Vandrax 5: New Gregoria base founded

While the Ultramarinex conducted their unsuccesful raids on Vandrax 3, the Imperial Fists conducted a raid on the outermost planet, designated Vandrax 5. They had scouted the planet with orbital scans and were satisfied the only presence on the world was a small Crusade Mechanicum force. Following their doctrine to the letter, the Fists decided upon a landing zone with dense cover, including a high rocky outcrop which gave them a commanding view over the Crusade landing zone. The Mechanicum forces were then forced to deal with the Imperial Fists threat looking down on them, and in the ensuing firefight the astartes chapter quickly got the upper hand, using the terrain to their advantage. Unable to put up a meaningful defence of their landing zone the Crusade abandoned the world, and the Imperial Fists got to work creating their own base, christened New Gregoria, starting with scanners and survey equipment. By 1710.017M42 the astartes had complete control of the planet and would have forewarning of any raid or landing assault. This would prove to be an invaluable asset to Hathek's loyalists in the Vandrax system.