“They thought the way through the desert was safe. They thought that nobody lived there. The fools blindly marched through the forsaken lands, sweating under the merciless heat. We could have attacked earlier, but we decided to stalk them; we waited for their tanks to get stuck, for their boots to be filled with sand and their bodies to be totally drained, both in spirit and body. We held back till their lines stretched and all cohesion was lost. Then, we made our move… “

Sgt. Hashan M’halib, 304th Regiment of the Imperium Desertum.