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{{otheruses|USE=Iron Hands vessel|OTHERUSE=audio drama|OTHERPAGE=Veritas Ferrum (Audio Drama)}}
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The '''''Veritas Ferrum''''' was a [[Strike Cruiser]] in the [[Iron Hands]] [[Space Marine Legion|Legion]] during the [[Great Crusade]] and [[Horus Heresy]].
==Overview==
The ''Veritas'' took part in the space battle above [[Isstvan V]] during the [[Dropsite Massacre]]. Commanded by [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] [[Durun Atticus]], the ''Veritas'' was part of the second wave of Iron Hands vessels to arrive at Isstvan V, having been too damaged in the [[Emperor's Children]] ambush on [[Callinedes]] to join their [[Primarch]] [[Ferrus Manus]] in the first wave, and was immediately attacked by the [[Traitor Legions]]. In the massacre that followed most of the second wave of Iron Hands vessels were destroyed, with the ''Veritas'' taking fire as its crew desperately tried to escape. After destroying the Alpha Legion cruiser ''[[Theta]]'' and preparing to retreat from the battle, Atticus suddenly received a [[vox ]] from two [[Thunderhawk]]s bearing survivors from Isstvan V's surface and, after being convinced by [[Space Marine Sergeant|Sergeant]] [[Khi'dem]] of the [[Salamanders]] 139th [[139th Company (Salamanders Legion)|139th Company]], moved to recover them. While coming under continuous fire the ''Veritas'' recovered the survivors, which cost the Iron Hands more lives than the ones they had just saved, before finally making an emergency jump into the [[Warp]], as the traitors' ships closed in on the Strike Cruiser.{{Fn|1}}
The ''Veritas Ferrum'' later traveled to [[Pythos]] as part of the [[Shattered Legions]] expedition there under Captain [[Durun Atticus]]. At Pythos, the ''Veritas Ferrum'' along with the Legionaries on the damned world were claimed by the [[Daemon]] [[Madail]].{{Fn|2}}
Following the capture of the vessel by Madail, the Daemon transformed the ''Veritas Ferrum'' into a [[Daemonship|corrupted monstrosity]]. The vessel became far larger than it originally was and grew organic features such as jaws, tentacles, and eyes. The damned ship became the center of Madail's fleet as he terrorized worlds across the galaxy. During the [[Second Battle of Davin]] the ''Veritas Ferrum'' materialized at the head of a fleet of [[Daemonship]]s, laying waste to the loyalist armada and destroying the [[Ultramarines]] flagship ''[[Samothrace]]''. When [[Davin]] was destroyed by [[cyclonic torpedoes]] the anchor keeping the fleet in the Materium died with it, and the ''Veritas Ferrum'' and its escorts vanished back into the warp.{{Fn|3}}
==SourceSee also==*[[Known Vessels of the Iron Hands]]*[[List of Strike Cruisers]] ==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Veritas Ferrum (Audio Drama)]]
*{{Endn|2}}: [[The Damnation of Pythos (Novel)]]{{CME}}*{{Endn|3}}: [[Ruinstorm (Novel)]]{{CME}}
[[Category:Fleet (Space Marines)]]
