Erguras Fall: Necron and Tau setbacks

On Erguras Fall the Necrons once again attempted to intervene in the escalating Rifts of Hecate campaign as yet another race trampled all over their sacred tombs as the conflict increased in intensity. This time the Dark Eldar were their opponents, as the drukhari had opportunistically decided to involve themselves in the campaign. There was little strategic planning in the dark eldar raid, as the objective was in this case profit. The necrons were hampered by their lack of coherent planning, and the drukhari made off with several priceless artefacts to take back to Commoragh.

Further south the Tau engaged the Novgorod Guard, who had recently deployed on both worlds central to the Rifts of Hecate campaign. The Tau were seeking to shore up their southern flank before turning against the rising threat of chaos forces on the world, but found the newly arrived heavy forces of the Imperium a challenging task. The intended fast moving engagement quickly bogged down into an attritional struggle, as it became apparent the Imperium were now deploying in the Gap in strength. Unable to find a way to flank their enemy and facing punishing firepower, the Tau force was all but wiped out. The Tau advance south was blocked, and the Imperium now began establishing a strong perimeter on the lowlands just north of the Ergura Massif. The war on Ergura's Fall was now a truly three way affair between the Tau, chaos forces and Imperium.