[i][b]Saraphim, Fortress Blood Harvest[/b][/i]

The return of the raiding parties to Fortress Blood Harvest was a cause of much celebration.

While there had been losses due to the local birdmen's ability to fly and thus have an easier time scouting and detecting possible ambushes, few of the target groups had done a good job of it and had thus paid for their incompetent laziness. The defeat of one raiding party that had gotten spotted and overwhelmed by reinforcements was a small price to pay for the bounty that the others had managed to load up and bring back with them. 

Almost all of the heavy artillery, shells, medicine, weapons and various other equipment that had been captured would be sent back to Tizca to be torn apart and studied in-depth but the real prize that had been claimed were the still living prisoners that had been captured. Some of the birdmen would be shipped back to the homeworlds as slaves to be studied or put to work while others would remain in the Fortress itself. Already the followers of Magus on the planet had prepared themselves to discover how to converse with the captives by learning their language and culture... A process that would be quick but painful for the prisoners they claimed. The few followers of Mortarion would also claim their share of the dead and dying, plans to study their bodies to discover what secrets they held making them giddy with excitement. 

The recovered skulls of those raiders that had fallen, alongside the captured skulls of enemy warriors that had fallen in battle would be piled up on a rather plain looking, blood covered alter. With luck, Angron would be pleased enough with their tribute to give them his blessing. 

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[i]Saraphim home system, Space[/i]

The warband [i]Blood Harvest[/i] had earned the honor of being the first to set foot on alien soil and laid claim to it, establishing a foothold for future, reinforcing warbands to use. Today was such a day. 

Much like warband [i]Blood Harvest[/i], ships started to appear out of the void at the edge of the system. Small scouting ships at first with larger ships following afterwards once the way was deemed clear in order to support them. Unlike with the first warband more and more ships kept appearing, quickly outnumbering the ships that were already stationed above the planet. At last, two capital ships came out of the darkness. With the leaders of warband [i]Eye of Terror[/i] and warband [i]Angron's Fire[/i] arrival, the joint fleet started to make its way to join their vanguard.

Summery: The raids on the supply lines were for the large part successful, with only one raiding party being defeated with heavy losses. Captured equipment and prisoners are being sent back to the home systems for study and other various purposes while prisoners are being selected from the stock being kept at Fortress Blood Harvest to be studied and... interrogated. The first order of business is translation and cultural understanding. 

The warbands [i]Eye of Terror[/i] and [i]Angron's Fire[/i] have also arrived in system and are on route to join warband [i]Blood Harvest[/i] in space and on the ground.