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===Imperial Fists Counterattack===
[[Image:Imperial_fists_iron_warriorsImperial fists iron warriors.png|thumb|right|300px|Imperial Fists conduct a boarding action against an Iron Warriors vessel during the Battle of the Phall System]]
The Imperial Fists immediately counterattacked. Some areas of the formation withdrew and reformed, others held firm, while others feigned retreat and then conducted brazen maneuvers to return and attack the Iron Warrior fleet. In the battle that ensued, millions of crew were killed. The Iron Warrior fleet benefited from being more heavily armoured than their loyalist counterparts, albeit at the cost of speed. The Imperial Fists vessels were better equipped on the whole owing to their being stationed in the [[Sol System]], which gave them the benefit of regularly being refreshed with the most advanced Imperial technology, including [[vortex warhead]]s.{{Fn|4}}
===Polux's Gambit===
[[Image:Crimson_FistCrimson Fist.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Imperial Fists under the command of Captain Amandus Tyr engage Iron Warriors Primarch Perturabo in close-quarters aboard his flagship, the ''Iron Blood''.]]
In the course of the Retribution Fleet's counterattacks, Captain Tyr discovered Perturabo's flagship, the ''[[Iron Blood]]'' at the center of the Iron Warriors formation. Upon reporting the discovery to Fleet Master Polux, he was ordered to assume command over a sub-fleet of 50 ships and execute the traitor primarch. Tyr and ''Halcyon'' led a group of a dozen other strike cruisers to strike at the group of forces defending the ''Iron Blood'' to draw it into the battle. Then, 15 additional Imperial Fists warships entered the engagement from below, targeting the primarch's escort vessels and launching 1,300 Astartes in a boarding action against ''Iron Blood.'' Captain Tyr led the boarding action.{{Fn|3c}}
Fighting aboard ''Iron Blood'' was fierce. A second wave of Imperial Fists was to reinforce the boarding action, but it never arrived. When Captain Tyr reached the inner sanctum of the ship where Perturabo resided, he had only 14 terminators and 30 Astartes in Mark III "Iron ArmorArmour" with him. All of the Imperial Fists, including Amandus Tyr, were killed in the final assault against the primarch, except for [[Navarra]] who was taken alive but severely wounded.{{Fn|3c}}
===Imperial Fists Withdrawal===
