The situation on Lodax continued to deteriorate as 05.022M42 began. The eldar, extremely unhappy at the increasing encroachment of the lesser races on forbidden territory, launched another offensive against the Imperium. This time the eldar attacked in greater strength, and came up against the Novgorod Guard who had built up a sizeable force on the planer, including several units of heavy artillery. The imperial artillery hammered the eldar as they attacked, but the xenos used their superior speed to avoid the larger concentrations of imperial troops, and captured key objectives.
The Guard forces were obliged to retreat, lest they be surrounded, allowing the eldar to claim victory and prevent the Imperium from accessing several necron tomb complexes, but the situation became even more confused as lead elements of the emerging greenskin Waagh! turned up only a few days later. A terrifyingly confusing engagement then ensued, with the necrons also emerging from their tombs and attacking the invaders. The Guard found themselves temporarily "allied" with the orks, as both eldar and necron forces - mortal enemies - seemingly worked together on the primary goal of getting the inferior interlopers away from the ancient tomb complexes.
It wasn't enough however, and the Imperium and orks made gains after an epic struggle. A necron warlord was crushed under the mighty foot of an ork Stompa, while the eldar warhost melted away back into the webway. In all of this the Imperium discovered that these necrons were yet another dynasty, the Ichortek, adding to the imperial knowledge of the complexity of this ancient empire.
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