Editing Hive Fleet Gorgon (section)

== Aftermath of Macragge ==

The destruction of [[Hive Fleet Behemoth]] during the Battle of Macragge was the first major victory against a major Hive Fleet. The splintering of the remaining nid Hive Ships and its dispersal throughout the area kept imperial forces very busy, but even with all that activity, there were too many isolated splinters, certainly too many for the Imperial forces to find and purge alone. Thus, slowly but steadily, some smaller splinter fleets began growing in mass and power, feeding on backwater planets. After a while, it started to move further and further from the Imperium's borders, finally making contact with the Tau Empire.