Tau forcibly removed from Device chamber on Einmyrria

In 04.020M42, with the Cicatrix Maledictum still pulsing violently, the Tau remained somewhat shielded from its effects. Their alliance with the Kel Sandros Eldar had secured them the necron device on Eimyrria, and the Foramen Ancilla provided a stable route from the Tau Empire and the Federacy into the Zadoc Subsector and beyond. This passageway was vital to the Tau existance on the "northern" side of the rift, so when an eldar force turned up at Einmyrria demanding the surrender of the device the Tau were naturally less than willing to comply.

These were also not of Kel Sandros, but the craftworld of Ul'Staer, who by now even the Tau were aware were in close cooperation with the Ynnari, who they did not consider allies. The commander of Tau forces on Cernunnos, now being rebuilt as a colony, sent for guidance from Malkaor in the Hadron Expanse. The response was unequivocal. The device chamber and its precious artefact were not to be surrendered to any force, not even with a formal request from the Kel Sandros craftworld, which had stayed capriciously silent over the affair.

The tau on the ground at Einmyrria politely refused the Ul'Staer demand, and a few hours later the full fury of the Aeldari race was upon them. Fast moving jetbikes and wraith constructs swarmed over the Tau positions, and the younger race soon found themselves all but surrounded. Despite giving a good account of themselved in battle, the cadre realised that holding on would be a pointless last stand, and retreated in good order. The eldar had secured the Einmyrria device chamber for themselves, and banned any Tau forces from coming within 100km of the ancient tomb housing the device. The Tau watched and waited, but for now the Aeldari race seemed to only want control of the chamber, and the Foramen Ancilla remained open.