Destino: Sky Lords & Kel Sandros enter the fray

The loyalists at Destino had suffered serious setbacks after continuous raids conducted by the Grey Knights. However in early 018M42 the Grey Knights had departed the system, en route for the chaos infestation of Tarlius. The Crusade attempted to follow up the Grey Knights' success, deploying a company of Sky Lords into the system. The crusade astartes immediately landed on Tarlius 5, where they expected to find a weakened loyalist outpost. However, poor communication between crusade forces meant the Sky Lords were totally ignorant of the loyalist positions on the Ice World. In fact, new forces had landed on the world led by Arch Magos Vargus, whose Adeptus Mechanicus forces were in orbit and exploiting the world's resources.

The loyalist mechanicum soon found out that their newly colonised world - named "New Swindon" - had been invaded by the Crusade. Both sides sent out scout forces which eventually blundered into each other on 2001.018M42. The resulting encounters saw the Sky Lords make the initial gains, taking several key installations from the Mechanicum. However, superior firepower soon forced a general retreat by the Crusade force, and yet another failed invasion of Tarlius was added to the Crusade records.

The Key Sandros Eldar however were growing concerned. It appeared that the loyalists, despite the predations of the Grey Knights, were in the main prevailing in the Destino system. This was certainly not what the Xenos wanted, and they decided to establish a presence in the system as they had at Paradorn and Vandrax. Taking advantage of the recent fighting on the ice world of Destino 4, the eldar struck the Adeptus Mechanicus forces amid a swirling snow storm. Using the weather and the tall buildings of the loyalists against them, the xenos were soon amongst the Mechanicum, using their close range firepower and close combat prowess to overwhelm and eventually massacre much of Vargus' forces. The world of New Swindon was swiftly evacuated, as the Kel Sandros openly communicated to their vanquished foes. "Know this world as "Allariele's Triumph, Mon-Keigh!"