Green Tide
The fleet had set sail from Terra.
It had entered the Webway from the void of the Solar System.
Navigator Onaas piloted the Webway device, leading the fleet first to rendezvous with the two warships Testament of Valor and Proof of Righteousness, then to Necromunda to take on some crew, and finally onward to Manros.
A ceremony was being prepared aboard Savage Fangs.
"My sister will make all the necessary preparations to honor every fallen member of the Chapter."
"Tell their souls that the Chapter has reclaimed its glory and completely avenged its wrongs. Whatever choices we survivors make in the future, the glory of those who fell and the history they created—everything has already been settled."
"And my work has reached its conclusion, too. I've compiled a list of personnel to serve as the Chapter's officers."
"Seven veterans, including me, will command the First through Seventh Companies. The Blood Brotherhood can just about count as the Eighth Company—and among the remaining recruits, those who've seen combat will be promoted."
The sealed hatch to the tomb chamber opened.
Lu Jin and Kao walked in side by side.
The Fierce Angels' funeral rite went as follows: first, the dead were placed in coffins and honored for a time in a separate chamber. Then their remains were reduced to ashes, placed in small boxes, and stored in the central tomb chamber.
The large cabinets lining the walls of the chamber, which was twenty meters high and twenty meters wide, were filled with boxes of ashes.
The wall opposite the cabinets recorded every war the Chapter had fought, every fallen warrior, and their deeds.
The fallen among the Space Marines and mortal crew were listed on the memorial wall in order of death, not rank or status.
"Now is the time