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Occurring in 998.[[M41]]{{Fn|1a}}, precipitated by [[The Denab Incident]]{{Fn|1b}}, the '''Taros Campaign''' pitched [[Imperial]] forces against the Taros [[Planetary Defence Forces]], the [[Tau]], and their [[Kroot]] mercenary allies in a series of battles over the planet [[Taros]], known as [[T'ros]] to the Tau.{{Fn|2a1k}}
== History ==
Meanwhile General Syckava organized a prisoner uprising at a Tau POW camp manned by human collaborators. Syckava and several men managed to escape, attempting a harsh trek through the desert to reach Imperial lines. As he succumb to thirst and fell unconscious, he was recovered by Imperial patrols. Syckava told the Imperials of the Ethereal he had met, and now knowing the Tau Supreme Headquarters a new plan was devised: Operation Deathblow.{{Fn|1k}}
Targeting the Tau Ethereal in an attempt to decapitate the xenos hierarchy, the Imperials deployed a member of the [[Officio Assassinorum]]'s [[Eversor Temple]]. The While Valkyrie-born Stormtroopers assaulted the rest of the headquarters, the berserker assassin managed to self-destruct inside the Tau command bunker, killing the [[Ethereal]] [[Aun'Vre]]. Meanwhile Valkyrie-born Stormtroopers assaulted However Shas'o [[R'myr]] was directing the bunker defenses personally from his battlesuit outside the rest of bunker and was not killed in the headquartersexplosion that consumed his Ethereal. However the Tau regrouped and became enraged Enraged by the loss of their leader, R'myr rallied the surviving Tau as their reinforcements arrived and the Stormtroopers fought to the end.{{Fn|1k}}
===Evacuation===
**{{Endn|1j}}: Pgs. 90-130
**{{Endn|1k}}: pgs. 130-146
[[Category:Battles (Astra Militarum)]]
[[Category:Battles (Tau)]]
[[Category:Anti-Imperial Rebellions]]
