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Gottrand was one of the Marines stationed at [[Watch Fortress]] [[Zarabek]] when it was discovered by the [[Ordo Xenos]] that [[human]] [[pirate]]s operating in the [[Teramus System]] somehow had access to functional [[Eldar]] [[lance]] weapons mounted on their ships. In a debate between the Marines present over the issue, Gottrand favoured a direct assault on the pirates to the point of accusing the other Marines of cowardice, only backing down when the [[Veteran]] [[Thucyid]] rebuked him. In the end, [[Watch Captain]] [[Ska Mordentodt]] allowed [[Space Marine Sergeant|Sergeant]] [[Courlanth]] to assemble a [[Kill-Team]] to lead a mission into the Teramus system to uncover the source of the weapons and eliminate them; Gottrand was selected by Courlanth for the mission.{{Fn|1}}

Although Gottrand objected to the stealth-based nature of the initial stages of the mission, Courlanth led the Kill-Team in infiltrating the pirates' asteroid base and discovered that the pirate leader, [[Arlon Buke]], had entered into a pact with the [[Dark Eldar]] of the [[Kabal of the Crimson Blossom]]. When he saw that the pirates were trading captured slaves to the [[xenos]] in exchange for weapons and drugs, Courlanth abandoned stealth and ordered an attack on the Kabal and the pirates alike. Gottrand survived the resulting fight with only minor injuries sustained in combat with a [[Clawed Fiend]].{{Fn|1}}

*{{Endn|1}}: [[The Alien Hunters (Short Story)]] - — [[Xenos Hunters (Anthology)]]