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The '''Iron Klaw''' are an [[Ork Clan]] that infested the [[Space Hulk]] ''[[Revenant Rex]]'' for millennia. {{Fn|1}} They travelled across [[Ultima Segmentum Obscurus]], carrying out hit and run attacks, until and leaving behind warbands to colonise the planetary systems they visited.{{Fn|1}} Numerous attempts were made by [[Imperial]] forces to stop the Clan's Hulk , before it was finally sabotaged by [[Alpha Legion]] [[Harrowmaster]] [[Quetzel Carthach]], destroying both the ''Revenant Rex'' as part of a trap set for the [[Crimson Consuls]] [[Space Marines]].{{Fn|1}} == History ==The Iron Klaw had spent millennia on board the ''[[Revenant Rex]]'' [[Space Hulk]] as it travelled through [[Ultima Segmentum]].{{Fn|1}} They carried out hit-and-run attacks on the systems they passed through, abandoning warbands as they went to colonise these planets.{{Fn|1}} This was considered a serious threat by the [[Imperium]], who made many unsuccessful attempts to destroy the Iron Klaw's Hulk.{{Fn|1}} Many [[Space Marine]] Chapters unsuccessfully attempted to cleanse the Hulk, including the [[Aurora Chapter]] at [[Schindelgheist]], the [[Angels Eradicant]] at [[Theta Reticuli]], and the [[White Scars]] at [[Martyrpeake]].{{Fn|1}} The [[Imperial Navy]] [[Warfleet Ultima]] twice attempted to gather enough ships when it appeared, with over a hundred vessels concentrating their fire on the Hulk, which did not affect it.{{Fn|1}} The ''Revenant Rex'' was finally destroyed when it was sabotaged by [[Alpha Legion]] [[Harrowmaster]] [[Quetzel Carthach]], destroying both the Hulk and the [[Crimson Consuls]] [[Space Marines]] First Company [[Terminator]]s and [[Battle Barge]] ''[[Incarnadine Ecliptic]]'' that had been sent to neutralise the Hulk''Revenant Rex''.{{Fn|1}}
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