Torch of Sol
The Torch of Sol was a Battleship in the Imperial Fists Legion. Active during the Great Crusade, it took part in the Night Crusade.[1a]
History
At that time, it was commanded by Captain Thrass, who had been personally selected by his Primarch Dorn, to command one of the Imperial Fists' flotillas. These small formations of Legion and Imperialis Armada warships were charged with acting as a vanguard for the Imperial Fists and would guide the main fleet to anything of interest they discovered.[1c] Thrass was carrying out his duties, when his flotilla entered a System ruled by the Human Damareen Consensus empire.[1a]
He broadcasted an offer for the Damareen to join the Imperium, but the empire instead attacked Thrass' flotilla. As per the Imperial Fists' standing orders for hostile first contact with the Occluda Noctis's Human civilizations, the Captain gave the order to retreat. However, several of Thrass' warships were lost to the Damareen before the flotilla returned to the Legion's main fleet. The Captain would soon bring word of the Damareen's attack to his Primarch[1b] and Dorn led the Imperial Fists in conquering the Damareen.[1c]
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