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The first major threat to Vigilus came shortly after the formation of the [[Great Rift]] in the form of the '''Speedwaaagh!''', a large [[Ork]] [[Waaagh!]] led by powerful [[Speed Freek]]s. The attack came as Vigilus itself was wracked by nightmares, riots, and bizarre celestial events all in association with the Rift's birth. The Ork fleet was literally spat out from the Rift seemingly at random and had not decided on any particular planet to conquer itself.{{Fn|3a}}
With the rift scrambling the planet's [[Astropath]]s and [[Psyker]]s no foresight of the disaster had been foreseen, and the Ork fleet easily punched through Vigilus' naval cordon then crash-landed its ships in the great deserts between [[Hive]]sprawls. Those that were protected by bubble-like forcefields survived, but many Ork ships simply crashed and burned. However these surviving ships became the heart of newly erected Ork scrap-cities from which the Greenskins have used to plague Vigilus since. Reeling from the formation of the Great Rift, the defenders of Vigilus did not act as these cities were being constructed. When all the preparations were complete, the Ork [[Speedboss]] [[Krooldakka]] emerged at the head of a massive armada of [[Bike]]s, [[Trukk]]s, and Wagons.{{Fn|33a}}
At first the Orks were stymied by the bastion-class force fields that surrounded each Vigilus hivesprawl, which resulted in the greenskins simply resorting to raiding caravans that braved the deserts or battling and racing one another in a vast dust storm known as the Vhulian Swirl. But after the Great Rift grew, [[Warp Storm]]s washed over Vigilus that caused the force fields to fail. It took mere hours for the Orks to swarm into each city and were on the verge of overwhelming the [[Imperial Guard]], [[Sister of Battle]], and [[Mechanicum]] defenders. Even the bio-dome sprawl of Mortwald was overrun and its rejuvenat complexes and forests ransacked.{{Fn|3a}}
Vigilus was now alone, assailed but surviving. Abaddon turned his attention to the rest of the Nachmund Gauntlet, fixing his gaze firmly upon [[Dharrovar]].{{Fn|8d}}
==Order of Battle{{Fn|3c}}==
===Imperium===
*[[Imperial Guard]]
**'''Hyperia Hivesprawl'''
***[[Sonasthi Royal Guard]] — 8 Regiments{{Fn|3e}}***[[Vigilant Guard]] — 32 Regiments{{Fn|3e}}***[[Vigilant Creedsmen]] — 19 Regiments{{Fn|3e}}***[[Vyacine Adepts]] — 2 Regiments{{Fn|3e}}***[[Adamant Rifles]] — 4 Regiments{{Fn|3e}}***[[Dagmar Guard]] — 8 Regiments{{Fn|3e}}***[[Nord Lothan Vanguard]] — 1 Regiment{{Fn|3e}}***[[Expadar Vengers]] — 2 Regiments{{Fn|3e}}***[[Golohastus XIIth]] 'Decapitators'{{Fn|3e}}***[[Black Torus Scouts]] — 3 Companies{{Fn|3e}}
**'''Armoured Elements'''
***[[Sondoran Gearheads]] — 4 regiments{{Fn|3e}}***[[Cadia|Cadian Heavy Armoured]] — 6 Regiments{{Fn|3e}}***[[Ustenoran Gundogs]] — 9 regiments{{Fn|3e}}***[[Kharbys Iron Cavalry]] — 4 regiments{{Fn|3e}}***[[Vostok 44th]] 'Crushers'{{Fn|3e}}
**'''Oteck Hivesprawl'''
***[[Vigilant Guard]] — 12 Regiments{{Fn|3e}}***[[Vigilant Creedsmen]] — 7 Regiments{{Fn|3e}}***[[Utica Pikemen River Guard]] — 2 Regiments{{Fn|3e}}***[[Palladion Rifles]] — 6 Regiments{{Fn|3e}}***[[Tallarn Desert Raiders]] — 4 cavalier Regiments{{Fn|3e}}***[[Miasman Redcowls]] — 7 Regiments{{Fn|3e}}***[[Hydroplant Water Hounds]] — 5 castellanries{{Fn|3e}}***[[Vastadt I Expendrines]] — 3 sabot groups{{Fn|3e}}***[[Gharti Volunteers]] — 7 regiments{{Fn|3e}}***[[Tekarn Iron Men]] — 2 Iron phalanxes{{Fn|3e}}***[[Vresh Grenadiers]] — 11 regiments{{Fn|3e}}***[[Anark Zeta]] [[Bullgryn]] Auxilia - 2 brute regiments{{Fn|3e}}
**'''Dirkden Hivesprawl'''
***[[Vigilant Underhivers]] — 13 Regiments{{Fn|3e}}***[[Dharan Bloodfists]] — 5 Regiments{{Fn|3e}}***[[Kanak Skull