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Battle of Andraxas

The Battle of Andraxas was a battle fought between the Imperium and Orks in 922.M41.[1]

Overview

Chief Librarian Tigurius led an Ultramarines strike force to rescue a delegation of Tech-priests from the Ork invasion of the world of Andraxas. Within the towering mega-fortress known as the Great Bastion, the Adeptus Mechanicus Tech-priests had unearthed a Force Staff that bore the Electro recognition codes of none other than Malcador the Sigillite. The Ultramarines struck with pinpoint accuracy and great fury, only to find that the Ork forces upon Andraxas had such a high degree of aerial supremacy that they could scramble a dizzying amount of reinforcements to the Great Bastion. Given that the Bastion was the only part of the planet that had not already been subjugated by the Greenskins, the Orks flocked to the fight in impossible numbers.[1]

Tigurius and his men were outnumbered fifty-to-one, and are about to commend their souls to the Emperor when the air shimmered and the Legion of the Damned burst into the Materium. The slaughter that followed was nothing short of amazing. Flaming volleys of Bolter shells blasted Orks to bloody scraps on every wall and gully. Tigurius renewed his attack, only to find the morale of the xenos invaders had been devastated by the sudden and inexplicable strike. The Great Bastion was secured and used as a base for the subsequent evacuation of the world's surviving Imperials. The Force Staff was recovered and examined by the Mechanicus and then by Tigurius himself, yielding secrets about the Golden Throne's construction and a greater understanding of the sacrifice its master made in the name of the Imperium. It is still in the Chief Librarian's hands to this day.[1]

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