The primarch's orders were swiftly issued. The Vortex Torpedoes and Atmospheric Incinerator Torpedoes stored aboard Macragge's Honour and the Amatara were unleashed upon the scarred planet.
It had been a primarch's homeworld, but from this day forward, no record of Nuceria would remain in the Empire's databases.
It would be erased completely. Only the deepest classified files would slumber forever within the archives.
After the Atmospheric Incinerator Torpedoes entered Nuceria's atmosphere, they swiftly ignited the oxygen radicals in every gas. The resulting chain reaction turned every oxidizable substance in the atmosphere into a sea of fire.
The planetary firestorm was clearly visible even from space. Storms triggered by the atmosphere's violent activity swept flames beyond the upper atmosphere, only for planetary gravity to drag them back down to the surface.
Nuceria burned like a newborn star.
The Vortex Torpedoes, meanwhile, accelerated before burrowing deep into the planet's core. Under their influence, the energy within the core began to react violently.
The immense energy contained in its own core would blast it into several enormous fragments.
A habitable planet once fit for human life had to be utterly destroyed after a daemonic invasion. It was an unimaginably heavy price to pay; among the vast sea of stars, every habitable world was precious.
Most of them were products of terraforming by humanity's pioneers in the distant past. Naturally occurring planets perfectly suited to humanity were simply too rare.
Before the XIII Legion fleet left the system, it deployed a vast number of concealed space mines throughout Nuceria's planetary system. The dense minefields would destroy any vessel that tried to approach the planet.
Several hidden listening posts were also scattered throughout the asteroid belt. Disguised as natural meteors, they drifted aimlessly through space.
They could absorb solar radiation for power, awakening only at