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The Carpathians arrived at Mantid VI approximately three months after the initial distress call was sent. By this point the planet's [[PDF]] had been almost entirely overwhelmed, falling back to their last defensive positions.{{Fn|1b}}
Three days after deployment, Vistrena and her company were ordered to hold a ridge a few hundred miles inland from Mantid VI's only landmass's northern coast. The ridge lay in the path of the enemy advance, and the Carpathians were soon facing hundreds of Plague Zombies.{{Fn|1b}} While attempting to hold their position against the zombies, Vistrena's company was suddenly and unexpectedly reinforced by a unit of [[Space Marines]]. However, as the Marines deployed from their [[grav-vehicle]], the Imperials were ambushed by a squadron of [[Death Guard]] [[Chaos Terminator|Terminators]]. Their initial During the attack annihilated the grav-tank they threw a [[grenade]] which landed near Vistrena and when it went off she was knocked unconscious in the resulting explosion knocked Vistrena unconscious.{{Fn|1a}}
When she awoke, she found that she was one of the only survivors of the ambush. The Death Guard were prowling the battlefield in the aftermath of the attack, killing a Space Marine that they found alive and torturing another (the last of the Loyalist Space Marines remaining and the only survivor besides Vistrena). Vistrena witnessed this unnoticed by the [[Chaos Space Marine]]s; as the Death Guard commander taunted the young Space Marine, Vistrena raised her [[plasma pistol]] and shot the Traitor in the face, catching him off-guard. She then immediately ran for the cover of a nearby [[Taurox]] and drove off as fast as possible with the traitors shooting at her with their [[boltgun]]s but not causing significant damage to the vehicle.{{Fn|1a}}
