Boom, boom, boom—
Night had fallen.
Thunderhawk Gunships flying low carried numerous Astartes onward over the turbulent, icy sea.
Under the rapid scans of the onboard Augur Arrays, a carrier battle group made up of more than a dozen large vessels was steadily drawing closer.
Hiss, hiss, hiss!
When the Thunderhawk Gunship formation was still some distance from the carrier group,
Raven Guards equipped with Jump Packs rapidly glided deep into the night sky!
The next moment, these elite veterans skilled in stealth and assassination landed soundlessly atop the bridges of the large vessels!
Every Raven Guard wore heavy Power Armor over his towering body.
Yet not a sound came from their agile steps.
Like invisible ghosts, they infiltrated the ships' interiors!
As time passed,
Imperial officers who were beheaded or had their necks snapped became the first sacrifices of this Unification War.
Thud, thud, thud—
Before long, Raven Guards almost entirely covered in blood emerged from the shadows.
They tilted their Metal Helmets at one another, then sent a landing signal to the Thunderhawk Gunship formation circling high overhead.
In truth, similar massacres were unfolding one after another at every military base under North American control.
Countless Imperial Guardsmen died at the hands of the Astartes.
At Pearl Harbor, Librarians from the Blood Ravens company, aided by more than a dozen suits of Knight Armor, were launching devastating attacks on large numbers of ships undergoing maintenance.
Psychic Lightning periodically erupted with terrifying force in the dim night sky, while Psychic Flames flickered. Whirlwind Missiles and laser beams continuously streaked through the blood-tinged air.
In Wyoming, a major Nuclear Bomb base deep in the desert was being subjected to a frenzied slaughter by the Great Whites.
Countless severed limbs and the blazing wreckage of tanks and vehicles lit up everything