Donatos War - Darkest Hour: Back at Rallying Point Zeta-Lambda-Rho, Jennika Tan Draconis dutifully watched over the Loyalists' main base. With communications still disabled because of the malign influence of the Chaos scrap-code, she had no way to know of the dreadful turn of events that had taken place at the Arbites tower. Locked in his crawler, High Sacristan Polluxis was still trying to reestablish communications and although he had made progress, his efforts had yet to yield any success.It was only when the Cadian sentries reported the sighting of a powerful army heading their way that Jennika knew that something had gone wrong. Rushing to her Knight, Fire Defiant, Jennika gathered the two lances of Knights at her command and readied herself for the battle to come. Facing overwhelming odds, the surviving Knights and their Cadian allies knew that they could only delay the enemy at best before having to abandon their temporary base of operations.Unwilling to leave the field to the enemy without a fight and unsure that they would be able to link back up with Danial's contingent if they left, Jennika organised a vigorous defence of the compound. At the head of her Knights, she intended to march straight into the enemy force, trying to eliminate the Cultists' most dangerous troops -- the Heretic Astartes and the Daemon Engines -- while the Cadians held the southern access ramps and the Sacristans prepared for an emergency evacuation.With heroic obstinacy, the Knights took the fight to the enemy, never venturing too far from the Imperial perimeter. Where enemy troops were advancing mere seconds before, Rapid-Fire Battle Cannons left huge craters, as nothing in the enemy's arsenal was a match for the Knights' firepower. Even the defiled battle-plate of the Word Bearers' Power Armour was easily overcome by the artillery unleashed against them.Disciplined fire from the Cadians' Lasguns tore into the mobs of Chaos Cultists, but facing such numbers, even the strictest fire-discipline could only delay the inevitable. It was not long before the Loyalists suffered their first casualty. Taking fire from two angles at once, Sire Petaer let two of the Word Bearers' Daemon Engines, Defilers, approach him too closely, the unholy, piston-legged machines tearing him and his Knight apart with their pneumatic claws.Rage filling her heart, Jennika redirected her Knight Paladin's firepower at the two infernal engines, destroying them with righteous fury. With only five Knights remaining in her command, the situation quickly worsened. Though the Cadians' 4th and 6th Platoons charged the enemy and re-established the Loyalist perimeter at the southern access ramps, the pressure was simply becoming too great.Just as she considered giving the Cadians the orders to mount their Taurox APCs, the static within Jennika's communication systems cleared and High Sacristan Polluxis' voice cut through, informing her that he had successfully developed data-wards powerful enough to keep the Chaos scrap-code at bay. At the same time, the incubators had produced the first batch of the renewed Heavenly Host which were promptly released. The newborn Cherubim quickly assumed their positions, greatly enhancing Jennika's tactical view.For the first time since the battle's beginning, she could properly appraise the enemy's numbers -- and her heart sank at the realisation that they had yet to face the enemy's main strength. Accessing the global Vox, Jennika began cycling through her Vox channels while simultaneously fighting off a Daemon Engine known as a Forgefiend, sawing it in half with her Knight's Reaper Chainsword after having deflected its blasts with her Ion Shield.Amongst the indistinct but alarming chatter on the other Vox channels, Jennika picked up a familiar voice, that of Herald Markos Dar Draconis leading the vanguard of the High King's troops. Even as Markos quickly explained what had happened to their expedition, the first icons of the returning Knights flashed into view on her strategic display.With the arrival of Markos' reinforcements, the battle quickly turned in the Loyalists' favour. Markos Dar Draconis and Lady Eleanat Dar Pegasson both led a lance of Knights in a pincer movement into the heart of the enemy's army, cutting it in two. With the Cadians and Jennika's Knight holding firm, the newly returned Loyalist Knights forced the enemy into their allies' guns. By the time the stricken Oath of Flames and Sword of Heroes entered the battle, they encountered only a valley of the dead, the enemy already routed and pursued by a vengeful Markos Dar Draconis.