Battle Group Faustus is a part of Indomitus Crusade Fleet Sextus, and it is among the Imperial forces that are defending the Anchor World Sanctum.[1a]
History
This was due to Lord Commander Solar Leontus, deciding to make Sanctum his base of operations, during the course of the Fourth Tyrannic War. In order to ensure his safety, Faustus' was organised into a dozen task forces, which were then sent to scour Sanctum's Bastior Sub-sector of any foes that could threaten the Lord Commander. However, Groupmaster Tysen Yacobe ordered Faustus to reassemble in the Circeyl System, after several task forces vanished after they entered Bastior's outer Systems. It was as this was occurring, that the remnants of the lost Task Forces III and XI's warships appeared in the System, warning that an unknown Leviathan tendril had invaded the Sub-sector. As news spread, this new tendril was named Grendyllus and Lord Commander Solar Leontus soon realized the Imperial forces in the Sub-sector, were not enough to defend it.[1a]
The Lord Commander Solar would then send out a plea for aid, before ordering the Sub-sector's Imperial forces to retreat from their current positions and reinforce either the Formidyre, Pyremoat or Kastayl Systems, which were named as Sanctuary Systems[1a]. Groupmaster Yacobe was among those who refused to do so, though, and Battle Group Faustus continued to attack Hive Fleet Grendyllus from the Circeyl System. He would also use his warships to gather clearer intelligence on the Hive Fleet's strengths and dispositions. However the Battle Group eventually began to suffer such heavy casualties, that Yacobe was forced to relent in his efforts. Realizing that Faustus now risked being crippled by the Tyranids, the Groupmaster finally ordered a retreat to the Sanctuary Systems. It would not do so as one group, though, as Yacobe split the Battle Group into separate fleets, so that each of the Systems could be reinforced by his remaining warships[1b]. Those under Yacobe's direct command were led to the Formidyre System, where Lord Commander Solar Leontus had made the Anchor World Sanctum his base of operations. Once there, the Groupmaster was given command of the warfleet defending Sanctum's northern hemisphere and he led it to battle, when Hive Fleet Grendyllus attacked the Anchor World.[1c]
Known Members
Sources
- 1: Leviathan (Box) Rulebook