Chapter Summaries

Dalaran sent Ralph and an elite force to infiltrate the Fulas Galaxy and eliminate its leaders before the Raptors’ fleet attacked. Ralph assembled his team and launched toward the system, beginning the covert operation.

• Dalaran ordered Ralph to lead a covert decapitation strike in the Fulas Galaxy while he held the fleet outside the system.
• Ralph accepted the mission, determined to prove himself as captain of the 1st Company.
• Ralph selected 120 Space Marines, including 30 veteran Raptors and 90 recruits with Astra Militarum combat experience.
• Ralph briefed the force on its infiltration mission and ordered them to move out.
• The Space Marines boarded Hummingbird Assault Boats and sped toward the Fulas Galaxy.

Ralph and his Space Marines infiltrated Industrial World One, concealed their Hummingbird Assault Boats, and began reconnaissance for an assassination mission. Their surveillance revealed key figures whose roles were vital to the planet’s operations.

• The six Hummingbird Assault Boats crossed the Fulas Galaxy’s defenses, and Ralph’s team approached Industrial World One.
• Ralph ordered his sixty-four Space Marines to hide the boats after they landed on the planet.
• Ralph and his men activated their modified power armor and traveled toward the northern industrial city.
• The Space Marines split into teams of four and surveyed the city before beginning their assassination plan.
• Ralph’s team gathered intelligence and identified key figures essential to the planet’s operations.

Ralph and his squads prepared to launch an assassination and decapitation operation. At Marshal Wendigo’s residence on Vlas I, officials discussed shortages of weapons for the expanded Planetary Defence Force as the threat of invasion stirred panic across the Provence Sector.

• Ralph confirmed that every squad was ready and ordered the assassination operation to begin.
• Ralph led three Space Marines toward the target’s location.
• A staff officer told Marshal Wendigo that fifty-six percent of the Planetary Defence Force lacked necessary weapons and equipment.
• Wendigo said he had ordered military-industrial factories to work overtime and expected deliveries within days.
• Officials continued discussing military matters as the sector’s industrial worlds struggled to arm newly conscripted civilians.

Ralph led three Space Marines into the Marshal's residence and assassinated Marshal Wendigo and the other senior officials gathered in the council hall. The guards discovered the bodies, the residence erupted into chaos, and urgent reports spread the news through the city.

• Ralph and three Space Marines used their assassination mode to infiltrate the Marshal's residence and reach the council hall undetected.
• Ralph assigned each teammate a target, and the four Space Marines entered the hall and silently killed the officials, including Marshal Wendigo.
• The assassins withdrew into the corridors, where Ralph monitored outgoing communications for evidence and possible communications hubs.
• Guards rushed into the council hall, found the dead officials, and raised the alarm that Marshal Wendigo had been killed.
• The guards moved to seal the residence as urgent messages spread the news to the city's nobles and residents.

Ralph assassinated the real Wendigo after discovering that the marshal had used a double to maintain order on Industrial World One. As assassination teams reported success across both industrial worlds, Ralph ordered them to stay hidden and kill anyone who tried to restore control.

• After high-ranking officials were assassinated and chaos spread across Industrial World One, the real Wendigo emerged from a hidden passage and began issuing orders.
• Ralph mocked Wendigo's use of a body double, then shot him in the head with a Plasma Pistol.
• Ralph hid in the corridor and monitored the residence, waiting for signs that another Wendigo was still alive.
• An assassination squad reported that it had killed Industrial World II's high-ranking figures, and Ralph ordered the team to remain undercover and eliminate anyone who tried to take control.
• Other squads reported completing their operations, and Ralph learned that nearly all high-ranking figures on Industrial World One had been assassinated.

Ralph reported that the leaders and senior officers on both industrial worlds in the Fulas Galaxy had been assassinated, and Dalaran ordered the Raptors Chapter to launch its assault. The fleet reached the spaceports and sent Space Marines to capture them, while the worlds below descended into chaos.

