Zulea Negotiations

The Zulea Negotiations were a campaign during the Halcyon Age spearheaded by the Vasalius Terran Heredes under Selene Purechild. They were supported by a small contingent of Godslayers alongside their Primarch Koschei Kharkovic. Following the Vanishing of the Emperor, the world of Zulea declared independence from the Imperium, citing the taxes levied on them by the Imperium as threatening to bleed the world dry. The Godslayers arrived in 001.M31 as part of their pacification efforts, and the new government of Zulea asked for diplomatic talks. Seeing this as an opportunity for Selene to test her diplomatic skills, Koschei elected to let the Terra Heredes under Selene Purechild take the primary role in the negotiations. She in turn requested that Koschei agree to under no circumstances, besides her asking directly, reinforce her with Legion forces. She then deployed with no more than a single company of Heredes, and four squads of Purebloods.

Campaign
Once the Imperial forces landed on Zulea to meet with the rebels, the request for parley was revealed to be a trap, and the Heredes found themselves defending the Imperial Governor's Estate from the rebellious PDF and Militia. The fighting was vicious, and bitter, as the rebel forces had superior numbers of heavy weapons and slowly pushed the Imperial forces back. Finally, Selene found herself trapped in the Governor's office with her remaining Purebloods and a handful of surviving Heredes, and swallowed her pride and requested aid.

Koschei immediately ordered an orbital assault, and he and his Obrie Vrakroni Terminators descended via Stormbird into the Governor’s Palace. The heavy armour elements of the Heredes and Godslayers landed outside of the rebel siege lines, and broke through those lines with ease. The rebels attempted to make one last show of resistance, holding out in a fortified series of hab-blocks, and so the Godslayers evacuated the remaining civilians from the area, and then bombarded the last bastion of rebellion until those left alive surrendered. [[Category:Z]]