To shed a little light on the matter.
I bought a new RC-200 team issue back in 1997 which was equipped with RC-36 evos and was equipped with Hope C2 brakes with a 155 rotor and an adaptor clamp to fix the caliper to the fork.
I had the bike two weeks and noticed a fatigue mark in the titaniun nitride coating on the stansion just below the crown.
I sent them back to Pace and they replaced the fork. I took the bike over to the alps for two weeks. When I came back after normal XC riding the same witness marks could be seen in the stansion, but this time it had also started to deform the tube. Again I sent the fork back to pace and it was replaced.
I refitted the third fork. It was in perfect condition when I fitted it. As an experiment I rode the bike up and down the road and braked four or five times using the front brake to do and emergency stop.
Upon inspection of the forks ten mins later I could see the witness marks and deformation happening again.
I called Pace to explain what had gone on and said that I thought that the disc brake set up was putting too much force though the fork. It was replaced again.
I sold the fork after that and fitted another brand that worked for many years without issue.