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Phalanx after phalanx of [[Necron Warrior|Necron Warriors]] emerged from below, descending upon the factories of Damnos Prime. A shroud of comm-interference precedes the Necron advance, and the now-isolated human defenders are overrun in a matter of hours. Sending out reconnaissance units of [[Thunderbolt|Thunderbolt fighters]], none were to return to report on what they had seen. After several days, the shroud of comm-interference moved south towards Damnos Secundus. The Necrons follow in its wake, destroying everything in their path. Meanwhile, [[Imperial Guard]] reconnaissance teams discover that Damnos Prime was completely deserted of both Necron attacks or human occupiers just as the [[Planetary Governor]] sends an urgent plea to the [[Adeptus Astartes]] requesting immediate assistance. The call is answered by the [[Ultramarines]] 2nd Company. The Governor himself retreats to a command bunker as the Necrons launch their attack on the Damnos capital of Kellenport. Recieving aid from an [[Imperial Navy]] [[Battleship]] ''Nobilis'', the incoming Necrons are subjected to fierce [[melta torpedo]] bombardment.<sup>1b</sup>
Due to the orbital bombardment, the battle initially goes well for the defenders. However, triumph soon turns to disaster as a Necron bolt of compressed energy shoots through the sky and destroys the ''Nobilis''. Necrons teleport directly into the Imperial Guards own fortifications, killing men in their own bunkers and the Governor himself is killed by tunnelling [[Tomb Spyder|Tomb Spyders]] and [[Scarab|Scarabs]] emerge from under his own bunker. When elements of the Ultramarines 2nd company finally arrive shortly after, they launch a series of daring raids to rescue the few survivors and withdraw back into space. The Ultramarines then fanatically defended Kellenport to buy time for the evacuation, fighting off everything from [[Necron Warrior|Necron Warriors]] to [[Monolith|Monoliths]]. Eventually, forty Space Marines and twenty [[Guardsmen]] were all that was left to evacuate. Damnos now belongs to the Necrons.<sup>1b</sup>
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