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During the [[Dark Age of Technology]] Mercury's city of '''Cytheron''' used force field generators to hold back the rays of Sol itself. This technology was later utilized by the [[Dark Angels]] in the form of the [[Cytheron Pattern Aegis]].{{Fn|4}}
During the [[Horus Heresy]], shoal facilities operated in Mercury's orbit despite its conditions. [[Alpha Legion]] infiltrators also worked with anti-Imperial scavenger clans in the area during the [[Solar War]].{{Fn|2}} Shortly before the [[Siege of Terra]] the the [[Sisters of Silence]] purged [[Psyker]]s from Mercury in a bloody pogrom.{{Fn|3}}
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Praetorian of Dorn (Novel)]] — Part 3, Chapter 1
*{{Endn|3}}: [[The Buried Dagger (Novel)]] - Chapter 2
*{{Endn|4}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book Nine]] pg.165
[[Category:Mining Worlds]]
