The invasion of the Obolis sub-sector started with a sudden entrapment in the Chromys system. The Splinter of Paijn (a part of the Kabal of the Black Heart) attacked the imperial lines from one side of the field while a circle from the Cult of Strife attacked from the other.
Led by Archon Paijn, a Ravager gunship armed with 3 dark lances suited for taking on heavy armour, a Raider with a crew of 10 kabalite warriors, and a venom with incubi and Archon Paijn himself seized the initiative.
The imperium were more then prepared, having lined up 4 knights from House Raven. Led by a Paladin armed with a battle cannon, the Drukhari were going to have to fight hard to win this encounter (not something they are known for).
The Kabal firepower was ineffective against the heavy armour causing no damage. However, the Reavers from the Wych cult demonstrated how to do things with shots in on the amigers from their heat lances reducing the armour points down a bit.
The Knights retaliation was marginally more effective, taking some of the skimmers armour down, but otherwise failing to get through the night shields.
Further exchanges of fire yielded little, but then the crew of the raider took down the Armiger defending the right of the battlefield having used their raider to reduce its armour down enough for their blast pistols and blasters to finish the job. The armiger crumpled under the weight of fire but did not explode.
Mother of Mercy (Warlord for the Knights) was now in the sights of the Raiders dark lance, and the Wyches had just pulled back and thrown some Haywire grenades at the Paladin. A dark Lance to the back and then a strike from the Reavers heat lance was too much for the Paladins armour to withstand. A few moments later the knight suffered catastrophic overload and exploded. The Wyches, the succubus and the reavers were all wiped out by the explosion.
Seeing their Warlord taken out, the two remaining armigers sought their vengeance. Over successive rounds of fire, they systematically wiped out what remained of the Drukhari raiders.
The day had been won, but at what cost?
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