With two failed attempts to invade the alliance system of Echo Reach, the alliance council decided to attempt to take the pressure off their main system in the Hadron Expanse by reinitiating their expansion goals. Having rebuffed the imperium twice, the alliance now felt strong enough to bring the war to the neighbouring system of Dnatha, under Imperial control.
With Admiral Barham's fleet engaged at Paradorn and Boltarean fighting chaos, and with Enkvist still recovering from his fleet's encounter with Sunstrike, Tau commander Malkaor did not have to worry about fleet engagement, and the invasion force arrived in the Dnatha system close to the second outer planet. The outermost planet was deemed of little value, and Malkaor wanted to disrupt imperial plans by taking out the Imperial base and laser defences on the second outer planet.
Landing in force the tau quickly overwhelmed the Imperial garrison, but the Ultramarines swiftly responded having deployed a company to the Hadron Expanse during the previous month. The astartes however were driven off by the combined fire of the xenos force, Malkaor showing once again his strength as a defensive commander. Having exhausted the Imperium's initial response, the tau now waited to see what the next move by the Imperium would be.
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