Editing The 13th Black Crusade (section)

===Taking Stock of Things===

[[File:BFGA2_Blackstone.JPG|thumb|All this for 700 points? Are you sure?]]

Through the efforts of Creed, his command, and the defenders, Cadia held on. Failbaddon's forces had been pushed back, but as Artificers tried to restore damaged fortifications, battles still raged on other fronts. What's more, there was no way of contacting the outer worlds of the system, as the comm relays had been knocked out in the fighting. However, Creed did still have means to contact what remained of the Imperial Fleet in orbit, and asked them to do some recon at the system's outer edges.

One thing bothered him immensely: in all the fighting, not once did he get a report of an armless fail anywhere on the planet. Creed was suspicious, but couldn't be sure of Abaddon's intentions. On one hand, the Despoiler could be planning to bypass Cadia entirely, chewing into the soft underbelly of the Imperium. That was a real possibility, and if Abaddon had a mind to do so, there wasn't anything Creed could do to stop him. Of the ships left in orbit, only the [[Space Wolves]] [[Space Marine Battle-barge|battle barge]] '''Firemane's Fang''' could still move ''and'' fight, and only due to the <s>toaster fucking</s> ministrations of its [[Iron Priest]]s.

On the other hand, Abaddon is a prideful fuck, so the likelihood he'd just let some <s>more competent</s> minor [[Chaos Lord]] destroy Cadia was pretty low. Creed reasoned that they'd be screwed should Abaddon decide to make an appearance, but at least it would buy the Imperium time to build up the forces needed to banish the Despoiler back to the Warp for a spare pair of arms. So to ensure Abaddon didn't screw over the inner segmentum, Creed decided to give him a target he could not ignore.