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We cut back to the auxila on the ground seeing the explosion from afar. Many start cheering. Many troops have their helmets off simply just to hear anything, even though the overwhelming noise will probably leave them deaf. They've scattered far off their intended landing zone so Astraea grabs onto an armoured carrier and orders everyone in armour to follow her lead.


We return to admiral Klave in orbit, he is the ranking officer until the second wave reaches their position. The Mechanicum asks for permission to commence their drop of titans, which he gives. Munitions across the fleet of the first wave are low as they have been bombarding the planet constantly for two hours. As some of the first wave were going to leave, orders come from Perturabo that they should remain in position to keep bombarding the planet. This starts to make Klave suspicious. Just then he gets a message from an inbound ship, it is Ingo Pech and he requests to come aboard. He brings an Iron Warrior delegatus called Grelth. Their reason for coming is to ensure clarity in following orders.

Pech and Grelth have small talk where Grelth admits that the Alpha Legion are the best liars and that the data shows the loyalists are currently winning the engagement.