Time flew by. In the blink of an eye, nearly a month had passed.
During that brief yet seemingly endless time, the fighting on Canopy Star had ground on in full force.
At first, neither side could get the better of the other. The attacking forces under Horus were even at a slight disadvantage, constantly targeted by ambushes and attacks from every direction. Their situation was undeniably difficult.
But as time passed, and Horus's vast fleet continued pouring streams of Astartes Space Marines and Imperialis Militia down toward Canopy Star like hungry beasts, the planetary war finally erupted in full. The flames of war blazed across this corner of the universe, raging over the surface and through the orbit of Canopy Star in the Taiwei System.
In less than a month, the smoke of war had almost blanketed every inch of Canopy Star!
Horus's fleet and Canopy Star's garrison fought one bloody battle after another over several key cities and military fortresses. At the same time, they clashed over at least a hundred other fronts and strongpoints scattered across the planet.
This chaotic conflict was not merely a bloody contest between two human factions. The returning Orks, Warp Daemons, hundreds of millions of mutated corpse puppets, and Chaos monsters from the Warp all joined the bloody feast like flies drawn to rotting filth.
Their arrival naturally added even more uncertainty to an already chaotic and deadlocked battlefield, inflicting grievous losses on both Horus's forces and Canopy Star's garrison.
Of course, the forces of Horus's fleet, as the attackers, suffered greater casualties and faced more restrictions.
That was because the Orks had sided with Canopy Star!
This was especially true later on, after they were armed by Canopy Star's defenders and their once relatively primitive equipment received a massive upgrade. The