Unfortunate sons: Battle for ‘Dead End’ (W40k fanart)
As the Tau invasion of Tarkotis neared half-a-year they were now in control of most large population-centers and habitable areas. There were still however large pockets of Imperial resistance, especially in the southern hemisphere of the quasi-deathworld. Under threat from both Orkish raiders and Imperial diversionary fleet strikes the Tau high-command on Tarkotis found themselves racing to fully secure the planet.
Three task-forces were thus sent to the south with the aim to capture one of the bastions of Imperial resistance named ‘Deqira’. Literally translating to ‘Dead End’ in the local language, Deqira is a collection of mid-size urban settlements situated within the southern jungles of the province ‘Joneston’. Marked by rough mountainsides and dense rainforests taking this settlement proved to be a harder task that thought for the Tau, whose prowess in long ranged combat wasn’t as effective in this very difficult terrain, with the Tau often having to resort to unloading infantry very close to enemy lines. It did not help that the orbital bombardments that they could rely on earlier in the campaign could now be used less frequently, as a large part of the Tau fleet around Tarkotis was now engaged in several skirmishes with the Imperial navy who sought to take back the lost planet.