• Ralph told Dalaran that assassinations on both industrial worlds had left the enemy in disarray, and Dalaran ordered him to continue his missions and provide teleportation coordinates for the main force.
• Dalaran broadcast the order to attack, and the Raptors Chapter fleet charged into the Fulas Galaxy.
• The fleet’s arrival triggered alarms at both spaceports, worsening the chaos on the industrial worlds, where the surviving Planetary Defence Forces lacked senior officers to coordinate a response.
• The spaceports fired macro-cannon volleys at the Raptors warships, but their Void Shields absorbed the attacks.
• Dalaran ordered Space Marines aboard Hummingbird Assault Boats to seize both spaceports rather than destroy them.

The Raptors overwhelmed Vulas's two spaceports with a rapid assault and psychological warfare, securing them for the next stage of the invasion. Dalaran ordered Ralph to activate teleport beacons so the main force could begin landing on the two industrial worlds.

• The Raptors stormed the spaceports in Hummingbird Assault Boats and forced many Planetary Defence Force soldiers to surrender.
• A pale green Gauss beam disintegrated a noble officer who tried to shoot the surrendering soldiers, prompting the remaining defenders to give up.
• The Raptors captured both spaceports in less than ten minutes.
• Dalaran informed Ralph that the spaceports were secured and ordered the teleport beacons activated.
• Ralph relayed the Chapter Master's order to the squads responsible for deploying the beacons.

Soldiers used transmission beacons to teleport Apocalypse Tanks and mortal auxiliary troops onto two industrial worlds in the Fulas Galaxy, where they attacked the Planetary Defence Force. The assault shattered the defenders’ positions, but surviving soldiers continued to resist as the auxiliary troops advanced.

• Soldiers placed glowing transmission beacons and opened passages to the industrial worlds.
• Apocalypse Tanks and mortal auxiliary troops entered the worlds and attacked the Planetary Defence Force positions.
• The defenders’ machine guns and artillery fired on the attackers, while the tanks and Chimeras returned fire and devastated the defensive line.
• An auxiliary company commander ordered his troops to advance across the battered position.
• The Planetary Defence Force survivors counterattacked, and the auxiliary troops replied with Gauss energy rays and Blast Guns.
• A Gauss energy ray disintegrated one Planetary Defence Force soldier, but the remaining defenders held their positions.

The Raptors overwhelmed the Planetary Defence Force and captured two industrial worlds in the Fulas Galaxy, gaining a vast haul of tanks and artillery. Dalaran wondered whether their maintenance robots could build field shield generators to upgrade the captured vehicles.

• The auxiliary forces and Space Marines breached the Planetary Defence Force positions, and many defenders surrendered as the Raptors took two industrial worlds in less than half a day.
• The Raptors inventoried the captured equipment, including more than twenty-five Conqueror Tanks, over one hundred and fifty Chimera armoured personnel carriers, thousands of artillery pieces, and two Volcano Cannons.
• Dalaran celebrated that the Raptors now had nearly a thousand tanks, while Ralph asked how they could improve the captured vehicles' combat power.
• Dalaran proposed equipping the tanks with field shields, but Ralph warned that they lacked enough battle merit to upgrade several hundred vehicles.
• Dalaran suggested that the equipment maintenance robots might be able to manufacture field shield generators.

Dalaran asked the repair robots to build Void Shields for the Raptors’ tanks, and they agreed to install them externally despite the effect on the vehicles’ appearance. The robots estimated that equipping all five hundred tanks would take about a month.

• Dalaran teleported to the flagship’s repair bay and greeted the robots working there.
• Dalaran asked the repair robots to manufacture Void Shields for tanks and showed them data on the Chimera armored personnel carrier, Predator Tank, and Conqueror Tank.
• The repair robots determined that the tanks needed medium-to-large Void Shields but lacked the interfaces for internal installation.
• Dalaran accepted that the shields would have to be mounted externally, prioritizing protection over the tanks’ appearance.
• The repair robots agreed to equip the Raptors’ tanks and estimated that producing shields for all five hundred would take about one month.

The Star Army conquered the Provence Sector and expanded its offensive into neighboring sectors, with the Delma Galaxy falling under its attack. As Kanas oversaw the campaign, reports arrived of a mysterious giant in golden power armor slaughtering Star Army forces in the Underhive, and footage showed him tearing open an Apocalypse Tank with a Power Halberd.

