Editing Horde of the Hated (section)

====Prasran Campaign====

The Horde's first notable campaign was against the Republic of Prasra. A Human civilization that resisted the Imperium, thanks to a combination of advanced technologies and a high Psyker gene count. They were unwilling to join, due to the vast prejudice against Psykers. The Prasrans developed and made heavy usage of Power Armour, and were considered one of the more powerful human factions that were not affiliated with the Imperium. The Prasran cities were built underneath mountains, so, orbital bombardment proved all but useless. 

Aubrey had been tasked with bringing the upstart nation to heel. However, the newly established Horde were an army that he took vested interest in. His own Xenos reserves were a secret that he intended to keep, but a non-humanoid reserve army that he could make use of openly would always be useful to him. The Eternal Zealots had already conquered most of the Republic, but Aubrey ordered the Horde to deploy to secure the homeworld of Prasra, granting them 3 ships from the Expeditionary fleet. All 9000 of them were deployed in the name of the Emperor to take control of the planet. The planets naturally poor weather and mountainous biome meant that armoured warfare was extremely impractical but, as the locals proved, not impossible. The battle was relatively balanced at the beginning. The hordes tactics and numbers proving to be the superior, but the Locals had much better knowledge of the surface.

After 2 weeks, the Horde managed to capture one of the planets major cities. The first wave of Techpriests that had been sent to assist (The capture of a Forge-World being of utmost importance to the Adeptus Mechanicus) began using the Prasrans own grand forges against them, creating equipment and weapons to help bring the fighting to a close as soon as possible. With the tide beginning to turn against them, the Prasrans deployed their secret weapons. The great mountains cracked open, and with a roar that shook the world, a god awoke. Appearing from atop the hills were Avatars of Deus Mechanicus, Titans. The Titans quickly set to their task of destroying the Horde. Their first act was to use their powerful anti-orbital cannons that the carried on their shoulders to bring down 2 of the 3 ships, the third escaped their notice as it had been positioned over the northern pole of the planet and was thus shielded from their scanning equipment, thanks to the powerful magnetic forces. However, before it could move into position to fire back, the Horde were forced to abandon their staging area's and flee to the underground cities that they had captured. The Battle turned against them. It was during this time that the Adeptus Mechanicus' second wave of techpriests, arriving in a warship. They, reluctantly, brought down the great Mechanical deities with a quick barrage of their powerful cannons, before they could be located by their foes.

Having grown intrigued by their ability to create Titans, Aubrey decided to take command of the situation, personally. Hearing that the Primarch was on his way, Gregorio, at first, panicked. He didn't want to fail his very first mission as Hordemaster and have to rely on the Primarch for their victory, but at the same time, with their surface bases being over-ran by the Titans, bringing victory before the Primarchs arrival was all but impossible. He quickly thought his way out of the situation. Consulting with the Techpriest Commanders, who had orginized this invasion, and they agreed to begin engaging the Prasran government in peace negotiations, he informed them that his commander was not so forgiving as the Emperor. That, Aubrey was a vicious tyrant, known for setting whole worlds ablaze. Fires from hundreds of years of conquest that still burned on battlefields over a century later. The Prasrans quickly surrendered.

Aubrey heard about this and found great amusement in the idea, and almost eager to not disappoint them. Arriving on the planet, he had several random Horde members dragged away, pretending to have them executed for not ending the war with a bloody conflict. He also threatened Gregorio in front of the former head of the Prasran republic, as well as the many senators, to instill a lasting peace, through fear of his response to rebellion.

By order of the Emperor, the humans of the Prasran cities, for their unwillingness to join the Imperium, became subject to Martial Law and severe sanctions, for 5 years. Almost all of the able-bodied men were conscripted into the Horde to replace those that they had lost during the battle. As a forge-world, the Adeptus Mechanicus took over as the planets main protectors, met with unrest from the civilian population. The Prasrans dedicated their vast forges to building armour for the Imperium. They were also granted permission to construct Orbital Manufactorums, in order to produce starships for the Imperium.