However the Remembrancer Mersadie Oliton unwittingly unleashed the Daemon Samus upon the vessel. During the final stages of the Solar War, Dorn intended to use the Phalanx to shatter the traitor armada emerging on Luna and Mars and personally took command of the vessel. However as Horus' advance to Terra drew near, Dorn eventually moved to the Bhab Bastion of the Imperial Palace. įor much of the Horus Heresy, the Phalanx was stationed over Terra and used as the command base of Dorn. The Lightning Tower by Dan Abnett gives a less extensive account, stating that Phalanx was built by Rogal Dorn himself and evidences his excellence in constructing fortresses.The recent Codex Supplement for the Imperial Fists seems to supports this origin. The Emperor declined and willed that Dorn use the ship in carrying out his command of the VII Legion. Upon encountering his father for the first time, Dorn was manning the helm of Phalanx, which he offered to the Emperor as a gift.

In this account, the vessel was discovered by Rogal Dorn above Inwit prior to being reunited with the Emperor of Mankind. The Index Astartes entry for the Imperial Fists holds that the origins of the starship are unknown, but is believed to have been constructed during the Dark Age of Technology, predating the Imperium.The origins of Phalanx are contested in the background material, of which there are two accounts:

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