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After the Battle of Amarah, any surviving defenders (of which there were few) were evacuated from the planet as quickly as possible and pulled back to the outer worlds of [[Laymon (Planet)|Laymon]] and [[Calama]] to regroup while whatever surviving civilian population remained was left to their own fate. As of 995.[[M41]], the Orphean War had reached a point of stalemate. Imperial Forces remaining in the Amarah and [[Hydroghast System|Hydroghast]] systems have been cut off, and the current rate of attrition losses have reached 60%. Taking advantage of the carnage, the [[Chemarium System]] fell under the control of the [[Ruinous Powers]] and the [[Chaos]] forces have begun to engage both Imperial and Necron positions.{{Fn|1b}}
Necron forces have launched renewed probing attacks against [[Myre]] and [[Amraphel]], and these acts combined with the atrocious losses already sustained by the Imperial defenders have led [[Segmentum Command]] to believe that the Orpheus Sector can not be saved without a massive [[Crusade]]-level campaign that could not be organized organised for a minimum of thirty years. Faced with this prospect, Imperial strategists have recommended [[Exterminatus]] as the only tenable solution.{{Fn|1b}}
In 998.[[M41]], the [[Tenebrae]] [[Chaos Space Marine]] warband (known to always appear in times of crisis to sow further discord and madness) intervened in the Orphean War to further its own plans.{{Fn|4}}
