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The '''Sol System''' or '''Terran System''' is the name of the Solar System in the [[Age of the Imperium]]. The system is named for its sun, and is part of the [[Segmentum Solar]]. Its planets include Holy [[Terra]] and [[Mars]].
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The '''Sol System''' or '''Terran System''' is the name of the [[Wikipedia:Solar System|Solar System]] in the [[Age of the Imperium]]. The system is named for its sun, and is part of the [[Segmentum Solar]]. Its planets include Holy [[Terra]] and [[Mars]].
  
 
==History==
 
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During the subsequent [[Horus Heresy]], the Sol System was the site of bitter fighting between loyalists and traitors during the [[Schism of Mars]] and [[Solar War]]. At the final phase of the war [[Horus]]' forces succeeded in capturing the Sol System and besieged Terra itself, but were eventually defeated and repelled during the [[Great Scouring]]. Since that time, the Sol System has not been the site of all-out war though it did see fighting during the [[War of the Beast]]{{Fn|9}}, [[Age of Apostasy]]{{Fn|10}}, and recently the [[Battle of Lion's Gate]].{{Fn|11}} The System was also saw a minor but mysterious [[Necron]] raid on Mars in late [[M41]].{{Fn|12}}
 
During the subsequent [[Horus Heresy]], the Sol System was the site of bitter fighting between loyalists and traitors during the [[Schism of Mars]] and [[Solar War]]. At the final phase of the war [[Horus]]' forces succeeded in capturing the Sol System and besieged Terra itself, but were eventually defeated and repelled during the [[Great Scouring]]. Since that time, the Sol System has not been the site of all-out war though it did see fighting during the [[War of the Beast]]{{Fn|9}}, [[Age of Apostasy]]{{Fn|10}}, and recently the [[Battle of Lion's Gate]].{{Fn|11}} The System was also saw a minor but mysterious [[Necron]] raid on Mars in late [[M41]].{{Fn|12}}
  
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==Planets==
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During the [[Noctis Aeterna]] the Sol System was threatened by the [[Khornate]] [[Crusade of Slaughter]] but subsequently defeated by an [[Indomitus Crusade]] fleet under [[Cassandra VanLeskus]].{{Fn|13}} In addition, [[Ganymede (Moon)|Ganymede]] became infested with [[Daemon]]s and the [[Grey Knights]] were forced to purge the planet.{{Fn|14}}
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==Celestial Bodies==
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[[Image:SolarWarMapBig.jpg|thumb|right|Map of the Sol System]]
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*'''Sol''' - The singular [[Star]] of the system
 
*[[Mercury]] - [[Mining World]]{{Fn|3}}
 
*[[Mercury]] - [[Mining World]]{{Fn|3}}
 
*[[Venus]] - [[Industrial World]]{{Fn|3}}
 
*[[Venus]] - [[Industrial World]]{{Fn|3}}
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**[[Luna]] - Moon of Terra
 
**[[Luna]] - Moon of Terra
 
*[[Mars]] - [[Forge World]] and capital of the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]]
 
*[[Mars]] - [[Forge World]] and capital of the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]]
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**[[Phobos]] - Moon of Mars
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**[[Phobos (Moon)|Phobos]] - Moon of Mars
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*[[Ceres]] - Dwarf Planet{{Fn|2}}
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*'''Asteroid Belt''' - Holds an innumerable amount of mining facilities and space colonies.{{Fn|17}}
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**[[Ceres]] - Dwarf Planet{{Fn|2}}
 
*[[Jupiter]] - [[Forge World]]/[[Mining World]]{{Fn|3}}
 
*[[Jupiter]] - [[Forge World]]/[[Mining World]]{{Fn|3}}
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**[[Ganymede (Moon)|Ganymede]] - [[Hub-Fortress]]{{Fn|14}}
 
*[[Saturn]] - [[Inquisitorial Fortress]]{{Fn|4}}  
 
*[[Saturn]] - [[Inquisitorial Fortress]]{{Fn|4}}  
 
**[[Titan (Moon)|Titan]] - Moon of Saturn and [[Adeptus Astartes Homeworld|Homeworld]] of the [[Grey Knights]]
 
**[[Titan (Moon)|Titan]] - Moon of Saturn and [[Adeptus Astartes Homeworld|Homeworld]] of the [[Grey Knights]]
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***[[Deimos]] - Sub-moon of Titan, previously a moon of [[Mars]])
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***[[Deimos]] - Sub-moon of Titan (previously a moon of [[Mars]])
 
**[[Enceladus (Sol)|Enceladus]] - Moon of Saturn.{{Fn|2}}
 
**[[Enceladus (Sol)|Enceladus]] - Moon of Saturn.{{Fn|2}}
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**[[Phoebe]] - [[Forge-Moon]] of Saturn.{{Fn|18}}
 
*[[Uranus]]
 
*[[Uranus]]
 
**[[Elysian Gate]] - One of the two stable [[Warp]] routes into the Sol System built during the [[Dark Age of Technology]].{{Fn|5}}
 
