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===Stalemate===
After the Battle of Amarah, any surviving defenders (of which there were few) were evacuated from the planet as quickly as possible and pulled back to the outer worlds of [[Laymon ]] and [[Calama ]] to pull back and regroup while whatever surviving civilian population remained was left to their own fate. As of 995.[[M41]], the Orphean War had reached a point of stalemate. Imperial Forces remaining in the Amarah and Hydroghast systems have been cut off, and the current rate of attrition losses have reached 60%. Taking advantage of the carnage, the Chemarium System have fallen under the control of the [[Ruinous Powers]] and the [[Chaos]] forces have begun to engage both Imperial and Necron positions.{{Fn|1b}}
Necron forces have launched renewed probing attacks against Myre and Amraphel, and these acts combined with the atrocious losses already sustained by the Imperial defenders have led Segmentum Command to believe that the Orpheus Sector can not be saved without a massive [[Crusade]]-level campaign that could not be organized for a minimum of thirty years. Faced with this prospect, Imperial strategists have recommended [[Exterminatus]] as the only tenable solution.{{Fn|1b}}
