The Hexis Front had been quite for months. The forces of chaos, in control of the device chamber, had dug in throughout their sector of control, and despite the imperium periodically nuking various chaos assets, the emperor’s forces were in no shape to launch a new offensive. General Konev’s forces were in poor shape, having been denied much needed supplies following serious reversals in the Hadron Expanse and despite the foothold the imperium had established in the Foramen Interdictum, it was still a very long way from Tarlius to the Lysis system.
Fleets on both sides still retained a presence in the system, and although Stahl and the best forces of the Emerald Serpent had left to fight wars in the Perseus Deeps, the chaos hold on the irradiated wastelands of Hexis seemed stronger than ever.
Worse still, the imperial forces were now facing an emergent xenos threat. The Tyranid menace designated R’Lyeh by the imperium were menacing Konev’s northern flank, and on 1506.019M42 the imperial general sent a detachment into the mountainous region of the deserts of Cralth. The well disciplined forces of the Novgorod guard encountered significant alien forces as soon as they entered the highland ruins. Here Konev’s forces systemstically hunted down each and every xenos creature, cataloguing new variant creatures including one designated “Clive”. The alien monsters seemed to be getting larger and larger and despite the victory, Konev knew the infestation was strengthening, despite the planet being almost devoid of life. Worse still, the imperial Astropaths began detecting the first signs of the Shadow in the warp - emanating from the planet itself. Worried, Konev consoled himself by firing another nuclear warhead at the city of Hexis. If the Tyranids did appear in force, the planet would be a radioactive wasteland inimical to all life.
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