The system of Goreen had been quiet for much of 019.M42, following the Grey Knights intervention in 01.019M42. The local commander had been unable to press the advantage, lacking fleet support and short on supplies, so the imperium had been content to hold onto its gains in the system.
This changed in 04.019M42, as the imperium learnt that the eternal plague of the sector, the ork known as "Von Bismork", had been building up his forces in the system. The greenskeens already had a presence on multiple worlds, often out in wilderness zones on the sparsely inhabited outer worlds. On the central world of Goreen Alpha, although the spaceport and major settlements were under imperial control, orks lurked in the forests and mountainous regions, and were growing stronger with each passing month.
Worried about his ability to defend the imperial zones from a concerted ork attack, the commander of Goreen called for aid. The appeal was answered by a company of Imperial Fists, who deployed in strength on the outer world of Goreen Delta, a cold and unforgiving world of rock and ice. The astartes hoped, correctly, that the presence of brightly coloured space marines would provoke the orks into an all out attack, enabling humanity's finest to break the greenskin threat. They were not dissapointed. As 04.019M42 drew to a close, a horde of orks, led by Von Bismork's trusted lieutenants, assembled and charged the imperial lines.
the orks had however over estimated their abilities and firepower. Their lootas, mounted in battlewagons, failed to have the devastating impact the ork warlord expected, and although the orks managed to bring the astartes' attached Knight down in close combat, the imperial line held. By 05.019M42 Von Bismork's forces had become scattered and the outer worlds were cleared of the infestation. The Imperial Fists' strategy had worked, and now the Imperium could look forward to taking the fight to the remaining greenskin presence on Goreen Alpha.
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