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the [[Ork]]s of [[Waaagh!]] [[Skullsmasha]], [[Clan Raukaan]] received a distress call from the Mars class
freighter ''Endymion'', deep in the neighbouring [[Corladian Gulf]]. This cry for help
reported an attack by the [[Emperor’s Emperor's Children]] supposedly fighting in the name of the [[Daemon]] known as the [[Sapphire King]]. [[Iron Captain]] [[Maklon]] and [[Techmarine]] [[Daarmos]] were quick to respond,
leaving a token force to keep watch for the Orks and taking a complement of more than
half of Clan Raukaan’s battle-brothers in search of the Traitors.{{Fn|1}}
landed amid Skarvus’ jagged bone-jungles. [[Thunderhawk]]s
landed a sizeable armoured strike force which followed the Warp signature to its source.
Even as the vast carcass of the ''Endymion'', the traitors struck, opening fire with [[Sonic weapon]]s. Clan Raukaan fought back hard, yet the Emperor’s Emperor's Children
outnumbered the Iron Hands several times over, and their well-executed ambush had
lent them the element of surprise. Gradually the tanks and warriors of Clan Raukaan
