Dalvan Atrocity
| Dalvan Atrocity | |
| |
| Date | c. 785.M30 |
| Scale | regional |
| Theatre | Dalvan Redoubt |
| Status | Decisive Pan-Pacific Empire |
| Belligerents | |
| Imperium of Mankind | Pan-Pacific Empire |
| Commanders and Leaders | |
| Orend Ymoro | Vuthros Khan |
| Strength | |
| Second Legion (approximately 2000 Space Marines) supported by elements of the Imperial Army | Pan-Pacific troopers |
| Losses | |
| Second Legion suffered over 50% casualties | Minimal losses |
| Outcome | |
| Second Legion decimated and weakened by radiation | |
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The Dalvan Atrocity was a nuclear attack perpetrated by the Pan-Pacific Empire during the Unification Wars. Their victims, the Emperor's Second Legion, took massive casualties and their gene-seed was weakened for years.
Background
Nathaniel Dume's sprawling Pan-Pacific Empire was one of the Emperor's great rivals for mastery of Terra. For a time, direct conflict was avoided as the Emperor's armies conquered weaker techno-barbarian realms, but eventually hostilities broke out. The greater part of the fighting was done by Thunder Warriors and the men of the Imperial Army, but battling the might of Dume's realm still required the commitment of most of the nascent Space Marine Legions. The Legions primarily undertook special missions, such as seizing the strategic Dalvan Redoubt.
Commanding the Dalvan Redoubt was Vuthros Khan, one of Dume's most loyal and devoted henchmen. Khan's loyalty was guaranteed by the polite imprisonment of his family in the fortified palace of his master, though there is little evidence to suggest that the commander plotted any treachery. His posting at Dalvan steeled an already daunting fortification.
The Emperor considered sending Hektor Cincinnatus and First Legion to take Dalvan, but Gufarnus Altmakar lobbied for the Second taking the mission instead. Altmakar noted that the Dalvan Redoubt likely had a substantial underground complex and suggested the Orend Ymoro's success in the Cleansing of Calverna made him a natural choice for reducing the fort.
The Atrocity
Ang-Quos, one of the valiant brothers of the Sacred Band, led the first battalion of Legionnaires against the Dalvan Redoubt. His command was instantly killed when Vuthros Khan unleashed his rad-missiles. A supporting battalion under command of Lygrammon were burned and poisoned by radiation - those who survived suffered painful, lingering deaths after the battle. Even the third battalion, led by Pluthach, and Orend Ymoro's command section were burned and poisoned, though swift treatment by Legion Apothecaries limited deaths by radiation.