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|Combatant2 =[[Imperium Secundus]]
|Commanders1 =Lord [[Krukesh the Pale]](KIA)<br>Captain [[Gendor Skraivok]]<br>
|Commanders2 =Captain [[Adallus]](KIA)<br>Captain [[Lucretius Corvo]] <br>Captain [[Alexis Polux]] <br>Warsmith [[Barabas Dantioch]](KIA)<br>
|Strength1 =20,000 [[Night Lords]]<br>
|Strength2 =3,000 [[Ultramarines]]<br> 500 [[Dark Angels]]<br>50 [[Imperial Fists]]<br> [[Shattered Legion]] Legionaries<br>[[Thallax]] maniple]]<br>2 [[Thanatar]] [[Battle-Automata]]<br>[[Ultramar Auxilia]]
|Casualties1 =Almost all [[Night Lords]] killed<br>Invasion fleet mostly destroyed<br>[[Nightfall]] escapes
|Casualties2 =947 [[Ultramarines]] killed<br>All [[Dark Angels]] killed<br>
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The '''Battle of Sotha''' was a minor battle of the Horus Heresy, in which the forces of the [[Night Lords]] Traitor Legion attempted to assume control of the [[Pharos]] beacon on the planet [[Sotha]]. As the Pharos beacon was the key instrument in maintaining the cohesion of [[Imperium Secundus]], the battle on periphery of [[Ultima]] segmentum turned into strategically important struggle for future of [[Imperium Secundus]].
**{{Endn|3m}}: Chapter 29
**{{Endn|3n}}: Chapter 31
**{{Endn|3p}}: Epilogue *{{Endn|4}}: ''[[Orphans of the Kraken (Short Story)]]'' by [[Richard Williams]]
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[[Category:Battles (Horus Heresy)]]
[[Category:Battles (Night Lords)]]
