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The assault on the [[Zeidos System]] was conducted by [[Fleet Primus]] under [[Fleetmaster]] [[Isaiah Khestrin]] as [[Fleet Tertius]] [[Battle Group Iolus]] under Fleetmaster [[VanLeskus]] and [[Groupmaster]] [[Eloise Athagey]] moved towards the [[Paradyce System]]. VanLeskus was able to quickly destroy a Necron [[Cruiser]] through sheer numbers and land [[Sisters of Battle]] of the [[Order of the Argent Shroud]] under [[Canoness]] [[Gracia Emmanuelle]] and [[Frateris Militia]] under [[Shanni Saintsgift]] upon [[Paradyce II]].{{Fn|11c}}{{Fn|11d}} Taking heavy losses to the Necrons, the [[Ecclesiarchy]] troops were able to mitigate some of the effects of the Pariah Nexus through sheer faith and zeal.{{Fn|11d}}
Despite the headway made by Imperial forces at Paradyce, Cawl's diversion had paid off and thus a massive fleet of Necron reinforcements arrivedwith a colossal [[Pylon Ship]] at its head. Athagey ordered a desperate retreat as she sought to personally engage the Necron [[Pylon Ship]] pylon ship to buy the fleet time.{{Fn|11e}} Just as Fleetmaster VanLeskus' own flagship ''[[Precept Magnificat]]'' is about to be destroyed by the superior Necron fleet Athagay arrives and rammed her own vessel ''[[Saint Aster]]'' into the Pylon Shippylon ship. This allows for a fraction of the Imperium fleet to escape as on the ground the Sisters and Frateris Militia fought to the end against the Necrons.{{Fn|11g}}{{Fn|11i}}
On Mesmoch, an Ultramarines [[Vanguard Space Marine|Vanguard]] force discovered the towering [[Cadian Pylon|Pylon]] wrought from [[Blackstone]] which was several miles in circumference as Guilliman ordered the world be subject to [[Exterminatus]]. The assault upon the Mesmoch Pylon went poorly from the start. [[Warp Drive]] failures and stilled crews meant that only two-thirds of the requested warships and troop transports reached Groupmaster Marran's mustering point in time. Many Imperial ships were destroyed by the time Marran's forces reached Mesmoch, either by the Necron warships or orbital defenses. Imperial carriers disgorged waves of infantry onto Mesmoch's surface. The Ultramarines. Black Templars, and [[Deathwatch]] led the attack, establishing beachheads to the north and east of the Pylon. Six entire Imperial Guard [[Regiment]]s followed while the [[Warlord Titan]] ''Deus Redemptor'' was landed from orbit.{{Fn|1a}}
