Editing Octarius War (section)

=== The Stalemate Breaks ===
While the Orks and Nids were off killing each other, Inquisitor '''Nashir Sahansun''' created a planetary cordon around the major warzones of Octarius to cut off any venues of escape. To this end he convinced space marine captains, planetary governors and navy admirals alike to keep watch around these barrier planets, making sure to prune off any branching warbands that managed to escape their war. While he was sure that whatever would break out would inevitably be far worse than what came in, he was hopeful that the forces maintaining the cordon would be experienced enough and proficiently armed to fight back the victors. Unfortunately, there was no winner; the warzone merely widened, with Orks and Tyranids claiming systems where they stood and Sahansun found himself cursing Kryptman's name further.

But then a Deathwatch kill team made a discovery: A random [[Mekboy|Ork mek]] ''somehow'' managed to build a device on his head that managed to nullify the effects of the shadow in the warp typical of the Tyranid hive mind. Inquisitor '''Athocles Van Roth''' took extreme interest in this and performed extensive experiments on this device, thinking it to be the final solution to the Tyranid menace. Once satisfied, he went to the [[Maiden World]] of Veloria, a place where the fighting was relatively minimal so he could perform his full-scale testing. Unfortunately, any attempts to replicate the device failed, because ork technology is nonsense and any attempt to graft the original device onto another living being only worked if said being was another mek... and then more Orks came. Apparently, they had been drawn by that weird [[Hats|head-rig]] at a rate too quick to ensure the proper withdrawal of his Imperial forces. Luck would find him again when he found a rival inquisitor who warned him that they would need the help of the few surviving Eldar of this world to destroy their own tower - a task the craftworlders agreed to and would accomplish at a great cost to both the inquisitors and the Eldar. Even this would prove to be a futile effort however, as the Deathwatch team tasked with watching over the device was cut down to a man and any manner of aerial support was lost to him.

If there were any hope that they could possibly break free of this world, it would still mean little as the experiment turned out to be a colossal failure.