With the Warp route opened, the Titan Ship's immense hull came to rest tens of thousands of kilometres from Terra.
The massive armour structures on its hull rapidly unfolded.
Blue-white light gradually spilled out from within.
Any action by the Men of Iron could easily set the entire Imperium on edge.
The changes to the Titan Ship's outer armour were immediately noticed by the Inquisition, the Departmento Munitorum, the Adeptus Mechanicus, and the many Chapter vessels in orbit.
As a brilliant sphere of light was moved out of the hull, confusion rose in the hearts of everyone watching.
"What is that?"
The Space Folder gradually unfolded, and the tiny sphere of light seemed to swell into an enormous bubble of energy.
Through the faintly glowing energy barrier, the countless observation stations around Terra, the Imperial Navy, and the Chapter vessels all saw what lay inside.
It was a tiny battlefield containing only six ships.
Everyone magnified their optical scans to identify the insignia on the vessels.
Yet the scene was utterly baffling.
Three Inquisition cruisers and a cruiser of the Red Hunters were attacking two vessels of the Celestial Lions.
One cruiser had already been shattered, while the other had been struck and locked against the ram of the Red Hunters cruiser. A boarding action was clearly underway.
As the strange, glowing energy barrier gradually dissipated, time began to flow once more across the battlefield held in stasis.
Macro-cannon shells exploded against the outer armour of the Sword of the Seventh Son, while lances grazed its hull, leaving enormous scorch marks.
The two hull-mounted lances on the Sword of the Seventh Son immediately returned fire.
The macro-cannons along its flank also erupted in enormous flashes of fire.
After a single exchange, however, both sides noticed that their surroundings had changed.