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The Horus HeresyM30–M31
chaos
Iron Warriors strike cruiser, Khrossus's Grand Company
A strike cruiser of the Iron Warriors Legion in Warsmith Khrossus's Grand Company. It was with the fleet bound for Terra until Horus had Perturabo send Khrossus to block the Ultramarines; once the Charchera system was in Iron Warriors hands, Captain Vurtaq was given command of it as the Grand Company prepared for its last battle (Spear of Ultramar, Chapter 1).
Position: Charchera System (Charchera System) Strike cruiser of Warsmith Khrossus's Grand Company, given to Captain Vurtaq once the Iron Warriors hold the Charchera system Cited in Spear of Ultramar
Age of the ImperiumM32–M40
[RECORD LOST]
No record for this location in Age of the Imperium.
Position in this era: [RECORD LOST].
The 41st Millenniumpre-Rift
[RECORD LOST]
No record for this location in The 41st Millennium.
Position in this era: [RECORD LOST].
Era Indomituspost-Rift
[RECORD LOST]
No record for this location in Era Indomitus.
Position in this era: [RECORD LOST].
Position
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identityhigh
wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Warforged (read directly in a browser on 2026-10-02): 'a Strike Cruiser of the Iron Warriors Legion and served in Warsmith Khrossus's Grand Company during the Horus Heresy', citing Spear of Ultramar, Chapter 1; https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/V%C3%BBrtaq (given command of it, Chapter 1); listed on https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Iron_Warriors ('Warforged - Strike Cruiser during the Horus Heresy', ref 40 = Spear of Ultramar, Chapter 1). NAME-COLLISION CHECK: no index record uses the name.
archetypemedium
'cruiser' (the capital-ship hull): a Strike Cruiser per Lexicanum Warforged; the alias table has no strike-cruiser shape, and a strike cruiser is a cruiser, not an escort (the second-shadow precedent).
positionshigh
hh, the Charchera system: 'Once the Carchera System was under their control, Captain Vurtaq was given command of the Warforged, as the Grand Company began preparing for their final battle with the Ultramarines' (Lexicanum Warforged, Chapter 1).
erashigh
hh only, allegiance 'chaos' (an Iron Warriors hull after the Legion turned on the Imperium). Its fate in the battle is not on file and is not claimed.