Crusade fail at Destino 3

While the eldar were raiding the Crusade stronghold at Vandrax, they were hampered in their response by their continued efforts to gain a foothold at Destino. However, the Imperial general at Destino had requested support, and the Ultramarines had now responded with a Strike cruiser of their own. General Percival, now promoted Lord Commander, had great faith in his subordinate, Sara Mox, who had proved herself on multiple occasions in the Ranier sector and now sought to further her career in command of multiple regiments in the Foramen Theatre of War. Mox had the smallest force of the various battlegroups, but one that still boasted five capital ships, dozens of smaller crafdt as well as significant ground forces including four Lycaon and six Novgorod regiments, backed up by loyalist mechanicum forces and now, the Ultramarines.

The Crusade meanwhile were only able to commit the Adeptus mechanicus fleet to Destino, just enough to ensure Admiral Enkvist would not invite a full fleet action, lest he risk his capital ships. After the previous failure at Destino 3, Cybixx knew that the Grey Knights were still in system and still looking to support the Crusade wherever they could, but they did not communicate their plans or otherwise associate with Crusade forces, making the task of coordinated effort all the more difficult.

It was the Grey Knights who struck first, landing on Destino 4 and devastating the loyalis Mechanicus forces, destroying the small base's defences. However, having no warning of the assault, the Crusade forces were slow to follow up this strike, and it was almost a week later when the Vostroyan Guard landed on the planet to exploit the damage done. It was too late however, as the Ultramarines, keen to understand the motive behind the Ordo Malleus strike, had already made planetfall the day before. Upon receiving news that "recidivist" guardsmen had landed and were assaulting the Destino 3 installation, the Ultramarines immediately responded, routing the guardsmen and undoing the second Crusade attempt to establish a beachhead in the Destino system.