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The stage for the battle was set when [[Cypher]] turned himself in to the [[Inner Circle]] of the [[Dark Angels]]. He revealed the intent of the [[Fallen Angel]] [[Astelan]] and [[Typhus]] of the [[Death Guard]] to use the [[Tuchulcha]] and its brother engines to create a time rift in the [[Caliban]] System and transport the [[Destruction of Caliban|Fallen from ten thousand years previous]] to the [[41st Millennium]]. The Fallen would then combine with Typhus' own forces in combination with recently captured [[Gene-seed]], creating a new [[Legion]] known as the "Death Angels". Horrified by this notion and after convincing by the [[Watchers in the Dark]], [[Dark Angels Supreme Grand Master]] [[Azrael]] agreed to work with Cypher to foil the traitors plans.{{Fn|1}}
The entirety of the Dark Angels led by [[The Rock]] eventually arrived at the Caliban System just as the [[Plague Fleet]] of Typhus supported by other traitor ships did. A massive space battle broke out between the two fleets, as traitor forces boarded The Rock itself. Led by the [[Terminus Est]], the [[Chaos]] fleet was large but disorientated, with Typhus himself more concerned with his warp ritual. The traitors were able to open the Warp Breach first, and it seemed that their plan to rewrite history and doom the future would succeed. However Azrael was eventually able to order Tuchulcha to scatter all those near the time portal, inadvertently including the Fallen ten thousand years earlier as well. Meanwhile, an [[Unforgiven]] fleet from the [[Angels of Absolution]], [[Repentant Brotherhood]], [[Angels of Redemption]], and [[Angels of VigilanceVengeance]] arrived to the rear of the remnants of the Chaos armada, scattering it.{{Fn|1a}} The Warp Breach created by the Chaos forces was finally closed by [[Ravenwing Black Knight]] [[Annael]] at the cost of his own life.{{Fn|1a}} While the Dark Angels were victorious, a third of the [[Chapter]] was wounded or slain in the battle.{{Fn|1}}
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