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It was also On the site 40th day of an the [[Ork]] invasion[[Imperium|Imperial]] reinforcements arrived in the skies over Gehenna Prime in the form of [[Blood Angels]] [[Space Marines]]. During The Space Marines smashed trough the Ork defences with their [[Drop pod]]s and [[Thunderhawk]] drop ships and managed to seize [[Kravaster]]'s main space port, [[Voskil Central]], from the Greenskins and to link up with the war most human defenders of the [[Hive]]. When the Orks besieging counterattacked already the first kilometre-long transport barge of the [[Legio Metalica]] [[Titan legion]] landed at the spaceport and out stepped the hive world[[Emperor Titan|Imperator Titan]] ''s capital hive were drawn off by [[Imperial GuardCasus Belli]] armoured companies under ''. The Emperor Titan immediately faced the command of Ork onslaught and [[Gargant]] [[ColonelBig-mob]] and the ''Casus Belli'' managed to destroy its [[Born TahalBoss Gargant]]. This allowed Then a full [[Knight|Knight Household]] and more [[Imperial reinforcements Titan|Titans]] emerged from the transport barge to land at drive the capital and break the siege a few weeks laterOrks off who suffered heavy losses.{{Cite ThisFn|4}}
Tahal's adversary was The combined forces of the Ork Warlord [[HarglukLegio Metalica]], [[Blood Angels]] and troops of [[Governor]] [[Suvik]] proceeded to break the commander of siege around [[Hive]] [[Kravaster]] in the entire invasionfollowing days. The Imperial army consisted of [[Legio MetalicaOrks]] retreated to the highlands and linked up with the [[TitanMega-Garagant]]s supported by and other troops who had been pursuing [[Blood AngelsColonel]] [[Space MarinesTahal]]and his forces. Tahal managed to circle the Orks and pulled his tank crews back to Kravaster.{{Fn|24}} ''work in progress''
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===Hive Kravaster===
[[Hive]] [[Kravaster]] is the biggest city on Gehenna Prime and is to the North of the [[Graildark mountains]]. It is also the place where the [[Imperium]]'s planetary overlord, [[Governor]] [[Suvik]], had his palace during the [[Waaagh! Hargluk|Ork invasion]]. This palace was in [[Balthuzar spire]]. The city's main space port is [[Voskil Central]].{{Fn|4}}
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When the [[Orks]] tried to storm [[Kravaster]] with their [[Gargant]]s, tanks, bikes and foot troops vicious street fighting erupted as the [[Imperium|Immperial]] defenders fought like cornered beasts: [[Planetary Defence Forces|PDF troopers]] had to be driven back barricade by barricade, arcade by arcade and street corner by street corner, [[Hive]] [[Gangs]] attacked the Orks from ventilator shafts and sewers and the survivors of the [[72nd Sarum]] held onto the main concourse that led towards the city's [[Balthuzar spire]] where the palace was. Three [[Super Heavy Tank]] companies with their support troops dug in around the Hive's [[Basilica Adeptorum]] and managed to destroy two [[Great Gargant]]s of the Gargant [[Big-mob]] spearheading the Aliens' attack. This success turned the tide and the Orks were driven back without being able to conquer [[Kravaster]].{{Fn|4}}
Denied victory Warboss [[Hargluk]] then laid siege to [[Kravaster]] but [[Imperium|Imperial]] reinforcements in the form of [[Imperial Guard]] troops who had guarded the crystal mines in the mountains managed to filter in and harried the Greenskins' landing zone and settlements that the Xenos beasts had set up in the outer sectors of the [[Hive]]. It was [[Colonel]] [[Tahal]] under whose inspired command hit and run attacks by armoured companies against the [[Orks]] were conducted day and night. In the meantime additional regiments of the [[Planetary Defence Forces]] had arrived from other Hive cities and pushed against the siege ring the Orks had set up around Kravaster.{{Fn|4}}
[[Governor]] [[Suvik]] gave the order to simultaneously attack the [[Ork]] from both inside and outside the Greenskins' perimeter and on the 27th day of the siege the [[Imperium|Imperial]] artillery opened up on the Aliens. [[Colonel]] [[Tahal]] at first managed to gain ground with his armmoured forces against the Orks but when his tanks entered the ruins of the [[Hive]]'s outer sectors stiff resistance from [[Goffs|Goff warriors]] and [[Gargant]]s stopped him. The Imperial counterattack from inside [[Kravaster]] met with even less success as the troops leaving were greeted by heavy fire from [[Hargluk]]'s [[Mega-Gargant]]s as soon as they left their trenches. In order to not senselessly sacrifice his scant defence troops [[Governor]] [[Suvik]] called off the attack.{{Fn|4}}
To [[Suvik]]'s dismay he soon received reports that - in addition to not being able to break out of the city - a big part of the [[Ork]] forces laying siege to the city including three [[Mega-Gargant]]s had actually broken off from the main body of the Greenskin army and were now pursuing the armoured troops of [[Colonel]] [[Tahal]]. And while [[Hargluk]] had left enough Ork troops to keep [[Kravaster]] sealed up tight and to pound the [[Hive]] spires and raid its defensive positions the Greenskin pursuit force managed to drive Tahal into the highlands and further and futher south. If they managed to back the Colonel against the mountains of the equator that would have meant the end for him and his men. On their way south the Orks looted and destroyed any [[Hive]] they came across, destroying any human resistance with their [[Mega-Gargant]]s and forcing civilians to flee for their lives.{{Fn|4}}
==Other information==
*{{Endn|2}}: [[White Dwarf 179 (UK)]] - ''Inferno battle report''
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Codex: Space Wolves (2nd Edition)]], {{Cite This}}
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Titan Legions (Epic)]], ''The Fires of Gehenna'' scenarios booklet, p. 2-3
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