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When the [[Gehenna system]] fell victim to [[Waaagh! Hargluk]] the [[Orks]] arrived on three different [[Space Hulk]]s that plowed through the system's defences of fighters and orbital monitors in a matter of days. When the Orks attacked Gehenna Prime thousands of them were killed in their landing crafts by ground-based missile batteries and defence lasers. Thousands more however managed to survive and established a landing zone in the western districts of [[Hive]] [[Kravaster]].{{Fn|4}}
The [[Ork]] landing zone was attacked on the following day by an [[Imperial Guard Regiment]] stationed further south from [[Hive]] [[Kravaster]] in the [[Graildark mountains]], the [[72nd Sarum]]. The [[Imperium|Imperial]] soldiers were driven back by a huge force of [[Gargant]]s under the command of ork warlord [[Hargluk]] himself. The Imperials suffered heavy losses and the regiment's [[432nd Rough Rider company]], [[3rd Super Heavy Tank company|3rd]] and 16th Super Heavy Tank company|16th Super Heavy Tank companies]] were overrun in less than an hour and destroyed, along with the [[23rd Tactical company|23rd]] and 26th Tactical company|26th Tactical companies]]. Other companies were repulsed by Gargant [[Big-mobs]]] and had to retreat to the core of Hive Kravaster.{{Fn|4}}
Faced with the results of this battle [[Governor]] [[Suvik]] who was in his palace in the [[Hive]] was left with no illusions regarding the seriousness of the situation. He sent an [[Astropath|astropathic communication]] requesting [[Imperium|Imperial]] reinforcements while his [[Planetary Defence Forces]] dug in and fortified the approaches to the core of Hive [[Kravaster]].{{Fn|4}}
