Ulandius Slaughter

The Ulandius Slaughter was an Imperial castigation campaign conducted by the Emperor's Reapers Space Marine Chapter against the wicked and vile Word Bearers Traitor Legion upon the Imperial dead world of Ulandius.

Background
The Emperor's Reapers continued their war of reciprocity against the Traitor Legions which had turned from the light of the Emperor over a century earlier. When the crusading Chapter came upon the dead world of Ulandius, they encountered the planet in the thrall of a large contingent of Word Bearers Traitor Legionaries. The vengeful Chapter immediately launched a planetary assault upon the Traitor's position. Caught unawares, the Word Bearers suffered moderate casualties initially, but soon began to rally and launched a counter-attack against the servants of the 'False Emperor'. Calling upon their malefic powers, they summoned a host of daemonic allies from the Immaterium, and proceeded to engage the Emperor's Reapers in a deadly cat-and-mouse game, where both forces eventually became locked into a stalemate after eight brutal and bloody months of neverending conflict.

The Emperor's Reapers sustained heavy losses during the fighting and faced prospect of inevitable defeat, but they were determined to take as many of their foes with them, into death. Salivating at the meal to come, the Word Bearers and their daemonic allies surrounded the doomed Loyalist Chapter, and prepared to launch their final assault. However, unknown to the Traitor Legion, the Emperor's Reapers had sent an astrotelepathic request for aid (albeit, reluctantly) and received assistance in the form of the Terra's Cockroaches Chapter. Arriving at a most auspicious moment, the newly arrived Chapter launched a devastating orbital strike upon the Traitor's positions. They then proceeded to launch a multi-vectored planetary assault, co-ordinating with their erstwhile allies on the ground. The two Chapters then proceeded to launch a counter-attack that broke the Traitor's final assault. After another four months of constant fighting, the Word Bearers traitor forces finally retreated from the surface of Ulandius and broke the Loyalist blockade and fled into the warp. The Emperor's Reapers however, had sustained nearly 46% losses in their overall numbers, while the Terra's Cockroaches suffered 37% losses. Despite their losses, both Chapters achieved a monumental victory against the Traitors. Both Chapters formed strong bonds of brotherhood during this conflict, and vowed to aid one another whenever the occasion warranted it.