• The Star Army secured the Provence Sector and began reconstructing its captured systems while pressing into Delma, Fanjing Mountain, Aplos, and Jierta.
• The Star Army attacked the Delma Sector capital, overwhelming its defenses and forcing the Planetary Defence Force to surrender.
• While Defense Force soldiers cleared the Underhive, a three-meter-tall figure in golden power armor attacked them, killing more than a hundred soldiers and destroying thousands of combat robots.
• Kanas demanded to know the strongman's identity after learning that reinforcements, robots, and two Apocalypse Tanks had failed to stop him.
• The cruiser captain showed Kanas battle footage of the golden figure massacring Star Army forces and slicing through an Apocalypse Tank with his Power Halberd.

A burly warrior overwhelmed the Defense Force and five Star Space Marines, prompting Kanas to learn that the fighter was likely an Adeptus Custodes. Kanas drew his flaming sword and prepared to confront him despite not knowing why he had appeared in the capital of the Delta Sector.

• The burly man used a Void Shield to repel the Space Marines’ fire, then charged them and killed three in close combat.
• Kanas watched the fight through a holographic projection and recognized the burly man’s abilities as surpassing most ordinary Space Marines.
• The cruiser captain told Kanas that the AI had identified the burly man as likely an Adeptus Custodes from the Imperium.
• Kanas and the captain could not explain why a lone Adeptus Custodes had appeared in the capital of the Delta Sector.
• Kanas drew his flaming sword and ordered the burly man dealt with first.

Kanas arrived with twenty battle-hardened guards and an Earth Dreadnought to aid the beleaguered Defense Force and two remaining Space Marines. Their assault brought down the Adeptus Custodes, leaving him dismembered and badly burned but still alive.

• The Defense Force captain reactivated the teleport beacon and sent Kanas precise coordinates.
• Kanas arrived in the Underhive with twenty battle-hardened guards and an Earth Dreadnought.
• The Earth Dreadnought fired its anti-aircraft machine gun at the Adeptus Custodes, forcing him to evade and weakening his Void Shield.
• The two Space Marines and Defense Force soldiers withdrew as Kanas and his guards charged the Custodian.
• Kanas struck the Custodian with his Flame Sword, and its flames engulfed him and blasted him across the battlefield.
• The Custodian survived the explosion but lost his limbs, and his power armor and body were severely burned.

Kanas killed the defeated Adeptus Custodes commander after demanding to know why he had attacked in the Delta Sector capital. He sent his wounded Space Marines back for treatment, then withdrew with his guards as the Defense Force captain led the remaining soldiers deeper into the Underhive to avenge their fallen comrades.

• Kanas questioned the badly wounded Adeptus Custodes commander, who said slaying heretics was his sacred duty and refused to explain further.
• Kanas crushed the commander’s skull, killing him.
• Two wounded Space Marines apologized to Kanas for their failure, but he praised their courage and sent them back to the warship with their three fallen comrades.
• Kanas ordered his guards to take the Adeptus Custodes corpse and teleported away with them.
• The Defense Force captain sent the wounded back to base and led the rest of his soldiers farther into the Underhive, shouting for revenge.

Dorak's detachment discovered a Black Ship of the Sisters of Silence in the Themis Galaxy, and Dorak decided to alert Inquisitor Tina in hopes of recruiting Blanks aboard it. Before Jie'er could contact her, the Black Ship fleet attacked the Star Army.

• Jie'er identified the black warship as a Black Ship of the Sisters of Silence and informed Dorak.
• Jie'er urged Dorak to attack, but Dorak refused and suspected the ship might be carrying newly discovered Blanks sought by the Judgement Custodes.
• Dorak decided to risk notifying Inquisitor Tina about the possible Blanks, despite Jie'er's warning that false intelligence could bring severe punishment.
• Jie'er agreed to help contact Tina, but an alarm revealed that the Black Ship fleet had opened fire on the Star Army and was charging toward it.

