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Despite the disregard his [[Primarch]] had shown him, as a member of the [[Deliverers]], Kedron did not hesitate it leading his [[Terminator Armour]]ed warriors to attack the hidden [[Flak Turret|Flak Batteries]]. The [[Fane of Shadow]] that weathered the [[Perfect Fortress]]' fire, to bring the [[Centurion (Rank)|Centurion]] and his Deliverers to tower's location in '''Hab-block Delta-19'''. It came close enough, for them to [[Teleport]] to their target, but the Demi-[[Space Marine Company|Company]] of [[Emperor's Children]] defending the tower, saw the [[Auspex]] flare that preceded such maneuvers. As such, when the Deliverers' teleportation completed, they were welcomed by the [[Traitor]]s' deadly firepower. They weathered it indifferently, however, and only a dozen fell to the Emperor's Children's initial ambush. Kedron then lead the attack on the Hab-block, with the Delivers eager to avenge their fallen and prove their worth to their Primarch. They quickly forced the Emperor's Children to retreat, but the survivors sounded the alarm and more of the [[Traitor Legion]]'s forces made ready to attack the Deliverers, as they made their way to their target. With time running out, before the Flak Batteries became active, Kedron ordered his forces to split into smaller formations. This allowed the Deliverers to draw the Emperor's Children to them, while Kedron successfully led his [[Space Marine Command Squad|Command Squad]] beneath the tower. As the rest of his forces gave their lives above them, the command squad fought its way through the Traitor's defenses and finally reached the Flak Batteries' control room.{{Fn|1}}
However it was protected by a cadre of the [[Emperor's Children]]'s [[Phoenix Guard]], who were led by the [[Phoenix Warden|Warden]] [[Daric Ashmoune]]. Only a dozen of Kedron's [[Deliverers]] remained to face the [[Traitor]]s, who had almost twice their number, as the Phoenix Guard began to charge at the [[Space Marine Command Squad|Command Squad]]. Had Kedron ordered his forces to meet the Phoenix Guard's attack, the Deliverers would have been defeated, so he instead ordered them to retreat into the tunnels that led into the control room. He then had his command squad split into pairs or trios and had them hide within the tunnels' darkness, hoping their retreat would draw the Phoenix Guard to them. Kedron's plan worked, as Ashmoune's pride would not allow him to hold his ground, at such a sign of disrespect. The Phoenix Guard soon charged after the Deliverers, who used the darkness and the tower's fortifications against them. The Traitors were taken apart all killed in the brutal battle that followed, until and soon only Ashmoune remainedalive. The Phoenix Warden, who had been left untouched by the Deliverers, still felt he could turn the tide of the battle by killing Kedron and repeatedly challenged the [[Centurion (Rank)|Centurion]] to a duel. However Kedron had little intention of doing so and had surviving Command Squad tear the Traitor apart. After Ashmoune's death, Kedron had the [[Flak Turret|Flak Batteries]]' control room destroyed, rendering them inert, and the Raven Guard went on to defeat the Emperor's Children and sack the [[Perfect Fortress]].{{Fn|1}}
While the [[Space Marine Legion|Legion]] suffered little losses overall, the same could not be said of the [[Therion Cohort]] and Kedron's Deliverers. More than two-thirds gave their lives to stop the Flak Battlers and were left in a mausoleum within the [[Perfect Fortress]], as the Raven Guard left [[Narsis]] behind them. However their [[Primarch]], [[Corax]], is not known to have offered a word of praise or criticism for their actions, nor would the Deliverers' Legion honor them in anyway. In the wake of the battle, Kedron and a number of the Cohort's commanders began to critize the Primarch's plan, which had caused them to suffer such severe losses. This would reach Corax and in the months that followed the Fortress' fall, they were gathered into a separate battlegroup and ordered to seize the isolated world of [[Galaspar]].{{Fn|1}}
