Recaps

Gamma World expanded its power, developed weapons from captured souls, and launched an expedition to seize Blackstone Fortresses as Abaddon attacked Cadia. The arc left Gamma’s forces inside a fortress, decrypting its systems as Abaddon learned the scale of the boarding assault.

• Gamma World repelled the Anti-Gamma Alliance’s attack on Tarielia, used the Spirit-Driving Dead Zone to cripple Chaos, and made the planet a base for expansion.
• Lion El'Jonson reunited with the Fallen Angels, forgave them, and returned to lead them against Chaos.
• Mortarion avoided Gamma World while Abaddon prepared to attack Cadia, and the Imperium struggled to send warnings and reinforcements through Warp storms.
• Gamma’s researchers developed soul bullets from captured Chaos warriors, then tested their weapons in a battle against Chaos and xenos forces.
• Abaddon’s Blackstone Fortresses attacked Cadia, and the partially repaired planetary defenses shielded the world as Chaos forces began their assault.
• Cisrain sent Sigismund, Malcador, and eighty thousand troops on an expedition to capture three Blackstone Fortresses and aid Cadia.
• Gamma World launched its fleet through a Gravity Slingshot toward Cadia as Imperial defenders retreated under the assault.
• Gamma’s troops boarded a Blackstone Fortress, overwhelmed its defenders, and began decrypting its data center as the fortress awakened and Abaddon learned that tens of thousands had boarded.

Malcador returned to help defend Cadia as Gamma World secretly expanded its power, fought a Necron dynasty, and made contact with Lion El'Jonson. Gamma World sealed the Warp breach at Is III, but Vashtorr corrupted an Imperial relief fleet and a cyclonic torpedo struck Cadia.

• Abaddon drove his forces toward Cadia while Malcador returned with the Imperial fleet, restoring the defenders’ strength and rallying reinforcements around Kraf Fortress.
• Malcador and the Imperial forces fought to save Cadia as Phalanx, Saint Celestine, Trazyn, Grey Knights, and other allies joined the battle, and Abaddon decided to attack the planet himself.
• Cisrain led Gamma World forces through the Webway, where they used the Neutron Sweep to destroy the awakened Nicaros Dynasty and began clearing neighboring worlds for Gamma World’s excavations.
• Lion El'Jonson met Gamma World’s forces, accepted cooperation after seeing their technology, and discovered that Chaos corruption had spread among the Fallen Angels and aboard his warship.
• Cisrain returned to Gamma World with Little Gray and Adam, while researchers studied Blackstone Fortresses and C'tan fragments and prepared a containment device to repair the Warp breach at Is III.
• Gamma World’s device restored the barrier between the Warp and the material universe at Is III, while the Emperor stirred and Malcador learned that the Eye of Terror could also be repaired.
• As Imperial reinforcements approached Cadia, Vashtorr corrupted their fleet and took control of a warship, causing its crew to launch a cyclonic torpedo at the planet.
• The Cadians mistook the Chaos withdrawal for victory before the torpedo struck Cadia and its fires consumed the battlefield and those sheltering in the fortresses.

The Great Rift isolated the Imperium as Gamma World armed itself against Chaos, restored lost souls, and returned Angron to life. The arc left Abaddon allied with Vashtorr against Gamma World after Angel seized a Webway key fragment and escaped.

• Abaddon destroyed Cadia’s Blackstone Fortress, opening the Great Rift, while Trazyn left with Cadia’s final time scrolls and Lion El'Jonson saw Chaos forces advance.
• Gamma World abandoned plans to repair the Great Rift and began fortifying the Second Ring, sharing evacuation orders and attacking Chaos-held worlds with its mobile Neutron Sweep.
• Malcador gathered forces to purge the Imperium’s roots as the High Lords maneuvered to preserve their influence, while Calgar learned that Guilliman and other Primarchs might awaken.
• Gamma World extracted souls from the Warp, restored fragments of Sanguinius, and ended the Red Thirst across the Blood Angels and their successor Chapters.
• Gamma World recreated Angron’s past, restored his body and removed the Butcher’s Nails, and Angron chose to enlist and atone rather than flee his daemon self.
• Cisrain ordered the Colossus Project activated to draw out Vashtorr, while Abaddon accepted Vashtorr’s offer of support and attacked Magdalo World.
• Gamma World struck Vashtorr’s forces at Magdalo, where Angel seized the Webway key fragment from Vashtorr and escaped with Gamma World’s warriors.
• Abaddon accepted Vashtorr’s offer of forces, weapons, and the Ark of Omen as Gamma World began attacking Vashtorr’s energy planets.

Malcador returned to Terra, restored the Astronomican, and took control of the Imperium as the Emperor revealed his plan to sacrifice himself for humanity. Meanwhile, Gamma World expanded its military campaign against Chaos and the Orks, while the Necrons awakened and the Ynnari sought allies.

• Vashtorr’s forces on Saramas V were driven back when Gamma World’s Neutron Sweep struck, and the Space Wolves, Blood Angels, and Carcharodons joined the battle.
• Vashtorr made a pact with Abaddon to build a Chaos fleet and seize Gamma World’s Webway Key, while Gamma World concealed its Ascension Plan and expanded its operations.
• Malcador returned to Terra with Space Marine Chapters, overcame the Minotaurs at Checkpoint 789, and relit the Astronomican with Archmagos Cawl.
• The Emperor told Malcador that humanity faced extinction and that he intended to remain behind to destroy Chaos, after which Malcador seized Imperial institutions and ordered sweeping military reforms.
• Gamma World built its fleet and megastructures, then launched an expedition to clear nearby Chaos and xenos forces while its leaders weighed the growing threats around their territory.
• As Ork forces gathered around Attila, Gamma World’s fleet destroyed their battle moons and armies, then turned its attention toward Chaos forces.
• The Necrons began awakening across the Gothic Sector after discovering a method to restore their souls, while the Ynnari expanded their coalition and Yvraine sought a powerful ally against Supreme Overlord Vald.