Kanas withdrew the Star Navy Fleet from the Themis Galaxy after it encountered the Sisters of Silence, then waited beyond the system for reinforcements. Tina assembled the Judgement Custodes and departed aboard the Starstorm for the Themis Galaxy, hoping to recruit soulless ones and strengthen her force.

• Kanas ordered the Star Navy Fleet to retreat from the Themis Galaxy, and the Black Ships Fleet stopped pursuing it and went on alert.
• The Star Navy Fleet halted beyond the system to await the Judgement Custodes fleet.
• After learning that Kanas had encountered the Sisters of Silence, Tina assembled the Judgement Custodes and told them the encounter offered a chance to recruit soulless ones.
• Tina led the Judgement Custodes aboard their flagship, the Starstorm, and ordered the captain to depart for the Themis Galaxy.

The Storm arrived at the edge of the Themis Galaxy, where Kanas joined Tina and reported finding a Sisters of Silence black ship carrying newly discovered Blanks. Tina confirmed the ship’s identity and prepared to handle recruitment, which the Judgement Custodes undertook to prevent deadly clashes between Blanks and ordinary people.

• The Storm reached the Themis Galaxy, and Kanas teleported aboard to meet Tina.
• Kanas showed Tina footage of a black ship that had attacked his fleet, and Tina confirmed it belonged to the Sisters of Silence.
• Kanas said he did not know how many Sisters of Silence or Blanks were aboard and warned that Blanks distrusted ordinary people.
• Kanas recalled past recruitment attempts that had ended in Blanks dying during clashes with Defense Force soldiers.
• Tina acknowledged the danger, and the chapter explained that the Judgement Custodes recruited Blanks because they could communicate more easily with their own kind.

Kanas and Tina agreed that the Judgement Custodes would confront the Sisters of Silence’s Black Ship fleet while Kanas and the Star Navy liberated the Themis Galaxy. Their forces entered the system and began a fierce assault, leaving Tina preparing to lead a boarding action.

• Tina proposed that the Judgement Custodes handle the Sisters of Silence while Kanas continued liberating oppressed star systems, and Kanas agreed to the plan.
• Kanas returned to the Star Navy flagship and told El that the fleet would focus on liberating the Themis Galaxy while the Judgement Custodes confronted the Black Ships.
• El ordered the First Fleet to support the Judgement Custodes and led the remaining Star Navy forces toward the Themis Galaxy.
• Storm and five Star Navy warships entered the system and opened fire on the Sisters of Silence’s Black Ship fleet.
• Tina ordered Storm to move alongside the Black Ships and prepare for boarding as Intelligent Wingmen launched into the battle.

Intelligent Wingmen breached the Black Ship’s defenses and held the landing points until Tina and the Judgement Custodes teleported aboard. After clearing the corridors, Tina led her squad deeper into the ship as more assault squads arrived to seize it.

• Intelligent Wingmen broke through the Black Ships’ perimeter, entered the vessels, and fought off waves of Servitors and auxiliary soldiers while activating their teleportation beacons.
• Judgement Custodes teleported into the corridors and joined the Wingmen in driving back the defenders until no new enemies appeared.
• Tina confirmed the landing area was clear and ordered the four Judgement Custodes with her to advance.
• Tina’s squad advanced in coordinated formation, protecting her as they moved deeper into the Black Ship.
• Ten Judgement Custodes assault squads continued boarding the ship to seize it.

Tina and four Judgement Custodes stormed the enemy barricades and wiped out the Servitors and auxiliary troops defending them. Three Sisters of Silence then arrived, and Tina ordered them to surrender after both groups recognized that the others were Blanks.

• Tina and the four Judgement Custodes returned fire, destroying Heavy Bolters and killing the Servitors and auxiliary soldiers behind the barricades.
• The Judgement Custodes charged into the defensive position and exterminated its defenders in less than twenty seconds.
• Three Sisters of Silence emerged from the corridor, and Tina ordered her companions not to attack first.
• The Sisters of Silence froze when they realized Tina and her companions were also Blanks.
• Tina called on the three Sisters of Silence to surrender.