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==History==
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|quote=To all officers and regiments that may be recievingreceiving- we're through with Imperial Command! If we have to fight, we're going to do it for ourselves from now on. You want to call that defection, fine. We we're dead men anyway. Atleast At least the cults promise something in return. This region is ours now. We see anyone, ANYONE, within a mile of here, we'll bury them in ordinance. Don't doubt we can either. The regiment's holy armor' isn't that particular about the holiness of them that drives it.{{Fn|1a}}|source=—'''Unnamed Cadian 39th Commander'''
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The soldiers of the Cadian 39th had a repuation reputaion as experts in anti-[[Xenos]] warfare, for example successfully eliminating a [[Hrud]] infestation on [[Chinchare]]. The regiment thus earned the nickname "Xenobane".{{Fn|3}}
In late [[M41]], the Cadian 39th was posted on [[Typhon Primaris]].{{Fn|1a}}{{Fn|4}} After years of murderous warfare against local [[Orks]] and [[Tyranids]], the unit went renegade. Led by a [[Baneblade]] commander, the Cadian 39th renounced its loyalty to the [[Imperium]], and joined a [[Chaos Cult]] led by the [[Alpha Legion]]. The unit consequently broadcast its decision, claiming that it had been abandoned by the Imperial high command and warning other Imperials that anyone entering the Cadian 39th's territory would be shot on sight. Centered at the Ladon Temple Ruins, the Traitor Guard Regiment then attempted to assert its independence. However, [[Apollo Diomedes]] and the [[Blood Ravens]] ultimately intervened, defeating the Cadian 39th, killing its commander and destroying much of its infrastructure.{{Fn|1a}} Whatever remained of the unit was wiped out when the Imperium subjected Typhon Primaris to an [[Exterminatus]].{{Fn|1b}}
==Images==
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Cadian39thVeldt.JPG|Cadian 39th, Veldt uniform, M41{{Fn|3}}
Cadian_39th_and_Alpha_Legion_Operatives.JPG|thumb|300px|Cadian 39th Traitor Guardsmen working along [[Alpha Legion]] Members{{Fn|1a}}
==Sources==
*1: [[Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution]]:
**{{Endn|1a}}: ''Typhon - Ladon Temple Ruins''
**{{Endn|1b}}: ''Typhon - Arena Perimeter''
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Astra Militarum (6th Edition)]] , pg. 24 — ''Dark Millennium: The Fellguard Incident''
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Codex: Imperial Guard (3rd Edition, 2nd Codex)]], pg. 31
*{{Endn|4}}: [https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/338145.page?userfilterid=722 Results of the Q&A Session THQ Insider did with THQ UK today (Posted on 21/01/2011)] ''(Last accessed on 12 January 2022)''
