The eldar had been watching the events in the Lodax system and were not content with the removal of the Imperium from Lodax II. They knew that the orks could be dealt with later, but that for now the Imperium still posed the greater threat. Not only were the Mon-Keigh poking around the sleeping ancient enemy, threatening to bring a new necron offensive onto the whole sector, they were also credibly capable of learning important and forbidden secrets of the ancient race in a way the orks could not.
The eldar arranged a council meeting with a number of Craftworlds and the decision was made. Lodax I would be invaded, secured and taken from the Imperium, and the whole system would be declared forbidden for all lesser races, on pain of death. The eldar had intervened before, but this would be their largest deployment for many years.
Knowing the problems they had with artillery previously, the Eldar brought with them a mobile webway gate in the form of a storm serpent. This reduced the eldar casualties by allowing the eldar to deliver a formation of banshees right into the heart of The Imperial Guard firebase, severely disrupting the imperial defence almost immediately after the attack had begun. As the Imperium scrambled to reorganise their defences, the eldar secured key objectives and - as planned - dug in. This was unexpected and as the eldar force withdrew from the main imperial battelfield only then did the imperial commander realise the true intent of this eldar attack. This hadn't been a raid, this was an invasion.
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