Rejoining with a larger splinter of the hive fleet headed further toward the galactic northwest, a sept lushly populated by insufficiently defended lifeforms stood within its path, the Hwo'kye Sept, orbiting a star only four light years away from Gai'kal. Retreating from its failure at Gai'kal, the hive mind of the heavily damaged Erebus splinter fleet demanded the regathering of biomass to regain its losses. Remaining tyranids on the planet's surface lost synapse contact in the resulting redirection of its mother fleet, allowing a considerably manageable holdout by surviving Tau forces and a final cleansing by reinforcing Tau forces several months later. Fleet managed in effectively wiping Gai'kal of half of all known biomass and the death of over 1.5 million Tau fleet soldiers and engineers, as well as a vast amount of Air Caste orbital starships before the splinter fleet retreated. Phyrric tau victory over Erebus splinter fleet in the aftermath of the improperly coordinated and planned Operation Vral'y'he. Since this day, legend proclaims that the fleet waits for a chance to strike back at them, and to once again pick the planet clean of biomass.Ī hive tyrant of Hive Fleet Erebus 751.M41 Gai'kal Sept They wiped the planet clean save several hundred marines in a matter of weeks, however it baffles Inquisitors and scholars alike as to how the remaining 172 fended off the rest of the fleet before it retreated. Perhaps a first fleet of settlers sailing decades afore the main fleet of an alien threat utterly incomprehensible in its sheer strength and size, Erebus enclosed the planet hungrily, starving after their long journey through the void. See "The Fall": The actions of Battlefleet Medici cost the Hive Fleet considerably but in time they rebuilt, leaving the Kashidaan worlds behind and continued onward.Ī momentous climax to the Chapter's history, and the dawn for it's re-founding. Recorded encounters, all other worlds the fleet has encountered have most likely been destroyed before help signals could be sent. In a sudden and ardent strike, the back of the fleet was broken, followed by a prioritised purge of all sources of synapse. By the late 8th century of M41, the fleet has since been officially documented as completely destroyed through a circumstantial and entirely opportunistic joint effort between the Blazing Claws and Iron Scorpions Chapters in addition to a single-company strike force believed to be of the Blood Vultures Chapter. Generally having survived through picking off weaker sources of biomass due to its size, the fleet has throughout its history of conflict suffered countless losses in almost equal number to the worlds it has devoured. Making galactic contact amongst the first waves of Tyranids encountered in the 41st millennium, they are believed to be an evolved amalgamation of splinter fleets descended from the bulk of what would be named Hive Fleet Behemoth, with signs pointing to some similar behaviour patterns, colouration (with red pigment reduced to black) and direction of origin. The fleet also has a similar approach in airspace, with a usage of heavy airborne support, often thick enough to block out the sun. They have been recognised as utilising heavy numbers of light infantry, overwhelming their opponents in storms of venom and borer beetle fire before shifting to exclusive usage of scything talons and rending claws. The Hive Fleet Erebus is a small and highly evolution-prone Tyranid Hive fleet.
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