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Early engagements

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	The first clash between Fifth Legion and WAAAGH! Rok'Ed was at the Aram system. The old Olympia-class Cruiser ''Ténacité'' discovered a small fleet of Orkish warships taking on victorious boyz from Aram-6. ''Ténacité'' made a quick hit-and-ran attack on the Orks, causing minimal damage with her torpedoes before withdrawing. In the coming months, many similar light engagements occurred as the Imperials gathered information and attempted to lure their opponents into a change of course.		The first clash between Fifth Legion and WAAAGH! Rok'Ed was at the Aram system. The old Olympia-class Cruiser ''Ténacité'' discovered a small fleet of Orkish warships taking on victorious boyz from Aram-6. ''Ténacité'' made a quick hit-and-ran attack on the Orks, causing minimal damage with her torpedoes before withdrawing. In the coming months, many similar light engagements occurred as the Imperials gathered information and attempted to lure their opponents into a change of course.

			This strategy was not without its risks. ''Talisman'', a Crusade-class Cruiser transferred to the Fifth by the [[Steel Marshals]] was ambushed by Orkish warships at the Soistea system and escaped with heavy damage. Several smaller vessels, among them Siluria-class Light Cruiser ''Galant'', were lost in action and few ships in the 25th Expedition Fleet's complement went undamaged.

	==The Latoti Crusade==		==The Latoti Crusade==

	While the Fifth Legion's efforts at baiting Rok'Ed's captains were extremely successful, Gaspard Lumey soon realized that the Orkish horde he was facing was considerably larger than anticipated. He scrapped his initial plan to lure the whole greenskin force to one place for a decisive battle and instead drew up a more complicated strategy to divide and exhaust the Orkish warriors in a series of engagements across multiple Sectors. It is unclear why Lumey chose to designate the area of engagement the [[San Angelus Incident\|San Angelus Strategic Theatre]]. Most assume that the Primarch wished to signal the seriousness of the battle to his men to extract the maximum effort, but some sages believe that Lumey expected his forces to be destroyed. In any case, the Primarch redoubled his efforts to secure additional forces, ordering [[Fabrice Diallo]]'s 33rd Expedition Fleet to abandon Pacification efforts at Roanov and get under way to Pandora.		While the Fifth Legion's efforts at baiting Rok'Ed's captains were extremely successful, Gaspard Lumey soon realized that the Orkish horde he was facing was considerably larger than anticipated. He scrapped his initial plan to lure the whole greenskin force to one place for a decisive battle and instead drew up a more complicated strategy to divide and exhaust the Orkish warriors in a series of engagements across multiple Sectors. It is unclear why Lumey chose to designate the area of engagement the [[San Angelus Incident\|San Angelus Strategic Theatre]]. Most assume that the Primarch wished to signal the seriousness of the battle to his men to extract the maximum effort, but some sages believe that Lumey expected his forces to be destroyed. In any case, the Primarch redoubled his efforts to secure additional forces, ordering [[Fabrice Diallo]]'s 33rd Expedition Fleet to abandon Pacification efforts at Roanov and get under way to Pandora.

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	Unpleasant work, perhaps, but Olatari was not above making sacrifices.		Unpleasant work, perhaps, but Olatari was not above making sacrifices.

			===Early engagements===

			The first clash between Fifth Legion and WAAAGH! Rok'Ed was at the Aram system. The old Olympia-class Cruiser ''Ténacité'' discovered a small fleet of Orkish warships taking on victorious boyz from Aram-6. ''Ténacité'' made a quick hit-and-ran attack on the Orks, causing minimal damage with her torpedoes before withdrawing. In the coming months, many similar light engagements occurred as the Imperials gathered information and attempted to lure their opponents into a change of course.

			==The Latoti Crusade==

			While the Fifth Legion's efforts at baiting Rok'Ed's captains were extremely successful, Gaspard Lumey soon realized that the Orkish horde he was facing was considerably larger than anticipated. He scrapped his initial plan to lure the whole greenskin force to one place for a decisive battle and instead drew up a more complicated strategy to divide and exhaust the Orkish warriors in a series of engagements across multiple Sectors. It is unclear why Lumey chose to designate the area of engagement the [[San Angelus Incident\|San Angelus Strategic Theatre]]. Most assume that the Primarch wished to signal the seriousness of the battle to his men to extract the maximum effort, but some sages believe that Lumey expected his forces to be destroyed. In any case, the Primarch redoubled his efforts to secure additional forces, ordering [[Fabrice Diallo]]'s 33rd Expedition Fleet to abandon Pacification efforts at Roanov and get under way to Pandora.

