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'''Polixis{{PAGENAME}}''' is a [[Primaris Apothecary]] in [[Strike Force Fulminata]], which was one of several strike forces sent to reinforce the [[Ultramarines]] [[Chapter]], after the [[Great Rift]]'s creation. He serves alongside his blood brother, the [[Primaris Chaplain]] [[Kastor (Chaplain)|Kastor]], and fought against the [[Tchari]] [[Chaos Cult]]'s uprising on the [[Imperium]] world [[Atari]]. During the strike force's battle with the Tchari, the Fulminata's [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] [[Demetrius (Captain)|Demetrius]], gave the order for [[Space Marine Sergeant|Sergeant]] [[Nerva]]'s [[Intercessor]] squadron, as well as Polixis, to secure [[Planetary Governor]] [[de la Sario]] and his daughter, before the Cult attacked their manor. They all knew that only the ruler of Atari and their bloodline, could access the gene-vault that contained the codes for the world's orbiting weapon platforms and feared the Cult would use them to scour the world's surface. However by the time they arrived, the Governor had been captured and Nerva led one half of his squadron in pursuit, while his second in command [[Tarquin]] led the other half to find del la Sario's daughter. They would fail in both attempts though, with the Governor being captured by the Cult and there being no sign of his daughter. After hearing Nerva's report that they could not rescue the Governor, as more of the Cultists flooded the manor, the Captain told them to extract themselves, before saying he would order an air strike to neutralize the Governor.{{Fn|1}}
It was at that time that two of Tarquin' half of the squadron were killed, and they told Nerva they could only secure one of the fallen; as [[Artimaeus Tulio]] had acted as a rear-guard and had been separated from their squadron when he died. Though Nerva gave the order to retreat and secure their extraction point, Polixis insisted on going to gather the fallens' [[Gene-seed]], despite the Sergeant stating he would not risk losing his squadron to recover them. As Nerva then led his half of the squadron to the extraction point, Polixis's reached Tarquin's half and extracted the fallen [[Scaevola]]'s Gene-seed, just as the Governor was killed by an air strike. Afterwards, though they tried to persuade Polixis to join them, Tarquin's squadron retreated with Scaevola's body, as the Apothecary left to extract Tulio's Gene-seed. He had been warned by Tarquin, that Tulio's body lay in an area now crawling with Cultists, but Polixis was able to reach it, though he wondered why Tulio had chosen his last stand so far from the others' location. However Polixis soon spotted the Governor's daughter hiding nearby and it became clear Tulio, had died while trying to save her. With the Tchari Cultists now attacking him though, Polixis knew he could not save the Governor's daughter and recover Tulio's Gene-seed. He was briefly wracked with indecision, but quickly moved to save the Governor's daughter, after Nerva told him the squadron had reached the extraction point and a [[Thunderhawk]] was landing to recover them. Though he was severely wounded by the Cultists weapon fire, Polixis was able to protect the Governor's daughter from harm and reached the Thunderhawk in time to escape with Nerva's squadron. They then traveled to the gene-vault, which had been secured by Captain Demetrius, and with the aid of the Governor's daughter, they used Atari's orbital platforms to fire upon the Tchari. With such firepower in their control, the Cult was soon defeated, though Polixis was still wracked with guilt, for not being able to recover Tulio's Gene-seed. He later went to confess his failure to Chaplain Kastor, but his brother convinced Polixis that his actions had saved Atari from a horrible fate. The Chaplain also stated, that Governor del la Sario's daughter who would not forget Polixis saving her or Tulio's sacrifice and would no doubt grow up to be a firm and righteous leader.{{Fn|1}}
