For Duanmu Huai, this had been a swift, efficient operation worthy of being recorded in the annals of the Inquisition—a campaign that had successfully destroyed Commorragh, the Dark Eldar homeworld that had existed for countless millennia and survived from the age of the Chaos Gods to the present day. Duanmu Huai had no doubt that, if this had happened during the era of the Human Empire, he would have received a Holy Imperial Medal for such a tremendous achievement. He might even have been summoned before the High Lord Council and gone on to become the leader of the Inquisition...
At least, in Duanmu Huai's view, the battle had been flawless, with almost nothing to criticize.
Unfortunately, the Systems Alliance did not see it that way.
Perhaps because of their long contact with the Citadel Council, quite a few heretical ideas tainted by Xenomorph influence had taken root within the Systems Alliance. Take the Dark Eldar, for example. Most people in the Systems Alliance did not consider them anything special. They viewed them as nothing more than a brutal race like the Batarians or the Krogan, and believed the campaign had been launched merely to "teach them a lesson," rather than to "wipe out every last one of those damn Xenomorphs."
So when the Dark Eldar threatened the Systems Alliance Homeworld and demanded that the Inquisition cease its further assault on Commorragh, almost everyone in the Systems Alliance agreed. They believed that teaching the Dark Eldar a small lesson was enough, and that there was no need to sacrifice their Homeworld. Although the Systems Alliance had already established several colonies, their attachment to the Homeworld remained deeply rooted in the hearts of all its people.
However, Duanmu Huai had destroyed all of that without hesitation. Give in to the Dark