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References exist that suggest it was originally primarily employed as a planetary assault ship. This is not unusual as it conforms with the role assigned to the vessels of the Space Marine Legions. Many of the vessels used in the Great Crusade were, however, handicapped by system failures that the [[Imperium]] lacked the ability to repair. Often this would result in many systems being replaced with less efficient but more easily maintained alternatives.{{Cite this}}

The ''Terminus Est'' and Typhon reappeared on [[Ynyx]] and upon the First Captain's request Mortarion himself agreed to journey on the vessel to [[Terra]] instead of the ''[[Endurance]]''. However this was part of Typhon's elaborate plot to corrupt the Death Guard, and in the subsequent trap within the [[Warp]] the ''Terminus Est'' along with the rest of the Death Guard fleet became daemonically corrupted.{{Fn|3}} When the ''Terminus Est'' was sighted as part of the armada that followed [[Horus]] to [[Terra]] it had changed. The Mark of Nurgle was upon it and all the other vessels of the Death Guard. While [[Mortarion]] led the assault on the Lion's Gate starport, Typhus controlled the Plaguefleet and it is suspected actually began the orbital bombardment of the Emperor’s Palace.{{Cite this}} During the [[Siege of Terra]], the ''Terminus Est'' took part in the destruction of the Emperor's flagship ''[[Imperator Somnium]].{{Fn|4}}

Little were they to know that the core architecture and design of the class’ warp shields hid a fundamental flaw. Only when in the following centuries the vessels of this class were either lost in the Warp or turned renegade did the realisation strike home. The ''Terminus Est'' and Typhus did not assume a central role in the [[Gothic War]]. A single sighting near [[Anvil 206]] was the only evidence of their presence. However, considering the later incidents traced back to Anvil 206 it is clear that a particular mission was accomplished.{{Fn|2}}

In M41 the ''Terminus Est'' is one of the oldest ships known to the Imperium, the power of Nurgle holding its ancient hull together while the most virulent plagues seethe through its dank corridors. The ''Terminus Est'' is a part of Nurgle’s realm given license to travel the stars, spreading death at the behest of its damned captain. There will be no rest for the Imperial Navy until it is finally hunted down and cleansed forever.{{Fn|2}}

Along either side of the ''Terminus Est'', row upon row of festering pustules, hives, boils and sores erupt outwards from the ship’s cankered skin. These growths cover the rusted remains of what was presumably once the ship’s main broadside batteries, growing in a diseased parody of these weapons like coral over rock. They seep and bloat, periodically erupting violently and hurling a mixture of corroded debris, ammunition and filth out into space.{{Fn|2}}

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*{{Endn|3}}: [[The Buried Dagger (Novel)]] - Chapter 1

*{{Endn|4}}: [[Mortis (Novel)]] - Chapter 14

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