Khan Morigen had truly never expected the first seven scouts to crash.
Something could make White Scars warriors crash???
And they had an elite veteran leading them!
Khan Morigen had only one verdict for this planet: Exterminatus. They absolutely had to unleash Exterminatus.
"Rescue our brothers, then withdraw immediately. Stay alert. There may be an Ork Warboss lurking here."
The world below was filled with poisonous fog. Mushroom spores spewed clouds of purple mist that obscured the sky and contaminated the entire atmosphere. If the Blood Blades Chapter were here, the radiation storms they generated would barely damage the planet.
Allowing the Snakebites to calmly establish ground defenses would create a truly terrifying battlefield.
An atmospheric aircraft made a pass to locate the missing scouts, and it crashed too. Its last transmission reported an intake malfunction. Purple mushrooms were growing on the aircraft!
Fully sealed weapons capable of operating in both space and on land were deployed. A Thunderhawk Transporter plunged toward the location of the reconnaissance team's last signal.
The Thunderhawk Transporter was a variant of the Thunderhawk Gunship. To the White Scars, a transport like this seemed a little... lacking in oomph?
What mattered was its cargo.
Three attack bikes and six combat bikes.
An attack bike was a three-wheeled motorcycle with a sidecar. The main rider generally controlled the Twin-linked Bolter mounted ahead of the handlebars, while the warrior seated beside him had a wider range of weapons available. The little sidecar could carry a Multi-melta, multiple heavy lasguns, or multiple heavy bolters.
The White Scars warriors were already mounted on their bikes. No matter how violently the Thunderhawk shook, they remained firmly seated.
The yellow and red warning lights inside the Thunderhawk flashed with increasing frequency. The output of the transport's rear RX-92-00 hybrid rocket thrusters