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==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 corridors of 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}}
The warrior's corpse still held a [[chainsword]] in hand and the damage to the walls indicated the Astartes had wielded a [[bolt weapon]] in their final battle, now missing from their corpse. The torn stubs of femurs and forearms, roughly severed by a chainblade and the random scatter of fallen ribs and fragments of skull, blasted the length of the hallway by the explosive force of bolt shells.{{Fn|1b}}
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