Dozens of void-days later.
An assault formation composed of one massive warship after another continuously unleashed countless laser beams and dazzling lances into the cold void ahead.
The Pride of Macragge, stationed specifically to anchor the entire fleet, swiftly raised void shields that ordinary firepower could scarcely shake, while repeatedly unleashing even more terrifying macro-cannon barrages from its prow!
At this moment, countless fierce attacks repeatedly battered the void shields raised by the Death Guard fleet, occasionally succeeding in destroying smaller vessels whose void shields had unfortunately overloaded.
Meanwhile, as ships on the Imperium's side also began suffering catastrophic explosions and sinking into the void,
the Pride of Macragge swiftly deployed dense fighter groups composed of carrier-based interceptors, attempting to throw the Death Guard fleet into disarray as quickly as possible.
Immediately afterward, formations of Thunderhawk Gunships carrying Astartes rapidly departed from within the fleet and flew toward the surface of Parmenion.
Yet at this moment, the Death Guard fleet did not even need to turn its weapon arrays to attack.
The Thunderhawk formations carrying five hundred Astartes seemed to slam into an invisible defensive force field, swiftly becoming heaps of Metal Wreckage drifting through the depths of space in Parmenion's low orbit!
Although Rorschach immediately ordered Doom and the others to use teleportation barriers to rescue the Astartes, more than three hundred Astartes from different Chapters still died tragically.
Afterward, following a rapid investigation by the fleet's Librarius units and psykers,
they discovered that the Death Guard had shrouded Parmenion in a Warp force field. Unless they could completely destroy the Chaos device generating the field, orbital drops would be nothing more than sending troops to their deaths!
To buy more time for the fleet to devise a suitable battle plan,
Rorschach, clad in Vibranium Power Armor, disregarded Regent