It was not only the Astartes conducting boarding actions who fought with blades in space. The massive warships themselves were powerful steel boxers.
With void shields and sturdy hulls as armor, macrocannons and torpedoes as fists, the clash of space warships was the true exchange of blows—an outright contest of raw strength.
The rebel fleet assembled in this system numbered more than twice that of the White Scars. Though they had no behemoth capable of matching the Sky Eagle, even ants could kill an elephant. The White Scars' warships seemed to have entered a swamp, forced into a tangled battle with the enemy.
The small portion of enemy troops that boarded the Sky Eagle failed to stir up much trouble. If all of Ashurden's boarding forces had made it aboard, the White Scars might have had to put in some effort.
But after several rounds of attrition, only one-third of the Astartes had successfully boarded, only to face the White Scars Astartes who had been waiting in full battle readiness.
The Khan's Keshig Guard led the charge. Though these warriors clad in heavy Terminator armor were somewhat lacking in speed, their advantages were amplified to the extreme within the confined spaces of the ship's deck corridors.
After only a few minutes of fighting, only a handful of Gasterlin Terminators remained on the battlefield, still resisting stubbornly.
These elite veterans, equipped with force shields, fought as they retreated through the warship. Taking advantage of the terrain and confusion, they detonated the melta bombs they carried, attempting to slip into the ship's complex lower decks and conduits.
Their thinking was simple. Since defeat was already inevitable, they would wage guerrilla warfare aboard this enormous vessel, constantly harassing and sabotaging the White Scars' flagship.
But when the remnants of the Sons of Horus