**[[Elysian Gate]] - One of the two stable [[Warp]] routes into the Sol System built during the [[Dark Age of Technology]].{{Fn|5}}
 
*[[Neptune]]
 
*[[Neptune]]
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*[[Pluto]] - Dwarf Planet
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*[[Kuiper Belt]] - An asteroid belt beyond Neptune with various dwarf planets.
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**[[Khthonic Gate]] - One of the two stable [[Warp]] routes into the Sol System built during the [[Dark Age of Technology]].{{Fn|5}}
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**[[Pluto]] - Dwarf Planet
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*[[Makemake]] - Dwarf Planet{{Fn|2}}
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***[[Khthonic Gate]] - One of the two stable [[Warp]] routes into the Sol System built during the [[Dark Age of Technology]].{{Fn|5}}
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*[[Eris]] - Dwarf Planet{{Fn|2}}
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**[[Makemake]] - Dwarf Planet{{Fn|2}}
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**[[Eris]] - Dwarf Planet{{Fn|2}}
  
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Other celestial objects in the Sol System include [[The Comet]] and [[Artefact 9-Kappa-Mu]]
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Other celestial regions or objects of the Sol System include the [[Oort Cloud]],{{Fn|16}} [[The Comet]] and [[Artefact 9-Kappa-Mu]].
  
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==Defenses==
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==Defences==
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As the center of the Imperium, the Sol System sports the heaviest known defenses in the [[Galaxy]]. At the very edge of the System near the [[Mandeville Point]] are arrays of [[Star Fort]]s garrisoned by [[Regiment]]s of the [[Imperial Guard]]. The rest of the outer System is densley laced with thousand-mile-wide minefields, [[Imperial Navy]] patrol monitors, and enormous Hunter [[Servitor]]s. Past these is the core defenses of the system, most notably the enormous [[Battlefleet Solar]] of the Imperial Navy. In addition to these forces, the [[Grey Knights]], [[Inquisition]], [[Adeptus Mechanicus]], and [[Adeptus Arbites]] all have substantial forces in-system deployed through endless bases, stations, and garrisons. At Terra itself orbits the massively powerful [[Imperial Fists]] battlestation known as ''[[The Phalanx]]''. Due to the massive daily influx of zealots, adepts, bureaucrats, merchants, pilgrims, etc. daily security is screened heavily by the [[Adeptus Custodes]]. The Custodes maintain surveillance stations and listening devices throughout the System.{{Fn|3}}
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As the centre of the Imperium, the Sol System sports the heaviest known defences in the [[Galaxy]]. At the very edge of the System near the [[Mandeville Point]] are arrays of [[Star Fort]]s garrisoned by [[Regiment]]s of the [[Imperial Guard]]. The rest of the outer System is densely laced with thousand-mile-wide minefields, [[Imperial Navy]] patrol monitors, and enormous [[Hunter Servitor]]s. Past these is the core defences of the system, most notably the enormous [[Battlefleet Solar]] of the Imperial Navy. In addition to these forces, the [[Grey Knights]], [[Inquisition]], [[Adeptus Mechanicus]], and [[Adeptus Arbites]] all have substantial forces in-system deployed through endless bases, stations, and garrisons. At Terra itself orbits the massively powerful [[Imperial Fists]] battlestation known as ''[[The Phalanx]]''. Due to the massive daily influx of zealots, adepts, bureaucrats, merchants, pilgrims, and the like, daily security is screened heavily by the [[Adeptus Custodes]]. The Custodes maintain surveillance stations and listening devices throughout the System.{{Fn|3}}
  
 
Known [[Imperial Guard]] [[Regiment]]s based in the Sol System include the [[Palatine Sentinels]], [[Lucifer Blacks]], [[Jupiter Storms]], [[Auroran Rifles]], [[Granite Myrmidons]], [[Inferallti Hussars]], [[Orion Watch]],{{Fn|1}} and potentially the [[Terran Praefects]].
 
Known [[Imperial Guard]] [[Regiment]]s based in the Sol System include the [[Palatine Sentinels]], [[Lucifer Blacks]], [[Jupiter Storms]], [[Auroran Rifles]], [[Granite Myrmidons]], [[Inferallti Hussars]], [[Orion Watch]],{{Fn|1}} and potentially the [[Terran Praefects]].
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Known [[Star Fort]]s in the Sol System include the ''[[Oracle Maximus]], [[Prescience (Star Keep)|Prescience]], [[Taon Aegis]]'' and ''[[Eyrie Prime]]''. These are overseen by the [[Adeptus Custodes]].{{Fn|15}}
  
 
==Sources==
 
==Sources==
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*{{Endn|4}}: [[The Beheading (Novel)]], Chapter Fifteen
 
*{{Endn|4}}: [[The Beheading (Novel)]], Chapter Fifteen
 
*{{Endn|5}}: [[The Solar War (Novel)]], Chapter 2
 
*{{Endn|5}}: [[The Solar War (Novel)]], Chapter 2
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*{{Endn|6}}: [[Galaxy in Flames (Novel)]]{{Cite this}}, pg.280
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*{{Endn|6}}: [[Galaxy in Flames (Novel)]]{{Cite Marker End}}, pg.280
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*{{Endn|7}}: [[Codex Imperialis]], pg. 42
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*{{Endn|7}}: [[Codex Imperialis (Background Book)]], pg. 42
 
