Invasion of Rynn's World
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In the year 988.M41 Rynn's World and the nearby world of Badlanding were invaded by Ork Warboss Uzrog under the orders of Snagrod, the Arch-arsonist of Charadon. When the orks invaded Badlanding, The Planetary Defence Force, consisting of the 18th Mordian, 24th Lammas and 49th Boros Imperial Guard Regiments, commanded by Commissar-General Alhaus Baldur are defeated within days. In retaliation, the Fourth Company of the Crimson Fists assaults Badlanding. The Crimson Fists underestimated the size and strength of Warboss Uzrog's forces. The result is a failed attack on Warboss Uzrog's warband with the loss of 56 Space Marines out of the company's 84, Captain Drakken is among the fallen. Shocked by the failure of the Fourth Company, the Crimson Fists indefinitely suspended all raids and order all companies of the Crimson Fists recalled to Rynn's World.
Warboss Uzrog then attacks Rynn's World. During the Orkish invasion, the Crimson Fists suffer a trillion to one chance malfunction when a rogue missile from the chapter's surface-to-space defense system flys off course and hits the fortress-monastery's main arsenal. The ensuing holocaust devastated the Crimson Fist's fortress-monastery and almost wiped out the Chapter. Two groups of Crimson Fists did survive, the first were Marines surveying the outer defenses with Commander Pedro Kantor. These joined up with the second group, who were seconded to New Rynn City's defense forces, the surviving Crimson Fists stayed in New Rynn City to hold out against Uzrog's siege. As a result of the Ork invasion all of the planets cities were destroyed, with the exception of New Rynn City, the capital and seat of the planetary government.
