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==History==
During the [[Horus Heresy]], in 008.[[M31]], Luth Tyre was invaded by a [[Traitor]] force of [[Death Guard]], [[Word Bearers]] and [[Emperor's Children]], intent upon securing its natural resources and [[Mechanicum]] operated refineries to support the Traitor hosts' insatiable appetite for materiel. Due to the planet's hostile environment, only [[Legiones Astartes]] with their transhuman phisiology, [[Solar Auxilia]] with their their protective [[Void Armour (Solar Auxilia)|warsuits]]; and Mechanicum ground forces could fight effectively upon the surface, beginning thus a bitter campaign for dominance of the airspace above the scattered refinaries that continued for many months in an effort to secure landing zones within the Mechanicum complexes. To make matters worse, the deserts were home to deadly tunneling predators known as [[Ambull]]s. On numerous occasions the traitor Astartes were forced to mount rescue missions using [[Storm Eagle]]s and [[Thunderhawk]]s to extract ground forces under attack by the [[Xenos]] life forms, or to airlift entire companies into battle into battle in order to avoid the risk of attack.{{Fn|2}}
By 011.M31, the world contained [[Fortress World|fortresses]] and sprawling [[Industrial World|refineries]], that made it a key stronghold and mustering ground, for the [[Iron Warriors]]{{Fn|1c}}. While under the [[Traitor Legion]]'s control, Luth Tyre continuously supplied them with war material, fuel and chemicals. As the Heresy raged in 11.[[M31]], the world's Iron Warriors garrison came into contact with a [[Death Guard]] fleet from [[Barbarus]]. It was among the forces defending their [[Homeworld]], which were in the midst of a [[Subjugation of Tyrinth|campaign]] to seize resource rich [[Imperial]] worlds, in order to form an empire for the Death Guard. After learning of this, the Iron Warriors agreed to give supplies to the Death Guard, in exchange for a share of their plunder taken from pillaged Imperial worlds{{Fn|1a}}. In 12.M31, the Iron Warriors [[Battle Cruiser]] [[Visage of Vengeance]] arrives at Luth Tyre. It had escaped from the [[Battle of Tallarn]], but had been trapped in the [[Warp]] until finally appearing near the Iron Warriors' held world. The survivors aboard the Visage soon join the Traitor Legion's garrison on Luth Tyre and bring with them a large number of indentured [[Mechanicum]] automata. However there is little trust shared between the newcomers and the garrison, who seem to prioritize the needs of the Death Guard over their own brethren.{{Fn|1b}}
