In the confined space, the Aeldari warships could not exploit their superior maneuverability. Forced to trade blows with the armored hulls and massive guns of the human warships, they suffered badly in the exchange.
The arrival of the Flames of Vengeance at least ended the one-sided pounding the Aeldari were taking. Yriel activated its prow-mounted Pulse Lance main gun and instantly destroyed a human battleship.
But... that was the last blaze of glory for the Flames of Vengeance's main gun. The virus the Drukhari bomb had injected into its wraithbone made it increasingly difficult for Yriel to control the ship. Only some of its secondary weapon arrays remained operational.
Otherwise, a warship built during the War in Heaven would have had little trouble wiping out the human fleet invading the spaceport.
The invading human fleet feared exactly that. They had no idea that this enormous Aeldari warship was all show, and three Space Marine Strike Cruisers immediately launched lightning assaults against the Flames of Vengeance.
The Ultramarines were the sons of the Primarch Guilliman, the Lord Regent. They had many distinguishing traits: they fought on battlefields throughout the Imperium of Man, and they valued tactics and coordination. But their greatest distinction was their sheer numbers.
Indeed, recruiting from the Five Hundred Worlds of Ultramar, the Ultramarines were perhaps the largest force among all Space Marines. Their successor Chapters were countless, and their parent Chapter often launched major campaigns that brought thousands of Space Marines together.
Moreover, they were not only formidable fighters but also well equipped, with countless brutal battles behind them.
After Guilliman introduced the enhanced version of Space Marines, the Primaris Space Marines, they had largely completed the transition. Their Chapter now consisted almost entirely of Primaris Space Marines.
Six platoons, totaling six hundred Primaris Space Marines, boarded