For Peace

For peace...

The voice became ethereal and distant, reaching the ears of many.

At the eastern edge of the galaxy, fully armed T'au soldiers vaguely heard it. They tightened their grips on their plasma rifles and flamethrowers, preparing to delay the Tyranid swarm's advance for as long as possible within the planetary fortress built for them by Earth Caste engineers.

The Fireblade commander first made an Aquila over his chest to represent The Emperor, then used the Aquila Salute, crossing his thumbs and drawing a circle to represent the Greater Good.

The sky was shrouded by the swarm's shadow. No one would escape this fortress world, but for the peace of their homeworlds and the T'au Empire, they were willing to die.

"For peace." Facing the swarm's gaping maws, the Fireblade commander said this.

At the border between several sectors of the Imperium, the Armageddon Steel Legion fought side by side with the Space Wolves.

The Ork warlord and Mekboss—Ironhide—looked at his rolling war trains, stretching like dragons across the land. Waves of pleasure flowed from the top of his head through every limb, and he could not help but roar, "Waaagh!" Countless boys across the battlefield answered him.

This Waaagh! was getting more and more interesting...

In the frontline command post, Yarrick and Kaiser Whitefang of the Space Wolves heard the Orks' cheers.

"The Adeptus Mechanicus reinforcements will be here soon."

The moment Yarrick finished speaking, a shell smashed into the roof of the command post. Dust drifted down in strands beneath the shock of the explosion.

The water in the cup was filthy and murky, but Yarrick drained it in one gulp.

The thunderous sound of orbital deployment drowned out the clamor of every cannon. Yarrick and Kaiser Whitefang knew it marked the arrival of the Adeptus