Editing Second Vetrovnak Incursion (section)

==Background==

Following the [[Hektor Heresy]], the Imperium of Mankind had driven back the Traitors and established a stable realm, though one far less prosperous and hopeful than the promise of the Great Crusade.  Two centuries under the guidance of the remaining Primarchs stable borders were established and trans-stellar trade had begun anew.  If Imperial culture was sliding away from the old Imperial Truth into religion, many of the new cults preached robust virtues such as blind loyalty to the Golden Throne and zealous opposition to the Imperium's enemies.

This new culture would be severely tested by the emergence of the Vetrovnak as an existential threat to the Imperium.  Although the cream of the Imperial elite were aware of the events that came to be known as the First Vetrovnak incursion, scattered actions such as the [[Harvest of Ruawch]] were seen as unsettling mysteries rather than a pressing problem.  But Hvar was well-aware of the weakened state of the Imperium and had built up its forces to launch a massive harvest operation.