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==Overview==
For the better part of ten millennia, Cawl crafted legions of [[Primaris Space Marines]] inside its holdshull.{{Fn|3a}}
The vessel is capable of holding great armies within itself, providing several [[Skitarii]] and [[Cybernetica]] armies alongside three lances of [[House Taranis]] [[Knight]]s during the [[Indomitus Crusade]]. The entirety of the ''{{PAGENAME}}'''s crew has been [[mind-swept]] multiple times to maintain Cawl's desired level of secrecy.{{Fn|2a}}
==History==
In the many millennia between [[M42]] and [[M31]], Cawl created thousands of Primaris Space Marines, filling massive holds aboard the ark with marines slumbering in [[methalon]] caskets.{{Fn|2c}}
In [[M42]] the ark is now largely deserted. After taking part in the main crusade of the [[Indomitus Crusade]] Cawl had given the majority of his military assets to [[Fleet Primus]], most of Cawl's many magi clades had been despatched across the galaxy to sped his next great plan to fruition. The many great holds once bustling with magi and slumbering Space Marines were now empty.{{Fn|2c}}
During the [[Indomitus Crusade]], the ''{{PAGENAME}}'' was invaded and boarded by the forces of [[Fabius Bile]], who Cawl suspected was after the [[Sangprimus Portum]]. In truth however Bile sought [[Alpha Primus]], the original [[Primaris Space Marine]], and was able to escape with the Marines [[Progenoid Glands]]. During Bile's attack the ''{{PAGENAME}}'' was invaded by large numbers of [[Beastmen]], [[Terata]], [[Mutant]]s, and other abominations and was subjected to a massive hacking attack that disabled most of its key systems.{{Fn|2b}}
