Despite the overwhelming victory achieved in orbit against the be’gel, the ground invasion of Al’gel II proved problematic. The initial landing met unexpectedly fierce resistance, and while a beachhead was successfully established, our fire warriors failed to reach their first-day objectives. This was to have a devastating impact […]
The Tau naval attack against the Be’gel (ork) fleet above Al’gel II was fought with tactical brilliance. It was a promising beginning to what would ultimately prove a horrific and sorrowful chapter in Tau military history.—”The Complete History of the Al’gel Campaign” by Aun’el Mor’kan Tal’is’ta, ethereal caste, Dal’yth […]
A massive Tau armada has been assembled in the Dal’yth Sept, with the intent of making a preemptive strike against a growing Be’gel (ork) threat in the nearby Al’gel System. The presence of orks in the Al’gel System has been known to the Tau High Council since the launch […]
The Vengence System was reclaimed by the Imperium during the Great Crusade when elements of the Ultramarine Legion swept through the Corvus Cluster in 997.M30. The system’s third planet, Morkai, was populated by primitive desert tribes that welcomed the forces of Terra as gods. Imperial survey teams determined the […]
The Tau advance on Malati was a 40-day military campaign that occurred in the early stages of the Tau invasion of Dar Sai in 735.M41. The compaign, fought in the western half of the moon’s largest continent, Kadavu, was notable for four small military engagements between the advancing […]
The Knights of Altair have a glorious history of service to the Imperium since its founding in the latter part of the 37th Millennium. What follows is but a partial account of some of their most notable campaigns over the millennia: DEFENSE OF HELIOS (LATE M37)—Little is known […]
To the cheers of workers at the Palatine Space Port, the 728th Cadian Regiment arrived on Hegira yesterday (3 017 735.M41) in a fiery display of space shuttle landings that raised the spirits of all Imperial citizens who saw it. The arrival of Imperial reinforcements to the beleaguered fourth moon […]
The campaign began on the first day of 735.M41, and by 012.735, we already have seen the strategic situation shift in the Scupltor System: Hegira Two years ago, an ork Rok crashed on Hegira (fourth moon of Sculptor II) and, since then, the orks have spread across most […]
As the campaign unfolds—and more details are added about the Corvus Cluster—it may become difficult to track what’s happened and when. The campaign timeline should help put everything into perspective, so that the grand sweep of “history” makes sense. Click here for the Campaign Timeline.
Inducted into the chapter in 687.M41, Valerus was assigned to the 10th company as a scout. Over the next two decades, he proved an exceptionally aggressive and impatient warrior, repeatedly disciplined for abandoning his reconnaissance duties and initiating confrontations with the enemy. What prevented a fatal censure and his […]
THE CORVUS CLUSTER 
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