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The Summoning

Office of the Lord Commander Solar, Sanctum Imperialis, Imperial Palace, Terra   Uttermost Lord of all those who fight for the Imperium, This humble servant sends greetings and prayers, and begs your attention to present a petition only you may grant.   Attached to the second Sabbath Front, the Van Doos Royal Regiment, 22nd division(Terra) was involved at the siege at Urdim, where they were caught by a pincer movement of the Blood Pact, and perished to the last man, and to the penultimate woman. It is a testament to the bravery and esprit de corps of the unit that the greenish horde did not make them falter, for they were outnumbered truly, four to one, and yet did not break, resisting, and accounting for a great number of the brutes, until their relief, the 8745th Montral Fusilliers broke the siege of the brutes. The Van Doos had already accounted for their leader, the vile summoner otherwise known as Magister Vile-Moss, as he had attempted to summon reinforcements from the beyond. I would beg for a unit commendation of the Victory Medal, and for the surviving soldier, Commissar Carmine Petit of the Officio Prefectus, to be granted, as per the tradition of the unit, the Candian Victory Cross, for her bravery and self-sacrifice, having sacrificed even her soundness of mind to the cause of humanity.
— Letter of Petition for the granting of the Victory Medal to the Montral Fusilliers, Imperial Palace, Terra, 41769.
I would grant this boon, but with a slight caveat: no one can even tell me what that infernal medal is!!!!!!! It hasn't been granted since before the Great Heresy!
— Official reply to the former, Ochelagan Heights, Terra, 41769.
Most puissant lord, Please find attached a copy of our records pursuant to the granting of the Candian(sic) version Victory Cross. Please also find attached relevant documentation for similarly granted petitions received by the Van Doos.
— Reply to the reply to the Letter of Petition for the granting of the Victory Medal to the Montral Fusilliers, Imperial Palace, Terra, 41769.
Are you out of your mind? That hasn't been granted since the THIRD millenia?
— Official reply, personally signed by the Lord Commander-Militant, supreme commander of the imperial guard, chairman of the Senate Imperialis and Imperial Regent, 41769.

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