Tau clear chaos from Mimir system

In the Hadron Expanse, Malkaor had almost completed the invasion of the Dnatha system. The tau now turned their attention to Mimir, a system claimed by the federacy and tau, but then attacked by the Emerald Serpent in 019M42. Since then the fortunes of chaos had waned, and their overall interest in the Hadron Expanse had decreased. Gregland 100 and another minor world were still in the hands of the traitor forces however, and Malkaor realised that taking these worlds back would not only free resources from the Mimir system, but also confirm that it was the Tau Empire, not the Federacy, who were the senior partner in the Hadron Expansion Sphere.

 

The Federacy were in no position to argue, and on 1206.020M42 the tau commander's forces simultaneously landed on both planets. The inner world fell quickly, as it was largely undefended, but on Gregland 100, named for reasons lost to time, the Emerald Serpent put up a strong defence. The chaos forces summoned daemons, including a particularly fearsome Bloodthirster, to the horror of Malkaor's army, but after a brisk engagement, the overwhelming firepower of the tau finished off the chaos defence of the planet. With Mimir back under "alliance" control, the tau made plans to take the fight to the last chaos bastion in the Hadron Expanse, Boltarean.