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'''Sha'draig''' was a [[Tau]] colony world that was invaded by [[Hive Fleet]] [[Gorgon (Hive Fleet)|Gorgon]], a Hive Fleet unique for its ability to rapidly evolve its bioforms, in 900.[[M41]]. Gorgon was eventually driven from the world, but not before it was almost completely consumed by [[Ripper]] swarms.<sup>1</sup>
==History==
Gorgon , unique for its ability to rapidly evolve its bioforms, first attacked an orbital perimeter outpost of Sha'draig in 980899.M41, then continued on to the shipyards of Sha'draig's moon. Initially the defenders sealed themselves in the main complex and trusted in the shipyard's interceptor guns to hold the invaders back, but soon an adapted strain of [[Gargoyle]] with a refractive mucous coating that lessened the damage from interceptor fire overwhelmed the shipyards and slaughtered its remaining defenders. The [[Kel'shan]] [[Sept]] fleet was sent to investigate the outpost's silence. But by the time it arrived in 420990.M41, Sha'draig was already under siege by the [[Tyranid]]s. Valroth's fleet broke through the Tyranid blockade surrounding the planet long enough to deliver reinforcements to the surface.<sup>1</sup>
On Sha'draig, [[Hormagaunt]]s assaulted the Tau outer defence lines in the nearby forests, which [[Shas'el]] [[Vorcah]] had filled with [[Kroot]] auxiliaries directed by [[Shaper]] [[Pechallai]]. However many of the Tyranid creatures ended up entangled in the forest's undergrowth where the Kroot could easily dispatch of them. Gorgon's next wave was of new Hormagaunts adapted to be swifter and less prone to being entangled, but they were also eventually stopped by the brute force and tenacity of the Kroot. A final wave, consisting of Hormagaunts honed to pierce and tear Kroothide, ultimately swamped Pechallai's defences. The Hormagaunt's adaptions however had weakened their own resistance to injury and so when they emerged from the forests, the Tau defenders quickly gunned them down.<sup>1</sup>
