The breaking of the siege of Hive Secundus on Hibernia was devestating to the third company. Hector was critically injured in the initial drop by Lord Perdita, and his chalain fell days later. When the forces of the Ruinous Powers made their final breakout attempt at the spaceport, the third company was commanded by Pius, the new and very young chaplain. But when it was over, and those present, marines or guardsmen, recounted that he had fought as a man possessed, and his words had not been mere rote recitations of newly learned chants, but fire that carried them through their trial.