Editing Duniya Kanaash (section)

===War on Terra===
''I fought many things during the many wars of the Sol System before unity. Hulking Selenar Ironclads, Jovian Xenodrones and Cy-Carnivora swarms. But the screaming Stormbirds, the ruthless discipline of the Astartes as they tore through line after line of Skirarii and Tech-Thralls, and the sight of General Hektor taking apart both the Myrmidax Prime and the Fabricator General with his spear still lingers with me.''

-Kunaash, Galactic War, Coda 2.2.6


When Luna fell before the armies of the Emperor, Burija’s arguments became too great to ignore and he was elected as Fabricator General. Straight away he appointed Kanaash to lead the group who would formulate the plans to assault Terra. Kanaash was vindicated and could now put years of work into practice. For even as he battled with Jupiter Xenos and wayward Martian Magi he had been studying the combat tactics of the Thunder Warriors, their reliance on close-quarters combat and frontal assaults. He had a foolproof strategy for fighting the Terran super-soldiers. Martian Firepower would be key to keeping them off the Martian lines, and for that Titans would be the ultimate weapon. His combat protocols for countering Thunder Warriors were copied and spread throughout the Skitarii, Thallaxi and other troops being mustered to assault Terra. His star within the Myrmidon Order was ascending and proof came of this when the supreme master of the Myrmidons, Kaerl Wach appointed Kanaash to be his second for the assault upon Terra.

The Legions of Mars set out for Terra in high spirits, but the assault ended in the disaster known later as [[Burija's Folly]]. Kanaash’s protocols for fighting Thunder Warriors were useless against the Astartes who made up the assaulting Army. Wach was killed defending the Fabricator General from [[Hektor Cincinnatus]], broadcasting his command protocols to Kanaash even as his broken shell was crushed beneath Hektor’s boot. Kanaash rallied his Myrmidon Secutors to defend the stricken Titan landers, for there would be no higher stain on the honor of the Mechanicum or insult to the Machine God than if the Terran Emperor captured a God-Engine intact. Even then they could not save the downed Legio Mortis Imperator Titan ''Martialis Hyaenidae'', and that most ancient and renowned Titan had to be destroyed to prevent it falling into the hands of the Astartes. The Myrmidons reaped a fearsome toll among the assaulting Astartes, but faced with a foe for whom they had no effective counter there was never a doubt as to the ultimate outcome. Kanaash wished to remain with his Myrmidons as the rearguard, but [[Zorr Yenser]], who was in overall command forced him into joining the Martian Forces as they evacuated.

Kanaash returned to Mars beaten and despondent. Mars could not hope to prevent the Unification of Terra now. Five Titans were lost including ''Martialis Hyaenidae'', a crime that all of Mars felt keenly. Years of work had been wasted, and all Kannash’s plans and schemes were laid waste. Kanaash the Crackpot was the nickname spread throughout the Ordo Myrmidon, and even as he was inaugurated as Myrmidax Prime a score of challengers rose up to wrest the title from him.

For several days Kanaash locked himself away in the data-archives of the Ordo Reductor, trying to figure out where he had gone wrong, what he had done wrong. After countless hours of reading through endless documents on war, Kanaash reached a revelation. They had been going at it all wrong. He had been fighting, but he had not been fighting for anything. The Ordo Myrmidon had fought their battles because that was all they knew. But there needed to be something greater to why they fought. The Terran Emperor’s men fought for a cause, and that was what the Mechanicum needed. And that cause was Terra. The threat of Terra was a cause all the Mechanicum could believe in, could fight for, could die for.

Kanaash emerged from his seclusion and straight away accepted his many challenges. Though he won them all, his body was rent and broken. He deduced that his personal combat skills were lacking, and given that the Terran General Hektor had felled his predecessor and the Fabricator General in close-quarters combat, Kanaash would need to improve his own skills in that area if he had a hope of winning the second round.

With his body still broken and his new form yet unforged, Kanaash addressed the assembled Myrmidax of the order. There had been a setback, yes, but the chance would come to even the score. They needed to be ready for the second round. He would give the Myrmidons a purpose, a foe to face and a task to perform. They would learn how to kill Astartes.