While the Imperium were being ejected from the Foramen and retreating at Hussaria, the stalemate on Hexis continued. Warsmith Stahl had actually left the system by this point, but his armies remained, content it appeared to suffer the horrors of nuclear shelling and not reacting to Konev's obvious provocations. The forces of chaos knew Konev no longer had the capability for offensive operations in a meaningful way, at least for the time being.
Underlining this, on 2003.019M42 on of the chaos fleets stationed at the Lysis system abruptly left. Now the imperium had a technical advantage in ships, but without supplies getting through, this wasn't much use to Konev. Aggressive actions against the chaos forces remained beyond his army's capability.
The necrons too seemed to think that the Imperium at least were weak. Mustering a significant host in the northern deserts. the Ha'Tek dynasty, once again led by the necron lord Teal'c, posed a significant threat to Konev's army. Days passed with no response from the Imperium, until the necron force moved closer to Konev's army. Waiting until the xenos were within 50km in order to save fuel, the Imperial forces then struck. Led by their cavalry the Novgorod Guard smashed the necron host in the desert, securing their position on Hexis and once again frustrating the ancient dynasty, who realised theur simply did not have the combat power to overcome the interlopers. More necrons would need to be awakened from their slumber.
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