Editing Medusa V (section)

==The Fall of Medusa V, AKA Galactic Battle Royale: The Bruiser on Medusa(er)==

Almost as soon as the Mechanicus had reached this conclusion, all hell broke the fuck loose as everyone in the galaxy found a reason to show up at the party. The [[Tau]] rocked up and started trying to negotiate for the planet, as they wanted a base from which they could study the Warp. Descendants of the refugees from Medusa IV started rioting and ultimately revealed their allegiance to Chaos. Strange flares of energy were detected on Medusa VII and near one of the hives on Medusa V, and soon rumors were proliferating that said hive was under siege by [[Necron|mysterious metal xenos]]. An explorator fleet was attacked and all hands disappeared under mysterious circumstances, though signs indicated that it might have been the work of the [[Dark Eldar]] as they came to the planet for raiding and slaving. An [[Eldar]] strike force from Craftworld [[Alaitoc]] landed on the planet with the goal of closing its hidden [[Webway]] gates to keep Chaos from getting in and mucking the place up. An [[Ork]] WAAAGH! led by [[Nazdreg Ug Urdgrub]] showed up and started trashing the farming settlements on the northern side of the continent, scaring off the farmers and threatening the planet with starvation. The [[Deathwatch]] and the Ordo Xenos popped in to warn that a splinter of [[Hive Fleet Kraken]] was on the way. [[Cato Sicarius]] and the Ultramarines' 2nd Company returned for Round Two, followed by detachments from dozens of Space Marine chapters, including the [[Blood Angels]], [[Space Wolves]], [[Imperial Fists]], [[Howling Griffons]], [[Black Templars]], and [[Dark Angels]]. The Imperial sector command sent in an entire crusade force, led by Lord Marshal Graf Harazahn of the [[Vostroyan Firstborn]]. [[Ygethmor]] the Deceiver showed up with a gigantic warband of [[Chaos Space Marines]] from six of the nine Traitor Legions and renegade Astartes from the Maelstrom Warp Rift, aiming to make a sacrifice to the Chaos gods that would elevate him to daemonhood and allow him to claim Medusa as a Daemon World of his own.

Medusa V promptly turned into a colossal free-for-all, with the Imperial forces trying to hold off everyone else long enough to evacuate the still-loyal civilians while the other factions all pursued their own goals and beat the hell out of each other in the process. In the end, Medusa V was swallowed by the maw of the Rapidity, with everyone and everything still on its surface lost forever to the Warp. The Imperial forces could technically call it a victory, since they'd accomplished their goal despite heavy casualties. The Eldar also succeeded in closing the Webway gate and killing Ygethmor at the cost of their [[Autarch]]. Many of the Chaos Champions who'd come to the planet earned the favor of their patron gods and committed great butchery on the planet. Nazdreg and his Orks had a proppa' scrap and escaped the planet, but everyone else ended up various degrees of screwed: the Tyranids were thoroughly spanked due to being forced to adapt to every playable faction in the game at once, Ygethmor's followers were abandoned to die by the rest of the Chaos forces, the Tau concluded that the Warp was a dead end and pulled back to consolidate the Third Sphere Expansion, the Necron leader failed to contain the Warp storm and was punished by [[The Deceiver|the Deceiver]], and the Dark Eldar leader, who'd been trying to amass enough power to overthrow [[Asdrubael Vect|the big-dick player himself]], found herself outwitted and nearly wiped out by Vect and his loyal troops.

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