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Aquila (Dark Angels)

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Aquila was a Sergeant of the Ravenwing, the elite 2nd Company of the Dark Angels, during the Purging of Kadillus Harbour on Piscina IV.[1]

History

After the Dark Angels secured the chapter's base on Piscina IV, Master Belial focused his efforts on evicting the invading orks from Kadillus, while a small force led by Aquila was detailed to scout east and attempt to locate the landing site where the orks had first made planetfall. Aquila did not expect to encounter anything worse than stragglers from the orks rout at the Chapter base, but Scout Sergeant Naaman insisted that something was wrong, and that the force must press even further eastwards to discover the orks' whereabouts. Aquila disagreed, but Master Belial eventually sided with Naaman.[1]

It turned out that a much larger force of orks was already on the march from the east towards the lightly-defended Imperial line at Koth Ridge, which risked catching Belial's force in a pincer. While trying to head back and warn the defenders at Koth Ridge, most of Aquila's men and all of Naaman's scouts were killed by the orks. Aquila sacrificed himself in an explosion that killed himself and a large Nob to buy more time for Naaman to escape, not only because of the vital information Naaman possessed, but also to ensure that Naaman would pass on his wisdom to future warriors of the chapter.[1]

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