Siege of Por'lek

tau water caste ship (merchant ship "Por'lek") from Vior'la (tau empire planet) approaching the damocles gulf is raided by farsight enclaves forces seeking to convince major water caste traders to join their revolt and salamanders accompanied by reinforcements from the Mars branch of adeptus mechanicus to destroy the merchant vessel for carrying important illicit xeno relics to sell to a local tau converted human world. neither expected a sizable force also attacking a major target resulting in a fierce fight on board the Por'lek. custodian dread host forces travelling to destroy remnant tau defences who refused to surrender from the damocles gulf war catch distress signals from the Por'lek. misunderstanding the salamanders and their robotic companions objective on the tau vessel the custodians deem them heretical and dispatch a small force to deal with them and the farsight enclaves forces present who the custodians also misunderstood as apart of the damocles remnants they were sent to annihilate. in the end the ones left standing were the farsight enclaves who managed to win the good will of the Por'lek crew and traders by saving them from an imperial threat. the Por'lek crew joined the farsight enclaves in their rebellion against the ethereals