The sacrifice of the Hammers of the Emperor chapter on the outskirts of Bymarsh had bought the Imperium time to deploy into prepared positions, but the craftworld of Ul'Staer had learned a lot about it's enemy since it's warhost first appeared on Corticant. On 1304.020M42 the Aeldari once again launched an attack into the city, and this time they were successful. In a textbook advance, the eldar took their objectives with precision and alacrity, allowing the Adeptus Mechanicus defenders of the settlement no opportunity to mount an effective counter assault.
By 1404.020M42 the entire settlement had been overrun by the craftworld eldar, and Veers was now staring at the stark reality that the excavation site would soon come under attack by the eldar once again. Should this be lost, and the device lost, the entire Foramen Interdictum would collapse, isolating the Imperium on the dark side of the great rift, jeopardising the Mordecai campaign and the very existence of imperial rule in the Hadron Expanse and Perseus Deeps.
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