Chanke
Chanke is an Imperial Navy Vice Admiral who currently commands the Emperor Class Battleship Pax Imperialis.[1]
Prior to the start of the 13th Black Crusade, the Pax Imperialis had been charged with destroying the Exorcist Class Grand Cruiser Kingmaker, which had been captured by the Black Legion. This began a two-month pursuit which ended in the asteroid belts of the Crinan System. Though normally a Grand Cruiser would be no match for a Battleship, the Kingmaker had been corrupted by the power of Chaos and managed to hold out long enough for reinforcements to arrive. This caused Chanke to order a retreat and while the Pax Imperialis was able to escape, it was forced to leave behind its voidcraft that been launched to deliver the final blow to the Kingmaker. This led the crew of the Pax Imperialis to develop a vendetta against the Kingmaker and they soon had a chance to enact their vengeance. When the 13th Black Crusade began, the Pax Imperialis was among the Imperial warships that defended Cadia, and it was there that they fought the Kingmaker once again. But this time it was the Grand Cruiser that was forced to escape, after the Battleship severely damaged it. However, when Cadia was destroyed by Abaddon the Despoiler, the Pax Imperialis and the rest of the surviving Imperial forces, retreated from the Cadian System.[1]
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- 1: Cadia Stands (Novel), Part 3: Chapter 14
