Champion Angres' forces are met with an unwelcoming from the empty drop pods, as they realize to late that the pods are not as empty as they appear. Champion Angres' forces are blown into mere pockets of fragments from its original strength as they fight desperately against the horde.
The stone fortress has fallen along with the reserve forces of Marshal Falcos. All hope is lost, and Captain Kurkson's forces are anhilated in the pit.
The anhilation of the Marshal Falcos forces is all but complete, and yet the enemy is still unclear.