Confident that he had the world in his grasp, Snagrod put out incessant, ranting Vox broadcasts, boasting that his next conquest would be Rynn's World itself, which lay only a few weeks Warp travel from Badlanding. Chapter Master Pedro Kantor dispatched the 3rd Company of the Crimson Fists under Captain Ashor Drakken to Badlanding to stall the Ork WAAAGH! and determine its strength. The endeavour turned sour when a brash Scout Marine sniper failed in an assassination attempt against Snagrod. The Ork forces were immediately alerted to the 3rd Company's presence and in the ensuing battle, Captain Ashor was killed by Snagrod and only twenty-eight out of eighty-four Space Marines were able to return to Rynn's World. When the WAAAGH! Snagrod hit Rynn's World, it was with a force unparalleled by