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The Battle of Aquila Atoll occurred on Zarathusa Secundus, during the Horus Heresy and was part of the Crusade of Iron.[1]

Before the battle began, the forces of Ultramar arrived on Zarathusa Secundus, to defeat the Dark Mechanicum enclaves on the loyalist Ocean World. They successfully did so and then returned to their island base, Aquila Atoll, to await extraction from the loyalist fleet in orbit. However unbeknownst to them, a Dark Mechanicum fleet had arrived and destroyed the loyalist fleet, before sending drop ships containing Legio Mordaxis to Zarathusa. This led the forces of Legio Lysanda, the Knights of House Vornherr and divisions of the Imperial Army, to be caught by surprise when they spotted Mordaxis' emblems on the quickly descending drop ships. Soon the infected Titans began to advance upon the Atoll, causing the toxic oil Mordaxis was infected with, to spread across Zarathusa's oceans. This liquid infected anything it came across and a group of Vornherr's Knights fell under its curse, during the battle.[1]

After seeing this, the Loyalist forces began to retreat from island, with Legio Lysanda's Titans leaving behind any of their allies who could not keep up. Knowing that they could not escape, Legio Mordaxis did not pursue the Loyalists at first and instead began destroying the Atoll. Lysanda's commander, Princeps Tesarius Solomere Krane, meanwhile did not know the loyalist fleet was destroyed and his forces kept trying to contact it. With no response to their communications, Krane ordered his forces to continuously retreat, as Legio Mordaxis pursued them across Zarathusa. Weeks later, Mordaxis' Dark Mechanicum masters, grew tired of the chase and tricked the Loyalists into thinking their fleet had returned for them. Not knowing the truth, Krane brought his remaining forces to a Deepfleet drilling station and awaited an extraction to safety. Soon, though, a large number of Legio Mordaxis' Titans appeared and overwhelmed the Loyalists, destroying or infecting them; just as they had done to large swatches of Zarathusa's surface.[1]

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Battles of the Horus Heresy
005-006.M31 Battle of Isstvan IIIFirst Battle of ProsperoWar Within the WebwayBattle of the Somnus CitadelUnrest on CalibanSchism of MarsBattle of DiamatDrop Site MassacreBattle of the Rangda SystemFirst Battle of ParamarManachean WarSignus CampaignTreachery at Advex-MorsSiege of CthoniaBattle for Felweather Keep‎
007-008.M31 Battle of PhallBattle of RavendelveRuin of MaerdanBattle of the Alaxxes NebulaPale Stars CampaignBreaking of the Perfect FortressChondax CampaignSecond Battle of ProsperoFirst Siege of Hydra CordatusBattle of the Furious AbyssBattle of CalthBattle of ArmaturaBetrayal at IthracaDeath of CanopusShadow CrusadeCrusade of IronDoom of BorminaDefence of TyrosDefence of the Three PlanetsBattle of UlixisAmbush at EspandorBattle of Aquila AtollBattle of Drooth IIPercepton CampaignBattle of IydrisThramas CrusadeFall of Baztel IIIBattle of VannaheimSecond Battle of ParamarBattle of Constanix IIMezoan CampaignBattle of BodtBattle of DwellErellian SubjugationSiege of Baal
009-010.M31 Battle of MolechBreaking of AnvillusXana IncursionCarnage of MoroxSangraal CampaignBattle of ArissakBattle of PerditusBattle of SothaDrussen AtrocityScouring of Gilden's StarBattle of NyrconBattle of TallarnCataclysm of IronBattle of NocturneWar of DrakesBattle of PlutoSiege of InwitBurning of Ohmn-MatBitter War
011-014.M31 Reaving of the Xibana ReachesLorin Alpha CampaignSubjugation of TyrinthMalagant ConflictBattle of the Kalium GateBattle of CatallusAxandrian IncidentBattle of the Haddon SystemJarrazr IncursionBattle of TralsakTarren SuppressionBalthor Sigma InterventionBattle of AbsolomScouring of the Ollanz ClusterBattle of ZepathSecond Battle of ZaramundBattle of AnuariBattle of PyrrhanSecond Battle of DavinArgolian MassacresBattle of TrisolianBattle of YarantBattle of KradeBattle of DelugeBattle of Heta-GladiusBattle of the Aragna ChainBattle of KallethBattle of the Diavanos SystemBattle of DesperationBattle of Beta-GarmonWar for AgaropsDefence of RyzaBattle of ThagriaPassage of AngelsThassos IncidentBattle of Zhao-ArkhadSerpent's CoilSiege of BarbarusForicaan CampaignBattle of VezdellBurning of VrexorDawn of DesolationDeath of ChemosBattle of Luth TyreYdursk IncidentFall of TenzebarSolar WarRaid on LunaSiege of TerraGreat Scouring