(▽`) Hoist by his own petard
Almost as soon as the Orks began their formal assault on Abaddon's landing force positions, footage captured by the Banshee stealth reconnaissance aircraft was relayed through the relay equipment to the Command Center at the mining base, outside the Red Mist.
"Ah!"
"What's going on?"
"Strange!"
"Why are the Imperium of Man's troops fighting the Orks?"
"Weren't they here to attack us?"
"Well, that's a rare sight!"
The first intelligence officer to see the footage let out an involuntary cry, then hurriedly shared the intelligence and video with the rest of the staff in the room.
"Let me see!"
"Haha!"
"That really is a rare sight!"
"The Orks drove off the Warp Daemons not long ago, and now the idiots from Terra have barged right in and seized the high ground near the Orks' lair. They're just asking for a beating!"
"Just wait!"
"Reports from the front say the Ork army has abandoned the Daemons and turned back. What we're seeing now is only the appetizer. Those Terra fools are in for a rough time!"
Another officer saw the footage and began gloating as well.
"Fantastic!"
"I hope the Orks wipe out every last one of those Terra scum. Then we won't have to go to any extra trouble ourselves."
"The frontline commander was just asking whether to send fighters and missiles to intercept those landing craft. Well, now they don't have to agonize over it. The Orks will take care of them for us."
"Let's hope so..."
"But to be honest, those Astartes won't be easy to deal with. It's still anyone's guess whether the Orks can beat them."
"True!"
"Those are just the Orks' rear units. Their main force is still farther east, locked in a bloody fight with the Daemons. And