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|Combatant2 =[[File:Imperial Guard Symbol.png|20px]] [[Vervunhive]]
|Commanders1 =[[Heritor Asphodel]](d)
|Commanders2 =[[Salvador Sondar]](d)<br>[[Marshal_(Imperial_Guard)|Marshal]] [[Edric Croe]](d)<br>Vice-Marshal [[Heskith Anko]](d)<br>[[General]] [[Noches Sturm]]<br>[[Commissar]] [[Pius Kowle]](d)<br>[[General]] [[Nash]](d)<br>[[General]] [[Coron Grizmund]]<br>[[Colonel-Commissar]] [[Ibram Gaunt]]<br>
|Strength1 =Roughly 15 million
|Strength2 =15,000 Vervunhive troops<br>[[Tanith 1st]]<br>[[Royal Volpone]]<br>[[Narmenian Armoured]]
The third Zoican assault was preceded by a force of sappers infiltrating the city through a [[promethium]] pipeline leading across the river from the now-destroyed Vannick Hive. After Vannick's destruction, the VP had ordered all the pipelines sealed, but one Guilder, [[Amchanduste Worlin]], had kept his operating in secret, anticipating huge profits from a monopoly on promethium supplies. The sappers and armoured vehicles that entered the city flanked the Guard forces and mined the wall at the '''Eastern Gate''', collapsing it entirely. At the same time, the Zoican forces on the outside renewed their assault, including massive [[laser]] beams that sliced great chunks out of the wall, incinerating the defenders immediately. General [[Nash]], at the '''Southern Gate''', spotted a gigantic Zoican armour column advancing and sent a frantic call for armoured reinforcement.
At hearing this news, General Sturm's nerve failed, and he began to think of ordering evacuation. [[Marshal_(Imperial_Guard)|Marshal]] [[Edric Croe]], the VP's commander, promised to kill him if he even suggested it. Instead, he ordered Sturm to release Grizmund and reinstate him immediately, while Croe left to take personal command of the VP reinforcements tasked to the south wall.
[[File:Vervunhive Burning.jpg|right|300px|thumb|'''Vervunhive''' after '''Salvador Sondar''' lowered the shield.{{Fn|4}}]]
