Bernod Falkor

Bernod Falkor was an officer of the Imperial Navy who served under both Warmasters Slaydo and Macaroth during the Sabbat Worlds Crusade.

History
Bernod Falkor, was an experienced officer who served aboard the dreadnought Intangible, under the command of Vice Admiral Alber vander Trake. At the close of 773, Imperial intelligence placed an Archenemy formation less than two weeks away from Addolorata. Lord Militant Delayni ordered the fast attack flotilla, under command of Vice Admiral Trake to alter course from Lotun and translate to Addolorata to take up defensive station there. In a brilliant executed inner run towards Addolorata, Trake managed to arrive before the forces of the Archenemy. Unfortunately for the Imperial flotilla, the systems defence grid was braced to expect enemy intrusion, mistakenly attacking Trake's forces upon arrival. Thinking himself under attack by the Archenemy forces, Vice Admiral Trake ordered his flotilla to return fire.

Realizing he had made a gross miscalculation, one of the heavy cruisers was soon lost and the Intangible was on fire and listed badly. Trake's ship continued to take heavy fire as he tried to explain the situation to Addolorata's command-and-control. This took nearly three hours, and in the confusion one of the super heavy destroyers was vaporised with a loss of all hands. The Vice Admiral finally managed to persuade the Addolorata system defence to cease fire, and tried to marshal his flotilla into a planet-guard formation. But by this time, the Intangible was foundering and close to death. To make matters worse, warp-echo traces suggested the Archenemy fleet was not far behind them.

Trake quit the dreadnought and took command of the super heavy destroyer No Quarter. Unfortunately, matters took a turn for the worst, as Trake's second in command, Commodore Willer Waldesh had been left in command of the stricken Intangible, to oversee the evacuation and abandonment of the famous vessel. Gravely hurt in the opening phase of this unfortunate incident, for unknown reasons Waldesh ordered his gunners to obtain target solutions, and ignited his ship's main engines, intent on attacking one of the remaining star forts. Waldesh's bizarre behaviour may have been a result of him being bewildered by the opening action of this incident or he was unhinged by the pain of his injuries. Acting as First Officer, Falkor quickly realized the Commodore's mistake and attempted to wrest command from the insane Waldesh. The Commodore proceeded to shoot Falkor eight times 'for mutiny', but Falkor managed to survive long enough to kill his erstwhile commander with a bolt pistol. On course with the star fort, Falkor triggered the ship's auto-destruct, destroying the mighty vessel with all remaining hands. He was later posthumously decorated for valour.