Mordecai: Imperium take Hamen

Following the costly victory at Hamen Spaceport, General Kutuzov wasted no time in pressing the advantage. With the Imperium’s foothold in the hive sprawl secured and the supply lines running through the wastelands behind him stabilised, the next strategic target was clear: the city of Hamen Hive itself. Intelligence suggested that the hive was now heavily fortified and garrisoned by elite elements of the Emperor’s Children, the corrupted III Legion, whose cruelty and martial prowess had already bled several Guard regiments dry in earlier phases of the campaign.

Recognising the need for overwhelming force to breach such a formidable objective, Kutuzov petitioned for Adeptus Astartes support. The call was answered swiftly by the Space Wolves, long-time enemies of the Traitor Legions, whose ferocity and disdain for static warfare made them an ideal tool for the task.

The assault began in the final days of 05.025.M42, heralded by a coordinated drop pod and Thunderhawk strike into the upper spires and mid-hive levels of Hamen. The 13th Great Company, led by Wolf Lord Brynjolf Stormfang mounted on his thunderwolf Greyhowl, spearheaded the assault. In a characteristic show of Fenrisian savagery, Stormfang led his pack from the front, shrugging off fire that would have crippled lesser warriors, and personally slaying multiple noise marines in brutal hand-to-hand combat.

The impact of the Space Wolves’ assault was immediate and devastating. The Emperor’s Children, for all their twisted devotion to excess and sensation, found themselves completely unprepared for the sheer physicality and unrelenting aggression of their loyalist cousins. Demoralisation spread quickly through the traitor lines as entire units were routed, their cohesion shattered by the Space Wolves’ shock assault.

Despite stiff resistance in some hab-blocks and underhive zones, by the early days of 06.025.M42, Hamen Hive had been brought under Imperial control. The few remaining Chaos defenders were either driven into the wastes or slaughtered without quarter.

With Hamen Hive fallen, the strategic doctrine of the campaign began to crystallise. Kutuzov, now with the advantage of numbers and a steady stream of reinforcements, would direct the Adeptus Astartes to break the hardest, most entrenched targets—elite formations, command centres, and key fortresses—while the massive Guard formations under his command would follow up to consolidate territory, cleanse the wider sprawl, and push into the surrounding wastelands.

The campaign for Mordecai Primaris was far from over, but the fall of Hamen marked a turning point. Chaos resistance had proven resilient, but the momentum was now firmly with the Imperium, and the full weight of the Imperial war machine was only just beginning to roll forward.