Rifts of Hecate: Xenos raids

Despite the Inquisitional order to retreat from the Rifts of Hecate, by late 023M42 the Imperium still retained strong forces in the region, as crusade general Maximus was less than inclined to effectively give up his command. Meanwhile the Aeldari were regarding the escalating situation in the Rifts with some alarm. In secret, the Aeldari had communicated with the Imperium via the Inquisition, believing they had an accord with the Mon'Keigh that they would leave the region and allow the dangerous combination of orks, tyranids and necrons to fight one another, while the Aeldari worked on cutting the region off from the rest of the sector.

Now it appeared the discussions had been for nothing, so the Aeldari arranged a number of dark eldar raids and Ynnari attacks to encourage the Imperium to leave the Rifts of Hecate. Unfortunately for the xenos, the dark eldar raid on the imperial base of Ferrosiun was met by a savage counter attack by the Hammers of the Emperor, which lead to the rare event of the Imperium taking drukhari prisoners. At the same time the Ynnari investigated the extend of tyranid infestation on Lodax. The first mission into tyranid territory went badly, with the extra-galactic ambushing the Aeldari and systematically removing their ability to counter the hordes of creatures that now fell upon the eldar. Initially the Ynnari fled, but Yvraine rallied her followers, killing the largest tyranid hive creature while the Death Jester took out a Norn Emissary. The Yncarne also appeared, killing a Neurotyrant, and with their command and control nodes destroyed the tyranid assault fizzled out. The Aeldari plan to influence events in the region was not going well.