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Battle of Euthanatos
Date 756.M39
Location Euthanatos
Outcome Imperial Victory
Combatants
Imperium Orks
Commanders
Iron Fathers Big Mek Rokgrabba
Strength
Brimlock Dragoons
Clan Kaargul
Unknown
Casualties
Unknown Unknown

The Battle of Euthanatos was fought in 756.M39 between the Orks and Imperium.[1]

Overview

Big Mek Rokgrabba invaded the industrial world of Euthanatos. His asteroid fortresses disgorged so many Orks that the planet’s defenders were swiftly overwhelmed. Rokgrabba, something of a force field ‘ekspert’, reinforced the primary industrial complex of Thansus with a giant hemispherical energy shield.[1]

As the year wound on and the Imperial Guard counter-attack gathered force, even the heavy artillery of the Brimlock Dragoons proved unable to penetrate Rokgrabba’s invention. The situation grew increasingly desperate as the Big Mek turned Thansus’ assembly lines to the creation of Killa Kans, Deff Dreads and Stompas.[1]

At their wits’ end, the Dragoons petitioned for aid from nearby Medusa. The Iron Hands of Clan Kaargul responded in force. Their Iron Fathers analysed the vid-feeds of the war thus far, observing that although artillery fire and even speeding vehicles were repelled by Rokgrabba’s wall of force, individual warriors were able to stride through the shield at will. A Siegebreaker Cohort was deployed, walking under heavy fire through the city’s outskirts to the heart of the industrial complex. As predicted, they passed through the shield as if it were no more hindrance than a light breeze – though the field repelled objects with a high kinetic energy, it allowed those with a slow, deliberate pace to pass straight through. The Iron Hands followed the Siegebreaker Cohort’s lead, walking through the Ork defences and bringing the greenskins to battle en masse. The power source of the energy shield was captured and destroyed in short order, and Euthanatos was reclaimed within the week.[1]

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