Herda V Campaign

The Herda V Campaign was an Imperial castigation campaign carried out by the 501st Cordanian MIR and two other Astra Militarum regiments against the secessionist forces of the Severan Dominate upon the agir-world of Herba V.

History
The 501st, the 182nd, and the newly formed 600th Regiment was task with reclaiming the agri-world of Herba V from the Severan Dominate. Even if it did not have a very large military presence on the planet, the Astra Militarum still managed to receive vital Inquisitional intelligence that said the enemy was planning on constructing militarum bases and fortresses on the planet if they did not retake the planet before construction was finished. Things would be made extremely difficult for Imperium's forces in the sector, with the addition of new secessionist regiments to fight. So they understood that they needed to act quickly on this intelligence. Imperial command secretly sent in several Valorcus Special Operations Forces (SOF) squads to gather more intelligence on the ground. After completing their mission they managed to sabotage key planetary defence weapons. The Imperial forces then began their attack on the planet. It would take two years, but they finally managed to fully reclaim the planet for the Imperium. This campaign took longer due to the Secessionist force's and local population's resistance, for they were still loyal to the Severan Dominate. Therefore the Imperials ensured the local population that they are there to bring the planet back under Imperial rule and that they would not suffer severe repercussions for their actions. The Cordonian regiments conducted themselves with the utmost professionalism and tact. They did not resort to busting down doors and forcing the locals to comply, like most regiments would do.