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The Kusolst System became the site of the most vicious fighting in the Pankallis Sub-Sector. Governor [[Helmghut Karst]] of the manufacturing world of [[Kusolst Prime]] wasted little time in joining the Cordon Impenetra, upping its production quotas and forcing nearby worlds to constantly supply the capital. Despite plentiful garrisons and Imperial Navy flotillas, the first threat to the system came from internal uprisings. Driven by the Governor's brutal policies, heretical and Genestealer cults grew in strength and waged their own guerrilla war. The Imperials heavy-handed retribution only further fanned the flames of the rebels. Into this came the Tyranids and Orks of Kagrit the Redtoof. However Karst issued orders that Imperial forces were only to intervene in battles between the xenos only if they caused significant damage to each other, or if the battle risked escalating to a point where it became so large it was uncontrollable. It was a strategy that worked to great effect.{{Fn|10b}}
On [[Darkmont]], Genestealer Cults of the [[Shadowrock Coil]] dominated the mountain range known as The Spine. Imperial Guard [[Tangar Woad Warriors]], [[Darkmontan Mountaineers]], and [[Kusolst Prime CannonnorsCannonors]] had been attempted to exterminate cultist activity for months, but to no avail. When Orks were observed approaching, the Imperials quietly withdrew and let the Greenskins engage the Genestealer Cultists. The war was tracked by Imperial reconnaissance, and as the xenos destroyed one another Humanity regrouped and rested. The Greenskins eventually won, and when they left the mountains they came up against fresh and well-supplied Imperial forces who badly mauled them. The Imperials still suffered great losses however, with [[Phundil]]'s equatorial marshlands all but impossible to defend thanks to the intense heat and megafauna. On [[Gratu]], as much Imperial forces were relieved by Tyranid forces consuming Genestealer Cultists and heretics, they were driven to near extinction by the xenos consumption of local livestock. Entire regiments were forced into quarantine after they were caught eating Tyranid corpses out of desperation. On [[Irnwald]], a battle between Orks and Tyranids spiraled into vital factory-cities. [[Ultramar Auxilia]] super-heavy tanks duelled with mobs of [[Stompa]]s and [[Bio-Titan]]s as [[Visberg Heavytracks]] and Cadian armour clashed with speed mobs and [[Battlewagon]]s. Hundreds of thousands of troops were committed to the effort, emerging victorious but seeing 90% of the factory district destroyed. Had it not been for constant uprisings, Imperial forces may have emerged victorious far more easily.{{Fn|10b}}
Fighting on [[Kusolst Prime]] became long, drawn-out, and desperate. The Imperials absorbed waves of xenos attackers as the rest of the planet was devastated. However the Imperials were able to hold and eventually launch a counterattack, emerging victorious but weakened to the point of being able likely survive another invasion.{{Fn|10b}}
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