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The '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is a [[Gladius Frigate| Gladius-class]] [[frigate]] of the [[Imperial Fists]] chapter of [[Space Marine]]s.{{Fn|1a}}
The fairly remarkably intact remains of the ''Obdurate'' are wrecked currently stranded upon the surface of [[Ikaneos-Alpha]] in the [[Era Indomitus]].{{Fn|1a}} The space marine and human remains aboard the vessel have been dead for at least 3 centuries. The human serfs serf-caste of the void-craft killed their space marine masters through their overwhelming numbers. The forward flight deck of the frigate held an intact [[Thunderhawk]] designated ''[[Dagger of Inwuit]]''. It was salvaged and used as a means of escape from [[Ikaneos-Alpha]]'s surface by [[Explorator]] [[Talin Sherax|Sherax]] and her surviving forces after an [[Aeldari]] ambush.{{Fn|1c}} ==Last Survivor==The last Astartes of the ship's company to die was a sergeant. He was ambushed by approximately 80-100 serfs within the frigate's starboard flank. At the feet of the Astartes' corpse was mounds of the crew's remains piled upon one another surrounding the Imperial Fist. The hilt of a combat knife, the kind issued as a weapon of last resort to the Chapter’s armsmen, protruded from the weaker, flexible material at the warrior’s neck. Others – thirteen in total – were stuck fast in the joints of his arms and legs. Bones, presumably those of his attackers, carpeted the deck.{{Fn|1b}} They had been desperate, past caring about their own fate, giving their lives so that their brethren could stand atop their corpses and lash at their former master with broken blades. Others had worked their way to the warrior’s rear and hamstrung him. An effective tactic, as evidenced by the [[ceramite]] shell that sat slumped against the bulkhead. amongst the remains of the crew piled upon one another, lying in mounds where they had fallen at the Astartes' feet.{{Fn|1b}}
==Sources==
**{{Endn|1a}}: ''The Obdurate'', Chapter One
**{{Endn|1b}}: ''The Obdurate'', Chapter Two
**{{Endn|1c}}: ''The Obdurate'', Chapter Three
[[Category:Imperial Fists]]