Takers]] — 1 regiment{{Fn|3e}}***[[Cthonol Nineguards]] — 7 Regiments{{Fn|3e}}***[[Miasman Redcowls]] — 3 Regiments{{Fn|3e}}***[[Anark Zeta]] [[Abhuman]] Auxilia - 2 detachments{{Fn|3e}}
**'''Dontoria Hivesprawl'''
***[[Vigilant Guard]] — 8 Regiments{{Fn|3e}}***[[Vigilant Creedsmen]] — 3 Regiments{{Fn|3e}}***[[Mordian Iron Guard]] — 2 Regiments{{Fn|3e}}***[[Gantor Rough Riders]] — 3 [[Rough Rider]] Regiments{{Fn|3e}}***[[Indigan Praefects]] — 5 Regiments{{Fn|3e}}***[[Ezelti Lancers]] — 7 Echelons{{Fn|3e}}***[[Ocanan Phalanx Troops|Ocanan Rad Waste Troopers]] — 9 Regiments{{Fn|3e}}
**'''Mortwald Hivesprawl'''
***[[Cadian Shock Troopers]] — 12 Regiments{{Fn|3e}}***[[Catachan Jungle Fighters]] — 4 Regiments{{Fn|3e}}***[[Vigilant Guard]] — 34 Regiments{{Fn|3e}}***[[Vigilant Creedsmen]] — 32 Regiments{{Fn|3e}}***[[Ventrillian Nobles]] — 14 Regiments{{Fn|3e}}
***[[Vostroyan Firstborn]]{{Fn|3c}}
***[[Sonasthi Royal Guard]] — 15 Regiments{{Fn|3e}}
**'''Kaelec's Bane'''
***[[Truskan Snowhounds]] — 19 Regiments{{Fn|3e}}***[[Catachan Jungle Fighters]] — 2 Regiments{{Fn|3e}}***[[Valhallan Ice Warriors]] — 4 Regiments{{Fn|3e}}
**[[Militarum Tempestus]]
***[[7th Antrell Lions]]
***[[23rd Betic Centaurs]]{{Fn|3d}}
***[[34th Betic Centaurs]]
***[[14th Deltic Lions]]{{Fn|3g}}
***[[43rd Iotan Dragons]]{{Fn|3g}}
***[[12th Kappic Eagles]]{{Fn|3d}}
***[[41st Kappic Eagles]]{{Fn|3g}}
***[[3rd Lambdan Lions]]{{Fn|3g}}
***[[98th Lamdic Oxen]]
***[[29th Zetic Tygers]]
*[[Imperial Navy]]
**[[Winged Grail]] — [[Valkyrie]] squadron
*[[Space Marines]]{{Fn|3f}}
**'''Saint's Haven'''
***[[Ultramarines]] — 3 companies, 2 demi-companies
***[[Storm Reapers]] — 2 demi-companies
***[[Destroyers]] — 1 demi-company
*[[Sisters of Battle]]
**'''Hyperia Hivesprawl'''
***[[Order of the Last Prioress]] — 7 preceptories
***[[Order of the Martyr's Shroud]] — 3 prceptories
*[[Adeptus Mechanicus]]
**[[Stygies VIII]] — [[Skitarii]] Legions
*[[Adeptus Arbites]]
===Orks{{Fn|3h}}===
*'''Fort Dakka''' — Forces of Speedlord [[Krooldakka]]
***[[Krooldakka]] Blitz Brigade — 12 [[Battlewagon]] Mobs
***Da Big Gutz — 14 super-heavy walkers
===Genestealer Cults{{Fn|3i}}===
*[[Cult of the Pauper Princes]]
**'''Megaborealis'''
*[[Saim-Hann]] [[Eldar]] & [[Wraith Construct]]s
===Dark Eldar{{Fn|7}}===*[[The Altered]] - 5 Haemonculi + cells{{Fn|7}}*[[Kabal of the Black Heart]] - 5 Shards{{Fn|7}}*[[Kabal of the Flayed Skull]] - 6 Shards{{Fn|7}}*[[Cult of Unending Pain]] - 7 Circles{{Fn|7}}*[[Cult of the Obsidian Rose]] - 4 Circles{{Fn|7}}
==Related Campaigns==
*{{Endn|1}}: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2018/11/21/vigilus-101gw-homepage-post-2/ Warhammer Community]
*{{Endn|2}}: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2018/12/02/pre-order-preview-vigilus-defiant-and-chapter-approved/ Warhammer Community]
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Imperium Nihilus: Vigilus Defiant]]:
**{{Endn|3a}}: pgs. 11-17
**{{Endn|3b}}: pgs. 17-30
**{{Endn|3c}}: pgs. 30-50
**{{Endn|3d}}: pgs. 50-70
**{{Endn|3c3e}}: Forces of Warpg. 73**{{Endn|3f}}: pg. 79**{{Endn|3g}}: pg. 93**{{Endn|3h}}: pg. 99**{{Endn|3i}}: pg. 110-111
*{{Endn|4}}: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94rLbC4s-2w 80 Days for Vigilus]
*{{Endn|5}}: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2019/03/22/22nd-mar-vigilus-ablaze-preview-the-war-of-nightmaresgw-homepage-post-2/ Vigilus Ablaze Preview: The War of Nightmares]
*6: [[Imperium Nihilus: Vigilus Ablaze]]:
**{{Endn|6a}}: pgs. 11-19
**{{Endn|6b}}: pgs. 19-37
**{{Endn|6f}}: pg. 93
**{{Endn|6g}}: Warzones
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 9th Edition Rulebook]] , pg.130*{{Endn|8}}: [[War Zone Nachmund: Vigilus Alone]]:
**{{Endn|8a}}: pgs. 12-13
**{{Endn|8b}}: pgs. 16-19
