Iron Hands - Chapter Fleet: The following vessels were a part of the Iron Hands Legion fleet during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy eras or the Iron Hands Chapter fleet after the Second Founding:Fist of Iron (Gloriana-class Battleship) - Former flagship of the Xth Legion and its Primarch Ferrus Manus.Crown of Flame (Battle Barge) - A vessel that was a part of the second line of vessels that was held in reserve at Istvaan V. They survived the treachery of the Traitor fleet, and fought their way clear of the blockade, and fled to the Oqueth Sector. Following a secret Clan Council meeting to decide their next course of action, the remaining five Clan-Fathers stayed aboard the Crown of Flame as a symbol of unity of strength. Not long after, the Iron Hands survivors received an encoded communique from a fellow Iron Hands' battlegroup. Rendezvousing with their fellow battle-brothers, the Clan Council boarded their flagship to greet their brothers-in-arms. But instead of a traditional welcome, they were beset by a large force of Traitor legionaries, who proceeded to cut down the Council and their entourage in a hail of bolter fire. The Crown of Flames was destroyed in the ensuing orbital battle by the Traitor fleet.Gorgonesque (Battle Barge) - A vessel that was a part of the second line of attack during the campaign on Istvaan V. When the Traitors revealed their true intentions, and vessels from the IVth and XVIth Legion opened fired on their former allies, the Gorgonesque fought back. During the orbital battle, the Gorgonesque attempted to break the Traitor blockade in orbit, in order to reach their gene-sire on the planet's surface. But the Gorgonesque's path impeded by the Retiarius, the World Eaters Battle Barge, and just one of the vessels that was a part of the blockade. The Iron Fathers deemed its destruction by any means possible. And so, they teleported squads of Medusan Immortals to carry out the task. As the battle raged, the Gorgonesque succumbed to a brutal barrage by the Traitor's guns, and was eventually destroyed.Master of Iron (Battle Barge) - This vessel was captured by Traitor forces in orbit above Istvaan V during the Dropsite Massacre. It was later utilised in an elaborate trap by the Sons of Horus to lure a group of Iron Hands survivors led by five of the remaining Clan-Fathers. Masquerading as a fellow surviving Iron Hands battlegroup, the Clan Council members from the Loyalist flotilla were invited to board the vessel, but instead of being greeted by their fellow battle-brothers, they were instead engaged by a superior force of Traitor legionaries, who cut down the entire Council and their entourage in a hail of bolter fire. Soon an epic orbital battle ensued between the Traitor flotilla and the surviving Iron Hands vessels. What became of the Master of Iron following the Heresy is unknown.Metallus (Battle Barge) - Vessel that was destroyed during the Imperial Compliance action against the xenos-human alliance of the Diasporex during the Great Crusade.Obstinate (Battle Barge) - A vessel that was a part of the second line of attack during the campaign on Istvaan V. When the Traitors revealed their true intentions, and vessels from the IVth and XVIth Legion opened fired on their former allies, the Obstinate fought back, and somehow managed to break the Traitor blockade, and flee into open space. Its fate following the Heresy is unknown.Thetis (Battle Barge) - Born amongst the reputed shipyards of Mars' Ring of Iron, the Thetis was a powerful vessel of unadorned steel and black stone that has served the Iron Hands Legion since the days the Great Crusade sailed forth from the Segmentum Solar. Quite distinctive with its hammerhead prow, the Thetis figured several workshops, furnaces and storage facilities that made it more akin to a flying forge-city than a mere battleship. One of the survivors of the Iron Hands' fleet during the orbital ambush above Istvaan V, the Thetis would become the home of one of the many Iron Hands splinter-forces, the Ignarak. The Ignarak belonged to those dreaded Astartes that turned to the forbidden knowledge commonly referred to as "The Keys of Hel" after Ferrus Manus' death. The Thetis was then profoundly modified to harbour countless cryo-chambers where resurrected Iron Hands legionaries would slumber until being called to fight and quite possibly die again.Winter's Oath (Battle Barge) - The Winter's Oath was