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Gerhardt Vallorn

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Gerhardt Vallorn was a Captain in the XVIII Legion when it was led by Legion Master Cassian Vaughn during the Great Crusade, and he commanded the Strike Cruiser Khalkeus when the XVIII fought to save the Imperial Systems of the Taras Division from an Ork invasion.[1]

Despite their best efforts, though, the vastly outnumbered XVIII could not stop the advance of the over a million strong Ork horde and could only slow the Xenos down long enough for the populations of invaded worlds to evacuate and escape into the void. They did this repeatedly, from one fallen System to another, and the world Corcyra in the Anteros System, was no different. However, after Corcyra was evacuated, Legion Master Vaughn intended to stop the Orks' fleet from advancing into the highly populated Taras System. This plan failed miserably, though, after hundreds of Ork ships emerged from behind their Attack Moon and sped towards the Legion's fleet. Caught by surprise, the XVIII's fleet tried to pull away and regroup, but the Khalkeus was among those ships that were surrounded and attacked by the Orks. Seeing the danger the Khalkeus was in, the XVIII's fired upon the Orks' ships in an attempt to allow the Strike Cruiser to escape, but it was too late. The Khalkeus had suffered critical damage from the Orks' constant attacks and exploded, taking a score of the Xenos' ships with it.[1]

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