Pacification of the Harakien Sector

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Pacification of the Harakien Sector
Date	973-976.M30
Scale	Sector-wide
Theatre	Harakien Sector
Status	Imperial victory
Belligerents
The Imperium of Mankind	The Harakien Eldar Empire
Commanders and Leaders
Gaspard Lumey	Ku'Motsk, the Void King
Strength
Substantial forces from the Fifth Legion supported by the Imperial Army
Losses
Outcome

In the eighteenth decade of the Great Crusade, the Imperium launched a massive attack on the Harakien Eldar Empire.

Background

The Harakiens' first encounter with the Imperium was on the Feral World of Destino. Winged Victory had just departed the newly-pacified world, leaving behind a garrison of Imperial Army troops. Much of the garrison was second- or third-line regiments, but among their number was the 38th Regiment of the Auron Infantries. Unbeknownst to the Imperium of man, the 6th Division of the Harakien Fleet drifted toward the planet. The expedition was headed by the sixth's inexperienced captain, Ju'Rhin, and was the first wave of a planned expansion of the Harakien Empire's sphere.

The information that the Harakiens had on Destino spoke of a lush and untamed world, but the Eldar were greeted by an unexpectedly organized force of soldiers bearing unknown markings. Ju'Rhin, eager to make a name for himself, sent the full force of his aerial division against the Imperial camps, devastating them with vicious bombardments. The swiftness of the assault was such that the Imperials had no time to respond, the surviving infantrymen were only mustering when the next phase of the Harakien attack began. The second wave was low assault craft and the Eldar swiftly put their enemies to flight, taking large numbers of captives. Word was sent to the Sovereign Fleet of the startling new discovery of an apparently organized space-faring human empire.

While the militia and PDF formations disintegrated, many of the Aurrie troops escaped capture and fled into the thick jungles of Destino. Within that forbidding growth, bands of the 38th regrouped and prepared guerilla raids on their enemies. Captain Ju'Rhin ordered the forests cleared away. He would rout their foe through any means, but the 6th Division were unprepared for the nigh insurmountable task before them. Although they suffered great deprivation and heavy casualties, the courageous Aurries held up the Harakiens until the arrival of Lieutenant Uli Dreier's Squadron of Winged Victory Space Marines and several Demi-brigades of Ciban Chasseurs. The assault was like nothing that the Harakiens had ever seen, the power-armored foes before them astounding to behold. They were human in shape only, they moved faster and endured far more. Even the ordinary soldiers accompanying them were more heavily-armed than expected, with powerful armoured vehicles, artillery, and aircraft. Out-numbered and out-gunned by the startling new Imperial reinforcements, the Eldar withdrew from Destino.

Dreier linked up with the surviving men of the 38th. His report back to the Fifth Legion was answered promptly with the dispatch of further reinforcements, including sappers recruited from the Markian Pact. These specialists were under instructions to fortify Destino. In the meantime, Dreier and his expanded command would probe the surrounding systems to assess the Xeno threat.