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'''Moerck''', also nicknamed '''"Hero"''', was a member of the [[13th Penal Legion]] who took part in the [[13th Penal Legion#Brightsword Mission|Brightsword Mission]].{{Fn|1a}}
==Biography==
Moerck fell from grace after he and his storm trooper company participated in a night drop attack, as part of an anti-[[recidivist|insurrection]] operation on [[Seperia]]. The attack was a complete success; the enemy camp was destroyed and all foes eliminated with no prisoners, as ordered. Unfortunately the company had been allocated the wrong target when a [[Departmento Munitorum]] map maker had mixed up their co-ordinates, leading to Moerck and his men attacking
the command camp of the [[25th Hoplites]]. The storm troopers wiped out the Hoplites entire general staff without sustaining any losses themselves. To cover up their own failures, the departmento charged the entire company with failing to carry out orders and they were drafted into the penal legions. Following that [[Colonel]] [[Schaeffer]] had him transferred to the 13th Penal Legion, where he was nominated for [[assassin]]ation attempt on the [[Tau Commander]] [[Brightsword]]. True to his moniker of 'Hero', Moerck was killed after he willingly volunteered to take the suicidal delaying action initially tasked to the [[Deathwatch]] [[Battle Brother]] [[Dionis (Deathwatch)|Dionis]]. However, his death didn't come from the [[Tau]] pursuers, but from within his own squad when [[Lieutenant (Imperial Guard)|Lieutenant]] [[Kage]] placed a placed a hidden explosive in his satchel in a cold-blooded but pragmatic attempt to further delay the enemy.{{Fn|1a}}{{Fn|1b}}
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