The Lamenters task force assigned to Captain Ilum was deployed to a border world of the Badab sector to investigate and potentially eliminate a garrison of the Cadian 8th Guard Regiment. From orbit, Captain Ilum determined that based upon the intelligence gathered, the best course of action would be to assault from orbit and take the fight immediately to the enemy.
As a result, the terminator assault squad, the sanguinary guard squad and the assault squad Laora dropped from the skies as one to strike fear into the heart of the enemy. As the units landed, the disorientation from a tactic rarely used by the Lamenters caused problems from the beginning. All squad equipped with potent weaponry were unable to cause any damage, and as a result took heavy casualties. The sanguinary guard unit was wiped out, and Captain Ilum himself was laid low by the intense return fire. Three terminators also fell at the hand of vehicle gunners. Roughly six assault marines and their accompanying priest were wounded as well. After an effort to regroup, a Devastator squad that had been deployed in support provided long range fire support. The priest remaining, and the two terminators combined to wreak havoc. The priest and the lightning claw terminator combined to wipe out an entire guard unit while the hammer terminator destroyed a chimera. The remaining assault squad members moved forward and managed to destroy a leman Russ with a lucky krak grenade before being reduced to one marine who then broke and ran. As the next tactical maneuver, after losing the lightning claw terminator to intense firepower, the priest and the hammer terminator proceeded to wipe out the guard squad that started in the chimera while the devastators continued providing fire support.
After this the priest and the terminator finally succumbed to retaliatory fire. At this point the Lamenters had lost five units to the four of the Guard. At last the final assault squad arrived on the battlefield. Precision landings guided by squad veterans resulted in a tactical maneuver that can only be regarded as absolutely insane and brilliant all together. Landing in a spot at which the squads flamer equipped marine could fire upon an entire five man sniper squad, not a single sniper survived the burning rush of promethium that engulfed them. Then, in truly epic fashion, a meltagunner landed just within optimum range of a leman Russ and proceeded to neutralize the threat with one shot of his thermal tank destroyer. In the final round, a final tally rang true, the Guard had lost 6 units to the Lamenters five. Even though he was wounded grievously, Captain Ilim demonstrated the cunning and bravery that had propelled him to the rank.
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