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Having followed Fabius Bile futilely for some time on board the cruiser ''Tycho'', Rafen receives assistance from his blood-cousin [[Noxx]] of the [[Flesh Tearers]]. Together, the two sergeants combine their squads to hunt down Bile, launching a strike against a powerful Magos of the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] named Matthun Zellik. Zellik had been having deals with Bile, who had usurped the identity of another tech-priest named Haran Serpens, the same alias used by Bile to infiltrate the Blood Angel's on planet Baal.
The battle against Zellik took place on board the [[Archeohort]], an ancient and unusual excavation ship manned by [[servitors]] and members of the [[skitarii]]. By taking advantage of a turncoat within Zellik's ranks however, Rafen, Noxx and their men found their way to Zellik's trophy room, where they smashed and destroyed the relics recovered by the [[Magos]] and forcing his surrender, lest his work be undone. During the battle, Rafen had lost his [[bolter]] to a trap laid by Zellik. However, among the relics and goods in Zellik's collect was a [[plasma gun]] bearing the name and chapter markings of ''Aryon'', a long dead hero of the Blood Angels, which Rafen took to his new side arm.
With the Archeohort, the ''Tycho'' and the ''Gabriel'' (on loan from the Flesh Tearers), Rafen and his men traveled to the planet of Dynikas V, where Zellik had last done dealings with Bile. The planet itself was unusual in that it had suffered a strike by the [[Tyranids]], but the events had left the oceans intact as well as several aquatically mutated Tyranid specimens leaderless on the planet. Sacrificing the Archeohort, Rafen, Noxx and their men descended on Dynikas V using a submersible to approach the suspected base of operations of Primogenitor Fabius Bile.
