Editing The 13th Black Crusade (section)

===The Battle of Medusa===

In order to keep the [[Iron Hands]] busy, Abaddon ordered several battlegroups to attack the Chapter homeworld of Medusa. All ten of the Chapter's [[Mobile_Hiveships#Land-Behemoth|Land Behemoth Fortress-Monasteries]] were deployed, and with the support of the heavily-mechanized planetary defense force, intercepted the ten-thousand tank strong Chaos invaders. In a running battle that played out over the course of five days, the Iron Hands Behemoths threw back their attackers, with their Ordinatus-grade weaponry destroying hundreds of tanks per volley.

Eventually, someone got the bright idea to [[Creed|not try and zerg rush the front of the Fortresses with big fuckoff guns]] and outflank the giant vehicles. With their mobile bases' vulnerable rear housing exposed, the Iron Hands desperately countrerstruck with [[Assault Squad]]s, taking serious casualties but blunting the traitor attack. The remaining forces were mopped up by Chapter Predators, and thus concluded the battle of Medusa.