Amid countless pieces of ship debris and meteor fragments.
Brilliant lances of light streaked across the cold void in an instant, only to collide with the void shields of one fast-moving Capital Ship after another, sending ripples and sparks dancing across their surfaces.
Looking out, these Capital Ships of the White Scars were continuously charging toward an ancient Warp Gate known as the Gate of Kalim, even as they were surrounded by the combined fleets of the Death Guard and the Sons of the Emperor.
In truth, given the White Scars fleet's speed, even some flagships of the Traitor Legions would have struggled to make up the enormous gap between them.
However, the White Scars fleet had now taken on the task of firmly holding the combined fleet of the Death Guard and the Sons of the Emperor in place until their feint could no longer be sustained, or until the fleet carrying the Primarch reached its destination. Only then could they swiftly begin a series of withdrawal operations.
This had always been a grueling battle with no return, yet even more White Scar veterans and mortal crewmen had willingly boarded these ships.
Rumble—
Not long afterward, terrifying sounds rang out as heavy armor twisted and warped.
Large numbers of Assault Torpedoes and Assault Boats from the Sons of the Emperor, carrying the searing heat of melta lasers, kept plunging deep into one White Scars vessel after another, swiftly launching the Boarding Actions at which every Astartes Legion excelled!
Thud, thud, thud—
Yet just as some Kheshig Terminators clad in Terminator Power Armour and armed with heavy Power Glaives, along with numerous White Scar veterans carrying heavy weapons, prepared to face these former brother-in-arms at any moment.
What gradually came into view through their lenses were Sons of the Emperor