In the early part of 11.017M42 the loyalist imperial forces continued to prosecute their war against the forces of Chaos in the Paradorn system. Chaos forces had been cleansed from the system in 10.017M42, but on 02.11.017M42 Magnus himself returned at the head of the "Emerald Serpent Cohort", a force which included daemons as well as the traitorous Darrantine Guard. Initially, Magnus once again tried to wrestle control of the Paradorn system from Imperial control, but a violent battle against the Lycaon Guard on Paradorn 1 put an end to the daemon Primarch's hopes of gaining a significant hold of the system. The imperium was simply too strong in the system.
Aided by his alliance with Tzeentch, Magnus concocted a new plan. If Paradorn could not be taken, where the Imperium were united, then Vandrax seemed vulnerable. Leaving an obvious trail for the loyalists to follow, Magnus transitted through the warp to the Vandrax system where the Crusade had already made a significant base on Vandrax 3, now named Cybixx Alpha. Landing on Vandrax 2, far from the initial invasion of the Crusade, Magnus now waited. The Imperial Fists took the bait and arrived in system some days later. However Magnus was ready and in a brutal opening engagement the forces of chaos inflicted a significant defeat on the Astartes, forcing them to withdraw. Magnus now dug in, hoping that the presence of the Imperial Fists would result in more clashes between the Crusade and the Loyalists. He would not be disappointed.
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