*{{Endn|8}}: [[Codex: Skitarii (7th Edition)]] - ''The Red Planet''
 
*{{Endn|8}}: [[Codex: Skitarii (7th Edition)]] - ''The Red Planet''
 
*{{Endn|9}}: [[Throneworld (Novel)]], Chapters 4-5
 
*{{Endn|9}}: [[Throneworld (Novel)]], Chapters 4-5
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*{{Endn|11}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 8th Edition Rulebook]], pg. 50
 
*{{Endn|11}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 8th Edition Rulebook]], pg. 50
 
*{{Endn|12}}: [[Codex: Necrons (3rd Edition)]], pg. 11
 
*{{Endn|12}}: [[Codex: Necrons (3rd Edition)]], pg. 11
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*{{Endn|13}}: [[ White Dwarf July 2019]] - ''Indomitus Crusade Fleets''
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*{{Endn|14}}: [[White Dwarf November 2019]], pg. 47
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*{{Endn|15}}: [[Codex: Adeptus Custodes (9th Edition)]] pg. 12
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*{{Endn|16}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book Nine - Crusade]], pgs. 81-100
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*{{Endn|17}}: [[Ashes of the Imperium (Novel)]] - Chapter 26
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*{{Endn|18}}: [[ Journal Tactica: The Forges of Saturn]], pg.3
  
 
[[Category:Planetary Systems]]
 
[[Category:Planetary Systems]]

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Targetdrone.gif Solar redirects here. For the Macharian Sector's currency, see Imperial Currency.
Targetdrone.gif Solar system redirects here. For the general term for a set of objects orbiting a star or stars, see System.

The Sol System or Terran System is the name of the Solar System in the Age of the Imperium. The system is named for its sun, and is part of the Segmentum Solar. Its planets include Holy Terra and Mars.

History

The birthplace of humanity on the planet Terra, the Sol System was fully colonized by humans by M15.[6] During the Dark Age of Technology humanity expanded across the stars thanks to the invention of Warp Drives and Navigators, and in this period the Sol System was dominated by the empires of Terra and Mars which coexisted peacefully.[7] During the Age of Strife, the Sol System fell into complete anarchy. Terra collapsed into wars between Techno-Barbarians while Mars reverted to complete isolation and religious worship of technology.[8] Salvation only came with the coming of the Emperor, who unified Terra, Mars, and then the entire Sol System into the fledgling Imperium during the Unification Wars and Great Crusade.[7]

During the subsequent Horus Heresy, the Sol System was the site of bitter fighting between loyalists and traitors during the Schism of Mars and Solar War. At the final phase of the war Horus' forces succeeded in capturing the Sol System and besieged Terra itself, but were eventually defeated and repelled during the Great Scouring. Since that time, the Sol System has not been the site of all-out war though it did see fighting during the War of the Beast[9], Age of Apostasy[10], and recently the Battle of Lion's Gate.[11] The System was also saw a minor but mysterious Necron raid on Mars in late M41.[12]

During the Noctis Aeterna the Sol System was threatened by the Khornate Crusade of Slaughter but subsequently defeated by an Indomitus Crusade fleet under Cassandra VanLeskus.[13] In addition, Ganymede became infested with Daemons and the Grey Knights were forced to purge the planet.[14]

Celestial Bodies

Map of the Sol System

Other celestial regions or objects of the Sol System include the Oort Cloud,[16] The Comet and Artefact 9-Kappa-Mu.

Defences

As the centre of the Imperium, the Sol System sports the heaviest known defences in the Galaxy. At the very edge of the System near the Mandeville Point are arrays of Star Forts garrisoned by Regiments of the Imperial Guard. The rest of the outer System is densely laced with thousand-mile-wide minefields, Imperial Navy patrol monitors, and enormous Hunter Servitors. Past these is the core defences of the system, most notably the enormous Battlefleet Solar of the Imperial Navy. In addition to these forces, the Grey Knights, Inquisition, Adeptus Mechanicus, and Adeptus Arbites all have substantial forces in-system deployed through endless bases, stations, and garrisons. At Terra itself orbits the massively powerful Imperial Fists battlestation known as The Phalanx. Due to the massive daily influx of zealots, adepts, bureaucrats, merchants, pilgrims, and the like, daily security is screened heavily by the Adeptus Custodes. The Custodes maintain surveillance stations and listening devices throughout the System.[3]

Known Imperial Guard Regiments based in the Sol System include the Palatine Sentinels, Lucifer Blacks, Jupiter Storms, Auroran Rifles, Granite Myrmidons, Inferallti Hussars, Orion Watch,[1] and potentially the Terran Praefects.

Known Star Forts in the Sol System include the Oracle Maximus, Prescience, Taon Aegis and Eyrie Prime. These are overseen by the Adeptus Custodes.[15]

Sources

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