Recaps

The Carcharodons earned an Emperor-class Battleship by revealing a Blackstone planet, which the Lord of the Stars claimed while destroying a Tyranid fleet and purging Genestealers from the Yabuyato Galaxy. Back in Jesta, Tyberos accepted new ships, equipment, and a major recruiting effort as the Chapter prepared to serve the Lord of the Stars.

• Nack equipped the Astartes Chapters with firearms, heavy weapons, Apocalypse Tanks, Earth Dreadnoughts, and a promise of Hummingbird Assault Boats.
• Tyberos discovered Gaia’s Blackstone bounty mission and identified the planet near the Yabuyato system in exchange for an Emperor-class Battleship and Chapter expansion.
• The Art Student claimed the Blackstone planet, destroyed an approaching Tyranid fleet, and eradicated Genestealers on the inhabited planets while preserving the worlds themselves.
• The Art Student crafted Tyberos’s Emperor-class Battleship and instructed Gaia to guard it until Tyberos finished training.
• Nack delivered medical and repair robots, then led the Astartes back to Jesta, where Tyberos received his battleship and inspected the refitted Carcharodons fleet.
• Tyberos and the other Chapter leaders accepted a restructuring that expanded their forces with mortal auxiliaries, and Tyberos recruited sailors, soldiers, and technical specialists.
• The Carcharodons expanded their fleet and screened volunteers, with Tyberos selecting ten thousand recruits from a camp of one hundred thousand volunteers.

The Carcharodons rebuilt their strength under Tyberos while Art Student used the Blackstone Obelisk to disrupt Warp travel and expand the Star Army’s reach. The Star Army invaded Jerma Hive World, where Space Marines fought through the Noble Coalition’s defenses and faced a charge by Ogryns.

• Tyberos tested prospective Carcharodons in an unarmored battle and accepted the survivors into the Chapter.
• Tyberos chose bioengineered organs to restore Kurland, and the medical robots later rescued the Chapter’s other Dreadnought-bound veterans.
• Garland and the other veterans chose to remain with the Carcharodons, and Garland accepted the roles of Vice Chapter Master and First Company Captain.
• Art Student placed the Blackstone Obelisk in a massive armed Stargate, extending its influence until Warp travel and prophecy failed across the affected sectors.
• Kairos Fateweaver learned that the Art Student had gained Mag'ladroth's power, while Tzeentch sent him to persuade Roboute Guilliman and Khorne failed to break the barrier.
• The Carcharodons invaded Jerma Hive World, where their fleet and Hummingbird Assault Boats destroyed the spaceport and anti-aircraft defenses before auxiliaries advanced through teleportation passages.
• Space Marines assaulted the Noble Coalition’s defenses, killed its soldiers and enforcer, and drove back attacks by Ogryns until the largest Ogryn hurled an anti-tank gun emplacement at them.
• An Ogryn broke a Space Marine’s ribs with a mace, but the wounded Marine shot the charging Ogryn in the head with his Plasma Pistol.

Tyberos sheltered Farahel and his Fallen, while the Raptors seized two industrial worlds through assassinations and a fleet assault. Kanas killed a rogue Adeptus Custodes commander, and the Star Army faced an advancing Black Ship fleet as Dorak prepared to contact Inquisitor Tina.

• Tyberos defeated the Ogryn leader and helped the Carcharodons take Jerma Hive World, then met Farahel, who revealed that he and more than a hundred Fallen wanted to serve the Lord of the Stars.
• Tyberos offered Farahel’s force temporary refuge and arranged support for their disabled ships, while the Carcharodons began recruiting survivors from Jerma’s prisoners.
• Dalaran sent Ralph and 120 Space Marines to assassinate leaders on two industrial worlds, and Ralph’s teams killed Marshal Wendigo and other officials.
• Dalaran’s fleet attacked the Fulas Galaxy, captured both spaceports, and brought in tanks and mortal auxiliaries to seize the two industrial worlds.
• The Raptors inventoried thousands of captured vehicles and weapons, and Dalaran asked repair robots to fit their tanks with externally mounted Void Shields.
• Kanas investigated a golden-armored Adeptus Custodes commander who had attacked Star Army troops, then teleported into the Underhive and killed him with his Flame Sword.
• Jie'er identified an approaching vessel as a Black Ship, and Dorak decided to alert Inquisitor Tina about possible Blanks just as the fleet opened fire on the Star Army.

The Judgement Custodes attacked the Sisters of Silence’s Black Ships while Kanas’s Star Navy continued its campaign in the Themis Galaxy. When an Aeldari fleet entered the system, the Star Navy fought it until Farseer Slock ordered a retreat, leaving the humans in pursuit.

• Tina led the Judgement Custodes to the Themis Galaxy, where she and Kanas agreed that they would confront the Sisters of Silence while the Star Navy liberated oppressed systems.
• Storm and Star Navy warships attacked the Black Ships, and Tina led the Judgement Custodes in boarding one and fighting their way toward its bridge.
• Tina’s squad killed three Sisters of Silence, overcame the ship’s defenders, and pressed on as the remaining forces withdrew toward the bridge.
• Tina used her Soulless Field against the ship’s imprisoned psykers and crushed one who had attacked her, while the Judgement Custodes continued hunting the retreating defenders.
• Farseer Slock led an Aeldari fleet into the Themis Galaxy, where El and Dorak ordered the Star Navy to attack and send its fighters against them.
• The Star Navy’s pilots and Intelligent Wingmen devastated the Aeldari carrier aircraft, and Niels destroyed a Nightshade-class frigate with Three-Phase Torpedoes.
• Slock sensed that no living humans were aboard the Star Navy ships and, after a draining psychic effort, urged Guer Taige and Alecto to withdraw and warn the Craftworlds.
• Guer Taige ordered the Aeldari fleet to retreat, and Jie’er and Dorak sent the Star Navy in pursuit to annihilate it.