Mortas Incident

The Mortas Incident was an lamentable incident that occured upon the Imperial hive world of Mortas when the Storm Zealots 8th Company deployed to help put down the planetary insurrection caused by hidden Chaos Cults. During this conflict, the Storm Zealots had an incident that involved another Space Marine Chapter, that nearly resulted in the Storm Zealots being formally reprimanded by the Inquisition. Fortunately, their actions were vindicated and they escaped severe punishment.

History
Rebellion sparks upon the Hive World of Mortas, led by Cardinal Hamzah, near half of the population of the Hive World were turn into the service of Chaos. Realizing that planet Mortas is falling, the Planetary Governor and the PDF as well as the remaining citizens stand up and fight against the heretic forces. The Storm Zealot 8th Company under lead Captain Yehezkiel Naphtali were decent upon Mortas and within two months successfully purge every last heretic and those who turn their back from the Light of the Emperor. Captain Yehezkiel and Librarian Maor Levit manage to slay the heretic Cardinal Hamzah and a Daemonhost.

As the remaining heretic were gunned down by the Storm Zealots and the PDF forces of Mortas, suddenly an armada of sunburst yellow painted Stormtalon and Stormraven gunship decent upon Mortas, carpet bombing every civilians, PDF and Storm Zealots alike. The Storm Zealots replied this forces by firing the Hunter Killer Missiles and Krak Launchers right unto the incoming Space Marine gunship. When the Zealots try to apprehend the survivors of a fallen Stormraven gunship, the survivor quickly wielding his chainsword and try to attack one of the Storm Zealot squads. Soon a large vox announcement are coming from a Thunderhawk calling all residents of Mortas to be purged by fire. Enraged by such dishonorable act, Captain Yegezkiel rally his men and the PDF to wage war upon the Marines Malevolent whom in their accounts had committed atrocities against their own subject, the citizens of the Imperium.

The three day war between forces of the Imperium cause the Salamanders Chapter and the Inquisition to intervene. Soon a military court were established upon an orbital fortress and both Captain Naphtali of the Storm Zealots and Chaplain Yassen of the |Marines Malevolent were judged by the Inquisition. With the intervention of Chaplain Shar'tac of the Salamanders, the Storm Zealots are freed from being marked Excommunicate Traitoris by the Inquisition and Mortas saved from Exterminatus even though the Marines Malevolent received no penance crusade nor punishment from the Inquisition.

Mortas is saved but it couldn't save the Storm Zealot from being hounded by the Inquisition since then.