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[[Image:IndomitusFleets.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Three Indomitus Crusade Fleets and their course{{Fn|6}}]]
However, the crusade came to many worlds that were beyond saving and suffered setbacks. Where there was no hope, Guilliman sought instead to bring vengeance and [[Exterminatus]], as was the case with the [[Hive World]] [[Bhundar]] and the Daemonic-corrupted [[Cardinal World]] of [[Gloriphia]]. At [[Terra Secundus]], the Crusade fleet suffered ambushes and catastrophic malfunctions, having been lured into a terrible trap by the [[Alpha Legion]]. Although it pained him to do so, Guilliman made the difficult decision to pull back, skirting the whole [[Primagenesis System]], as he could not afford to become bogged down in a long war of attrition. The crusade's journey later saw it encounter dozens of systems in which countless Imperial citizens were left in thrall to the Chaos Gods. This was a bitter reality for Roboute Guilliman and his forces.{{Fn|5}}
Guiliman ultimately sought to push on into [[Imperium Nihilus]], but sought the cooperation of the [[Space Wolves]] to protect the way to [[Terra]] from emerging [[Ork]] forces. After meeting with a distrustful [[Logan Grimnar]] himself on [[Fenris]] the initially reluctant Space Wolves agreed to battle the Orks to the Crusade's rear and recieve Primaris Space Marine reinforcements as Guilliman sought to push into the Dark Imperium.{{Fn|23}}
As the Indomitus Crusade penetrated deeper into the galaxy, Archmagos Cawl kept his automaton workers on overdrive to create new Primaris Marines and the weapons for them. Aboard the massive vessel ''[[Zar-Quaesitor]]'', thousands of Primaris Space Marines – some comprising entirely new Chapters and others designated as reinforcements for existing ones – were awakened out of stasis and made ready to join the fray. On [[Rynn's World]], the arrival of the Indomitus Crusade broke the daemonic legions of the [[Daemon Prince]] [[Rhaxor]]. After the battle, the stunned [[Crimson Fists]] were given reinforcements of Primaris Marines. For his raw material, Cawl had selected warriors of Terra, and had taken them only a few generations after
*{{Endn|21}}: [[Codex: Grey Knights (9th Edition)]], pgs. 26-27
*{{Endn|22}}: [[Codex: Black Templars (9th Edition)]], pg. 24
*{{Endn|23}}: [[The Wolftime (Novel)]], Chapters 23-25
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