Only a few Weeks ago the Hive of Freistein was still Home to 8 Billion people, it could have been called the greatest Hive of Pebillon in anything but size. The Freistein that remained, or the great Fortress of Dorka as the Orks have renamed it, doesn't have much of its former Dominance over the surrounding land left. What it retained amounted to it's Size and Walls. The Spire is gone replaced with nothing but craters reaching Hundreds of Levels deep, and any structure that isn't crushed under Starships smashed together in ways that makes one Wonder how they have ever flown is buried under or replaced by Spikes with seemingly no use beyond their looks.

The recapture was a fast and quiet Event, having One-Million Regiments of Ash-Guardians reforming inside the Hive, the Ships, the Tanks, the Gargants, simply has that kind of Effect. With the never exhausting Ash-Guards overwhelming the even by Ork-standards unorganized Defenders in close quarters combat, cutting them down with their Fire-swords and the Orks Psychic-field failing them as Kalrox fell the Capitol was once more in the hands of Man.

Battered, bruised and humiliated as it was by the Orks Freistein was nevertheless standing with it's Forges, Manufactories and Armouries largely intact. With the loss of Kalrox, their Ships, the largest part of their Heavy-equipment and their technologie failing, the Orks soon fell into infighting effectively stopping any and all ongoing Assaults and decreasing their numbers even further. One Week after Freistein was taken and Kalrox slain the Fleets returned to Pebillon, bringing with them the Sixty Regiments sent out before the WAAAGH reached Pebillon, in case of other Planets in the Tras-system comming under attack as well.

Hive Camfort (Armour-Manufacturer)= standing /Reinforcements: Six-Hundred Infantry-Regiments

Hive Malreen (Weapons-Manufacturer)= standing /Reinforcements: Six-Hundred Infantry-Regiments

Hive Allsau (Troop Provider)= standing /Reinforcements: Six-Hundred Infantry-Regiments

Hive Aarten (Refinery)= standing /Reinforcements: Thirty Infantry-Regiments

Hive Dornfeld (Refinery)= fallen /Attack with: Three-Hundred-Tousand Ash-Guardian-Regiments

Hive Oldennau (Troop Provider)= standing /Reinforcements: Six-Hundred Infantry-Regiments

Hive Torschot (Mine)= standing /Reinforcements: Thirty Infantry-Regiments

Hive Calliers (Foodstuffs Manufacturer)= fallen /Attack with: Three-Hundred-Tousand Ash-Guardian-Regiments

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Hive Herburg (Tank Manufacturer)= standing /Reinforcements: Six-Hundred Infantry-Regiments

The Hives of Aarten and Torschot were seen as not Important enough to send any larger Formations, but with the Void and Air Superiority each would be granted Thirty Regiments of Infantry landing directly in the Hives themselves.

The Hives of Camfort, Malreen, Allsau, Oldennau and Herburg were of much higher Priority, each would be sent Six-Hundred Regiments of Infantry with heavy Orbital-support annihilating everything green.

The Hives of Dornfeld and Calliers were the main Target as they were the last Ork-Strongholds on Pebillon, You could only move Three-Hundred-Tousand Regiments of Ash-Guards to each as it was of utmost importance to deny the Orks access to their Ships.

Hive Camfort (Armour-Manufacturer)(roll8, reroll20 critical success, roll14 success)= Hive Camfort was successfully reinforced and the Orks were totally annihilated through Orbital-bombardment.

Hive Malreen (Weapons-Manufacturer)(roll13 success)= Hive Camfort was successfully reinforced and the Orks suffered heavy Casualties through Orbital-bombardment.

Hive Allsau (Troop Provider)(roll7, reroll12 success)= Hive Allsau was successfully reinforced and the Orks suffered heavy Casualties through Orbital-bombardment.

Hive Aarten (Refinery)(roll11 success)= Hive Aarten was successfully reinforced and continues fighting the Orks.

Hive Dornfeld (Refinery)(roll15 success)= The scene that played out before Strabell and in Freistein repeates, Hive Dornfelds Defenders were slaughtered to the last Gretchin.

Hive Oldennau (Troop Provider)(roll18 success)= Hive Camfort was successfully reinforced and the Orks suffered heavy Casualties through Orbital-bombardment.

Hive Torschot (Mine)(roll9, reroll9 fail)= Hive Torschots Anti-Air-Cannons were overrun and started to fire at the Troop-Transports forcing them to withdraw.

Hive Calliers (Foodstuffs Manufacturer)(roll7, reroll20 critical success,roll7)=The scene that played out before Strabell and in Freistein repeates, Hive Calliers Defenders were slaughtered, and Kalrox second in command Dakgog was killed.

Hive Herburg (Tank Manufacturer)(roll12 success)= Hive Allsau was successfully reinforced and the Orks suffered heavy Casualties through Orbital-bombardment.

The Plan had gone as good as anyone could have reasenably hoped for.

Pebillon Status:

Hive Freistein (Capital)= standing /State: free

Hive Strabell (The Largest Hive)= standing /State: free

Hive Camfort (Armour-Manufacturer)= standing /State: free

Hive Malreen (Weapons-Manufacturer)= standing /State: free

Hive Allsau (Troop Provider)= standing /State: free

Hive Aarten (Refinery)= standing /State: besieged

Hive Dornfeld (Refinery)= standing /State: free

Hive Oldennau (Troop Provider)= standing /State: free

Hive Torschot (Mine)= standing /State: besieged

Hive Calliers (Foodstuffs Manufacturer)= standing /State: free

Hive Herburg (Tank Manufacturer)= standing /State: free