Ootheca

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Map	Basic Data		Planetary Image
	Name:	Ootheca
	Segmentum:
	Sector:
	Subsector:
	System:	Mordriana system[3]
	Population:
	Affiliation:	Imperium (Carcharodons,[2] formerly Mantis Warriors)[1]
	Class:	Adeptus Astartes Homeworld[1]
	Tithe Grade:

Ootheca was the Homeworld of the Mantis Warriors Chapter.^[1]

The world was confiscated from them, however, after the Badab War when the Mantis Warriors were sentenced to a 100-year Penitent Crusade.^[1] Ootheca has since been ceded to the Carcharodons Chapter.^[2]

Trivia

The following information is not to be regarded as officially sanctioned and/ or is not written from an in-universe point of view. A detailed explanation of the term "Trivia" as used in the Lexicanum can be found here.

• An "ootheca" is an egg capsule used by certain kinds of insects, including praying mantises — appropriate for the original homeworld of the Mantis Warriors.

See also

• Planets (List)

Sources

• 1: The Trial of the Mantis Warriors (Short Story) — Legends of the Space Marines (Anthology)
• 2: Codex: Space Marines (8th Edition, 2nd Codex), pg. 40
• 3: Warrior Brood (Novel), Chapter Ten