In the year of 990758.M41 the Tau trying to expand their empire, extend into the domain of the Omega Doom chapter. The 5th company is the only company garrisoned at the monastery when the first reports from Rynilia come in. Responding quickly, Master Steffan dispatches astropathic messages to the rest of the chapter calling for the withdrawal of over half the chapter from all current battle zones and their immediate return. When the 5th company arrive at Rynilia, they find it blockaded by a large fleet and all the hives on it are under siege. Utilising drop pods, they run the blockade and drop the whole company to their designated spots. Never having faced theTao before they launch a fast strike against the main force besieging the capital city, Oynilia, this proves to be partially effective. They drive back the attack but soon find themselves outflanked. With no support or thunderhawk extraction, they have no choice but to fight their ways back to the walls of Oynilia. Losing 15 brothers in this first engagement, they feel this blow and have to hold back their desire for revenge. Captain Strant deploys the remainder of his squad in a defensive posture around the capital and begins the 3 month wait for reinforcements.
The first to make it back fresh from chaseing down splinters of Hive fleet Behemoth,is half the third company along with the support of a third of the 8th and 9th. They brave the blockade and drop down too the capital city. With the reinforcement of the embattled 5th company, Captain Tanor of the 3rd takes over command and launches a massive counter strike. They find their counter strike to be as effective as a sword through water. The Tau move and flow with the assault. Still they push on. Causing heavy damages but taking casualties as well. In a weeks time they have pushed the Tau away from the capital hive and are preparing to march to the closest hive some 500mi away and begin purging operations there. Using the defence lasers and PTS missiles they clear enough room for the "terminus fatum" to bring in 6 thunder hawks with 5 predators and 10 rhinos and 5 razorbacks. Mounted up and ready to go, they resieve grave news. Raninia's capital hive, Martarl, Has fallen under siege by a second Tau strike force and They don't expect to last a month against the newest and most aggressive of assaults. Having no choice but to push on they pray that the emperor will send their remaining brothers in time. Within three weeks they have driven the Tau back to their final stageing area. The skies have been cleared by the combined might of three battle barges and two cruisers from the sub sector fleet. all other available ships are trying to break the new fleet over Raninia. The Tau finally show true Honor and earn the respect of both Captain Tanor and Strant when, with no where else to run they form battle lines and charge the line of marines barring down on them from the eastern waste.
With the Tau defeated and captured, The remaining space marines from the 3rd,5th,8th, and 9th company join the newly arrived 2nd and 6th companies and with the largest combined force of the omega dooms since their fonding, they launch a drop pod assault directly behind the Tau siege lines and crush them entirely between themselves and the capital's shields. The remaining strike force breaks off and runs for the warp. Few make it past the assembled guns of the battle barges and accompanying fleet.
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