It was a small farm in the middle of an ash waste. Not a pathetic living soul for miles. The butt-hole of this pitiful planet looked like a litterbox with a tiny shambling shack of a building on it, and a landing pad with one little shuttle on it. The only thing that would belie anything out of the ordinary were the guardsmen franticly moving crates from the open barn door to the dark green shuttle and the dark cloud of dust on the orizon…

Sergeant Konrad could see the cloud of smoke and flame reach up its red and black fingers into the sky through the thick glass of the shuttle’s cockpit as he flew away. The chaos army must have blown the underground facility to hell as soon as they realized they were too late. The poor bastards… There had been thirty guardsmen protecting the cache of Iron Hands gene-seed he now carried on the shuttle with him. They were dead now…. or being tortured for information…. These thought had hardly registered before a low crump and a whistling caught his attention from below. The shell exploded a little to the shuttle’s right, and suddenly the craft slewed out of control, plummeting towards a large urban settlement below, billowing flames. This was the last place he wanted to land. The charred clutches of a war-torn battleground reached up quickly as the damaged craft rocketed through burning buildings. The wing struck something hard and the shuttle spun like a top coming apart at the seams as it did. Konrad’s last though was a prayer that the gene-seed would be safe.

+++ All Imperial Forces: ALERT. One of the Most Holy Emperor’s craft, bearing important cargo, has been shot down by the foul heretic. The cargo has been retrieved by local soldiers and these forces are now setting up defensible positions in block 2937E. All available forces are to proceed directly to relieve these loyal soldiers. Expect strong resistance. End transmission.+++

Imperial	Imperial forces must hold out at all costs. The gene-seed must not fall into enemy hands. This holy cargo, will only be safe after it has been transported elsewhere, but reinforcements will facilitate this.
Chaos	The gene-seed is enough material to make an entirely new company and must be captured at all costs. Though this is reason enough to take it, it will also cripple the Imperial forces and deal a morale blow to the defenders.
Orks	There is no way we wants to fight more of dem big ‘ummies, wid der big gunz!
Tyranids	The opportunity to incorporate space marine gene-seed into their collective is too much to overlook.
Eldar	Though they would certainly prefer that nobody had the gene-seed, they realize it is most necessary to keep it out of evil hands.
Necrons	The energy of the gene-seed appears appetizing to them, and looks like lunch.
Tau	The Tau see an opportunity to analyze and assess the enemy on a basic level and will attempt to capture the genetic material for research.