As the war dragged on, Guilliman considered whether to deploy the Sisters of Silence and call Pharos for support from the Adeptus Custodes.
The veterans all knew that when fighting the Orks in a pitched battle, a stalemate meant the Imperium would soon lose.
Guilliman was certain that at least three Ork bosses were still alive here, with three powerful warlords locked in a chaotic struggle.
As he pondered this, a piece of good news finally arrived.
Morigen had successfully beheaded the boss of the Bad Moons.
The armored phalanx of the White Scars Sixth Company-the Hawk-Eye Society-had launched a lightning assault. Maintainers, Counterattackers, Maintainers... armored vehicles and main battle tanks of every kind formed a dense formation, racing across the Battle Moon.
Khan Morigen had ordered them to bring out everything they had. All the terrifying war machines accumulated by a First Founding Chapter were awakened, and Techmarines stood atop the various armored vehicles to perform sacred machine spirit rites.
They packed together as tightly as a Macedonian phalanx and tore through the enemy lines like lightning.
Every vehicle's engine had been pushed to maximum output. The Hawk-Eye Society never used these heavily armed tanks as fire support. To them, these were the mounts the White Scars Sons rode on the hunt.
The tanks' cannons had never stopped firing since entering the battle, their shells raining down to cover the Emperor's angels.
Nor were the transports merely vehicles following behind the tanks. To the Sixth Company, they were walls used to divide and encircle the enemy.
When the Bad Moons bodyguards appeared, the Rhinos, Hedgehogs, and even the large numbers of Chimeras acquired from the Imperial Army all joined the charge. The Steel Tide split the enemy guard into isolated pockets.
Arbiters leaped from the transports to ruthlessly annihilate