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Huron decided to strike a deal with several Marines of the [[Night Lords]] [[Legion]]{{Fn|1}} of [[First Claw|The Exalted]]{{Fn|2}}, they being infamous for their ambushes, sneak attacks, and drop tactics. These [[Chaos Space Marines]] formed the vanguard of the raid. They were dropped onto the world during a cosmic storm to mask their approach, and infiltrated the defences of Vilamus via poorly defended ventilation shafts.{{Fn|1}} Once inside the fortress-monastery, they disabled the [[generatorum]], shutting down power to the teleportation field and the defence lasers.
With the lasers deactivated and teleportation field removed, Huron's ships, consisting of [[cruisers]] and [[Rapid Strike vessel|strike craft]] were able to enter low orbit. From there, Huron's [[Terminators]] were able to teleport directly into Vilamus, wreaking untold havoc. Their main target was the power relays that still pumped energy into the defence bastions. These were still a problem to the invaders, as they remained on a separate grid, seeing as the lasers were intended to defend against ground assaults.
Once the power was cut, the [[Chaos]] Terminators diverted their assault to the Chapter's [[apothecarion]], where the Marines' Errant gene-seed vault was located.{{Fn|1}}
