Operation: Liberation - Tyrannus Secundus

 

Points: 2000.

Deployment: Front Line.

Primary Objective: Duel.

Operation: Liberation was a hastily formed military operation to retake the energy generation complex recently taken by the Emperor's Children. The force that participated was led by Uther, the chapter's chief librarian, and consisted of some two hundred battle brothers concentrated on the outskirts of the surrounding swamplands. A second force, with support of dreadnoughts awaited to assault from the opposite side to cause a distraction.

Two days after the site fell to the enemy, and a couple of days before the chapter as a whole was assault the heretic astartes lines, Uther organised his forces. On the day, he told Arthurus and his council of captains that he was ready to go. The chapter master approved and gave the go ahead order.

Stalking through the swamps, Uther issued the attack order once the power generator came into full view. The primary objective was to breach the defenses and cut separate enemy patrols from one another and block an potential evacuation points. Both companies gained the element of surprise and many Emperor's Children marines were slain in the first few minutes.

The second assault force concentrated their attack upon the main facility itself, and with dreadnought support, breached the doors and began to engage the forces within. Between both companies, the Rift Wardens executed Uther's plan like a surgeon's scalpel, crushing enemy resistance with bolter and plasma. The remaining enemy marines attempted to flee but were cut down as they ran. Within a matter of hours, the power generator was back under loyalist hands.

Saurian Counterattack - Tyraxis

Points: 2000.

Deployment: Front Line.

Primary Objective: Duel.

 The Imperial plan for the next stage of the was was based on two assumptions: that the Saurians would withstand a direct assault on their ziggurat once again and that the Rift Wardens would require time to regroup and re-arm to counter attack. For the later to be an option, a force of Custodians had to hold off a force of Saurian reinforcements incoming from the southwest.

Day 1 saw a sizeable force of Custodians deployed in the path of the Saurian warriors. The enemy forces consisted of many Saurian warriors supported by their dinosaurs. The Custodians had the numbers but they faced a threat and a foe that they had not been tested against.

The Custodians began by assaulting the Saurian infantry along an old road stretching between two distant ziggurats. The Saurian forces, mainly infantry with some monstrous support, offered stiff resistance for the duration of the battle. Despite their numerical advantage, it was not until the following morning that the Custodes finally broke the Saurian lines, routing the enemy. Even so, the Custodes suffered casualties in the aftermath from the Saurian artillery beasts.

The Saurian reinforcements were stopped and the Custodes fortified their positions, Before the Saurians could regroup, they were once again assaulted and forced back. A third attempt finally oblitereated the Saurian attackers.

Battle of Emperor's Landing - Antares

Points: 2000.

Deployment: Front Line.

Primary Objective: Duel.

The Custodians deployed from orbit via wings of shuttles and transports, landing several miles north of the the space port called Emperor's Landing, which was also taken after a battle with two companies of Rift Wardens. The Custodes assumed control and advanced out from the space port to intercept the space marines. After several fierce battles, the Custodes had captured large areas of ground surrounding Emperor's Landing.

The next day, a second assault force of Custodians arrived north of the space port. They were joined by other scattered squads over the course of the day. To counter this attack, Chief Librarian Uther gathered numerous reserves and formed two new companies, one to strike from the north into the flank and one for a frontal strike from the east.

For the next three days, the Custodes regrouped and halted their advance. The Rift Wardens attacked and the surprisingly, the Custodians could not withstand and began to retreat, until the front stabilized after a renewed Custodian counterattack.

The Custodians executed a third landing of some 300 brothers beyond the Rift Warden lines. They attempted to take the surrounding battle zone but were unable to advance to regroup. Their landing site was soon counter-attacked and within a couple days, these Custodians were destroyed.

Meanwhile, the battle brothers under Uther's leadership, had surrounded the spaceport and forced the Custodians to retreat back into orbit. The space port once again fell into Rift Warden control.