Crusade launch invasion of Vandrax 2

Now the Crusade base on Vandrax 3 was fully operational, the commander of Crusade forces in the system agreed that the neighbouring planet, designated merely Vandrax 2, was the next target. Rich in resources and a potential colony, this planet would be the target of Federal and loyalist attacks. The crusade had no intention of settling the system but full control of the planets of Vandrax was required to allow the Mechanicum to continue their work to close the Foramen Majoris - Vorushko's unintentional accessory pathway.

The Cereberex Guard were selected to escort the Mechanicum survey team to the planet, and it was fortunate they did, as soon strange readings were detected from near the landing site. Within hours a tear in reality overcame the power of the Foramen, and the daemonic hosts of Nurgle appeared, angry at what the Crusade - or rather Vorushko herself - had done to Papa Nurgles plans.

The Cerberex forces set their defensive line on a ridge overlooking the plains where the forces of Nurgle had materialised and ordered their men to open fire. A ferocious hail of fire smashed into the daemonic lines, but the majority of the nurgle beasts endured. Relentlessly the misshapen nightmares of the warp closed on the Cerberex guard lines, until they met in gruesome hand to hand combat. Eventually the overwhelming firepower of the Imperial Guard told, and the remnants of the daemonic horde were banished back to the warp, but not before many hundreds of Cerberex guard had been slain. Worse still, according to edict 17 of the Ordo Hereticus, the Cerberex Guard systematically executed every guardsmen who had been in physical contact with the daemons, to prevent contamination and further outbreak. Hundreds more died in this way, but their deaths were recorded as "slain in battle" in the fight against chaos. Meanwhile the crusade had a foothold on Vandrax 2.