Razing of Leshmiere
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| Leshmiere Sector Compliance | |
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| Date | 864.M30 |
| Scale | System |
| Theatre | Leshmiere I, Leshmiere II |
| Status | Decisive Imperial Victory |
| Belligerents | |
| 38th Expedition Fleet | Leshmieren Civil Soldiers |
| Commanders and Leaders | |
| Alexandri Ibirien | Joint-Elder Commune of Leshmiere |
| Strength | |
| 2,000 Astartes of the Fifteen Legion, 1 million Imperial Armymen. Multiple warships. | 20 million human defenders, 50 million inter-system levies. |
| Losses | |
| Loss of 131 Marines. 500,000 Imperial Armymen. | 10 million defenders dead, rest captured or missing. 100 million Leshmieren civilians dead from starvation. |
| Outcome | |
| Leshmiere system is razed, inhabitants scattered, sector liberated. | |
The Leshmiere Sector Compliance sent shockwaves through the Imperium for its abject brutality. The Silver Cataphracts showed all the knightly ways of the Argent were well and truly dead. The Imperial Army were utilized on the front lines by an Astartes Legion to negate losses. Civilian targets were not overlooked. Alexandri Ibirien demonstrated his strategies, philosophy, and will to achieve victory throughout the campaign.
Background and Preliminary Conflicts
The Leshmieren Commune was formed between a twin set of lush, fertile worlds locked around the same star. Refugees from nearby worlds fled through warp storm and Xenos to reach them during the Age of Strife. As the federation of man collapsed into anarchy, these people found their promised land. The Leshmieren began to rapidly improve infrastructure, built great cities, and managed to save some of Dark Age's magnificent technology. One key feature was their ubiquitous hover vehicles, which gave them a military edge. Together these planets would rise out of the Long Night as one nation intent on never allowing the injustices that brought them there to be exacted again.
With this aim in mind the Commune tolerated no resistance. All systems around them were conquered without remorse by the elite armies arrayed from the worlds of Leshmiere. Aliens were enslaved for years of mistreatment to humanity, and human worlds placed oppressed by collectivist puppet regimes. Several planets would find themselves paying hefty taxes, and having entire generations taken up by the Leshmieren to man their great armies. The populace of the Commune was not ignorant of these occurrences, but believed them to be minor in the grand scheme of matters. What counted was humanity was coming back after years of fear and extermination.
This did not hold up well when the Imperium made contact with Leshmieren outposts.
Understanding years of expansion and Leshmieren dominance may go away in an instant to obey some despot from old Terra, the Commune struck first. In 858.M30, several neighboring worlds brought into Compliance were attacked by Commune forces. The losses to the Imperium were hefty, and necessitated retreat. For six years,
Imperial Invasion
