Very little had happened on the Hexis front for months as neither the Imperium nor the forces of chaos made any attempt to go on the offensive. Morale on both sides slumped, but general Konev still had to deal with the tyranid threat to his rear. By 07.019M42 with no end to the war and the hellish conditions taking their toll on his troops, he officially requested astartes support to deal with the frequent raids conducted by the alien xenos who now infested the hills to the north east of the imperial zone on Hexis.
The astartes who responded were none other than the Grey Knights, once again aided by the legendary Kaldor Draigo, who now had such a habit of turning up in the Aleph Sector, few knew his story or even suspected he was anything other than the chapter master of the astartes chapter.
The Grey Knights immediately assaulted the suspected tyranid nest north east of Praxis and Menthoteph, dealing swiftly with a horde of genestealers which appeared first to defend their territory. The firepower of the xenos took its toll, destroying one of the Grey Knights' land raiders. but the astartes managed to get into close assault, fighting the aliens in brutal hand to hand combat. Draigo led from the front, slaying the alien beasts and exhorting his men to follow his example. By the end of 2707.019M42 one nest of the aliens had been dealt with, but there were more.
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