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===Reinforcements from Consolation===
With Tanith destroyed, the Tanith First-and-Only had no homeworld from which to draw new recruits, but the Ghosts eventually garnered a strong reputation after a number of actions, in particular the [[Siege of Vervunhive]]. After the heavy fighting of the siege the Ghosts were reduced to their lowest numbers yet, but received a huge influx of new recruits from Vervunhive who, thanks to [[Warmaster]] [[Macaroth]]'s [[Act of Consolation]], were allowed to join any regiment of the Imperial Guard they desired since their hive had been destroyed.{{Fn|3d}} The cultural divide between the Tanith and Verghastite elements of the regiment became an ongoing problem, with the Tanith resenting the newcomers and the Verghastites resenting that resentment and feeling like second-class Ghosts shut out of the regiment's elite sections.{{Fn|5x5a}} The introduction of women into the regiment as part of the Vervunhive influx also caused some tension, but this was more quickly resolved as the women proved themselves in combat and the complaints of the anti-women Tanith such as Major Rawne became tired and repetitive.{{Fn|4x}} The greater cultural divide was eventually bridged due to shared combat experiences and the promotion of several Verghastites to platoon command, as well as the first Verghastite making it into the regiment's elite scouting cadre. By the end of the conflict on [[Aexe Cardinal]] the regiment was fighting as a cohesive whole.{{Fn|6}}
Following the Siege of Vervunhive the Ghosts went on to win renown through their actions in several warzones, including the [[shrineworld]] [[Hagia]] where they defended the remains of [[Saint Sabbat]] against [[Chaos]] forces,{{Fn|4x}} , [[Phantine (Planet)|Phantine]] where their infiltration skills were officially recognised by high command for the first time and they were instrumental in capturing the city cities of [[Cirenholm]] and [[Ouranberg,]]{{Fn|5x}} , and [[Herodor]] where they fought alongside the reincarnated [[Saint Sabbat ]] herself as her personal honour guard.{{Fn|7}}
After Herodor the regiment underwent another great change when Gaunt and several of his best unit commanders including Rawne and [[Mkoll]] were tasked with leading a small infiltration team on [[Gereon]] to assassinate traitor-general [[Noches Sturm]], formerly of the Volpone Bluebloods, before his memories could be accessed by his Chaos captors.{{Fn|8}} The Tanith First, while still intact in the body of its troops, was left without most of its command structure and the Ghosts were merged with the [[Belladon 81st]] regiment under colonel [[Lucien Wilder]], a regiment which also specialised in scouting and had lost many of its men in previous actions but still had most of its commanders. The combined '''81st/1st Recon''' were deployed in combat on [[Ancreon Sextus]], but the situation was complicated when Gaunt and his team returned alive from Gereon after being assumed dead. Gaunt was forced to act as an ordinary [[commissar]] again, shut out of his own regiment, which Wilder had organised into alphabetical companies instead of the previous numerical platoons. Wilder, however, died leading a heroic rear guard action when the [[Astra Militarum]] was forced to retreat, buying time for the rest of the regiment to escape. After this Gaunt returned to command and the regiment reclaimed the name Tanith First-and-Only, though now with a third cultural group, the Belladon, as part of its mix.{{Fn|9}}
