Akora sat in his command chair listening to the hum of the engines on the great hulk, as it was recently liberated from the Orks, travelling through the warp. He wonders what news the Doomriders will have, hopefully it will be good and that means combat will commence soon. The local cult leader said that Logan Grimnar and his accursed Space Wolves were there. He found the last battle with the Imperial Guardsmen most disappointing as they couldn't even die well. He realized that he was being distracted by his thoughts, so he called for his maps onto the console and studied the area so he could land and prepare his army.

        "This will not be easy", he said more to himself then to his aid that stood there beside him. Then again, he didn't think it would be after all. These were marines, all be it misguided by their false Emperor, but marines none the less. Finally the ship settled into high orbit and began the planetary bombardment.

        " In the name of our dark lords, all troops to their drop stations", he shouted into his comm-link, "soon on the planet we will face the accursed Wolves!" He entered his pod and prepared to make planet fall. Through the comm-net, he could hear the voices of his deputy commanders. "Strike Force Havoc, ready ", came the voice Lord Moelock leader of the Berserkers. He would be counted on to take out any hand to hand the enemy had to offer. "Strike Force Deathbringer, ready", came over the net as Jarkar prepared his veteran infiltrators to go ahead of the main force. The first pods separated from the hulk and they were on their way. No matter how many times Akora did it, the thrill of the drop was still there as if he were dropping the first time on Terra with the Warmaster all over again. "ALL PRAISE THE LORDS OF CHAOS!!!" He shouted over the net to encourage his men. The drop pods began their descent toward the planet. As the pods hit the atmosphere, he could feel the turbulence shake the pod. It wouldn't be long now, he thought.

        The pod hatch hissed opened and the troops disembarked. Akora looked around and noted that the planet was a little more of an overgrown jungle environment then his maps had indicated. As he walked toward the area were his command post would be setup, Ankar his loyal Lt. was walking toward him. "Report!", Akora demanded. "The Doomriders report that the enemy is here as are three groups from the Imperial Guard garrison. They also report that they had taken a small outpost near here that could have made the landings difficult ", Ankar reported. "Very well, move the troops out, we will meet the enemy on our terms.", Akora commanded. Then like so many times before the troops started out the battle to the War Song.