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{{PlanetsPortal}}Otheruses|USE=[[Xenos]] race'''Rangda''' |OTHERUSE=World that was the site of a battle between during the [[World EatersGreat Crusade]]|OTHERPAGE=Rangda}}The [[Rangdan]] were a violent and powerful [[Xenos]] "Cerabvore" species encountered by the [[SlaugthImperium]], during the [[Great Crusade]].{{Fn|1}}
The Rangda were first encountered by the 105th Pioneer Company of the [[V Legion|Vth Legion]] in the northern rim of the [[Galaxy]] and were recognized as a grave threat and engaged by the [[First Legion]] of [[Astartes]].{{PlanetsFn|4}} During the [[Rangdan Xenocides]], the Rangdan invaded from the [[galaxy|Map=Galaxy map unknowngalactic]] north and east.jpg|Planetary Image=UnknownIn the bloodiest war for the [[Imperium]] until the [[Horus Heresy]] the Rangdan were halted, at great cost to the Imperium and the [[Dark Angels]] especially.jpg{{Fn|Planetary Image Px=2001}}|Name=RangdaThe Rangdan were described as possessing "[[Slaugth]] murder-minds", suggesting they may have been a slave species to the Slaugth species.{{Fn|Segmentum=Unknown2}} The Rangdan were feared for their mimicry abilities, and their ships had a brutal appearance of spines and flails which dragged behind the vessels like metallic tentacles, giving them the appearance of jellyfish.{{Fn|Sector=Unknown|Subsector=Unknown|System=Unknown3}} They were capable of creating vast artificial war-moons manned by millions of slaves.{{Fn|Population=Unknown|Affiliation=Unknown|Class=Unknown|Tithe Grade=Unknown4}}
==Related ArticlesSources==*{{Endn|1}}: [[Planets The Horus Heresy Book Seven - Inferno]], pg. 81*{{Endn|2}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book One - Betrayal]], pg. 99*{{Endn|3}}: [[First Legion (Short Story)]] - [[Scions of the Emperor (ListAnthology)]]*{{Endn|4}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book Nine]] pg.89
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