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Unfortunately, Lugft Huron had slowly been corrupted by his desire for power into the service of Chaos, and eventually the Imperium was forced to respond to the Secessionists in the Maelstrom Zone by unleashing the full might of the Imperium in the terrible civil conflict that became known in the Imperial record, before the Inquisition laid down an Order of Obliteration that sought to remove all records of the Astral Claws' existence from Imperial history, as the Badab War. This conflict was fought between 901.M41 and 912.M41 and ended in the complete destruction of the Astral Claws' defences and the devastation of their Chapter homeworld of Badab Primaris. Only 200 Astral Claws survived the final Imperial assault, and these Astartes, all corrupted by Chaos, fled with the maimed body of their leader into the Maelstrom, where they founded a new Chaotic empire.{{Fn|4}}
The other Astartes Chapters who had served the Secessionist cause were eventually forgiven by the Imperium since they had only been misguided and not corrupted, in return for launching themselves upon a series of penitent Crusades. But Lugft Huron swore his soul and the souls of his remaining Astral Claws to the eternal service of the Ruinous Powers in return for the restoration of his health and the power needed to make war upon the Imperium that he believed had betrayed him and his fellow Astral Claws. Replacing the ravaged portions of his body with bionic augmetics, Lugft Huron, now calling himself Huron Blackheart, ironically led his corrupt Astartes, now calling themselves the Red Corsairs, back into the Maelstrom Zone to become the piratical raiders that he had so long fought against. In time, the Red Corsairs became the leaders of a vast Chaotic pirate force of Renegades and Traitors that represents a major continuing threat to the Imperium in the Ultima Segmentum.{{Fn|4}}. During the [[Thirteenth Black Crusade]], the [[Maelstrom]] merged with the [[Great Rift]] and the Red Corsairs have now been sighted further from their home than ever before.{{Fn|18b}}
[[Image:GuillimanBattles.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Red Corsairs and their [[Tzeentch|Tzeentchian]] allies battle the forces of the reborn [[Roboute Guilliman]] during the [[Terran Crusade]] ]]
*'''???.[[M42]]''' - The [[War of Beasts]] on [[Vigilus]].
*'''???.[[M42]]''' - The [[Arks of Omen Campaign]]. Battling in opposition to the [[Black Legion]].{{Fn|26}}
**[[Battle of Malak]] - Part of the great Chaos host under [[Angron]].{{Fn|27}}.
*'''???.[[M42]]''' - Thousands of [[Tyranid]] [[Bio-Ship]]s scattered by the [[Devastation of Baal]] arrive in the [[Maelstrom Zone]]. Huron is forced to divert significant Red Corsair forces to deal with the [[Xenos]], which quickly spawn large amounts of [[Psyker]] organisms to withstand the effects of the [[Maelstrom]].{{Fn|30}}
