Extraction Point Alpha

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Battle Details

Type: Battle
Date: 650.008.M31
Sub-Sector:Cambrius Sub-Sector
System: Ahemait System
Planet: Ahemait Oua
Victor: Traitor
Draw:
Influence: 5



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Loyalists Involved In The Conflict

Army:L-VII-2023



Traitors Involved In The Conflict

Army:L-XV-1589




Battle Summary

With most of their their transports destroyed, Nabonidus Astyages and the Sons under his command fall back to a defensible position to await extraction. Perhaps predictably, the position in question was already occupied and fortified by the Imperial Fists.

Fortunately the Master of Signals managed to call down some support from the Expeditionary vessels in orbit, despite the running battle those ships were now themselves engaged in. The resultant bombardment of the Fists positions devastated their support section, reducing the bastion to a towering inferno further wracked with Thousand Sons missile fire.

As Astyages, his troops, and the Honoured Dreadnought Korhamdin moved to secure supplies that might prove vital as they awaited extraction, the bulk of the Imperial Fists troops moved to capture them in a pincer movement. The tactic backfired on the Fists terribly, since it left their own rear unguarded, and vulnerable to another devastating round of missile fire. Further, Astyages' own support units could dash forward unmolested and seize further objectives.

If the Fist's massed firepower concentrated on the bulk of the Thousand Sons had actually proved effective they may well have triumphed anyway. But fortune was with the Sons, who survived the roaring torrent of bolter fire with barely a scratch, and retaliated with a volley of their own. Reduced to a fraction of their original number, the Sons of Dorn made a tactical withdrawal, until they could amass the forces for a certain victory. As they did, Astyages directed his battle-brothers to secure the supplies, assist their wounded, and move on to Extraction Point Beta - after all, the flaming wreckage of the Bastion here would only be of use to the Salamanders.


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