1d4chan>Lumey: /* Signs and Portents */

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Signs and Portents

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	===Signs and Portents===		===Signs and Portents===

	Although [[Craftworld Meros]] drifted through space on the opposite side of the Galaxy, the supernatural sight of Farseer Olatari apprehended a range of possibilities in the coming clash of Orks and Humans. Slowly tracing the lines of fate, Olatari picked out a destiny that would satisfy her own mysterious ambitions. Her part in the affair would be small, no more than a short meeting with Autarch Yarennath. That short exchange of words would send ~~Yarennath~~ to the Mon-keigh planet Pandora, twisting altering the destiny of the Mon-keigh, Meros, and perhaps the Galaxy as a whole.		Although [[Craftworld Meros]] drifted through space on the opposite side of the Galaxy, the supernatural sight of Farseer Olatari apprehended a range of possibilities in the coming clash of Orks and Humans. Slowly tracing the lines of fate, Olatari picked out a destiny that would satisfy her own mysterious ambitions. Her part in the affair would be small, no more than a short meeting with Autarch Yarennath and Eleathiae of the Endless Fangs. That short exchange of words would send Eldar warriors to the Mon-keigh planet Pandora, twisting altering the destiny of the Mon-keigh, Meros, and perhaps the Galaxy as a whole.

	Unpleasant work, perhaps, but Olatari was not above making sacrifices.		Unpleasant work, perhaps, but Olatari was not above making sacrifices.

1d4chan>Lumey: /* Background: The Fall of Omegon */

2018-09-11T20:58:20Z

Background: The Fall of Omegon

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	==Background: The Fall of Omegon==		==Background: The Fall of Omegon==

	The cataclysm that ended the Age of Technology sent most human worlds back towards savagery, but fragments of the old human federation could be found scattered across the Galaxy. [[The Markian Pact]] is the best-known advanced realm in the Segmentum Pacificus, but were it not for the savagery of the terrible Orks Markia would have been a poor second to the Realm of Omegon. Sadly for the nascent Imperium, this sophisticated trans-stellar realm was annihilated by [[Xenos (Hektor Heresy)\|Xenos]] before it could be peacefully incorporated into galactic human society. The full total of wisdom and advanced technology destroyed by the Orks can only be guessed, but Omegon was worse than lost. Though the weapons of the Omegon Annihilators had failed to halt WAAAGH! Rok'Ed, the Orks looted many sophisticated machines from the civilisation they had destroyed. Flush with stolen arms and advanced warships, Rok'Ed's warriors rampaged across a trail five hundred light years wide, devastating everything in their path.		The cataclysm that ended the Age of Technology sent most human worlds back towards savagery, but fragments of the old human federation could be found scattered across the Galaxy. [[The Markian Pact]] is the best-known advanced realm in the Segmentum Pacificus, but were it not for the savagery of the terrible Orks Markia would have been a poor second to the Realm of Omegon. Sadly for the nascent Imperium, this sophisticated trans-stellar realm was annihilated by [[Xenos of the Hektor Heresy\|Xenos]] before it could be peacefully incorporated into galactic human society. The full total of wisdom and advanced technology destroyed by the Orks can only be guessed, but Omegon was worse than lost. Though the weapons of the Omegon Annihilators had failed to halt WAAAGH! Rok'Ed, the Orks looted many sophisticated machines from the civilisation they had destroyed. Flush with stolen arms and advanced warships, Rok'Ed's warriors rampaged across a trail five hundred light years wide, devastating everything in their path.

