Before the 16 Apocalypse Wardens leapt out of their boarding shuttle, the arche soldiers serving on the archecruiser managed to put up a formidable defense.
The human troopers who set foot first inside the enemy vessel managed to wipe out the arche soldiers stationed close to the exterior of the hull fairly easy.
The psychic storms generated by the Minerva Mark II through the Victrix posed a different kind of threat that the arche had never thought to defend against.
Every extraordinary storm that descended on a group of arche usually caused them to suffer severe mental maladies, ranging from intermittent blindness to moderate headaches.
However, the arche managed to endure the psychic attacks quite well compared to other races. Their archeshells and the unique combat armor that complimented this organic component provided comprehensive protection that just happened to make a difference in this case.
