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|Commanders3 =[[Praetor (Rank)|Praetor]] [[Nerat Kirine]]
|Strength1 =Fleet:<br>9 Capital Class<br>20 [[Frigate]]s<br><br>Troops:<br>Twelve Companies<br>(including 9th Terror Company, 18th Chapter)
|Strength2 =Fleet:<br>6 [[Strike Cruiser]]s<br>5 [[Gulgor Assault Barque]]s<br><br>Troops:<br>[[Ultramarines]] [[10th Chapter (Ultramarines Legion)|10th Chapter]]<br>Ultramarines [[22nd Chapter (Ultramarines Legion)|22nd Chapter ]] [[Destroyer Marine|Destroyers]]<br>Mixed [[Blood Angels]]/[[Iron Hands]] Company<br>7 Taghma Taghmata ([[Taghmata Omnissiah|Taghmata]] [[Gulgorahd]])
|Strength3 =Fleet:<br>6 [[Hoplon Assault Cruiser]]s<br><br>Troops:<br>Unknown
|Casualties1 =Fleet destroyed or routed, at least half ground defence batteries destroyed, survivors stranded
==Overview==
Intelligence gathered from the [[Dark Angels]] suggested that [[Desperation]] had a garrison of twelve companies supported by a small fleet at the end of the [[Thramas Crusade]]. By 011.[[M31]] this was the only major stronghold still maintained by the traitors in striking distance of the loyalist command post on [[Gulgorahd]]. [[Arceas Odinathus]], [[Praetor (Rank)|Chapter Master]] of the [[Ultramarines]]' [[10th Chapter(Ultramarines Legion)|10th Chapter]], mustered a strike force on [[Yaelis]] to destroy it.{{fn|1}}
Desperation was found to be more heavily defended than expected, with a fleet nearly the equal of Odinathus' own where the Chapter Master had intended to outnumber the enemy by fifty percent. The Imperial fleet divided into three battlegroups, two pairs of [[strike cruiser]]s accompanied by small craft attempting to draw the defenders into spreading their line to allow the [[Grulgor Assault Barque]]s and the two largest strike cruisers to deliver a crippling attack at short range. The Night Lords fleet, lacking cohesive command, reacted unexpectedly by making no attempt to defend the planet - some ships fled the system, while the other overwhelmed the two smaller battlegroups. Crippling and boarding the ''Amaranthine Vigil'' and ''Heart of Valour'', the Night Lords were able to escape envelopment and take refuge behind Desperation's conjoined moons.{{fn|1}}
