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The '''Battle of Sotha''' was a minor battle of the [[Horus Heresy]], in which the forces of the [[Night Lords]] [[Traitor Legion]] attempted to assume control of the [[Pharos (Device)|Pharos]] beacon on the planet [[Sotha]]. As the Pharos beacon was the key instrument in maintaining the cohesion of [[Imperium Secundus]], the battle on the periphery of [[Ultima Segmentum]] turned into a strategically important struggle for the future of [[Imperium Secundus]].
==Early Events==
However, Krukesh and Skraivok were successfully transported to the ''Nightfall'', which then fled the Sothan System.{{Cite this}}
Unknown to all involved, the Battle of Sotha would have grave consequences for the galaxy, as the overloading of the Pharos alerted the [[Tyranids]], then drifting in the intergalactic void, to the [[galaxy]].{{Fn|3p}} Ten thousand years later, Sotha would later be invaded by a splinter of [[Hive Fleet LeviathanKraken]], resulting in the destruction of the world and the near-annihilation of the [[Scythes of the Emperor]] [[Space Marine Chapter]], which had made Sotha its [[Adeptus Astartes Homeworld|homeworld]].{{Fn|4}}
==See also==
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Orphans of the Kraken (Short Story)]]
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Exemplary Battles of the Age of Darkness: The Defence of Sotha: Aegida's Lament]]
**{{Endn|5a}}: pgs . 2-4**{{Endn|5b}}: pg . 6
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