Against the green tide, unexpected tactics from Cato Sicarius won him many victories. Come see how instrumental he was during the Assault On Black Reach in this Top 30 Space Marine lore!
The Ultramarines have many heroes and today we find out how Cato Sicarius earned his spot as #21 on The Black Library’s Top 30 Space Marines!
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After Sicarius took the mantle of Second Company Captain, his first actions took place in the Dantaro Campaign.
Fighting on Masali, Cato Sicarius used the unexpected tactic and score of Land Raider Prometheus to beat the Eldar army that ravaged planet’s population.
During his various military campaigns, Sicarius gained many honors. Among the most famous of these was the Imperial Laurel after the Crusat Minor Planet Strike (733.M41), and the Honorifica Valorum after the Battle of Dyzanyr. During a nine-day battle, Sicarius gained the Valor Crest (an honor only awarded for near-suicidal acts of bravery) in the Battle for Fort Telendrar. The colors of the crest match those of the noble Talassi house Sicarius was brought up in.
Soon after Sicarius became Captain, he was announced the Suzerain of Ultramar in 849.M41 which gave him control within the Ultramarines hierarchy. Hero of the Medusa V Schism, Sicarius’s first mission was to deploy his forces across the planet in defensive formations and release his vessels to hunt down any space traffic that might be related to enemy forces of Orks, Eldar, Tyranids, Tau, and Chaos. After a long and bloody campaign, Sicarius issued an Exterminatus for the dying planet.
Sicarius’s most famous battle to date stands as the Assault on Black Reach against the Ork Warboss Zanzag. The whole of the Second Company stood against ten thousand Orks. As their ammunition ran dry the Ultramarines fought with knife and chain sword until the last Ork fell. During the epic space battle in the Halamar Rift, the Strike Cruiser Valin’s Revenge destroyed most of the Chaos Space Fleet, but during the battle aboard the main Chaos vessel, Sicarius failed to kill the Daemon Prince M’kar, who escaped back to the Eye of Terror.
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