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During the [[Horus Heresy]], shoal facilities operated in Mercury's orbit despite its conditions. [[Alpha Legion]] infiltrators also worked with anti-Imperial scavenger clans in the area during the [[Solar War]].{{Fn|2}} Shortly before the [[Siege of Terra]] the the [[Sisters of Silence]] purged [[Psyker]]s from Mercury in a bloody pogrom.{{Fn|3}}
Somewhere after the [[Great Rift]] appearing, preparations for an uprising by the [[Genestealer Cult]] were discovered on the planet's [[Decima-Caldus]] orbital platform. The combined Talon of [[Custodians]] and [[Silent Sisters]] stroke fast and drove the punishing blade through the cult - right to the [[Patriarch]], killing it outright.{{Fn|5}}
==Sources==
*{{Endn|3}}: [[The Buried Dagger (Novel)]] - Chapter 2
*{{Endn|4}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book Nine]] pg.165
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Codex: Adeptus Custodes (10th Edition)]], Showcase, ''1'', pg. 46
[[Category:Mining Worlds]]
