The gigantic ancient machinery whirled to life around them. Big corroded clogs churned and huge
glowing rods pushed out of the core. Instantly, the Terminators sensed the heat rise as the space
hulk around them seemed to slowly glow.
Space Hulk 2nd Edition; White Dwarf #199Relief Force Ares was dispatched when deep space auguries in the Ultima Segmentum detected theapproach of the Tyranids. This ravening threat was nearing the colony of Corinthe and the Dark Angels were notified of the situation. The transport ship Vengeful Blade dropped out of warp space a mere two days travel from the colony, with the Space Marines on board chanting their Catechisms of War as they prepared to reinforce the meager troops of the Corinthian Planetary Defense Force. However, as the Vengeful Blade's vast engines powered it towards the outpost, reality was torn apartagain as another, much larger ship dropped out of the warp. It was a space hulk, an immense monstrosity almost fifty kilometers long and half as wide, a horrific conglomeration of alien ships which scans showed to contain a swarm of Genestealers.Captain Ares considered his position. Which was the greater threat, the space hulk, dubbed the Bringer of Sorrow, or the imminent attack by the Tyranids? The Vengeful Blade would take a least a day, maybe more, to destroy the space hulk. The Vengeful Blade was built for speed rather than strength and to smash the hulk would really require a dedicated battleship, which could take weeks to arrive, by which time the hulk could be lost again. News then arrived that the Techmarines under Ares' command had found another way of demolishing the Bringer of Sorrow. Preliminary scans had located a massive reactor, remnants of some ancient alien starship of huge size. If it could be made to overload, the resultant detonation would destroy the hulk. More information would have to be gathered first, but if the Dark Angels acted swiftly they could destroy the hulk within a matter of hours rather than days. The few squads of Deathwing Terminators on board donned their armor, checked their weapons andprepared to board the Bringer of Sorrow. As the boarding torpedoes powered across the ether, word arrived from Corinthe : the first Tyranid ships were just outside the system. Speed was of the essence and the Space Marines could not afford to fail..
