All Forces Advance-Raze Everything!!!

Biel-Tan Craftworld.

The Space Marine fleet bore down in full force, led at the very front by the Gloriana-class Battleship Macragge's Honour.

The Gloriana-class Battleship burst forth from a Warp rift with a thunderous roar, residual Warp energy trailing from its hull in purple arcs several kilometers long.

The instant it emerged from the Warp, Macragge's Honour's prow-mounted main battery array began charging, its muzzles shining like a row of ignited stars.

Close behind came the Ultramarines' main fleet. Strike cruisers, frigate squadrons, and orbital assault ships emerged in sequence.

The ships formed a dense web of light stretching across thousands of kilometers.

When the Ultramarines fleet arrived, Biel-Tan Craftworld's local sun was sinking beneath the horizon.

That aged orange dwarf spilled its last afterglow across the Craftworld's Wraithbone shell, making the entire vessel appear steeped in diluted blood.

The Biel-Tan Aeldari fleet deployed in full, preparing to resist.

The Wraithbone docks opened simultaneously, and dozens of Aeldari warships shifted from their moorings into battle formation around the Craftworld.

The Ultramarines assumed a standard attack formation, with Macragge's Honour anchoring the center.

Aeldari warships outclassed any Imperial vessel of the same class in maneuverability.

If the Ultramarines were an iron hammer, then the Biel-Tan fleet was a set of throwing knives.

On the bridge of Macragge's Honour, Calgar stood at the command dais.

Every Ultramarines company had entered first-level combat readiness and could strike at any moment.

Calgar looked at Biel-Tan Craftworld beyond the main viewport.

Countless Wraithbone structures upon that artificial planet traced delicate silhouettes in the dying light.

He knew there were civilians within that Craftworld, along with the Seer Council and thousands of years of Biel-Tan's civilizational memories.

But he also remembered the pages of records the Ultramarines Chapter had just received concerning the agricultural worlds: