Red Hour
The Red Hour was a battle fought in 911.M41 during the Badab War.[1]
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Battle
Just before the loyalist force moved toward the warp transfer point at Calah System Shoals, the secessionists attacked. The battle was swift and hard fought, with the Admiral Gregorius blasted to atoms in the opening salvo of the fight. The Pyre of Glory was far less easy prey and only surrendered after a three hour long running battle.[1]
After the victory, Carnac Commodus of the Astral Claws ordered his warriors not only to kill all of the Salamanders who peacefully surrendered to the Executioners Space Marines (who were allies to the Astral Claws), but also to remove all of Salamanders' precious geneseed stored on the battle-barge. Insulted by this unimaginable order, the Executioners turned on the Astral Claws and with the aid of all of the surviving Salamanders started the bloody decimation of their former allies. In the ensuing battle on board the Pyre of Glory and the Astral Claws' ship Hyrcania, every single Astral Claw, chapter serf and servitor present was relentlessly and savagely slaughtered, and the Hyrcania was left a charnel house of decapitated bodies.[1]
After the battle, Executioners High Chaplain Thulsa Kane came before the Salamander's leader, Captain Mir'san, and presented him with Commodus's head as a sign of the Executioners' regret for their sins in the war.[1]
Order of Battle
Loyalist forces[1]
- Pyre of Glory - Salamanders battle-barge
- Admiral Gregorius - Imperial light cruiser
Secessionist forces[1]
- Hyrcania - Astral Claws Strike cruiser under the command of Arch-Centurion Carnac Commodus
- Phaeton's Wrath - Executioners battle-barge and flagship
- Gladius class frigate - Executioners supplier returning from Deluge
Related publications
- Forge World Scenario (archived) (archived 17 Nov 2011, last accessed 23 Dec 2025)
Sources
- 1: Imperial Armour Volume Ten - The Badab War - Part Two, pgs. 25-30