one of the numerous vessels lost by the Iron Hands Legion during the naval battles above Istvaan V during the terrible Dropsite Massacre. It is however, unclear if the Winter's Oath belonged to the initial strike force gathered by Ferrus Manus or the rest of the fleet which arrived mid-battle. The Winter's Oath was boarded by Death Guard boarding parties which conquered the ship after heavy fighting. The ultimate fate of this vessel is unknown.Daedalus (Capital ship, unknown class) - Vessel attached to the Kadoran Clan during the times of the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy. The Daedalus was tasked with joining several splinter-fractions of the former Iron Tenth and bid them to come together in order to reforge the Legion, although it remains unclear upon who’s autority they acted.Ajax (Strike Cruiser) - Attached to Iron Father Gdolkin's Strike Team during the 13th Black Crusade.Armourum Ferrus (Strike Cruiser) - This vessel participated in the Imperial Compliance action against the Diasporex during the Great Crusade.Bane of Asirnoth (Strike Cruiser) - This formidable vessel took part in the orbital battle above Istvaan V during the Dropsite Massacre. Commanded by Captain Khalybus, of the 85th Clan-Company, the Bane of Asirnoth was part of the second wave of Iron Hands vessels to arrive at Istvaan V, having been severely damaged by the Emperor's Children ambush on Callinedes, to join their Primarch Ferrus Manus in the first wave, and was immediately attacked by the Traitor fleet upon their arrival. In the massacre that followed, most of the second wave of Iron Hands vessels were destroyed, but the Bane of Asirnoth fought its way clear of the Traitor blockade, along with a handful of frigates and destroyers, all of them damaged to a greater or lesser degree. The Bane of Asirnoth fought on until it was no longer void worthy, and was eventually abandoned by the Iron Hands.Ferrum (Strike Cruiser) - Named for the Xth Legion's Primarch, the Ferrum participated in the Imperial Compliance action against the Diasporex during the Great Crusade. During this era, the Ferrum had served faithfully in the Iron Hands' 52nd Expeditionary Fleet for almost a standard century and a half. For sixty of those years it had been under Captain Balhaan's command and he prided himself on the fact that it was the best starship and possessed the best crew in the Iron Hands' Expeditionary Fleet.Heart of Gold (Strike Cruiser) - Vessel that was destroyed during the Imperial Compliance action against the xenos-human alliance of the Diasporex during the Great Crusade.Ionside (Strike Cruiser) - The Ionside was an Iron Hands vessel that was a part of the second line of attack during the campaign on Istvaan V. When the Traitors turned their weapons upon their former allies, the Ionside fought its way free of the blockade and fled. For eight weeks it avoided heavy kill-ships of the IVth and XVIth Legion. Finally, they were called together for a Clan Council by five of the surviving Clan-Fathers of the Meduson clans in the Oqueth Sector. The Ionside went on to serve under war leader, Captain Shadrak Meduson, as he led a successful guerrilla campaign against Traitor vessels throughout the Segmentum Obscurus.Iron Dream (Strike Cruiser) - Vessel that was destroyed the Imperial Compliance action against the xenos-human alliance of the Diasporex during the Great Crusade.Iron Heart (Strike Cruiser) - Like many of the Xth Legion's vessels except for those of their vanguard, the Iron Heart was a part of the second line of attack during the campaign on Istvaan V. Even before these dread events, the Iron Heart had been the flagship of Shadrak Meduson, the Iron Lord of the Sorrgol Clan, a well-known figure within the Iron Tenth who commanded much respect. When the Traitor Legions showed their true allegiance and opened fire upon their former allies, the Iron Heart fought its way free of the gigantic orbital battle and fled the system. For eight weeks the Strike Cruiser and its companions escaped pursuit, until word reached it, that the surviving Clan-Fathers of the Iron Hands Legion had convened a Clan Council in the remote Oqueth Sector, believing it safe. Delayed, the Iron Heart arrived in the Oqueth Sector only to find the Clan Council slain and its vessel adrift, which naturally left Shadrak Meduson in command of the survivors and stragglers he could gather around him. The Iron Heart would lead a