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Skirmish on Burbeck's Asteroid

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The Skirmish on Burbeck's Asteroid[1] was a battle in 985.M41, between the Ultramarines Chapter, led by Chapter Master Calgar, and the Ork hordes of Warlord Shaggro Worldwrecker. It occurred when the Ultramarines had been charged with destroying the Orks, after Shaggro had led them in over a dozen successful raids on Imperial worlds, near the Eastern Fringe. This ended though, when the Ultramarines finally tracked the Orks to their base of operations on Burbeck's Asteroid and invaded the Warlord's fortress there. Because the asteroid's metal composition prevented a detailed energy-scan, Calgar elected to lead with a ground assault and held his aerial forces in reserve, until the nature of the defenses for the Warlord's fortress were revealed. This nearly proved to be a fatal mistake however, as Shaggro had prepared his hordes on how to defend the fortress and as the Ultramarines made their approach, the Orks underneath the asteroid's surface fired Melta weapons at its ceiling. This caused the asteroid's surface to melt and the Dreadnoughts taking part in the Ultramarines' assault, were trapped within rapidly cooling pools of molten iron. This tactic nearly won the Warlord's hordes the battle, until Calgar finally deployed his aerial reserves, which signaled the beginning of the end for Shaggro and allowed the Ultramarines to destroy the Orks.[2]

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