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The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a battle of waged from 011-013.[[M31]] during the [[Horus Heresy]] waged from 011-013., when elements of the [[Emperor's Children]] battled [[White Scars]] forces on the lush world of [[M31Lorin Aplha]].{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|2}}

==History==The battle saw the [[White Scars]] and [[Emperor's Children]] conduct a high-speed duel across Lorin Alpha, the last critical bottleneck and point of defence on the last stable space lines connecting [[Terra]] to the northern [[Imperium]].{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|2}} As the ground forces of the Emperor's Children and the White Scars crossed blades across the surface of Lorin Alpha, Legion aircraft teared across the sky in hypersonic skirmishes. The arrival [[Fire Raptor]] squadrons of the IIIrd [[Legion]] bracketed their loyalist foes in perfectly coordinated strafing runs, driving them into the kill-zones of Emperor's Children tactical-squads, rapid-deployed ahead of their advance by [[Storm Eagle]] transport.{{Fn|3}}  However, the Traitors' tactic was disrupted as squadrons of lightning-swift White Scars [[Xiphon Interceptor]]s arrived to relieve their grounded brethren. The Vth Legion's pilots drove their aircraft hard, pushing their powerful engines to breaking point as they shattered the practiced formations of the Emperor's Children. A deadly clash ensued as Vth Legion interceptors whirled and stroke like hawks in the heavens, denying the IIIrd Legion ground forces of their aerial support which soon forced the traitors to retreat.{{Fn|3}}  With the escalation of the [[Solar War]], elements of the [[Imperial Fists]] Legion and newly-formed [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] moved to bolster the defences of the planet, pushing the Emperor's Children back. Unfortunately, as the situation around [[Battle of Beta-Garmon]] began to worsen, a massive [[Dark Mechanicum]] armada turned force invaded Lorin Alpha, forcing the White Scars to go to ground in the trench networks. Out of their element, the White Scars buckled under overwhelming Skitarius assaults, and with the arrival of the [[Sons of Horus]], the tideturns completely in the Traitor's favour, forcing the White Scars Loyalists to retreatfall back towards Terra.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|2}}