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The Iron Crusade

June 2023·pp. 78–81

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After the loyalists escape, Czagra repairs the Herald of Misery’s damaged wards and crushes resistance in the Lume System. Worlds are bombarded, stripped or left to destructive environmental forces, while an evacuation carries selected Imperial personnel and Strike Force Rhalion’s survivors away from Leonus Stellarium. Czagra then brings his Ark and fleet against the void fortress, personally ending its defence.

Short campaign accounts show what ownership of the Ark permits: expansion and fortification, hunting its unexplored depths, suppressing internal betrayal, seizing a Red Corsairs stronghold and competing with Votann miners for resources. Victories also awaken unexpected threats, including a Necron tomb complex beneath a devastated Imperial world, so consolidation becomes as dangerous as conquest.

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