Ephsor arrived to the firefight at the ruins around the same time the defenders brought out their tanks, between that and covenant's heavy troops assaulting the position and the reports of more ships entering the system the race for this ruin was getting a bit more intense, for now the Kell would try to avoid heavy losses and look for an opportunity.

"Ease up the assault, let our rivals take the brunt of their fire" he ordered most of his forces back with only their sniper Vandals to keep firing. Shortly after this however, yet another force dropped in, quite literally, and began attacking the defender's tanks with a large warbeast. This earned an annoyed growl from Ephsor, the odd of the Fallen breaking through first were dropping rather fast. Niryk may have slipped inside before the defenders had recovered their line but they needed to break the line open again to get them out.

With a shout Ephsor recalled the all the forces currently engaged in the assault, having them pull back and regroup. He called for a Spider Walker to be sent down, they may have been on standby but it was still going to take time to get here, they could launch another assault once it arrived, hopefully either the defender's line could hold until then or leave the other forces weak enough that they wouldn't have that hard of a time getting through them.