Following their mysterious appearance in the Vandrax system, the harlequins continued their attacks on Crusade positions. Unknown to Archmagos Cybixx or even Vorushko herself, the Aeldari in general were setting themselves in opposition to the Crusade, as they alone knew of the Inquisitor Lord's plan for the system. The Mon-keigh could not be allowed to carry out their plan, and the Federacy and Tau forces had proved woefully inadequate for the task at hand. Having failed to influence the alliance to further their aims, the Aeldari were now carrying out an elaborate plan, led by the Rillietan themselves.
This time the Masque of the Morning Crescent appeared without warning on Vandrax 4, destroying much of the Crusade base's infrastructure and equipment, before the Angels Redemptive responded to the distress call from the world. Their appearance however, was aggressively resisted by the Rillietan, who savaged the astartes forces for many hours, before the space marines themselves were forced to withdraw to regroup. By the time the astartes returned to the outpost on Vandrax 4, the harlequin force had destroyed every single building in the base, razing it to the ground. Only a few survivors of the thousands of workers were left to tell the tale of the brutal pillaging, which left Vandrax 4 once again effectively uncontrolled.
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