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The Dark Angels initially landed a single squad for reconnaissance purposes, finding the planet's surface infested by [[daemon]]s, but with survivors in subterranean caverns beneath a [[hive]].{{fn|1b}} The Iron Warriors launched an asteroid at the hive, cracking it open before launching a full planetary assault - matched by [[Seraphus]]' ordering his own orbital drop.{{fn|1c}} [[Interrogator-Chaplain]] [[Altheous]] arrived with a contingent of the [[Imperial Knights|Knights]] of [[Tintaroth]], but was informed by Baron [[Kastor (Baron)|Kastor]] that the other Barons had been convinced not to send a second wave by [[Fallen|another Dark Angel]].{{fn|1d}}
As the battle raged on the surface, Squad Kalidius discovered the weapon of the Iron Warriors, which had been co-opted as a power supply by the denizens of the underground hive.{{fn|1c}} The Dark Angels were able to hold the Iron Warriors off until the arrival of the [[mutant]] [[Beoth]], who killed three of the four survivors. Before he died, Sergeant Kalidius ordered Balthus to trigger the weapon, devastating the planet. In the aftermath, a heavily wounded [[Baltus ]] saw one of the [[Fallen]] drag [[Rendix]] away.{{fn|1d}}
The Iron Warriors were all but obliterated and their surviving warships fled. The Dark Angels suffered grave losses, the [[gene-seed]] of those who fell thought to be irrecoverable.{{fn|2}}
