Clash of Iron

The Clash of Iron was an Imperial xenocidal castigation campaign conducted by the Sons of Iron Space Marine Chapter's 2nd Company against the xenos legions of the Necrons Sarnekh Dynasty.

History
Answering calls of distress, the 2nd Company, led by Alvar Hagström, gathers its full might and launches an attack against the troops of the Sarnekh Dynasty. This brutal campaign is mostly fought by the forces of the 2nd Company and millions of guardsmen, as the Imperium can't afford to throw more armies into this war. The clashes are heated but remain in the advantage of the Imperium for most of the four years of battle. However, in the last six months, the Pirate-King Thaszar the Invincible dedicated the full force of his armies to the war.

On the mining world of Enosch XIX, 16 battle-brothers and the First and Second Chaplain meet their end at the hands of whole squadrons of Necron Destroyers. Their bodies are retrieved, but most of their gene-seed has been destroyed by the enemies' weapon. On the agri-world of Tuali, 24 more Brothers are killed but their bodies are brought to the starship of the Company relatively intact, which brings the total death toll of this campaign to an astounding 58 Marines killed in action; the highest ever suffered by one Company since the Sons' Founding. Mere hours after their evacuation, the Invincible reduced Tuali to ashes.