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The planet of '''Simia Orichalcae''' is an iceworld, uninhabited except for the native [[Ambull]] and [[Promethium]] processing plants scattered across the planet to refine veins of rare ice, deep underground, into usable promethium.
{{Planets
|Map=Unknown.jpg
|Planetary Image=Unknown.jpg
|Name=Simia Orichalcae
|Segmentum=Unknown
|Sector=Unknown
|Subsector=Unknown
|System=Unknown
|Population=Unknown
|Affiliation=[[Imperium]]
|Class=[[Ice World]], [[Mining World]]
|Tithe Grade=Unknown
}}
==Etymology==
The etymology of the name remains unknown, but is suspected to refer to a statue or effigy in a past epoch, but the importance of commemorating this certain animal remains unknown.
==Known History==
It is, however, most notably featured as the planet where [[Commissar]] [[Ciaphas Cain]] along with the [[Valhallan 597th]] were deployed to defend a promethium refinery against marauding bands of [[Orks]], and later encountering [[Necrons]] after [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] magi unwittingly activated a Necron [[Warp Portal]]. Commissar Cain attempted to destroy the Necron warp portal with [[melta bombs]], but initially failed, in desperation, he filled the deep underground caverns beneath the processing plant with promethium from a reserve and "got the frak out of there".
The [[Imperial Guard]], realizing that they could not defeat an endless wave of foes (noting their apparent indestructibility without the help of an [[Astartes]] Chapter), promptly chose to evacuate the mining colonies to an awaiting ship, the [[Pure of Heart]]. From there, they detonated the promethium-filled caverns with bombs placed by sappers originally meant for the approaching Ork [[Gargant]]. The blast was so powerful that shockwaves were felt throughout the already spaceborne Pure of Heart, and left a kilometers-wide crater that permanently scarred the pristine icy-beauty of Simia Orichalcae.
[[Ordo Xenos]] [[Inquisitor]] [[Amberley Vail]] later launched an investigation and, much to everybody's relief, found no evidence of any further necron activity. She later stated that she was none too keen to be the first to start digging holes to find out for sure.
==Sources==
[[Ciaphas Cain]]:[[Caves of Ice]] by [[Sandy Mitchell]]
{{Planets
|Map=Unknown.jpg
|Planetary Image=Unknown.jpg
|Name=Simia Orichalcae
|Segmentum=Unknown
|Sector=Unknown
|Subsector=Unknown
|System=Unknown
|Population=Unknown
|Affiliation=[[Imperium]]
|Class=[[Ice World]], [[Mining World]]
|Tithe Grade=Unknown
}}
==Etymology==
The etymology of the name remains unknown, but is suspected to refer to a statue or effigy in a past epoch, but the importance of commemorating this certain animal remains unknown.
==Known History==
It is, however, most notably featured as the planet where [[Commissar]] [[Ciaphas Cain]] along with the [[Valhallan 597th]] were deployed to defend a promethium refinery against marauding bands of [[Orks]], and later encountering [[Necrons]] after [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] magi unwittingly activated a Necron [[Warp Portal]]. Commissar Cain attempted to destroy the Necron warp portal with [[melta bombs]], but initially failed, in desperation, he filled the deep underground caverns beneath the processing plant with promethium from a reserve and "got the frak out of there".
The [[Imperial Guard]], realizing that they could not defeat an endless wave of foes (noting their apparent indestructibility without the help of an [[Astartes]] Chapter), promptly chose to evacuate the mining colonies to an awaiting ship, the [[Pure of Heart]]. From there, they detonated the promethium-filled caverns with bombs placed by sappers originally meant for the approaching Ork [[Gargant]]. The blast was so powerful that shockwaves were felt throughout the already spaceborne Pure of Heart, and left a kilometers-wide crater that permanently scarred the pristine icy-beauty of Simia Orichalcae.
[[Ordo Xenos]] [[Inquisitor]] [[Amberley Vail]] later launched an investigation and, much to everybody's relief, found no evidence of any further necron activity. She later stated that she was none too keen to be the first to start digging holes to find out for sure.
==Sources==
[[Ciaphas Cain]]:[[Caves of Ice]] by [[Sandy Mitchell]]
