Cardinal Xian
The Cardinal Xian was a Mars Class Battlecruiser of the Achilus Crusade and part of Battlegroup Argo.[1]
When contact was lost with the planets within the Orpheus Salient, Lord General Mikal Curas led Battlegroup Argo to Phonos to investigate. When they arrived at the system’s edge, they bore surprised witness to Hive Fleet Dagon devouring the planet. The Tyranids attacked the newly arrived Battlegroup and, though they defended themselves well, their ships began to be destroyed by the overwhelming numbers of the Hive Fleet. The turning point in the battle came when the Cardinal was boarded. Rather than let the Tyranids destroy the Cardinal, its Captain choose to sacrifice the vessel by overloading its reactor, destroying it completly. The Cardinal's death signaled the end for Argo, the Orpheus Salient’s most lauded battlegroup, and the death of General Curas, its supreme commander.[1]
Sources
- 1: Deathwatch: The Jericho Reach, pg. 124
