Silvana's Martyrdom
The Silvana's Martyrdom is an ancient and worn down Imperial Navy Cardinal Class Heavy Cruiser, that is commanded by Commodore-Captain Aldo Ware.[1]
It serves as the flagship of the Odoacer System's defense fleet, which had been left isolated from the wider Imperium due to the creation of the Great Rift. A year after that catastrophe, the Martyrdom's Chief Astropath, Klemistos, warned Commodore Ware that he sensed a great threat would soon enter the System. Ware took Klemistos' warning seriously and, after the Astropath gave the location the threat would come from, the Commodore split the defense fleet in two. The half led by Captain Keel's Exorcist Class Grand Cruiser, Orlanda's Wrath, would go and guard the Cardinal World Almace, while Ware and the Martyrdom's half would go and confront the threat. Soon after Ware's fleet arrived at the location, though, a large Word Bearers fleet emerged from the Warp and, though they were heavily outnumbered, the Commodore gave the order to attack the invaders.[1]
Sources
- 1: Apocalypse (Novel), Chapter 1
