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Wurldkilla's appearance took the Tyranids by surprise as much as it did the Imperials, forcing bioship armadas tasked with finishing off the remaining Imperial vessels to break off and intercept the Greenskin armada. On the surface, the Greenskins engaged Tyranids attacking Forge-Worlds and tripartite slaughter soon broke out. Wurldkilla himself targeted the capital of Sigma-Ulstari and Fabricator-General Phlagustok's own seat, the Forge-Spire of Alpha Primaros. The Warboss sent enormous hordes to attack both routes to the Forge-Spire. At Alpha-Tertius confused infantry combat erupted thanks to the presence of kilometer-high wreckage and mangled superstructures. Here, [[Kommando]]s hunted their foes while [[Battle Sister]]s purged chamber after chamber. In the end the Orks numbers, tenacity, and sheer enjoyment saw them victorious and push through. The fighting at the Cogwall went no betters for the Imperials, with not even Titans of the [[Legio Ferocastrum]] and [[Knight]]s of [[House Sekuris]] powerful enough to stop a tide of [[Gargant]]s and [[Squiggoth]]s.{{Fn|12b}}
Salvation for Sigma-Ulstari came in the form of the [[Rogue Trader]] [[Eyva Phalomor]]'s [[Vengeance Class Grand Cruiser]] ''[[The Riches He Bestows]]''. With it came the [[Retribution Class Battleship]] ''[[Faithbringer]]'' under [[High Admiral]] [[Herika Ajon]] and [[Indomitus Crusade Fleet Primus]]' Task Force V. However most imposing of all was the arrival of the ''[[Eternal Crusader]]'', flagship of the [[Black Templars]] and commanded by [[High Marshal (Black Templars)|High Marshal]] [[Helbrecht]] himself. The newly arrived Imperial forces wasted no time as the fleet broke up and set for different targets. Several Black Templars warships moved to reinforce other besieged worlds of the System as the rest raced for Sigma-Ulstari and smashed through the cordon of battling Ork and Tyranid ships. In a matter of hours the Imperials had broken through and were now arriving at Sigma-Ulstari itself, landing waves of troop transports with millions of troops, tanks, Knights, and Titans. Many of these landers were lost to marauding Ork aircraft, but many more landed and with them came Black Templars, [[Rift Praetors]], and [[Axes of the Emperor]] [[Drop Pod]]s and gunships which were deployed where the fighting was thickest.{{Fn|12b}}
The Rift Praetors and Axes of the Emperor landed at Alpha-Tertius under heavy gunship support as Lances of Knights from [[House Derthos]] and [[House Mundast]] moved to relieve the Cogwall. However Wurldkilla would not be denied his prize, and continued to push through the Cogway towards Alpha-Primaros despite the new arrivals. Using six gigantic explosive-rigged battering rams pulled by [[Orkeosaurus]]es, Wurldkilla was set to smash through the final wave of defenses as Helbrecht himself sought to intervene and prevent disaster. The ensuing battle became the most intense on the entire Forge World, with [[Aeronautica Imperialis]] fighters battling the Greenskins for aerial supremacy as Imperial Guard armored columns surged forward to intercept the ramshackle Greenskin vehicle armada. Helbrecht was frustrated by the inability of these attacks to stop the advance of the Orkeosauruses before realizing these creatures armored howdahs were unshielded and thus could be boarded. Black Templars and [[Archaeopter]]s carrying Sicarian-class Skitarii raced towards the Orkeosauruses under heavy [[Fighta]] attack. Barely half of the Imperial aircraft reached their targets, but the Black Templars and Skitarii bravely boarded the Ork beasts nonetheless. Helbrecht himself landed upon the foremost Orkeosaurus, believed to be carrying Wurldkilla himself.{{Fn|12b}}
*{{Endn|8}}: [[White Dwarf 466]], pgs. 22-26
*{{Endn|9}}: [[Kill Team: Octarius]], pg. 17
*10: [[War Zone Octarius - Book 1: Rising Tide]]:
**{{Endn|10a}}: pgs. 10-13
**{{Endn|10b}}: pgs. 15-19
**{{Endn|10h}}: pg. 21
*{{Endn|11}}: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2021/11/03/get-an-early-peek-at-the-climax-of-the-octarian-war-in-our-critical-mass-preview/ Warhammer Community: Get an Early Peek at the Climax of the Octarian War in Our Critical Mass Preview (posted 3/11/2021)] (last accessed 3/11/2021)
*12: [[War Zone Octarius - Book 2: Critical Mass]]:
**{{Endn|12a}}: pgs. 10-11
**{{Endn|12b}}: pgs. 14-17
