War continues on Hexis

On Hexis the bitter fighting between the factions increased in intensity in late 06.020M42. The tau, reacting to intelligence reports that information of great value was still to be found on the world, sent an expeditionary force to the world. Made up of mainly kroot auxilliaries, they managed to land without detection in the far north of the planet and set up a base. However they soon found themselves under attack from a patrolling force of astartes scouts. The ultramarines recognised the new threat on Konev's northern flank and drove off the kroot forces, leaving the Tau Empire no closer to discovering the secrets of the underground tombs.

Further south, between Menthoteph and Praxis, the forces of chaos came to grips once again with their former allies or mercenaries, as the "Grot Liberation Front" made trouble on the eastern border of the chaos sector. The Thousand sons were able to defeat the grots and push back the greenskin held territory, but no useful land or artefacts of value were found in this action. The chaos sector was made more secure however.

In the west, the necrons and tyranids finally collided as the hive mind sought a way off the planet. The necrons, unwilling to give up their secrets fought the xenos threat in the plains south of Girishtar, but it was the ancient race who were on the losing side. Their army shattered, the necrons were forced to give ground, and the tyranids discovered vital information surrounding the nexus arrangement. Whether they would be capable of incorporating this entirely non biological artefact into their way of being remained unknown, but they tyranids appeared to be trying.