Victory of Ethecan

The Victory of Ethecan was an Imperial defensive campaign carried out by the Emperor's Trident Space Marine Chapter against vile Drukhari raiders of an unnamed Kabal, when they attacked the Chapter's homeworld of Oranthi in 612.M35.

History
In 612.M35, the planet of Ethecan, the Chapter homeworld of the Emperor's Trident Chapter, was raided by the disgusting xenos known as the Drukhari. Fueled by the chapter's hatred of the Dark Eldar for raiding Oranthi for millennia, the Chapter company was a unwelcome surprised to the Drukhari who planned and schemed painstakingly to the sharpest detail. The Drukhari raid was going well until orbital cannons rained onto the main raiding force, with drop pods and Thunder Hawks soon following. As soon as squads emerged from their drop-pods they were immediately assaulted by groups of Wyches and Grotesques. While the main Trident Forces were assaulting Eldar holdouts, the scouts of the Company were tasks in assaulting the transports that were carrying freshly enslaved Ethecanians. The Chapter's scouts were able to save only a small number of Ethecanians were saved, while in orbit, a group of 39 Veteran Terminators teleported onto the Drukhari's vessels and starting wreaking havoc. Meanwhile warfare on the surface was victorious purging a large number of Drukhari raiders, and many squads entering melee combat with Wyches, it is assumed that most of the more common Drukhari soldiers were killed in the orbital bombardment.

Near the end of the battle the Terminator teams said that they were near the bridge with heavy resistance, immediately after that vox transmission the eldar vessel disappeared along with Terminator teams, it is assumed that the Drukhari vessels entered a nearby Webway portal. The missing Terminator teams have been called 'The Lost 39'. As 'The Lost 39' was confirmed throughout the company, the remaining Trident Brothers held in reserve on their ships made planetfall with Oranthi soldiers had their orders to also make planetfall by the company's Captain. The Drukhari became desperate after they lost their carrier vessel and they were forced to fight for any scrap of territory they had left. After weeks of fighting, the foul xenos were finally purged. After the fighting, the remaining nobility gifted their best craft with a fully staffed crew, newly named Triumph of Ethecan, after the craft was gifted the captain of the company as well as the captains of the Oranthi Escort vessels negotiated having some of the nobility of Ethecan marry into Other Chapter's Serf families and Oranthi nobles alike. The nobles agreed after the chapter made binding oaths of protection, if the planet was attacked again the chapter would come to their aid.