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The fortress doors open and the armour of the WE tears out, Kharn is atop a fellblade getting knocked about as it fires on the move. Angron leaps from a kratos to attack three RG tanks. As the WE leap from the tanks to engage the RG infantry Kharn tries to follow but lands heavily and can't rise before a RG is standing above him firing at him. His armour is damaged more but saves him and just before the RG can headshot him a random WE strikes the RG and hacks him apart. Kharn is left on the ground.

Maun is still flying around offering ground support where possible. As he seeks to leave and rearm a message come from delegatus Grelth. The deployment of all auxiliary forces has been sped up and he gives Maun the task of ensuring it goes right. Maun retorts back that it is a terrible idea to which Grelth gives Klave the vox and he manages to convince him to do it.

Aboard the Catura, Pech thanks Klave while Grelth can't understand not following orders. They get the location of all ground forces and immediately transmit it to all second wave ships.

We are told of how the information reaches each incoming legion and follow a Night Lord called Scarrix as he moves to enter his xiphon interceptor.
A brief montage goes over how each arriving primarch is preparing for the coming event.

Again we return to Astraea and her auxila. They have to give orders by written parchment as nobody can hear anymore due to the sounds of the battle rebounding off the mountain walls.

Back where she originally was most of the infantry have been left with her sub-commander Kengrace, he gives them all the order to advance. As they advance the ground erupts, sand and gravel shoots into the air. From the holes all around they hear chains in the dark, then the red butchers emerge.