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The [[Vespator]] Front is the eastern theatre commanded by Tetrarch [[Decimus Androdinus Felix]], though Titus also is leading forces. Consisting of the largest campaign theatre, its forces been assigned a sprawling enormity of interlinked [[Sub-Sector]]s to conquer, making it the most diffuse of the four campaign zones. A high proportion of the systems marked for reconquest contain high-value worlds whose manufacturing and agricultural output will be vital to Greater Ultramar.{{Fn|1b}}

Meanwhile, Captain Titus personally led a taskforce to the world of [[Idarus]] in the [[Heliodras System]], seeking to save the precious [[Agri-World]] from [[Hive Fleet Leviathan]]. Directed by [[Commodore]] [[Gaius Silva]], Ultramar warships caught the orbiting Tyranid [[Bio-Ship]]s unawares in a flanking maneuver. The 2nd Company conducted boarding actions of the Bio-ships before planting explosives and evacuating via [[Thunderhawk]]. Meanwhile, waves of [[Drop Pod]]s rocketed to Idarus' surface followed by dropcraft carrying vehicles and [[Ultramar Auxilia]] under [[Aemelia Minervas]]. In the following three days of bloody fighting, Idarus was purged of the Xenos taint and Titus personally slew a [[Tyranid Prime]].{{Fn|1c}}

As Titus and the survivors reached the surface and evacuated by Thunderhawk, the subterranean network around Site Umbra was swiftly destroyed along with the rest of the facility. Upon taking flight, Titus learned that Firstbrand had fallen to Ammentar along with Obstinus Bastion and the Forge-shrine. Battery Delta-04 and much of the Steel Heights Sprawl had been equally overrun, while the last defenders of Tenacitus Sprawl were in full retreat. There was cause for hope however, as in other locations such as Munitorum Hub 242 and Battery Halo-09 the Necrons had been forced back. Moreover, Legatus Minervas had successfully evacuated Ultramarine and Novamagnorian forces from Battery Delta-04 and was assembling a new substantial army for renewed offensives. Meanwhile, with the C'tan shard secured, Ammentar departed the world and pledged to continue his crusade to annihilate all life in the galaxy by awakening the Nightbringer.{{Fn|1f}}

===The Protos Front===