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The Alpha was a Gloriana Class Battleship used by the Alpha Legion Adeptus Astartes in the years of the Great Crusade. It served as the flagship of the Legion alongside the Beta.[1]

Overview

Though the Alpha Legion could never entirely alter the design, the Alpha was modified heavily. Corridor and level designations no longer followed sequential norms, floor plans were altered, and other measures were taken to confuse boarding parties. Its most secretly chamber was known as the Chamber of Truth, where Alpha Legionaries were questioned by Alpharius himself and expected to actually provide clarity.[4]

When the Alpha Legion turned traitor due to the revelations Alpharius and Omegon gained from the Cabal, the Alpha aided the Beta in destroying Imperial ships.[1] The Alpha later led the Alpha Legion forces in the Battle of the Alaxxes Nebula.[2]

Sometime after Alaxxes, the entire crew of the Alpha and its accompanying fleet was put into stasis and had most of its systems shut down on the orders of Alpharius. For the next year, the Alpha and its fleet drifted into the Sol System, escaping detection. Later, the Alpha, under the command of Kel Silonius, led the Alpha Legion fleet in the Battle of Pluto before escaping.[3]

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