Fall of Gabarlos

The Fall of Gabarlos was a defensive campaign conducted by the Hammer Guard Space Marine Chapter against an Ork invasion in the Gabarlos System.

History
As the separate companies of the Hammer Guard deploy to crusades and campaigns across the Imperium, an Ork WAAAGH! strikes into Imperial space at an alarming speed, quickly striking at the Gabarlos System. Dominum Custodem Julius Starblade, along with the Master of the Watch and the 7th Company, fortifies the chapter home world and holds off the Orks until his brothers can arrive. By the time the chapter returns home, however, the defences of Gabarlos have weakened, and are almost overrun. Too late to change the course of the fight, Dominum Custodem Starblade orders the chapter to collect the relics of the chapter and store them in orbit, even shedding his armor for the armor of a simple battle-brother, before leading the remains of the 7th Company into a final charge as the last of the Thunderhawks carrying wounded and relics reaches the fleet. Once they arrive, Regent Septimus solemnly gives the order to burn the planet, destroying the Ork menace but their home along with it.