Hive Fleet Anubis

**Hive Fleet Anubis,** also known as **"The Scourge of the Artemis Sector"** is a Tyranid hive fleet that entered the galaxy in early M39 within the bounds of the dangerous and unexplored Praedo Expanse. This makes it one the older Tyranid hive fleets to enter the galaxy, and remained hidden until it made contact with the imperium on the desert Fortress World of Anubis in 769.M41, from where it got its name from.

The hive fleet is responsible for the Anubian Wars, the wars that were fought to fight back Anubis from the Artemis Sector, as for whatever reason, the hive fleet has time and again attacked the sector, for reasons unknown.

Its current whereabouts are unknown, but many believe it will return following the opening of the Great Rift and the beginning of the 4th Tyrannic War against Hive Fleet Leviathan.

## History

### Arrival and Contact

Hive Fleet Anubis arrived, at some point, on the fringe of Segmentum Ultima, and slowly made its way to the vast Praedo Expanse, and remained hidden from the Imperium until 769.M41. During its isolation, it had been attacking and was attacked by scores of Ork Empires in the region, and because of this, was able to acquire huge amounts of biomass and grow exponentially.

It first came into contact with the Imperium on the desert Fortress World of Anubis, which sat on the edge of the Artemis Sector and the Praedo Expanse. The world had been tasked with defending the sector, as countless Ork attacks and raids came forth from the expanse every solar year. The Ork attacks dropped by nearly 300%, and the imperium was unsure why until Anubis darkened the skies of the world.

The Tyranids ruthlessly forced themselves onto the surface of the world, and consumed everything it could find on the lifeless world, even the sand itself. The world was overwhelmed and the defenders were killed as the world was devoured within a solar week. There were no survivors save for the faint vox message left behind, and it was send into the black void, hoing that someone could find it and prepare for the threat.

### First Anubian War

#### Arrival in the Sunder System

With the consumption of Anubis, the First Anubian War would begin, as the hive fleet would move on to the Sunder system, where four inhabited Imperial worlds were located: the Feudal World of Saia IV, Industrial World of Nightlock, Agri World of Vallenin, and the Knight World of Indivia. The Imperial Knight house, House Valkia, long protected the system and larger sector from many threats, and were heros to the people of the sector.

The forest-covered Feudal World of Saia IV was the first to fall to the tendrils of Anubis, with half the local population lost in a single solar day. Fighting was heavy near the only city, home of the planetary governor, but the city was overrun and the planet was stripped bare in 3 Solar days, along with the planets near 18 million souls.

Next to fall was Nightlock, an industrial powerhouse within the sector known for its manufacturing capabilities. The planet's sprawling factories and towering skyscrapers were also irresistible to the insatiable Tyranids. The skies above Nightlock darkened as the Hive Fleet descended, overwhelming the planet's defenses. The once-thriving industries fell silent, replaced by the cacophonous chittering of Tyranid organisms feeding on the very infrastructure that had once powered this world's might.

Vallenin, an agri-world known for its vast fields of crops and herds of livestock, was the next unfortunate victim. The Tyranids descended upon the fertile lands with an appetite that hungered for sustenance. The lush landscapes of Vallenin became a nightmarish tableau of ravenous creatures tearing into fields, devouring livestock, and reducing the planet's agricultural abundance to naught but ruin.

##### Invasion of Indivia

Covered in impenetrable jungles, Indivia was a planet where nature had long since reclaimed the land, hiding the technological marvels of the past. The ruling imperial knight house, House Valkia, was a relic from the Age of Technology, dating back to a time when towering knight suits were both protectors and symbols of power.

When Hive Fleet Anubis descended upon Indivia, the knights of House Valkia knew that they faced an unprecedented threat. They donned their ancient suits of armor, the last vestiges of a bygone era, and prepared to defend their ancestral home against the encroaching Tyranid menace. the initial clash between the knights of House Valkia and the Tyranid swarm was fierce. The dense jungles of Indivia became battlegrounds, where the Knights engaged in brutal combat with monstrous bioforms. Plasma and las blasts cut through the emerald foliage, illuminating the nightmarish scene with deadly light.

As days turned into weeks and weeks into months, House Valkia's resilience began to wane. The Tyranids seemed an endless tide, relentless in their advance. Slowly but surely, the knights were overwhelmed, their noble lineage on the brink of extinction. Desperation hung in the air as the surviving members of House Valkia knew that they were fighting not only for their own lives but for the very legacy of their house.

But this would not be the end of House Valkia, as they soon rallied to defend their world, or die trying. They attacked the Tyranids at every turn, Reaper Chainswords ripping apart massive bioforms and battle cannons roaring as they fired. House Valkia was near death, and one by one, the last Knights fell, and soon the house was near destruction. But, before the last Knights fell, salvation came, as a fleet of warships belonging to the Penitent Scorpions chapter suddenly arrived in orbit, preparing to relieve their beleaguered ally.

