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The Imperial Guard pushed to take the civitate, with promises of reinforcements. Before [[Sanctioned Psyker]] [[Glutt]]'s detail got as far as Tadmor Ridge, 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}}
Sorov's unit moved into position on the route that Narbo's [[Aquila Lander]] shuttle was to planned to take towards Tadmor Ridge, and used a [[Rocket Launcher]] to down it. Narbo survived the wreckage, and turned into a [[Chaos Spawn]], which was killed by all of Sorov's unit except for Sorov, his [[Vox-officer]] [[Federak]], and Glutt, who had come across Sorov's unit while returning to the barracks. Glutt managed to destroy the Spawn.{{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}}
