Ullanor Crusade

The Ullanor Crusade was a vast assualt on the Ork Empire Overload Urrlak Urruk during the Great Crusade

The Ullanor sector was ruled over by Ork Overlord Urlakk Urg. The central foundation of his empire were a dozen planets, inhabited by humans, which had been conquered and enslaved by the Ork.

Horus employed the use of the now famous 'Speartip' tactic to destroy the Ork Empire by removing its head.

The White Scars and Ultramarines, supported by Imperial Army (and no doubt other units too, such as the Titans of the Mechanicum,etc) attacked the outer planets of the system. This was naturally a decoy, which served its purpose well. Many Ork Armadas rushed to prevent the attacks on the outer planets, leaving the central planet dangerously vulnerable and exposed.

The Luna Wolves fleet headed straight for this central world and more specifically for Urlakk's fotress-palace.

The attack force on the core-planet of the Ullanor system consisted of the entire Luna Wolves Legion, over 2 million Army soldiers, one hundred Titans of the Mechanicum (this included titans from Legio Mortis). All of whom were later joined by all the slaves freed from the Orks' labour camps). This force was according to Horus, led by the Emperor himself; but we do not know yet what role he played in this action.

'''Little is known regarding the actual makeup of the Ork forces. However we are told that they outnumbered the crusaders five to one. 'However ignoring the green-skin masses,...the commander [Horus] struck directly at the Over­lord and his command coterie, leaving the enemy headless and without direction.' In addition there were Ogre/Ogryn warriors in the Ork Army.'''

The attack took place by drop pod, with heavy shuttles deploying vehicles to the battle zone. This force attacked the perimeter defences. Horus then teleported to the base of Urlakk's great central tower, accompanied by all of the Terminators from the 1st Company of the Luna Wolves.

Whilst most of the Terminators held off the green horde,which was rushing back to the tower to save its master, Horus fought his way up to the pinnacle of the great tower, accompanied by only 10 Terminators who were members of the Justaerin.

At the summit of the tower was a vast chamber where Horus found the Ork Overlord surrounded by 40 of the biggest Orks from his Empire. Horus immediately stormed into battle, utilising the twin lightning claws of his armour, to rip apart the enemy. The Terminators were unwillingly to fire into this melee, lest they hit their beloved Primarch. The Terminators therefore immediately fell upon the Orks with their close-combat weapons.

Eventually Horus hacked his way through the Overlord's bodyguard, untill he came face to face with Urg. Despite the fact that Urg was an immense,towering brute, Horus managed to cripple the Ork in the following duel. Horus then held aloft the Ork Overlord above his head and carried him to the battlements of the Tower. Horus then threw screaming, the broken body of the Ork Overlord down to the ground.

When Horus returned to the Chamber he found all the Terminators and Orks dead......apart from one. The sole survivor he found was none other than the gore-drenched Captain of the First Company, Abaddon. He was surrounded by a pile of broken Ork bodies.

The ork force collapsed at the death of its leader,with the remaining part of the battle becoming a massacre, as the Orks found themselves trapped between the two forces of the Luna Wolves (the Terminators at the base of the great central Tower and those who had breached the perimeter walls).

The remainder of the Ullanor Sector was subdued and returned to Imperial rule within the year, as the Ork Empire had fragmented upon hearing of it's masters death.