General Veers' appeal for aid did not go unheaded. By 0902.020M42 the Imperial forces on Corticant had been significantly strengthened. As well as more regiments of Novgorod Guard, Maximus diverted an entire naval battlegroup to the system. In addition, the Dark Angels and Hammers of the Emperor assigned their own company strength forces to defend the planet from the Aeldari threat.
the reinforcements were enough for Veers, ever the bold general, to go over to the offensive. Gaining support from the astartes the imperial forces massed on the eastern flank of the eldar held sector, with the imperial guard launching an overwhelming advance. Ironhaven quickly fell as the eldar struggled to hold back their vastly more numerous foe, and suffered from constant orbital bombardment from a Hammers of the Emperor strike cruiser.
While the Aeldari reeled from the hammerblows in the east, the Dark Angels launched a surgical strike against Bymarsh, the key settlement and road intersection to the north of the excavation site where the Necron device chamber lay. The astartes managed to take the eldar by surprise initially, but the counter attack from a combined wraithhost and drukhari army was particularly savage, as the enemy realised that Bymarsh was strategically vital to controlling the approaches to the device chamber. After hours of savage fighting, the Dark Angels just managed to cling on to their gains and hold onto the settlement, forcing the eldar to withdraw. Despite heavy losses, the offensive was going Veers' way, and the control of the strategic asset at the heart of Corticant now appeared to be within his grasp.
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