Charges]]. As the Colonel stood over the creature's body, he remarked that he had killed bigger things on Catachan, but despite his disappointment the fight was not yet over. When he turned to address his men, Straken was suddenly alerted by one of his troops, just as the massive beast rose and lunged towards him, whipping aside, Straken grabbed the alien's neck and drew his [[Catachan Fang]]. Even with the added strength of his bionics, it took four hard blows to finally sever the [[Hive Tyrant]]'s head from it's body.{{Fn|3}}
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==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Imperial Guard (5th Edition)]], pg. 60
*{{Endn|2}}: ''[[Waiting Death (Short Story)]]'' by [[Steve Lyons]]
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Warhammer: Straken (Novel)]],{{Cite this}}
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Warhammer: Dark Millennium (Card Game)]]
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Codex: Astra Militarum (8th Edition)]],{{Cite this}}
*{{Endn|6}}: [[White Dwarf 357 (UK)]] pg. 71
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