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Lem’s ruby red fire patters against the flank of one of the hunched Tau Battlesuits, each blow leaving the mech’s shields flickering, but enough of the blasts get through that the alien is temporarily staggered. Clumsily it spins on its heels, the xenos bringing its burst cannon to bear and unloading a viscous salvo of pulse fire, though Lem’s cover ensures he is unharmed.

The Guard carrying Dion’s key is riddled with pulse fire, his torso exploding, body parts flying What remains of him collapses beside Dion.

Glimmering blue optics are laid upon Iselith as a pair of Tau Battlesuits begin to approach, the crackle of their radio chatter indicating their confusion at the presence of the alien among the Imperial forces.

Tarkhan’s plasma cutter severs one of the Tau suits in two, the severed remains collapsing in a pile on the floor. His volkite blaster proves less effective, the shielding of the Battlesuits managing to withstand the blast, but his axe manages to slam into the head of another of the Battlesuits, hot blue alien blood smearing across the metal of the blade. Recognising the danger, he poses, a Tau Officer takes aim with his fusion blaster and unleashes a hot wave of atomic energy straight at Tarkhan, while another two Battlesuits unload a hail of pulse fire at him.

Ishmael’s unit, having been posted not far from the palace, is already dogged down in combat. Most of the other penal soldiers have been killed in the initial ambush, mowed down by Tau burst cannon fire. What remains of his troop is left between the rear of the Tau unit and the opening they have made in the palace wall, with a great deal of cover offered by the smoking remains of burned out Imperial tanks and self-propelled guns.