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Banen was a civilian engineer who lived in Cirrion on the planet Stratos.[1]

When Stratos suffered an uprising by the Cult of Truth, Banen was amongst the many refugees to hide in the bowels of Cirrion, seeking shelter from the cultists. He proved an unexpected ally to the Salamanders, whose Third Company was amongst the Imperials trying to retake Cirrion and defeat the Cult. The Salamanders' efforts were stymied by an unusual tactic that the Cult had employed; they had released a gaseous hydrogen amalgam into Cirrion's atmosphere which prevented the Space Marines from using flame- or melta-weapons without risking the weapons self-destructing.[1]

At one point, the Company's Apothecary, Fugis, fell into the city's sublevels after being caught in one of the Cult's ambushes. There he met a band of survivors, including Banen. After Fugis reestablished contact with Captain Ko'tan Kadai, it was decided that the Salamanders would escort the refugees out of Cirrion and, once there, Banen could use his knowledge of the city's air filtrations systems to purge Cirrion's atmosphere of the hydrogen amalgam. The plan worked and the Salamanders went on to defeat the Cult, however, many of the civilians who remained hidden in the city died (either by asphyxiation or by hypothermia) as Cirrion's atmosphere was cycled.[1]

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