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Lieutenant [[Sorov]] managed to get a man to infiltrate Narbo's inner circle as the Governor's pilot. This pilot, [[Gorny]], gave Sorov details of Narbo's planned movements, and Sorov planned to ambush Narbo to kill him, and cause the insurrection to fragment.{{Fn|1a}}
The Imperial Guard pushed to take the civitate, with promises of reinforcements. Before [[Sanctioned Psyker]] [[Glutt]]'s detail was sent to got as far as Tadmor Ridge, one of the last Imperial Guard outposts, with promises of more reinforcements, but before they could get there, all except Glutt were killed, and no reinforcements were sent. Another force led by Sergeant [[Kapek]] reached Tadmor Ridge, where they were pinned down by insurrectionists using [[Lascannon]]s. Aerial strikes were called in to knock out the Lascannons, but the strikes were unsuccessful, and [[Kapek]]'s troops took heavier casualties than expected.{{Fn|1a}}
Despite killing the Governor, the planet was redesignated Contaminated due reports of a plague of mutations, and Commander Ortegal ordered the planet to be bombarded with [[Virus Bomb]]s from orbit.{{Fn|1a}} They carpet bombed the planet, killing everyone including the Imperial Guard regiments stationed there.{{Fn|2}} Only [[Glutt]] managed to survive, using his psychic powers to become one with the explosions.{{Fn|1a}}
