Operation Backfire

Operation Backfire was an Imperial castigation campaign conducted by the Corlesian Cataphracts Tempestus Scions Regiments against rebel forces on their homeworld of Corlesia.

Background
Several strike teams of Corlesian Cataphracts were deployed via Valkyrie Assault Carriers into one of Corlesia's hive-continents following rumours of rebellion and propaganda amongst the planet's lower classes. The planet's government, fearing the potential of another uprising amongst their citizenry, sanctioned the habitation block for extermination. Nobody survived, and the Corlesian government issued their own statements and propaganda declaring the now-deceased citizenry as open enemies of the Imperium.