Variant Deathwatch badge worn in the Era Indomitus.
Fort Excalibris is a watch fortress of the Deathwatch Chapter that is located in the Imperium Nihilus region of the Segmentum Obscurus.
In the 41st Millennium, Fort Excalibris' kill-teams were stretched to the breaking point as they dealt with multiple ongoing xenos threats. This included the Drukhari redoubling their attacks around the Crucible of Tales, the push of the Necrons of Icnarus towards the Gothic Sector, and the Hrud infestations discovered throughout the Kuypax Reach.
Fort Excalibris was home to Watch Captain Barradan, one of the few Primaris Space Marines to have risen to that rank in the Era Indomitus. He has already distinguished himself in many battles with xenos forces. Such promotions have proved strategically beneficial, for with their intrinsic understanding of Primaris infantry forces and Repulsor tanks, these watch captains have helped to fully integrate these weapons into the Deathwatch's arsenal.
Since the birth of the Great Rift at the start of the Era Indomitus, however, the influx of new Space Marines seconded to the Deathwatch from the Imperium Nihilus has all but stopped at Talasa Prime and the other major watch fortresses in the Imperium Sanctus. Rumours suggest the watch fortresses of Praefex Venatoris and Fort Excalibris now share the primary responsibility for training those Deathwatch members that are active in the blighted realm of the Dark Imperium.
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- Codex Adeptus Astartes - Deathwatch (7th Edition), pp. 12-13
- Codex Adeptus Astartes - Deathwatch (8th Edition), pp. 25, 34
- Codex Supplement: Deathwatch (9th Edition), pg. 16