successful guerrilla campaign against Traitor vessels throughout the Segmentum Obscurus, targetting isolated worlds, ship yards and supply convoys to slow the Traitor's advance on the Segmentum Solar. The Iron Heart's true fate remains unknown. Many believed the ship had been destroyed in orbit of Dwell, where Meduson had stagged a daring attack on Horus Lupercal himself, but the records of another Iron Hands vessel, operating in a different sector of space, the Sisypheum, show that a ship identified as the Iron Heart fought alongside it during the raid on Eirene Septimus. This second Iron Heart would be discovered to be crewed by the Alpha Legion and would be destroyed by the Sisypheum in a terribly one-sided battle without being able to assess if the Iron Heart was a cameo or indeed Shadrak Meduson's originial and perhaps rebuilt flagship.Kalach (Strike Cruiser) - The Kalach was the vessel that served as the flagship for the 5-ship Clan fleet of Clan Raukaan during the Purge of the Contqual Sub-sector.Medusa's Glory (Strike Cruiser) - Vessel that was destroyed the Imperial Compliance action against the xenos-human alliance of the Diasporex during the Great Crusade.Omnissiah's Might (Strike Cruiser)Sisypheum (Strike Cruiser) - The Sisypheum was a Strike Cruiser of the Iron Hands Legion that helped some of the Xth Legion's survivors flee from Istvaan V after the Drop Site Massacre. Under the command of the terribly wounded Captain Ulrach Branthan, the Sisypheum carried out a series of successful hit-and-run raids against the Traitor Legions in the months following the massacre and the death of Ferrus Manus.Veritas Ferrum (Strike Cruiser/Daemonship) - This formidable vessel took part in the orbital battle above Istvaan V during the Dropsite Massacre. Commanded by Captain Durun Atticus, the Veritas Ferrum was part of the second wave of Iron Hands vessels to arrive at Istvaan V, having been severely damaged by the Emperor's Children ambush on Callinedes, to join their Primarch Ferrus Manus in the first wave, and was immediately attacked by the Traitor fleet upon their arrival. In the massacre that followed, most of the second wave of Iron Hands vessels were destroyed, with the Veritas Ferrum taking fire as its crew desperately tried to escape after they received word that their Primarch had fallen at the hands of his former brother Fulgrim. As the Veritas Ferrum made good its escape, it suddenly received a vox transmission from a pair of Thunderhawk gunships bearing survivors from the planet's surface and, after being convinced of their identity by Sergeant Khi'dem of the Salamanders 139th Company, moved to recover them. While coming under continuous fire the Veritas Ferrum recovered the survivors, which cost the Iron Hands more lives than the ones they had just saved, before they were finally able to make an emergency jump into the Warp, as the traitors' ships closed in on the Strike Cruiser. Like many other disparate Istvaan survivors, the Veritas Ferrum would go on to wage a guerrilla war against Traitor ships throughout the segmentum. The Veritas Ferrum later traveled to the Death World of Pythos as part of the Shattered Legions' expedition there under the command of Captain Atticus. At Pythos, the Veritas Ferrum along with the Legionaries on the damned world were claimed by the daemon Madail. Following Madail's capture of the ship, the daemon transformed the Veritas Ferrum into a corrupted daemonic monstrosity, a true Daemonship. The vessel became far larger than it originally was and grew seemingly organic features such as jaws, tentacles, and eyes. The damned warship became the center of Madail's fleet as he terrorised worlds across the galaxy. During the Second Battle of Davin with a combined Imperial fleet of Ultramarines, Dark Angels and Blood Angels led by the Primarchs Roboute Guilliman, Lion El'Jonson and Sanguinius, respectively, the Veritas Ferrum materialised above that cursed world as the flagship of a fleet of other Daemonships, laying waste to the Loyalist armada and destroying the Ultramarines' acting flagship Samothrace. When Davin was destroyed by Cyclonic Torpedoes, the physical anchor keeping the fleet in the Materium died with it, and the Veritas Ferrum and its daemonic escorts vanished back into the Warp.Glory of Victory (Unknown Class) - A vessel that served in the Xth Legion's fleet during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy eras.