Candic Minor consumed

The eldar had managed to disrupt the consumption of the habitable world in the Candic Minor system by the tyranid threat in 03.022M42 but during 04.022M42 they were unable to spare the resources any further. Instead the eldar attempted to use subtle manipulation of the winds of fate, tipping off the Imperium to reports of an undiscovered STC on the planet in order to divert the vast resources of the Mon-Keigh to deal with the alien threat now bearing down on the entire Hadron Expanse.

The eldar ploy was successful, as the Adeptus Mechanicus, following up on any rumour of ancient human technology to be reclaimed, sent a small explorator fleet to the system. What the Aeldari were unable to do however, was decide the outcome of the inevitable showdown that followed. The Mechanicum found the world already stripped of its vegetation and swarming with tyranid creatures, and the shadow in the warp had already become significant. The followers of the Omnissiah did land on the world and attempted to set up a base of operations, but the hive mind reacted quickly, sending hordes of creatures against the interlopers, including some extremely tough large beasts. Unable to overcome the psychic fog that now enveloped the system, the weapons of the Adeptus Mechanicus were less than effective at dealing with the attack, and the attempt to investigate the world was abandoned. Candic Minor was completely consumed some days later.