Editing Volemar Gamma Campaign (section)

==Invasion==

''Although this new enemy has the brutal nature of a beast, we cannot discount the possibility of them acting with a low cunning.''

- Gufarnus Altmakar


The battleship ''Unity'', Gufarnus Altmakar's flagship, opened the attack by laying down a heavy bombardment of Shakgrod's ramshackle fortress.  The damage done hardly worsened the look of the place, but it certainly sent the greenskins running for cover while Leonidas Manisicus's men disembarked from their Stormbirds.  The low gravity conditions on Volemar Gamma made maneuvering difficult, especially for troops still getting used to their sealed Mark II armour.  However, the First Legion's reputation as the elite of the elite was neither lightly earned nor lightly taken.  Manisicus was the first man to enter the Orkish fort, striking down the two boyz who stood in his way with one blow and striding imperiously over their twitching bodies.  The coming of genuine, right 'ard violence to Volemar Gamma had a galvanising effect on the resident greenskins.  Boyz from throughout Uggut's fortress came running to battle the ded killy 'umies pouring through the breach.  After making their way into the outer chambers of the fotress, Manisicus's men found themselves locked in bitter hand to hand fighting with a seemingly endless supply of Orks.

Meanwhile, Orend Ymoro and the Marines of the Second Legion were leaping from Stormbird into the great maw of Volemar Gamma, quickly over-running the grots buffing up Uggut's rickety shuttlecraft and their startled orkish overseer.  Ymoro wasted no time in dispatching kill-teams into the greenskin warrens.  Although the majority of the boyz were swarming up to attack Manisicus's echelon on the surface, there were still plenty of Orks ready to oppose the Second.  The ill-feelings from the aftermath of [[the Cleansing of Calverna]] were forgotten as Leonidas Manisicus's calm voice came over the vox to report the rapidly worsening situation above.  Rather than issue complex orders, Ymoro simply commanded his men to forge a way to the aid of their battle brothers as quickly as they could.  With chainswords roaring and flamers lighting their way, the Second surged forward.

In the operations room of the ''Unity'', Hektor Cincinnatus and Gufarnus Altmakar were just as concerned with Manisicus's situation.  Gufarnus recommended holding back Erasmos Sergius's division, lest the enemy spring a surprise.  Hektor heeded this advice, but could not ignore the plight of his gene-sons.  Leaving Gufarnus to oversee the operation, Hektor raced to the ''Unity's'' launch bays where the ''Chrysaspides'' awaited.  Roaring orders to his faithful bodyguard, the Primarch boarded a Legion Stormbird and set forth to the battle on Volemar Gamma.  Back in the operations room, Gufarnus Altmakar shook his head and muttered at the folly of trying to make a general and a hero of the same man.

Leonidas Manisicus had been forced to draw up his men into a defensive position.  The Legion apothecaries tended to the wounded in the centre while squads of battle brothers held off the greenskin tide.  Showing their brutal cunning, the Orks ceased their charge and fell back to spray the Space Marines with dakka, before a mob of Ork nobs led by Uggut Shakgrod himself came crashing into the First Legion's thin line.  The marines were too well-drilled to break entirely, but several battle brothers were slain in the initial rush and Shakgrod began to cut a bloody path through those who rushed to stop up the gap.  Even the personal intervention of Manisicus and his own hand-picked ''Agema'' could only slow the green tide.

But slowing was enough.  The spearheads of the Second Legion were emerging from the depths of Volema Gamma, and at their head was fearless Orend Ymoro.  The Master of the Second fought his way to Leonidas Manisicus's side and together the two heroes threw back Uggut and his nobs.  Badly shaken by the defeat of their leader, the Orks fled the field and bolted back to the depths of their stronghold.  As he lumbered away, Uggut tapped his lumpy head and triggered hidden bombs.  The united warriors of the First and Second Legions were largely unharmed by the explosion, but they were knocked off their feet and tumbled through microgravity.  By the time the Marines had drawn themselves up again, mighty Hektor had arrived to lead the final assault.

With the son of the Emperor at their head, the Marines were irresistible.  Hektor's forces stormed to the heart of Uggut's fortress.  The Orks who stood against them were slain, those who turned to flee only died with their backs to the enemy.  The Warboss, struck by the twin shocks that his foes had survived a cunning trap and been joined by an even more awesome warrior, still roused himself to challenge Hektor.  Uggut Shakgrod's head left his blocky shoulders before his feeble brain even registered the Primarch's attack.  Though the Second Legion would spend another three days scouring Volemar Gamma for the remains of the Orkish menace, the campaign was over.