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===Invasion===
Assembling a moderately sized force under the command of [[Lord Commander]] [[Otto Ivan Gustavus]], the bulk of Imperial forces were organized organised into the 4621st Imperial Guard Army under 'Chief of Arms' [[De Stael]]. Imperial planning was initiated thanks to [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] reconnaissance missions but hindered by bureaucratic red tape and infighting between various Imperial services. The invasion took almost a year to organize organise and launch.{{Fn|1e}}
At 2392998.M41 the Taros Intervention Force was activated, and after three weeks of [[Warp]] travel arrived in the Taros system. The first Imperial troops on Taros were elements from the [[Raptors (Chapter)|Raptors]] who were assigned with disabling the planets Missile Silos. Aided by an orbital bombardment from their [[Battle Barge]] ''[[War Talon]]'', the Raptors landed [[Battle-Brother]]s aided by [[Scout]] Squad mapping. The Raptors first target, '''Missile Silo Decima''', quickly fell while the second silo was destroyed as soon as the first. Tau [[Human]] collaborator forces were overwhelmed and fled while the Raptors only suffered 1 dead and 17 wounded (5 seriously). With the missile silos disabled, the main Imperial invasion commenced. Reeling from the Raptors attack, the Collaborator PDF did not resist the Imperial landings. Soon days went by as the Imperials consolidated their landing zone and no sign of the enemy was seen.{{Fn|1f}}
Following the failure of Operation Hydra, Lord Commander Gustavus and Lord Marshal De Stael were relieved of command by [[Commissar|Commissar-General]] [[Mordred Van Horcic]]. After having most of the commanders staff arrested the Commissar took command of the war effort himself, shortening the Imperial front to reduce the over-stretched supply lines.{{Fn|1k}}
Meanwhile General Syckava organized organised a prisoner uprising at a Tau POW camp manned by human collaborators. Syckava and several men managed to escape, attempting a harsh trek through the desert to reach Imperial lines. As he succumb to thirst and fell unconscious, he was recovered by Imperial patrols. Syckava told the Imperials of the Ethereal he had met, and now knowing the Tau Supreme Headquarters a new plan was devised: Operation Deathblow.{{Fn|1k}}
Targeting the Tau Ethereal in an attempt to decapitate the xenos hierarchy, the Imperials deployed a member of the [[Officio Assassinorum]]'s [[Eversor Temple]]. While Valkyrie-born Stormtroopers assaulted the rest of the headquarters, the berserker assassin managed to self-destruct inside the Tau command bunker, killing [[Ethereal]] [[Aun'Vre]]. However Shas'o [[R'myr]] was directing the bunker defenses personally from outside the bunker and was not killed in the explosion that consumed his Ethereal. Enraged by the loss of their leader, R'myr rallied the surviving Tau as their reinforcements arrived and the Stormtroopers fought to the end.{{Fn|1k}}
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==Related ArticlesSee also==
*[[List of Anti-Imperial Rebellions]]
