Belis Corona Sector - Battle of Crown Belt: While Admiral Benadorn's flotilla set a course at best speed toward Bairsten Prime in its far orbit opposite the sun, Flotilla Malleus quickly reached the Crown Belt and approached the Adelphia only to find a sizable Chaos raiding force as already racing inward. Convinced this was a feint, Benedorn instructed the flotilla to hold course, for while it was likely the enemy would seek to find or create a clandestine route into the inner system, they would be no match for the heavy defenses of the inner worlds, whereas Bairsten Prime orbited distantly from its sun, and even its closest approach was millions of kilometres outside the sensor network. Its duralium mines and processing facilities were not only critical to the war effort (it was imperative that their resources not fall into enemy hands) and its distance meant that any action against it would most certainly result in its loss before reinforcements could arrive unless a sizeable forces was ready in its place. He placed his faith in the Emperor, the easily defended position Adelphia held near the perilous Crown Belt and the dense minefields that surrounded the voidstation, as well the tactical skill of Flotilla Maelleus' commander.Admiral Benadorn instructed his astropaths to keep him personally appraised on the Crown Belt battle as it unfolded. Travelling at maximum speed, his fleet made excellent time and was only a few hours from Bairsten Prime, but the wide disparity in performance between the ships in his flotilla meant they were stretched out over hundreds of thousands of kilometres, and some of the ships in his flotilla had fallen almost an hour behind. To make matters worse, it appeared his hunch was correct, and a sizeable invasion fleet was settling itself upon the mining world. Though his fleet as larger, it was desperately out of position and only his flagship and a small covering force would be in position to repel the invaders until his reinforcements could arrive.It would be another forty-five minutes until the enemy fleet approached close enough to taste the metal and plasma of his guns. The Master of Ordnance reported Attack Craft prepped and ready to launch, and his Master of Gunnery already reported that the Nova Cannon was laid in and awaiting his order to fire. The news from his astropaths was not good. As Flotilla Malleus rushed forward between the Crown Belt and one of the minefields, to position itself to defend Adelphia, a squadron of Infidel-class Raiders had rushed forward to launch salvoes of torpedoes straight into the perilous asteroid field. Sure enough, one of the asteroids went critical in a blinding torrent of heat and light that set fires raging on all decks of the Just Cause and eliminated the entire "Ghost Wing" Escort squadron outright.With the remaining elements of Flotilla Malleus and the Adelphia engaged in the fight of their lives, Admiral Benadorn took a moment to sit back and gaze around his expansive stateroom just aft of the main bridge. Many heroes had sat in this room, in the same old chair that sill stood before him and rested their eyes on the very bulkheads he did now. It was in this room that Compel Bast put together his strategy and led the victorious defence of Orar during the Gothic War. Here took place the meeting between the ship captains that held off the Ork hordes during the Second War for Laurentia. And it would be here, from this ship, that he would uphold the tradition of his forebears and repel the Chaos scum from this system.