Editing Steel Confessors (section)

==Defense of Kalevala==
Elements of [[Hive Fleet]] [[Hive Fleet Leviathan|Leviathan]] surround the system and basically just rush to the planet, giving the planet little time to shore up a defense. The Steel Confessors decide the best offense is a good defense and set their entire chapter in defensive positions in and around the manufactorum. They did have a couple of advantages though, to begin with, their [[Fortress-Monastery]] is situated inside the manufactorum, allowing them ready access to their entire armory and, being that it's a fucking manufactorum, they can replace material losses with near impunity.

That Psychic Choir, as well, though it likely drew the tyranids to begin with, did provide a major advantage for the Steel Confessors: Navigation. The amplification, though weakened and with limited range, allowed for fleets to glimpse past the shadow of the warp and continue travel.

The Tyranids smack into the planet, like moths to fire, and began rushing towards the manufactorum. Realizing that just sitting in foxholes while Tyranids are everywhere is a bad idea, they split their forces into two groups: [[Tactical Space Marine Squad|Tacticals]] and [[Devastator Space Marine Squad|Devastators]] form moving firing lines that cut down with controlled, coordinated bursts (aiming to kill synapse creatures) and then [[Assault Space Marine Squad|Assault]] and [[Vanguard Veteran]] squads launch an immediate counter-attack to wipe out what's left. [[Land Speeder|Land Speeders]] were grouped up into squadrons, used to bolster any gaps in the line and carry supplies to units. This strategy allowed the Confessors to kill and disrupt the Tyranids despite being outnumbered, and kept their own casualties low.

In the end, reinforcements arrived but since the Steel Confessors don't have [[plot armor]], they were shattered. Two companies were destroyed outright, their First Company and most of the remaining were left with forty percent marines remaining. Even so, they showed basic common sense in how to fight the Tyranids. Not that anyone bothered with their highly successful tactics ever again…

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