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With the still under construction [[Imperial Palace]] sparsely populated and the [[Emperor]] busy with other projects, the conspirators expected they would be able to topple the regime inside the complex and arrest Valdor. Initially they met with great success and swept aside minimal loyalist Army units with little effort. However inside the incomplete [[Great Chamber of the Senatorum Imperialis]] Ushotan, Kandawire, and his Thunder Warriors were confronted by a lone [[Custodian]] in the form of Constantin Valdor. Valdor urged them to surrender, and when the conspirators refused the [[Captain-General]] unleashed the [[Angels of Death]] in what would be their very first live combat engagement. 10,000 warriors of the [[Dark Angels|I Legion]], only recently out of training, emerged and used their superior teamwork and discipline to mow down the savage Thunder Warriors and Army units with their new [[Boltgun]] weapons.{{Fn|1c}} Amid the carnage Valdor and Ushotan dueled, with the Captain-General eventually slaying the Thunder Warriors Primarch. Before Ushotan died, he expressed his regret that Valdor was numb to all emotion and humanity.{{Fn|1d}}
Meanwhile, Amar Astarte journeyed into the [[Imperial Dungeon]] to destroy her lab and end the [[Legiones Astartes]] project forever. She was confronted by the Custodian [[Samonas]], but the warrior was unable to prevent her from causing a catastrophic explosion that engulfed both the lab and herself. Samonas survived, but all of the genetic lore on the Primarch's was apparently lost. In truth, the Emperor had foreseen Astartes Astarte's treachery and had made backup copies of her data and samples and hidden them away elsewhere.{{Fn|1e}}
Ultimately, the coup was doomed from the very start and the Custodes were well aware of its planning even before it began. Surprisingly, Kandawire was granted amnesty and allowed to retire peacefully on Terra outside the walls of the Palace. The destroyed Imperial Dungeon meanwhile was cleared for use as the nexus of the [[Webway Project]]. [[Malcador the Sigillite|Malcador]] returned to Terra shortly after the conspiracy had been put down, apparently having been on [[Luna]] preparing for the [[First Pacification of Luna|imminent assault there]] with the Emperor.{{Fn|1f}}