The Penitent Scorpions had also been assaulted by Hive Fleet Anubia, as one of their Chapter Keeps was assaulted by Anubis and they came to relive and, and heard of another tendril in the Sunder system and raced to aid them.

The Astartes descended in drop pods and and Stormhawk Gunships and tore the Tyranids apart, and soon, the Tyranids were defeated. This was not the end, as the allies received a distress call from Antara Sigma, a long isolated forge world, that a Tyranid fleet was closing in on the world, and that they needed help, and House Valkia and the Penitent Scorpions departed immediately to aid the world.

#### Antara Sigma Campaign

##### Preparations

While Anubis was devouring the worlds of the Sunder system, the forge world of Antara Sigma would face its own problems. Since the Horus Heresy, the forge world had isolated itself for the tragedies that occured to it, and rarely conversed with the wider Imperium. The Tech-Priests on Antara Sigma soon detected the ominous signs of a coming Tyranid invasion, as the Shadow in the Warp descended upon the Antara System.

The Fabricator-General, Arkius Ich-5, ordered a council to be held to determine what to do about the looming threat of Anubis. Many wanted to stay and die, not wanting to call for help, others wanted to retreated, to live another day and establish a new home somewhere else. A rare few wanted to send a distress signal to the Imperium, asking for help in the matter to defend their world from the Tyranids.

Arkius finally decided that a distress signal was the best option, and ordered those in orbit to send a call for help to the Artemis sector. As the message echoed into the void, the forge world prepared to meet the coming storm, as Titan not awoken since the days of the Horus Heresy were brang back to life to help defend the world. Millions of Skitarii were mustered to prepare for the fight and the billions of citizens were armed with anything they could get. The Celestial Foundry, the grand ring that encircled Antara Sigma, was, for the first time in ten millennia, was awoken to best of the worlds ability, its defences brange back to life to defend the world.

##### The Battle Begins

Anubis was soon detected near the forge worlds moon, Skerula, as it descended on the lush forests and devoured it without slowing down, and moved closer to Antara Sigma. The weapons of the Celestial Foundry opened fire, blasting plasma bolts, lance strikes, missiles, and other weapons as the hive fleet descended on the world. Thousands, tens of thousands, then millions of Mycetic Spores were rained down upon the surface of the world, and though many thousands were destroyed, many more land, offloading their cargo as the battle began.

Titans and Hierophants clashed as the Skitarii fought the never ending waves of gaunts, and Kastelan Robots and Dunecrawlers clashed with Carnifexes. The grand forge cities and endless expanse of factories, so carefully reconstructed since the Horus Heresy, crumbled again as the war raged across the forge world. The fall of the forge world was inevitable, and if reinforcements did not arrived soon, then Antara Sigma would become just another dead world in the galaxy.

##### The defeat of Anubis

As the last Titans began to falter and crumble, and the near inexhaustible numbers of the Skitarii began to run dry, a glimmer of hope arrived, as the Penitent Scorpions and House Valkia descended from behind the hive fleet. The Penitent Scorpions descended on the hive fleet, catching them from behind and carving a path for House Valkia and the drop pods of the Penitent Scorpions to descend to help the beleaguered defenders.

Clad in their red and grey armor, the Astartes unleashed a storm of bolter fire upon the Tyranid hordes. Chainswords roared to life as the Astartes engaged the bioforms in brutal close combat, their genetically-enhanced strength and skill turning the tide of battle. The Knights blasted hordes of Tyranids apart and carved a path through them with their Reaper Chainswords, and beside them, fought the remnants of Antara Sigma.

In space, the Penitent Scorpions fleet executed a daring ambush. They swooped in from the void, catching Anubis off guard as they ambushed them in a pincer movement, leaving them unable to escape. The Tyranid bio-ships, focused on the ground assault, were ill-prepared for the sudden onslaught. The Astartes unleashed a volley of torpedoes, lance strikes, and boarding actions that tore through the Tyranid vessels. The bio-ships were all eliminated, though, unknown to the defenders, some did manage to escape, and would come to ravage the sector once again.

The Tyranids on the surface, severed from the hive mind, went feral, losing all the coordination they had, and attacked both the Imperium and themselves. They were easily moped up, and Antara Sigma was saved from oblivion.

What none of them knew was that Anubis had survived, and would lay hidden for over a century until it returned, and would bring on more death than before.

## Tactics of Anubis

Hive Fleet Anubis is known to stalk its prey worlds for long periods of time before finally commencing the infestation and invasion of the planet. It also does not host any known Genestealer Brood or Cult of any kind, much to the confusion and dismay of the Imperium, as all other known Hive Fleets possess a Cult of some kind, and why Anubis does not possess one is all the more mysterious.