592.995.M41 Approach to Shelldrake - System/Base Schematics and Image

The BB-993 system

Guided by intelligence flowing from the Longsight facility, unmistakable tyranid movement towards the BB-993 system was confirmed. This system is home to Station Shelldrake a mining facility consisting of a cluster of bunkers and silos on the sixth world, and maintained by the Scott Guilds. A Black Templar strike force has been dispatched to defend the facility in an effort to block the tyranid advance into the sub-sector.

Schematic of Station Shelldrake

The Templars have entered the system, but as they did so scout skulls observed tyranids landing on the system's earth-type jungle world. The Templar strike force have secured the station, fortified the landing areas, and are ready to face the assault that must now come.

Black Templars fan out to secure the main landing field of Station Shelldrake

520.995.M41 Tyranid Splinter Fleet Confirmed - Map Update!

The ageing machine minds of the Longsight facility have been coaxed into life by the Research Clerics of the Shield Crusade. Slowly they have yielded raw data, long range telemetry and motion tracking schemes. When analysed, this information has revealed a tyranid swarm, a splinter fleet, but powerful enough to wreak havoc through the Eastern Scatter and across the Nor Sub-sector. The splinter has been code named Hydra. Initially, Hydra seemed unfocused, the swarm moving in great, inconstant swirls in the empty region beyond AA-572. However, prolonged processing revealed a general 'drift direction' in the swarm, Hydra heading slowly in the direction of BB-993. On the strength of this intellegance, Detached Command Grettoris has deployed a full strike force to this system, identified as the most likely target for the next tyranid advance.