At 399995.M41 a small
expeditionary force of Black Templars from Grettoris landed on AA-572 to
investigate Scott Guild reports of tyranid activity on that world. They were
guided by the Scott Guild prospecting vessel the Lucky Strike, and her
pilot Albie Schwartz, the only survivor from the original encounter. Having
landed, the team sent out a small scouting party composed of two tactical teams
to identify the location of the tyrannid hive.
Following tyrannid tracks,
the scouting party were caught in the open by a sudden attack in overwhelming
force. The attacking force, comprising of gaunts and genestealers quickly
surrounded both tactical teams, separating them from each other, and all but destroying
one. The remaining team managed to send a distress call to the landing
force, which dispatched a fast skimmer to provide assistance.
Whilst these tactical teams
were engaged, there was a second assault on the main landing site, which
was ill prepared (with little in the way of fixed defense). Genestealers
and gaunts led by a brood lord engaged two tactical teams of Black
Templars in ferocious hand-to-hand combat. Whilst the Templars held the line,
protecting the Lucky Strike, a Lictor penetrated the landing
area, causing sudden confusion. The Lucky Strike was badly damaged
during an ill coordinated retreat by the Templars, but after emergency repairs,
made orbit. Many Templars were wounded, and seven left dead, their names
transmitted for inscribing in the Chapel of Dorn aboard the Eternal
Crusader.
Assessmentatus Stratigica:
Tyranids are more active
on AA-572 than anticipated, and are acting in a more aggressive and
co-ordinated way than appears to have been the case in other chance encounters
in this zone. Assessment indicates a strong possibility that the tyranids of AA-572 may be in contact with The Hive Mind.
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