Inside the mysterious Old Republic base, it turns out that the hostile species that attacked the squad of Imperial Fists and the platoons of the Imperial Guard earlier are revealed to be the Tyranids,  an extragalactic composite species of hideous, insectoid xenos that composed the galactic swarm that consumes everything in its path, feeding on entire worlds and leaving only dead husks in their wake.

In their foolishness, the Galactic Republic conducted a desperate experiment on the Tyranids they somehow found and captured within the asteroid base in an attempt to turn the tides of the war against the Imperium in their favor. And predictably, they have failed miserably as a result. Because the Tyranid hive mind cannot be controlled at all and they have one objective: consume and assimilate biomass.

Now the Grand Army of the Republic have been assigned to keep the Tyranids in as much as they are trying to keep the Imperials out by sending in squads of Clone Commandos and platoons of Arc Troopers. However it was a losing battle as many Clones were massacred bloodily and messily by the Tyranids despite their efforts and now the remaining 22 Arc Troopers with their blasters, rocket launchers and blaster cannons alongside a TX-130 Saber-class Fighter Tank and an All Terrain Recon Transport (AT-RT) have conducted their last stand where they intend to plant the Class-A Thermal Detonator and buy enough time to explode and collapse the tunnel so that the Tyranids won't come through it and break out of the containment door.

The Arc Trooper manning the AT-RT saw the incoming Tyranid attack and warned his brothers to hold their position and get ready until the Tyranids are within firing range. On the other hand, the Tyranids found more of their prey and charged towards the Clones' position as the swarm together.

Being the first one to open fire, the Arc Trooper on the AT-RT engaged the Tyranids with the TX-130 tank and then the rest of his brothers following his lead and making every shot of their blasters and rocket launcher count. For now, it seems the Clones were able to hold back the Tyranid attack coming at them steadily.

However, more and more Tyranids kept coming towards the Clones' defenses with relentlessness and they were too many of them for the Arc Troopers to hit them all with their blasters and rockets. It gets worse when the Clones have been flanked by another attack of Tyranids from behind where their brothers were massacred inside the hallways there.

Now the Clones have been sandwiched and pressured by two Tyranid attacks at the same time and one by one, they fell to their claws and teeth. Eventually, the AT-RT and TX-130 were destroyed but at least they managed to take some Tyranids with them. However, the objective has been completed at the cost of the remaining Clones' lives for the Class-A Thermal Detonators have been set and ready to explode.

Meanwhile, the squad of Imperial Fists and platoon of Imperial Guardsmen have dealt with the Arc Troopers and Clone Commandos guarding the main entrance before they breached it. They went inside to investigate to find dead Clone Troopers on the ground and that is when they found out that the Republic base they were raiding contains the Tyranids. Finding the Republic heretical and foolish for trying to experiment on the Tyranids which never ends well and also worrying the Tyranids are here on the new galaxy the Imperium crusade fleet are in, the Sons of Rogal Dorn and the Imperial Guard are faced with the swarm of Tyranids coming right at them after killing off the remaining Clones inside.

Now their new mission after killing the Clones guarding the facility is to purge the filthy xenos from the Republic asteroid base and cleanse it with fire, lasgun and bolter.

Seeing Tyranids, the Imperial Fists opened fire with their bolter weapons alongside the Imperial Guardsmen following suit in the name of the Emperor. Now the Tyranids have set their sights on new fresh meat after dealing with the Clones and attacked the Imperials as the swarm.

Working together, the Imperial Guard have lived up to their nickname as "The Wall of Guns" and the Imperial Fists have embodied their Primarch Rogal Dorn's words of wisdom: "The good defense is the best offense" upon lining up together to bring down the Tyranids with faith, lasgun, and bolter for the Emperor.

No matter how many Tyranids keep coming, the Imperial Fists and Guardsmen have gunned them down thoroughly and mercilessly for their hate of the xeno is strong with them.

Another platoon of Guardsmen that have stayed behind to watch their backs have then moved in and advanced to reinforce the line before opening fire on the Tyranids too as well. Pressing on, the Sons of Rogal Dorn and Guardsmen advanced too as well and keep up the momentum against the swarm of Tyranids.

Despite that, the Tyranids keep on coming with more and more numbers through the main tunnel where the deceased Clones tried to fend against with the Imperials having to kill many more in their slowly but steadily advancing position. The Tyranids nearly came close to the Imperials but were shot down before they even attack them within their claws and teeth's range although some of the Guardsmen were killed or wounded as a result.

On the other hand, the Class-A Thermal Detonators have finally exploded after reaching its time ticker and collapsed the main tunnel, killing a lot of Tyranids and buried them alive under huge piles of rock and debris while cutting off the remaining Tyranids who are at the (nonexistent) mercy of the Imperial Fists and Guardsmen.

The Sons of Dorn and the Imperial Guard did not see that coming from the tunnel explosion in front of them but welcomed it regardless so long it makes their jobs easier. Despite the massive cave-in explosion made by the Clones in their last stand, something tells them that it is far from over and it won't impede the Tyranids trapped inside for long...

Seems like that tyranid raid was a few million nids short.

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A Space Marine, a Guardsman, a Tyranid and two Clone Troopers walk into a bar.

Space Marine: Bet you can't stop a Tyranid raid....oh wait HA

Clone Trooper: Gives the middle finger

The Imperial Fist fortifying their position in a galaxy far far away

It’s a bit unfair to have the clones fight the kids with no commando support while the guard gets Astartes.

Been waiting forever for quality stuff like this. I always drop what I'm currently doing whenever I'm notified of a new VxV Tactics vid.

Not gonna lie I kinda miss the "narrator" to give context to the fights or tell little jokes in between the action.
But incredible video as always, special praise to the use of lighting to make the whole scene that much more effective and immersive!

This was awesome.. I loved how the guardsmen and Fists maneuvered as fire teams.. It was awesome to watch the lanes of fire

As much as I'm enjoying seeing the Imperium kicking ass, I wish to see the Republic clone troopers win a few fights against the enemies of mankind.
Perhaps they may even start to ally with the Imperium's forces. Of course afterwards they enemies of mankind are defeated, they must fall into compliance.

Amazing work!
I still waiting for some crazy battle whitout the Republic or CIS, like Mandalorians vs Death Korps of Krieg.

i was honestly hoping to see the rakghoul plague and also a team up between Clones and imperial guard LOL but it still looks great

Star Wars needs a win already

You know, the animation is great- but I'm going to single out some praise for the music.   Really working that tension.   Something that's easy to overlook with everything that is so awesome visually.

hey this man actually made the raid stuff fun! ( I hope you will get many sponsors, this work deserves all the support)
The video was cool as always , and it is quite amazing how much your skills improve with each new one!
(my only problem is that I always remember that we do not have a big offical RTS)

BLOOD FOR THE EMPEROR!!! SKULLS FOR THE GOLDEN THRONE!!!

Comparing blasters and lasguns, the lasguns look seriously awesome

Thats not even the horde and the republic still SUCKS at least they  die like a True Clone Trooper  they make Jango proud!

This was amazing. I really want to see The Imperium and Republic fight alongside each other. That would be interesting

I have to admit, the clones did not stand a chance against the tyranids.