Aside from the agri-worlds themselves the only other point of interest in the Attis system was its frozen outer planet, Attis VI. This ball of ice, riven by kilometre deep ravines scratched into its fractured surface, was home to a large fuel depot whose underground storage tanks could be used to supply passing starships as they entered and exited the system. There were also barracks for a small military garrison to protect the valuable infrastructure from raiders and pirates. Seizing it would provide an excellent base of operations for an invasion of the primary agri-worlds.
First to land were elements of the Emperor's Children and Iron Warriors traitor legions who immediately massacred the small garrison and began securing the fuel depot for the Warmaster. They were not to be given the chance to dig in however as a far larger loyalist force of Iron Hands, Death Guard and multiple chapters of Dark Angels landed on the outskirts of the facility. The legions worked poorly together, with the Iron Hands immediately attacking the Death Guard in the belief they were traitors loyal to Mortarian rather than the Emperor. The Iron Hands were repelled by a massed infantry counter-attack by the Death Guard and both sides fell back in disarray.
The Dark Angels ignored the confusion and swept into the fuel depot in a well co-ordinated pincer movement. Land Raider mounted infantry and squadrons of Predator tanks breached the perimeter, allowing a well timed infantry assault to sweep into the interior facilities and secure Attis VI for the loyalist cause.
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