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The '''Battle of Gate Forty-Two''' was a battle of the [[Great Crusade]].{{Fn|1}}
==Overview==
The [[Akum-Sothos Cluster]] had been brought to compliance by the [[Luna Wolves]] in the opening years of the [[Great Crusade]], but its people had since fallen to mass-psychosis and violently revolted against the authority of [[Terra]]. It was determined that a [[Xenos]] parasite which matured within the eye sockets of its host had been behind the riots. The parasites gained rudimentary control of their hosts as they matured and formed what amounted to an alien gestalt cabal of primary hosts dubbed the [['Unsighted Kings']]. Newly ascended [[Warmaster]] [[Horus]] refused to see a cluster of worlds he himself had once conquered slip from the [[Imperium]]'s grasp, so he vowed to retake the Cluster no matter the cost.{{Fn|1}}
The Warmaster planned to launch a rapid blitzkrieg strike by the Luna Wolves, [[Space Wolves]], [[Iron Warriors]], and [[Raven Guard]] that would converge on the heavily fortified lair of the Unsighted Kings before a final overwhelming assault was launched across the entire Cluster.{{Fn|1}}
