Defence of Alamanis
The Defence of Alamanis was a battle fought by the Imperial Fists.[1]
In the closing days of M41, the Astropathic Station of Alamanis Nexus at the edge of Segmentum Solar had detected a large Tyranid swarm advancing towards it. Distress calls were dispatched, which were answered by the Imperial Fists. The Tyranids had been in the void of space for quite some time, and its lifeforms were starved and desperate for sustenance.[1]
The warships of the Imperial Fists met the oncoming Tyranid Bio-Ships with waves of Torpedoes and Macrocannons. Yet the Tyranids were still too many and the xenos were able to board the Alamanis Nexus and begin to feed upon its population. They were met by pre-prepared defensive positions of the Imperial Fists, clogging passages with Tyranid dead until the starving xenos were forced to feed upon their own. At this moment the Imperial Fists fleet counterattacked, closing on the largest Hive Ships. The Imperial Fists launched boarding operations on these bio-vessels, using teams of Vanguard Infiltrators and Scouts supported by a handful of Terminators to fight their way to key organs within. The Hive Ships quickly died as they were destroyed from within, eliminating cohesion amongst the lesser Tyranid organisms and allowing Alamanis to endure.[1]
Sources
- 1: First Founding (Background Book), pg. 150-151
