Reclamation of Kathur - First Contact: After an uneventful voyage through the Warp, the Imperial spearhead made planetfall near the planetary capital of Solthane, and immediately sent out their faster elements to perform a reconnaissance-in-force.Encountering only light resistance from bands of shambling Plague Zombies and the occasional group of Nurglite Chaos Cultists, Overseer Maggrig ordered the Janus 6th Regiment to press forward and seize the largest of Solthane's cathedrals in order to use it as a base, staging area and vox-relay facility, since the peculiar conditions on Kathur made normal Vox communications extremely unreliable.Unfortunately, the Janus 6th's invasion of the city roused massive numbers of Plague Zombies from their death-like slumber, and the regiment of Guardsmen became trapped in the massive cathedral, caught between two hordes of shambling undead rising from the surrounding buildings and the catacombs beneath their objective.The Janus 6th dug in and requested help, and Overseer Maggrig sent the Cadian 88th, which was busy with updating the maps of the city and clearing secondary targets, in support. The 3rd Company of the 88th, under the command of Captain Parmenion Thade, made its way to the cathedral with all haste, but in vain: by the time they arrived the Janus 6th had been overrun.The Cadians, only three hundred strong and unable to enter the massive building with their support Chimeras and Sentinels, were wary of entering the now obvious deathtrap, and Thade ordered his men forward prudently, first calling in Kasrkin air support, and then ordering a general withdrawal when the resistance intensified.This last order would save his company's life. Only a few solar minutes later, large groups of well-equipped Renegade Planetary Defence Force cultists led by individual Death Guard Traitor Marines moved to encircle them.But the Chaos forces' pincer movement fell short and only resulted in a running firefight that inflicted few casualties on the retreating Cadians. Thade immediately ordered the presence of Heretic Astartes to be reported to all Imperial forces, and retreated with his company toward the Imperial landing site.Fuming that his advance elements had been overwhelmed and at the loss of his intended staging ground, Overseer Maggrig summoned Captain Thade and his subordinate officers, Sergeant Ban Jevrian of the Kasrkin, Enginseer Bylam Osiron and Scout-Lieutenant Adar Vertain (leader of the Sentinel detachment) for a dressing-down.His fury abated when faced with the irrefutable evidence of the overwhelming numbers of zombies, and the presence of Chaos Cultists led by Chaos Space Marines, but he still decided to impose a commissar on Thade's command, to punish them for withdrawing without being ordered to do so.Overseer Maggrig also informed them that Inquisitor Bastian Caius of the Ordo Sepulturum had "requested" that their company be detached to his command, which warranted the presence of a commissar even further, as a warden against any possible corruption.The Cadians took the punishment stoically, and left to reorganise their formation and meet with the Inquisitor, leaving the general to draw up his plans for the reconquest of Solthane.