

With the Imperial Fists tied down at Fort Crispin, Kor Megron moved his forces against other targets. The Red Corsairs moved against the orbital mines around the great gas giant Greater Eydolim. Nearby Adeptus Mechanicus Skitarii Regiments from the nearby world of Lector's Lowel were dispatched to aid the defenders, but were wiped out when the raiders detonated the gas depots in the mines. The explosion was so great that it was viewed half a system away. Lector's Lowel itself soon came under attack by the Iron Warriors and Red Corsairs who were backed by a Warlord Titan of the Legio Interfector. Against this force, thet Skitarii defenders stood little chance. It soon became apparently that Eydolim itself was next to feel the wrath of Chaos and the worlds defenders scrambled to make preparations. Įydolim soon received aid from Crusade Group Black Gate, a force of Imperial Guard Regiments and Imperial Navy warships that had been deployed to reinforce the Damocles Gulf. The Crusade Group included 9 Cadian Regiments as well as smaller forces of Ventan Heavy Infantry, Vostroyan Firstborn, Valhallan Ice Warriors, and a company of Orn's World Militia.
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This greatly bolstered the undermanned PDF of the planet. #40k battle group math pdfĭays passed as the Imperial Navy battled the Strike Cruisers of the Chaos Space Marine fleets and the people of Eydolim huddled into their cathedrals and prayed earnestly for deliverance while the Imperial Guard and PDF forces dug in under the overall command of Cadian General Steinhold. As invasion neared, Steinhold prepared his men for the inevitable storm.

The Battle BeginsĪ week before the assault on Eydolim began, all communication with the Imperial Navy task force in the system was lost.

Leading the Chaos squadron of Cruisers was the Black Legion Battle Barge Horn of Damnation. Bulk landers brought the heretic forces to land, harried by defense lasers and Thunderbolt fighters, but the Black Legion troops of the Corpsemakers quickly established a bridgehead on the planets surface.
