The Lorin Alpha Campaign was a battle waged from 011-013.M31 during the Horus Heresy, when elements of the Emperor's Children battled White Scars forces on the lush world of Lorin Alpha.[1][2]
History
The battle saw the White Scars and Emperor's Children conduct a high-speed duel across Lorin Alpha, the last critical bottleneck and point of defence on the last stable space lines connecting Terra to the northern Imperium.[1][2]
As the ground forces of the Emperor's Children and the White Scars crossed blades across the surface of Lorin Alpha, Legion aircraft teared across the sky in hypersonic skirmishes. The Fire Raptor squadrons of the IIIrd Legion bracketed their loyalist foes in perfectly coordinated strafing runs, driving them into the kill-zones of Emperor's Children tactical-squads, rapid-deployed ahead of their advance by Storm Eagle transports.[3]
However, the Traitors' tactic was disrupted as squadrons of lightning-swift White Scars Xiphon Interceptors arrived to relieve their grounded brethren. The Vth Legion's pilots drove their aircraft hard, pushing their powerful engines to breaking point as they shattered the practiced formations of the Emperor's Children. A deadly clash ensued as Vth Legion interceptors whirled and stroke like hawks in the heavens, denying the IIIrd Legion ground forces of their aerial support which soon forced the traitors to retreat.[3]
With the escalation of the Solar War, elements of the Imperial Fists Legion and newly-formed Adeptus Mechanicus moved to bolster the defences of the planet, pushing the Emperor's Children back. Unfortunately, as the situation around Beta-Garmon began to worsen, a massive Dark Mechanicum force invaded Lorin Alpha, forcing the White Scars to go to ground in the trench networks. Out of their element, the White Scars buckled under overwhelming Skitarius assaults, and with the arrival of the Sons of Horus, the tide turned completely in the Traitor's favour, forcing the Loyalists to fall back towards Terra.[1][2]
Sources
- 1: Horusheresy.com galactic timeline (last accessed 2/6/2022)
- 2: Horus Heresy: Age Of Darkness 2nd Edition Rulebook, pg. 136
- 3: Horus Heresy: Aeronautica Imperialis, pg. 8
