Editing Phact Bay (section)

==== Operation Impending Gloom ====
Phact Bay stood as a beacon of liberty against all the tyranny around it. Following the shocking, unjustified return of the {{Illuminate}} in the galactic south, Super Earth was now forced into a three-front war in which they had to divert many resources into repelling the constant squid hit-and-run assaults, which left both Terminid and Automaton fronts undermanned. Ironically, Phact Bay would somehow go untouched for quite some time, instead watching as its neighbors [[Gatria]] and [[Gar Haren]] both fell to the bugs during December 2184, and then watching on as the {{Terminids}} spread their vile infestation toward the previously untouched [[Farsight Sector]] bordering the [[Jin Xi Sector]] in January 2185.

However, this peace would not go unnoticed by Super Earth's vile enemies. Toward the end of January, the Helldivers faced orders to secure samples from the gloom-adjacent planets of [[Erata Prime]] and [[Gacrux]] while also holding the Center of Science at [[Fenrir III]]. While already completing their sample collection efforts and having repelled one assault on Fenrir III with another attack by the bugs likely, the Eastern Front was still heavily manned, with 70% of the Helldiver Corps fighting on Terminid-controlled worlds. 

With most of the Helldivers pushing toward liberating [[Erata Prime]], the {{Terminids}} at [[Partion]] and [[Gatria]] sent a sizable 12 million broods toward Phact Bay on the afternoon of January 27. This attack would be sickeningly timed with a smaller, simultaneous assault of [[Terrek]] in the [[Orion Sector]] by the bugs at [[Bore Rock]]. The Helldivers would immediately deploy to both planets en masse, looking to drive back the latest series of the Terminid offensive. However, unfortunately for Phact Bay, the vast majority of Helldivers have deployed onto Terrek so far, leaving the sandy world to be undermanned with Super Earth currently projecting Phact Bay as a defeat.