To remove the chaos threat from Paradorn Lord General Maximus ordered all forces to hold the system at all costs. With this in mind the Novgorod were sent in against chaos forces holding the third planet following the initial invasion. Hoping the enemy were not yet dug in, the Novgorod Guard launched a full scale counter invasion only to find the planet strongly defended by the Emerald Serpent. Fielding a mix of daemonic entities backed up by Darrantine Guard regiments, the Emerald Serpent proved difficult to overcome, and Novgorod casualties soon began mounting. However, the imperial force knew that defeat here would probably mean the loss of the system, so the imperial force stubbornly pursued their objectives despite horrific losses. More men were pushed into the front, and the beachhead was eventually secured. Fighting raged over key installations for days, but eventually the imperium pushed the chaos forces to breaking point first.
By 0403.019M42 the Emerald Serpent had lost much of their daemonic support, and the planet could no longer be held. The remaining useful chaos forces were evacuated by Stahl and Thok's fleets, while the remainder were slowly mopped up by the exhausted invaders. Paradorn 3 had been retaken, but the situation in the system remained difficult.
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