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They were then charged with watching over the '''Rubicante Flux''', a [[Warp storm]] that was sporadic in its eruptions and plagued the '''Abra Sector''' located on the outskirts of the [[Segmentum Solar]] and uncomfortably close to Ancient [[Terra]]. To aid the Fists Exemplar with this duty, they were given the [[Star Fort]] [[Alcazar Astra]], which had served the Imperial Fists well during the Horus Heresy. With the Fort towed by their ships, the [[Fleet-based]] Chapter patrolled the Rubicante Flux, for sometime until disaster struck. While the Alcazar Astra was being towed to a new location, a sudden massive warp eruption from the Rubicante Flux, blew the Star Fort of course and into the gravitational embrace of a nearby star. Due to the heroic efforts of Chapter Master Dantalion and his [[Space Marine Captain|Captains]], the Alcazar Astra was guided towards the star's nearest planet [[Eidolica]], where it breached itself. Though the Fort was saved from destruction, Dantalion was one of the Fists Exemplar who lost his life in the crash. With the Star Fort forever grounded, the Fists Exemplar adopted Eidolica as their Home World and the Alcazar Astra became their [[Fortress Monastery]]. The Chapter adapted well to their new location and served the [[Imperium]] well for millennia{{Fn|1b}} until the coming of the [[Ork]] [[Warboss|Warlord]] known as [[The Beast]].{{Fn|1c}}
The Beast had begun a massive invasion of the Imperium's planets in the Ultima Segmentum and Eidolica was one of the earliest to feel the Warlord's wrath. Without any warning one of the Beast's [[Attack Moon]]'s appeared in Eidolica's orbit and launched a massive invasion, that the surprised Fists Exemplar were unable to contain. Within the first hours of the invasion, the current Chapter Master [[Alameda]] was killed and command fell to [[First Captain]] [[Garthas]]{{Fn|1b}} until he too died at the Orks' hands. As their Home World fell further into the Orks' control, Second Captain [[Maximus Thane]] took command of what remained of the Chapter within the Alcazar Astra and prepared to defend Eidolica to the last man, from within their Fortress Monastery{{Fn|1d}}. Just as he was making preparations to defend the Alcazar Astra from another Ork attack however, he was met by the [[Black Templars]] [[Marshal (Black Templars)|Marshal]] [[Bohemond]], whose fleet had arrived in Eidolica's orbit. The Marshal brought ill tidings and said that besides the defense at the Fortress, the planet had fallen and there was no point in fighting a battle that would only lead to the Fists Exemplar's destruction. The Marshal said he had come to evacuate what remained of the Chapter, so that they could fight to save other world's of the Imperium, from the ravages of the The Beast's Ork forces. Though Thane resisted at first, he eventually agreed with Bohemond, that Eidolica could not be saved and gave the order for the surviving members of the Fists Exemplar to evacuate to the Marshal's fleet in orbit.{{Fn|1a}}
Later during the meeting between the Imperial Fists Successor Chapters in the [[Phall System]], Thane and the Fists Exemplar were in attendance.{{Fn|2}} The remnants of the Chapter took part in the assault on the Ork [[Attack Moon]] over [[Terra]], and Thane was subsequently dispatched by [[Koorland]] to find another of the Fists successors, the [[Soul Drinkers]].{{Fn|3}} Meanwhile forces under [[First Captain]] [[Zerberyn]] entered into an alliance with [[Iron Warriors]] under [[Warsmith]] [[Kalkator]] in order to fend off a massive fleet of [[Orks]].{{Fn|4b}}
