By the blessing of the Omnissiah was the Mars Triumphant born - from the forges of the Adeptus Mechanicus, the mighty Baneblade super-heavy battle tank comes to bring death and destruction to the foes of the Imperium. During a bitter war against the orks in the Kalidar system, Lieutenant Colaron Artem Lo Bannick joins the crew of the venerable machine - as part of the 7th Paragonian Tank Company, he witnesses combat from within one of the Imperial Guard's mightiest war machines. But even as Bannick's own dark past threatens to undo him, Mars Triumphant may have met its match in the form of a terrifying new foe...