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Rophanon is a planetary system located in the star cluster known as [[Protean Ebb]]. The planet belongs to one of the successive waves of human colonists spreading at some time during the [[Dark Age of Technology]], it was gladfully colonised due to its lush vegetation and relatively innocuous fauna. The world prospered and at the time of the [[Great Crusade]] Rophanon wilfully joined the Imperium contributing with men for the [[Imperial Guard]] regiments. Rophanon luck turned in the last decades of M37 when a quorum of High Masters of the [[Administratum]] declared the planet requisitioned. The act was due to centuries of strategic preparation where the system was identified suitable for a massive data archive facility. The archive was to process, classify and store billions of unwanted, outdated or useless reports, messages, dispatches and communiqés. All coming from Rophanon entire [[Sector]].
With this act the planet lost its independence and its people were entirely declared as subjects of the Administratum. There was still a council of hereditary governors, but it was stripped of all practical authority and remained only as a facade not to perturbate the already embittered Rophanon populace.
As centuries passed and the data facilities reached their optimum operations, the beauty of the planet was not lost so that the planet served as a prized retirement location for highly placed members of the Administratum and occasionally for other personalities such as [[Navy]] high officers, [[Rogue Traders]], [[Inquisitors]] etc. It is said that at least three [[High Lords of Terra]] ended their days walking the beautiful gardens of Rophanon.
In a situation of such disparity, rebellion seeds were easy to spread and grow. On one hand, the stubborn aristocracy secretly hoped to reclaim its position of power robbed by Administratum. On the other hand, the populace longed for the old times where they worked and broke their backs for their own land instead of a petty bureaucracy. Bitterness became sedition, sedition became rebellion and rebellion became heresy. Until 990.M40.
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