First Terran Armoured
The First Terran Armoured was an Imperial Army Armoured Regiment, that took part in the Siege of Terra.[1b]
History
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Their formation began in the aftermath of the Imperial Palace's inner walls falling to Warmaster Horus' Chaos forces. This led the White Scars Primarch Jaghatai Khan to begin his plan to reclaim the captured Lion's Gate Space Port from Death Guard. However, he knew the White Scars could not do so alone and began seeking other forces to aid them. Because of the diseases spread by the Traitor Legion, the Khan needed a force that was capable of fighting in a toxic environment. He knew that Rogal Dorn, who commanded the Imperium's forces, would disapprove of such a plan, and so the Khan sought aid wherever it could be gathered. He then asked the White Scars' loyal ally Ilya Ravallion, to help the White Scars due to her ties to the Imperial Army. Using her influence and signed orders given to her by the Khan[1a], Ravallion was able to gather a hundred regiments of Battle Tanks and Super Heavy Tanks. Each was tox-sealed and their crews were warned of the diseases and toxins they would face. These Regiments were then amalgamated and reclassified as the First Terran Armoured.[1b]
During the White Scars offensive to retake the Lion's Gate Spaceport, the 1st Terran Armoured spearheaded the ground assault with thousands of tanks as the White Scars themselves launched a Jetbike charge above. In the ensuing battle with Death Guard tanks and Spaceport defensive batteries, nearly the entire Terran First Armoured was wiped out but a scant few survivors were gathered under the command of Shiban Khan to defend the recaptured Lion's Gate.[1c]
