Editing Sea Serpents (section)

==The Ludum Locus Campaign==

In M42, the Sea Serpents did not take part in the Indomitus Crusade. They operated in the Galactic east quelling rebellions and hunting xenos raiding parties. It was during this time that they received a distress signal from the Planetary Governor of a lush backwater world called “Keeg’s Moore”. The message was garbled, but it was clear that some sort of Alien threat was looming. Being the only Chapter is the area, the Serpent fleet was rerouted to provide aid.
*The Battle at Ludum River Valley – Upon arriving in the Keeg system, the Chapter dispatched a contingent from the 10th company to make planetfall and develop a fire base. 10th Captain Iocobus Hook was given command and the expedition was named “Strike Team Hammerhead”. During the initial scouting operations, Hammerhead discovered Necron activity on the planet. Intelligence suggested that the Necrons where on the planet to perform some sort of ritual to take control of local resources. Strike Team Hammerhead met them in the desert mid-ritual; and a skirmish broke out. The Necrons and Sea Serpent battled for several hours before it was clear to be a stalemate. Both forces retreated from the area. While not a solid success, they prevented the alien ritual from being completed. Post Battle, the fleet still in orbit received a signal from an incoming Adeptus Mechanicus fleet from Forgeworld Sygies VIII. Before the Astartes could express their relief at reinforcement, the Mechanicus fired upon them. In the opening barrage, the hanger doors on the Sea Serpent flagship were damaged. In the chaos, First Captain Halsey collected a few marines and escaped in a troop transport. They made planetfall and rallied with Strike Team Hammerhead. The flaming transport landed at the fire base and it was decided the only way to get reinforcements was going to be by teleport homer.

 

*The Dropsite Massacre at Duncan Station – There was an abandoned space port on the planet that they discovered had a relic teleport homer. When they arrived at the space port, called Duncan Station, they found the Mechanicus already there. They launched a lightening attack on the Forgeworld forces. They where able to get all the way to the teleport homer before being detected. When they where discovered, they found quickly they where outgunned. The Sea Serpent’s bolter fire was insufficient against the tank hulls of Sygies VIII. Orca squad of the 10th company tried to smuggle the relic out on the flanks of the battlefield but was crippled under a hail of fire from their former Mechanicus allies. The teleport homer was dropped and the Sea Serpents withdrew, unable to whether the losses the enemy tanks would inflict. As the Sea Serpents withdrew from Duncan station, they ran smack into the Necron forces that where already advancing on the station. With quick thinking by Captain Halsey, they where able to skirt the edges of the Necron forces and escape direct conflict while so wounded. He was able to trick the Necron overlord into moving wide around his forces, leading them directly into Duncan station and the Mechanicus. As the Sea Serpents watched the station disappear over the horizon, the only thing that could be hears was the guass weapons firing on the Mechanicus held station.

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