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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' desiccated corpse was mounds of the crew's desiccated remains , piled upon one another in an indistinguishable mass. 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.{{Fn|1b}}
