Ghennai Cluster Campaign
The Ghennai Cluster Campaign was an Imperial campaign during the Great Crusade. It saw the Ultramarines II Battlegroup, 9th Company, and 235th Company under Castor Alcade crush a number of xenos holdings (including some ork warbands) in the Ghennai Cluster.[1]
Overview
On Varn's World Alcade coordinated a grueling flanking campaign, routing the Feral Orks in the highland latitudes before arriving an hour after Klord Empion had broken the enemy host comprehensively at the battle of Sumaae Delta.[1]
During the final storming of the cavern cities of Ghorstel, a series of malfunctioning auspex markers saw Alcade’s assault through the ventral manufactories misdirected into dead end arcologies. Hopelessly lost in the maze of tunnels, the absence of Battle Group II’s companies left Eikos Lamiad and his warriors to fight the bio-mechanical host of the Cybar-Mekattan unsupported. Lamiad’s heroically-earned victory cemented an already formidable stature and led to his appointment as Tetrarch of Konor, while consigning Alcade’s reputation to self-evident mediocrity. It was said that Roboute Guilliman himself had remarked on the matter, saying, ‘Not every commander can be the proudest eagle, some must circle the aerie and allow others to fly farther.’[1]
See also
Sources
- 1: Vengeful Spirit (Novel), Chapter 4