	[[Visant Le Gall]] was the first Imperial citizen to discover the Orkish threat. The Rogue Trader had established contact with the Realm of Omegon in the early 890s and had planned a second trading expedition for 897.M30. After re-supplying at the Civilised World Pandora, Le Gall's flotilla got underway towards Omegon space. However, within a day of subjective time in the Warp, the Rogue Trader's Astropaths reported profound psychic distress and a savage warp presence ahead of them. The ships' Navigators confirmed a disturbance in the Warp. Le Gall was already one of the most successful traders of his day, and his success had been underpinned by sure instincts. These signs meant trouble, not profit. Rather than carry on, Le Gall had his warp ships make Realspace at a nearby uninhabited system designated LG52b so that the psykers could have time to read their portents.		[[Visant Le Gall]] was the first Imperial citizen to discover the Orkish threat. The Rogue Trader had established contact with the Realm of Omegon in the early 890s and had planned a second trading expedition for 897.M30. After re-supplying at the Civilised World Pandora, Le Gall's flotilla got underway towards Omegon space. However, within a day of subjective time in the Warp, the Rogue Trader's Astropaths reported profound psychic distress and a savage warp presence ahead of them. The ships' Navigators confirmed a disturbance in the Warp. Le Gall was already one of the most successful traders of his day, and his success had been underpinned by sure instincts. These signs meant trouble, not profit. Rather than carry on, Le Gall had his warp ships make Realspace at a nearby uninhabited system designated LG52b so that the psykers could have time to read their portents.

1d4chan>Lumey: /* Background: The Fall of Omegon */

2018-09-11T20:57:12Z

Background: The Fall of Omegon

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	==Background: The Fall of Omegon==		==Background: The Fall of Omegon==

	The cataclysm that ended the Age of Technology sent most human worlds back towards savagery, but fragments of the old human federation could be found scattered across the Galaxy. [[The Markian Pact]] is the best-known advanced realm in the Segmentum Pacificus, but were it not for the savagery of the terrible Orks Markia would have been a poor second to the Realm of Omegon. Sadly for the nascent Imperium, this sophisticated trans-stellar realm was annihilated by [[Xenos (Hektor Heresy)\|Xenos]] before it could be peacefully incorporated into galactic human society. The full total of wisdom and advanced technology destroyed by the Orks can only be guessed, but Omegon was worse than lost. Though the weapons of the Omegon Annihilators had failed to halt WAAAGH! Rok'Ed, the Orks looted many sophisticated machines from the civilisation they had destroyed. Flush with stolen arms and advanced warships, Rok'Ed's warriors rampaged across a trail five hundred light years ~~across~~, devastating everything in their path.		The cataclysm that ended the Age of Technology sent most human worlds back towards savagery, but fragments of the old human federation could be found scattered across the Galaxy. [[The Markian Pact]] is the best-known advanced realm in the Segmentum Pacificus, but were it not for the savagery of the terrible Orks Markia would have been a poor second to the Realm of Omegon. Sadly for the nascent Imperium, this sophisticated trans-stellar realm was annihilated by [[Xenos (Hektor Heresy)\|Xenos]] before it could be peacefully incorporated into galactic human society. The full total of wisdom and advanced technology destroyed by the Orks can only be guessed, but Omegon was worse than lost. Though the weapons of the Omegon Annihilators had failed to halt WAAAGH! Rok'Ed, the Orks looted many sophisticated machines from the civilisation they had destroyed. Flush with stolen arms and advanced warships, Rok'Ed's warriors rampaged across a trail five hundred light years wide, devastating everything in their path.

	[[Visant Le Gall]] was the first Imperial citizen to discover the Orkish threat. The Rogue Trader had established contact with the Realm of Omegon in the early 890s and had planned a second trading expedition for 897.M30. After re-supplying at the Civilised World Pandora, Le Gall's flotilla got underway towards Omegon space. However, within a day of subjective time in the Warp, the Rogue Trader's Astropaths reported profound psychic distress and a savage warp presence ahead of them. The ships' Navigators confirmed a disturbance in the Warp. Le Gall was already one of the most successful traders of his day, and his success had been underpinned by sure instincts. These signs meant trouble, not profit. Rather than carry on, Le Gall had his warp ships make Realspace at a nearby uninhabited system designated LG52b so that the psykers could have time to read their portents.		[[Visant Le Gall]] was the first Imperial citizen to discover the Orkish threat. The Rogue Trader had established contact with the Realm of Omegon in the early 890s and had planned a second trading expedition for 897.M30. After re-supplying at the Civilised World Pandora, Le Gall's flotilla got underway towards Omegon space. However, within a day of subjective time in the Warp, the Rogue Trader's Astropaths reported profound psychic distress and a savage warp presence ahead of them. The ships' Navigators confirmed a disturbance in the Warp. Le Gall was already one of the most successful traders of his day, and his success had been underpinned by sure instincts. These signs meant trouble, not profit. Rather than carry on, Le Gall had his warp ships make Realspace at a nearby uninhabited system designated LG52b so that the psykers could have time to read their portents.

