Scourging of Kerrack

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Scourging of Kerrack
Attacker(s)	Charnel Cult, Slaughterkin, Secessionist Kerrack Planetary Defence Forces
Defender(s)	Kerrack Planetary Defence Forces, Star Phantoms
Attacking Commander(s)	Mahaur the Harvester
Defending Commander(s)	Planetary Governor Vortigern Strick (deceased), Colonel Mortemar, Captain Calphax
Date	926.M41
Scale	Planetary
Theatre	Kerrack, Varsavus Sector, Ultima Segmentum
Strength (attackers)	Unknown
Strength (defenders)	Three regiments of the Imperial Guard, twenty squadrons of the Imperial Navy, one company of the Adeptus Astartes
Casualties (attackers)	Estimated to be in the thousands
Casualties (defenders)	Unknown
Status	Imperial Victory
Outcome	Imperial control maintained on Kerrack, enemy Chaos Champion slain

The Scouring of Kerrack was an Imperial campaign conducted on the Agri-World of Kerrack to rid it of the Chaos taint that had befallen it. What started as a mere worker's riot soon evolved into a planetary insurrection. Led by one of the dreaded Chaos Space Marines, Mahaur the Harvester, the Chaos Cultists of the Charnel Cult almost succeeded in vanquishing the Imperial defenders and seizing the weapons stockpile established by the Adeptus Administratum. Fortunately for the Imperium, the arrival of unexpected Imperial reinforcements helped to turn the tide and secure victory for the servants of the Emperor. In recent years, the Scouring of Kerrack has increasingly become required reading for Imperial tacticians and officers because of the paramount importance air power played in the successful outcome of this conflict.

Sources

• Imperial Armour Aeronautica, pp.76-84