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| + | Kyrptman warned [[Marneus Calgar]], Chapter Master of the [[Ultramarines]], of the threat [[Hive Fleet]] Behemoth. This allowed the Ultramarines to prepare for the conflict and to summon support from [[Battlefleet Tempestust]] allowing them to defeat the Hive Fleet. | ||
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Kryptman is an Ordo Xenos Inquisitor, also known as the Hero of the Macharian Heresy. He is best known for being the first to formally recognise the Tyranid threat to the galaxy and has fought in all three major Tyrannic Wars.1
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Role in the First Tyrannic War
Kyrptman warned Marneus Calgar, Chapter Master of the Ultramarines, of the threat Hive Fleet Behemoth. This allowed the Ultramarines to prepare for the conflict and to summon support from Battlefleet Tempestust allowing them to defeat the Hive Fleet.
Role in the Second Tyrannic War
Role in the Third Tyrannic War
Tarsis Ultra
Inquisitor Kryptman became involved in the defence of Tarsis Ultra during 999.M41 when a tendril of Hive Fleet Leviathan was discovered to be moving towards the planet. Imperial forces arrived to defend the planet, which consisted of the Ultramarines Fourth Company led by Captain Uriel Ventris, the Mortifactors led by Chaplain Astador, the 10th Logres led by Colonel Octavius Rebalaq, the 933rd Death Korps of Krieg led by Colonel Trymon Stagler, and the PDF regiments headed by Major Satria. Kryptman was on hand to share his extensive knowledge of the Tyranids with the commanders in aid of the war effort.
Despite an initial victory in destroying a Hiveship during a space battle, Inquisitor Kryptman wished to invoke Exterminatus upon the world, Chordelis, as it was the next planet in the path of the Tyranids; this was to prevent it from being devoured and swelling the Tyranids' numbers, as planetary evacuation was too slow. Ventris was vehemently against this decision and supported an alternative solution proposed by his Admiral, Tiberius, to slow down the Tyranids by exploding a hydrogen-plasma refinery in space to destroy another Hiveship. However, Kryptman had lied to Ventris and with the assistance of the Mortifactors invoked Exterminatus in spite of the Ultramarines' plan succeeding. Kryptman also summoned a Deathwatch team led by Captain to help fight the Tyranid threat.
During the Tyranid attacks on Tarsis Ultra, Kryptman along with his retinue studied the bio materials of the Tyranid corpses killed in combat. During one expedition, a Lictor which had earlier landed on the planet, attacked his team but was fended off by the Deathwatch; Kryptman immediately ordered Captain Bannon to capture the Lictor without it dying, which they had later done so with the assistance of Ventris. This proved pivotal during the war, as Kryptman was able to concoct a venom from the Lictor's genetic structure that would send an early generation Tyranid into hyper-evolution, killing the creature. The Imperial commanders decided upon killing the last remaining Norn-Queen by means of infiltrating its Hiveship using the Deathwatch team. Ventris joined this mission and they were successful in killing the Norn-Queen with the gene-poison. This ended the Tyranid war on Tarsis Ultra, as from losing their connection with the Hive Mind the Tyranids slaughtered themselves despite being close to overwhelming the Imperial forces. 2
Galactic Cordon
After the one of the two tendrils of Leviathan was destroyed on Taris Ultra, contact was reestablished with the mworlds between the two tendrils of Leviathan, which previously had been smothered by the Shadow in the Warp. This made Kryptman aware of the fall of numerous worlds within this region, each one swelling the ranks of the hive fleet. With a grim determination, Kryptman began exterminating worlds in Leviathan's path, creating a galactic cordon. Any world within this cordon would undergo Exterminatus as soon as the Tyranids invaded, the virus bombs destroying all life on the planet. This would cause the Hive Fleet to expend large amounts of resources to invade a planet, resources that would then be lost with the planet's destruction. Billions died, in the largest act of genocide the experiment has faced since the Horus Heresy. As a result, Kryptman was declared a traitor, a fool and a radical and a Carta Extremis, stripping Kryptman of his title and condemning him to death, should he be aprehended. However, these harsh measures slowed Leviathan's advance to a crawl*3.
Kryptman's Gamble and Octavius
Kryptman observed the war between Tyranids and Orks on the world of Tesla Prime, where these two enemies of the Imperium locked each other in a long and bloody conflict. Seeing this as a way to slow or halt Leviathan without further loss of human life, Kryptman and a team of Deathwatch loyal to him embarked on a dangerous mission on the planet of Carpathia to capture a brood of live genestealers. At the cost of many Deathwatch lives, the genestealers were placed in a stasis field and then unleashed in the space hulk Peredition's Flame. The Deathwatch and Kryptman then detonated a nearby moon, sending the hulk hurtling into the Ork empire of Octavius. The genestealers quickly infected the Orks that attempted to raid the space hulk, causing the infection to flourish and quickly reach all corners of Octavius. Soon the psychic signature of the genestealers was strong enough to attract the second tendril of Hive Fleet Leviathan, causing it to veer away from Imperial space. Leviathan is engaged in a protracted war with the Orks. However, whichever side remains victorious, will surely be far more powerful than they were before*3.
