Empyrean's Wrath

A massive code-named Empyrean's Wrath drops out of the Warp, crewed by an incredibly immense horde of Orks. This green-skinned powder keg floats through several systems through the limitless confines of space and survives attacks from other ships and planets it has encounters with. Too large in size to simply be bombarded to pieces by anti-ship weapons, the only solution was to board and manually cleanse the interior.

After attempts are made by the Brazen Lions and Iron Gorgons fleets to purge the giant hulk, they combine their forces and move to attack as one to try to finally destroy it. The courageous Astartes enter the Hulk expecting heavy resistance, but instead they find the greenskins in a panic. Moments beforehand, a cadre of Graven Skulls had boarded the ship and slaughtered many of the greenskins.

Upon coming into direct contact with the forces commander, the three Chapters initiated a coordinated three-pronged attack into the bowels of the structure. With the bloody slaughter of the Brazen Lions and Graven Skulls matched with the cleansing fires of the Iron Gorgons, the Astartes seemed unbeatable. When they enter the inner sanctum and the lair of the warboss, the situation changes. The Iron Gorgons and Brazen Lions arrived first, like twin-whirlwinds of fire and blood. Their fury was halted only by the Warboss and his strongest Orks. The swift assault becomes a grind of attrition.

As both Ork and Space Marine are bloodied and battered, the Skulls emerge. Hydraxon crashes through the wall behind the warboss and set upon him, while the Spectres Assault Squads who'd been carefully waiting in ambush on the rafters above reveal themselves with hails of bolter fire. While the Hulk is finally cleansed, the Iron Gorgons and Brazen Lions can not shake the feeling the Graven Skulls might have never arrived to assist them, had the tide turned.