Praetoria

Map	Basic Data		Planetary Image
	Name:	Praetoria
	Segmentum:	Segmentum Tempestus
	Sector:	Unknown
	Subsector:	Unknown
	System:	Praetoria
	Population:	Unknown
	Affiliation:	Imperium
	Class:	Hive World
	Tithe Grade:	Unknown

Information

Praetoria is a Hive World in Segmentum Tempestus and homeworld of the Praetorian Imperial Guard. Located near the Segmentum Tempestus Naval Base at Bakka, the Hives of Praetoria are noted for their squalor and degradation where everything, even the air is rationed and where even the most minor infringement of the law can lead to the most draconian of punishments.

The huge population of this world are little more then slave labour in massive factory complexes, and through endless toil and with the aid of a large merchant fleet which trades across the Segmentum, Praetoria, or at least her rulers are amongst the richest in the Imperium.

Imperial Guard regiments raised on Praetoria are renowned for their iron discipline and bravery. They detest slovenliness and disorder and even in the midst of the fiercist battle will ensure their ranks are correctly dressed in parade ground fashion and uniforms smartly fastened. The planetary lords of Praetoria hold it is only through fearsome training and draconian punishments for the most minor infringements that the hive-toughened inhabitants of their planet, where everything - even the very air they breathe is rationed, that they can be made to follow orders and do as they are told. Whatever one's views on the training methods used, they seem to work, producing troops that are as ferocious on the attack as they are determined in defence.

Sources

• "Massacre at Big Toof River" - UK Gamesday '97 Programme, Extract in US WD217
• "Massacre at Big Toof River" - UK Gamesday '97 Mega Display Article - UK & US WD218
• "The Praetorian XXIV" - Booklet, Praetorian Imperial Guard Limited Edition Box Set