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The great construction works project surrounding Port Maw was far from complete by the start of Lupercal's war on the Imperium. Nevertheless, Port Maw was already operational in some limited capacity as a naval supply base and muster station, even as the very first drops of blood were being shed at Isstvan. Hundreds of millions of workers as well as planet-side administration and support staff were already firmly established on the habitable planet of Æstellica which Port Maw orbited around.{{Fn|3a}} Most importantly, it alongside the rest of the Coronid deeps could call upon regiments kept to the standards of the [[Solar Auxilia]] pattern, thanks to the high technological and industrial basis of the Manachean Commonwealth allowing for such troops to be supplied and maintained.{{Fn|3b}}
Horus had not left Port Maw outside of his schemes for rebellion. Traitor Agents were already embedded throughout the Coronid Deeps.{{Fn|3b}} By the time of the Istvan III attrocity, Horus had already used his influence as Warmaster to have elements of Port Maw's armada scattered on deep patrols in spaceor chasing rumors of threats. By 006.[[M31]] efforts by Port Maw to recall their fleet were greatly disrupted by the [[Ruinstorm|warp turbulence]] so infamously associated with the Horus Heresay, and their fleets found the shadowy threats they chased now very much real.{{Fn|3c}}
When the war finally arrived to Port Maw, [[Archmagos]]-Astral [[Leit Mercuric]] would use Port Maw's powerful Control Panopticon to devastating the assembling Coronids Deep fleet at Port Maw, until it was at last thwarted by the [[905th Lethe Cohort]] "Ash Scorpions" and the tower destroyed by the [[Kurga]] under the orders of Grand [[Admiral]] [[Ospheus LaBray]].{{Fn|3d}}