1d4chan>Lumey: /* Imperial Preparations */

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Imperial Preparations

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	<center>'''BITTER BROTHERS'''</center>		<center>'''BITTER BROTHERS'''</center>
	[[File:AlexandriOfTheSilverCataphracts.jpg\|160px\|left]]		[[File:AlexandriOfTheSilverCataphracts.jpg\|160px\|left]]
	After the Latoti Crusade, Alexandri of Rosskar and Gaspard Lumey began a long and heated argument. Both parties agreed that the Silver Cataphracts' 98th Expedition Fleet had been engaged in routine Pacification efforts not far from Pandora when the Ork threat was detected. According to Gaspard Lumey, the 98th had been called on to help ~~but~~ refused ~~on the grounds that the Fifth should be able to solve its own problems~~. Alexandri claimed that this was a slander and that the 98th had received no such request.		After the Latoti Crusade, Alexandri of Rosskar and Gaspard Lumey began a long and heated argument. Both parties agreed that the Silver Cataphracts' 98th Expedition Fleet had been engaged in routine Pacification efforts not far from Pandora when the Ork threat was detected. According to Gaspard Lumey, the 98th had been called on to help and refused. Alexandri claimed that this was a slander and that the 98th had received no such request.

	The War Council ruled that a communication had been attempted and lost to the vagaries of the Warp, but the two Primarchs would remain suspicious of one another for years to come.		The War Council ruled that a communication had been attempted and lost to the vagaries of the Warp, but the two Primarchs would remain suspicious of one another for years to come.

1d4chan>Lumey: /* Prelude */

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 While Gaspard Lumey was setting his plans into action, Rani Stolarz was disembarking the first echelon of [[Ciban Chasseurs]] at Pandora. The venerable Force Commander had been considered for retirement from front-line duties after the [[Curis-4 Compliance]] but Lumey had felt that her talents for organizing and motivating hastily-trained forces would be invaluable. Stolarz's initial brief was to train a militia and prepare fortifications on Pandora, ostensibly to serve as an Imperial base for further crusading efforts. However, her mission was quickly expanded to transforming the planet into a killing ground. Cities were transformed into gigantic military garrisons. Where possible, civilian populations were evacuated from Pandora on macrotransporters returning to the Al-Sherar Sector, though not for any humanitarian reasons. Stocks of food and medical supplies would have to be rationed throughout the coming battle with the Orks and non-essential personnel would be an unwelcome burden.
 ===Signs and Portents===

1d4chan>Lumey: /* Signs and Portents */

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Signs and Portents

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	===Signs and Portents===		===Signs and Portents===

	Although [[Craftworld Meros]] drifted through space on the opposite side of the Galaxy, the supernatural sight of Farseer Olatari apprehended a range of possibilities in the coming clash of Orks and Humans. ~~Only~~ the ~~Eldar psyker herself could truly explain~~ her ~~motives~~, ~~but~~ the ~~plans she set in motion would decide~~ the ~~fate~~ of the ~~Latoti Crusade~~.		Although [[Craftworld Meros]] drifted through space on the opposite side of the Galaxy, the supernatural sight of Farseer Olatari apprehended a range of possibilities in the coming clash of Orks and Humans. Slowly tracing the lines of fate, Olatari picked out a destiny that would satisfy her own mysterious ambitions. Her part in the affair would be small, no more than a short meeting with Autarch Yarennath. That short exchange of words would send Yarennath to the Mon-keigh planet Pandora, twisting altering the destiny of the Mon-keigh, Meros, and perhaps the Galaxy as a whole.

			Unpleasant work, perhaps, but Olatari was not above making sacrifices.