Chapter 3
The Preparation.

"Commander!" yelled a Tau engineer in the control room on the Tau planet Auzeas (pronounced aw-zee-ahs), "Commander you'd better come and see this sir!." The commander strolled over expecting the new recruit had started another false alarm, he took one look at the screen before programing his WCD (wrist communication device) to the high tower. "Your excellency!" he said in both a nervous and concerned voice," "I know that tone," the Etheral replied, "let me guess Orks?" "Yes sir entering the planets orbital cent..." the commander never finished his sentence because just at that moment the control center was destroyed by a meteor, the Orks were sending them down in droves! Most burnt up in the Tau planet's heavy atmosphere, but this was one really lucky shot (for an Ork) The rest missed though one destroyed a Skyray on the outskirts of the Tau city but there was much more important things to deal with than counting the losses now.

The Etheral was not happy but he new if he lost his temper he would loose the battle, he had a back-up control station in his palace but it did not have the advanced technology his new one had. "How many," he asked smoothing out the seems in his robe sleeves. "Three battle cruisers sir," said the commander, "Yes but how many Orks, how many vehicles, will you not tell me such simple answers," the Etheral was loosing control, he had the shortest temper in his long line of ancestors who had sat on the Auzeas throne before him. "Sir, we can't calculate such results we don't have a digital override scanner." Deep down the Etheral knew this was his fault, "fools," he thought as he swiftly glided out of the room and down the hall the floor still vibrating with the crash of meteors.

"Right Lads," roared Junksnapper's voice over the three Space Hulks, "get yer orknesses ready fer a killy fight!" At times like this, this was the best speach that Junksnapper could give without totally surcoming to the excitement of the Waaagh. Ever since the Tau world had appeared on the dusty old location monitors the Waaagh energy was running mad. The Orks were getting cabin fever, they kept thinking the ship had landed and jumping out the airlock system only to find extreme pressure and no air whatsoever. Junksnapper didn't care he was gunna crush some heads and when a Ork thinks about that he can't think of anything else.

In the excruciating time spent traveling through the Warp the Ork Nobz, Captains, Bosses, and Junksnapper managed to create a cunning plan (or cunning to Ork standards). The Two Space Hulks containing the bulk of the boyz and vehicles would land a distance from the front barricades of the Tau planets capital city. The Space Hulk containing the wagons and Nobz, and the battle ships containing Junksnapper and his crew of Meks and first mate Nobz would land behind it. Kommandos would sneak in the night before and the nine Stompas would launch an assault from the left side of the city. In case the Tau attempted to flee out the right side there was Warbuggies to go through and a considerable amount of Trukk boyz. The Orks were sure their plan was foal proof. The stompas, Wagons and kommandos had landed and the entiriety of the army was expected to be landed by midnight, the assualt would be launched the following day.

The Tau had alerted the Tau moon Auzheathen (pronounced Oz-hey-then) and Auseas's sister planet Auserath (Aw-zur-rath). Both planets were sending in reinforcements the one catch was that the city would have to hold till they arrived...