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==Great Crusade: The Hive Breakers==

Due to difficulties in replicating their gene-seed in thralls, the Sixth Legion were among the last to be brought up to Legion Strength, and did not enter the Great Crusade until after it had already cleared the Sol System. (Typically, later accounts accuse Hektor or [[Pallas Eugenesis]] of a plot but this seems to be projecting later crimes backward.) The Legion’s first actions were in the crowded Hive Cities of the systems closest to Solar and the tunnels of ancient Cthonia. The Legion became known as the ‘Hive Breakers’ for they were especially efficient at fighting in the tight confines of a Hive City, from the spires to the underhive. Although the Sixth generally lacked for specialists due to their small numbers, they were still quick to adopt specialised eqiupment for Zone Mortalis operations, such as the MK III "Iron" Armour and the Tactical Dreadnought - ''Terminator'' armour.

As Primarch after Primarch was found, the Sixth continued to go without. Their recruiting grounds were expanded to include the dark colonies of the Kuiper Belt, and although these colonies were thinly populated they were sufficient for the small quantities of gene-seed available. Lack of replacements even the Legion in slow decline towards the end of the first century of the Great Crusade and the Imperium's gene-wrights began to wonder if the Sixth would simply go extinct. Others were more optimistic, pointing to the revival of other Legions after the discovery of their gene-sires and the integration of fresh manpower from the Primarchs' homeworlds. For the Sixth themselves, such worries were abstractions and they crusaded relentlessly under the command of Legion Master Tormenta.