Kolarne-Distal Incident
The Kolarne-Distal Incident was a battle fought between the White Scars and Thousand Sons Legions, during the Horus Heresy.[1]
History
The incident began when the commander of the White Scars aboard the Spiracle Station, Stormseer Nikudaar, attempted to lead an escape when it was engulfed by the nearby Maelstrom Warp Storm. After several attempts to escape the Kolarne-Distal System ended in failure, the Station's White Scars and Thousand Sons, commanded by the Numerologist Okhafor, focused their time on redeveloping the out of favour Saturnine Terminator Armour. It was a task given to them, before their current predicament, by the Salamanders Primarch Vulkan, who sought to restore the armour's usage within the Legions. They succeeded in making the armour easier to repair, by the time the Ruinstorm's creation caused the Maelstrom to receded from the Kolarne-Distal System.[1]
However, they were unaware that the Horus Heresy was now raging throughout the galaxy. The commanders would soon learn of it though, when the White Scars Strike Cruiser Endless Path arrived at the Spiracle Station. It was crewed by the Legion's Brotherhood of the Dawn Sky and its angry and shamed Kahn informed them with cruel satisfaction about Warmaster Horus's betrayal. He then told them of the Burning of Prospero and that the Thousand Sons and their Primarch Magnus, had been declared traitors to the Imperium. It was because of this, that the Khan demanded that Nikudaar aid in executing Okhafor and his forces, for being enemies of the Emperor. When the horrified Stormseer did not do so, the Khan attacked the Numerologist. Okhafor's used his psychic powers to defend himself and Nikudaar then killed the Khan with lightning, before another blow was struck.[1]
The death of their Kahn sent the Dawn Sky into a frenzy and they began attacking Nikudaar and Okhafor's forces. This caused the White Scars and Thousand Sons to retreat further into the Spiracle Station, where they fended off the Brotherhood, until they donned their Saturnine Terminator Armour. They then began attacking the Dawn Sky and their armour and psychic abilities allowed them to defeat the Brotherhood and claim the Endless Path. In the battle's aftermath, the commanders emptied the Station of its supplies and Okhafor and his Thousand Sons left aboard the Paroxysm, eager to reunite with any surviving members of their Legion. Meanwhile, Nikudaar's White Scars left for their Homeworld, Chogoris, aboard the Endless Path. The Stormseer did so, as he was eager to confront his Primarch, Jaghatai Khan, and learn what had caused the Dawn Sky to become berserk killers, who sought only death.[1]
Sources
- 1: Journal Tactica: The Forges of Saturn, pgs. 20-21
