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Vortan was part of a [[Kill-Team]] led by [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] [[Polino]] that was sent to a [[Desert World]] contested between the [[Imperium]] and the [[Tau Empire]]. The kill-team found that the [[Kroot]] reinforcing the [[Tau]] soliders on the planet had developed traits indicating that they had undergone hybridisation with [[Tyranid]] genes; in an engagement with the hybrids, Polino was severely injured and [[Festaron]] was killed.{{Fn|1}}
Making their way back to their [[Thunderhawk]] to make a stand in a defenceable position, the kill-team was surrounded and attacked by the hybrids. Vortan was forced to defend the Thunderhawk with [[Ar'gan]] and Polino while [[Zaebus]] investigated an [[Adeptus Astartes]] signal emanating from nearby with hopes of bringing reinforcements. During the fighting, Polino succumbed to a [[Sus-an Membrane|sus-anic coma]], while Vortan and Ar'gan holed up inside the Thunderhawk. Fortunately, Zaebus returned with a small army of [[Servitor]]s that cleared out the majority of the hybrids with missile strikes.{{Fn|1}}
The surviving members of the kill-team were able to repair the Thunderhawk and extract themselves to report to [[Inquisitor]] [[Vaskiel]], expecting that her response would be to subject the planet to [[Exterminatus]].{{Fn|1}}
