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Who are the first to die?
Most commentaries will cite Honorius Luciel (Captain, 209th) and seventeen others by the hand of Sorot Tchure on the company deck of the cruiser Samothrace at mark: -00.19.45, but these are not, in fact, the first combat fatalities.
The fleet tender Campanile is mob-boarded and taken off the Tarmus Apogee approximately one hundred and thirty-six hours [sidereal] before count start as a preliminary to the Calth assault.
Three thousand, seven hundred and nine crewmembers are executed, including the shipmaster, the navigator, the echelon portmaster, two fabricators from the yards and a detail from the Neride Regulators 10th serving as deck protection.
Proof of the loss of the Campanile, delivered to Primarch Guilliman around mark: 01:30:00, demonstrates calculation and planning on behalf of the adversary and establishes what Primarch Guilliman refers to as a ‘preparatory phase of acquisition’, which refutes any claims that the conflict was born out of mistake or misadventure.
This represents a ‘precondition of malice‘ on the part of the adversary and strengthens Primarch Guilliman’s hand in that it removes any compunction to resist or fight back with full military force. There is no longer any point trying to reason with his brother, because his brother is not, in fact, mistakenly trying to kill him at all.
Lorgar has been planning it all along.
Course irregularities are noticed of the Campanile by Calth System Control at mark: -136.14.12 and again at mark: -135.01.20 and mark: -122.11.35.
Vox contact is recorded as lost at mark: -99.21.59.
Two hours later, Calth System Control marks the Campanile ‘cause for concern’ and the Master of the Port determines that a support intercept should be sent out if nothing further is received by the end of shift. There are one hundred and ninety-two thousand items of shipping traffic in the Veridian System that day because of the fleet conjunction.
The support intercept is not sent out because the Campanile resumes code transmission at mark: -88.10.21.
The crew of the Campanile is listed on the roll of the fallen in the aftermath of the battle, though none are ever seen again.