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:Main article: [[Battle for Tarsis Ultra]]
In 999.M41, Tarsis Ultra was faced with the threat of the [[Tyranids]] after it was discovered that a tendril of [[Hive Fleet]] [[Leviathan]] was bound for the planet. The [[Ultramarines]] were sworn to honour the ancient oath pledged by the [[Primarch]], [[Roboute Guilliman]], to defend the people of Tarsis Ultra; thus Captain [[Uriel Ventris]] through the orders of [[Marneus Calgar]] enlisted the aid of a [[Company]] from an Ultramarines [[Second Founding Chapter]], the [[Mortifactors]], led by [[Chaplain]] [[Astador]]. Supporting the [[Space Marines]] defending Tarsis Ultra were two [[Imperial Guard]] [[regiment]]s, the [[10th Logres]] led by [[Colonel]] [[Octavius Rabelaq]] and the 933rd [[Death Korps of Krieg]] led by Colonel [[Trymon Stagler]], plus the [[PDF]] headed by Major [[Aries Satria]]. [[Inquisitor Kryptman]] was also present to impart his extensive knowledge of the Tyranids to help the war effort. [[Fabricator Marshal]] [[Sebastien Montante]] proved to be a valuable asset as an efficient organiser of resources and general supply management.
When the Tyranids arrived in the system and consumed the planet Barbarus Prime, the Imperials launched an attack in space. Despite an initial victory in destroying a [[Hiveship]], Inquisitor Kryptman wished to invoke [[Exterminatus]] upon the world Chordelis, as it was the next planet in the path of the Tyranids; this was to prevent it from being devoured and swelling the Tyranids' numbers, as planetary evacuation was deemed to be too slow. Ventris was vehemently against this decision and supported an alternative solution proposed by Admiral Tiberius, who proposed to slow down the Tyranids by exploding a hydrogen-plasma refinery in space thereby destroying another Hiveship. However, Kryptman had lied to Ventris and with the assistance of the Mortifactors invoked Exterminatus in spite of the Ultramarines' plan succeeding. The Imperials attempted the same trick again with a second space refinery to destroy yet another Hiveship. However, the Tyranids adapted to this ploy and the plan backfired on the Imperials, crippling their fleet and forcing the survivors to flee; Tarsis Ultra was left unprotected from space, which allowed the Tyranids to launch their final planetary invasion.
