108,554
edits
Changes
From Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
Created page with "{{GalaxyPortal}} The '''Orpheus Sector''' is an Imperial Sector of Segmentum Tempestus. ==History== In 570.M30 in the latter part of the Great Crusade, le..."
{{GalaxyPortal}}
The '''Orpheus Sector''' is an [[Imperial]] [[Sector]] of [[Segmentum Tempestus]].
==History==
In 570.[[M30]] in the latter part of the [[Great Crusade]], legend has it that the [[Rogue Trader]] [[Arica Orpheus]] conducted ranging expeditions into the vast expanse known as the [[Mandragoran Stars]] on the outermost borders of what will become Segmentum Tempestus. Known as a dangerous uncharted region which mostly can not sustain life, records of the regions in the great libraries of [[Terra]] make reference to sinister pre-[[human]] ruins and monuments on [[Dead World]]s. This reputation combined with the difficulty in navigating near the [[Veiled Region]] made Lady Arica Orpheus' expedition hazardous.{{Fn|1a}}
During the [[Horus Heresy]], the savage civil war saw the regions of the sector under control torn apart by lawlessness and anarchy. Neither the forces of the [[Emperor]] or [[Horus]] controlled the region. During the bloodshed of the [[Scouring]], the [[Alpha Legion]] warlord [[Dynat Mal]] fled to the Sector's Mandragoran Stars. Dynat's forces, known as the [[Shadowed Ones]], employed guerrilla tactics and dark forces to take over much of the region. This sundered realm eventually became known as the '''Dark Marches'''{{Fn|1a}}
In 610.[[M36]], the Imperium launched the [[Dark Marches Crusade]] with the intent of reclaiming the region in the name of the Emperor. After a century and a half of fighting, the Crusade ends with Imperial victory and the Orpheus Sector is officially founded by its first [[Governor]], [[Hal Orpheus]]. By 113.[[M38]] however the Sector becomes plagued by uprisings and [[Cultist]] activity as the Sector's military resources are drained int he face of campaigns mandated by Segmentum Command. To make matters worse the [[Chaos Lord]] [[Von Mallas]] launches his [[Black Crusade of Von Mallas|Black Crusade]], and fighting reaches the Orpheus Sector. Much of the sector's commerce and resources are destroyed over the course of the war.{{Fn|1a}}
Another tragedy hit the sector in 715.[[M38]] with the rising of the [[Cult Celestarii]], which is never stamped out despite the best efforts of the [[Adeptus Arbites]] and [[Ordo Hereticus]]. In 899.[[M38]], a mysterious event occurs as the world of [[Tlaloc]] is destroyed by an unknown foe over the course of a matter of hours, though the [[Ordo Xenos]] maintains [[Dark Eldar]] to be the culprits. Faced with countless wars, economic mismanagement, and tragedies, the Orpheus Sector erupts into a [[Orpheus Revolt|Full Scale Revolt]]. Following years of bloody fighting, the Sector finally enjoys a period of renewed stability and relative prosperity.{{Fn|1a}}
However the Sector saw a new upheaval in 819.[[M41]] on the [[Industrial World]] of [[Chemarium II]] when the [[Chaos Lord]] [[Ranker Nonesuch]] spreads destruction and terror. In the ensuing guerrilla war. [[Inquisitorial Stormtrooper]]s are dispatched to aid the suppression campaign.{{Fn|1a}}
In 990.[[M41]], the violent [[Warp]] turbulence that had been plaguing the western Orpheus Sector is suddenly extinguished, causing celestial instability across the region. All across the sector, [[Asropath]]s and [[Psykers]] are subjected to unexpected deaths and mass hysteria breaks out. The [[Ordo Malleus]] begins to believe that the events are precursor to some major [[Daemonic]] incursion into the region. At the same time, the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] reports that binary stars of the Sector's Caracol System were unexpectedly destroyed by supernova. However, this report is ignored by Imperial authorities as insignificant.{{Fn|1a}}
===Invasion===
*{{Main|Fall of Orpheus}}
In 3716691.[[M41]], a sudden and utterly unexpected invasion swept across dozens of worlds across the sector. This was the beginning of a massive [[Necron]] invasion by the [[Maynarkh Dynasty]]. After a bitter campaign, the Orphean War reached an untenable stalemate that saw Imperial forces besieged and cut off but nonetheless holding portions of the sector. Necron forces became bogged down against the unexpected arrival of [[Chaos]] warbands, and the Imperium estimates that the Sector can not be saved without a large [[Crusade]] that could only be launched within thirty to fifty years minimum.{{Fn|1b}}
==Geography{{Fn|1a}}==
*[[Amarah]] - [[Hive World]]
*[[Autraphel]] - [[Imperial]] world
*[[Apollgon]] - [[Ecclesiarchy]] world
*[[Aryith]] - [[Feudal World]]
*[[C'syn'ad]] - Relic World/[[Astropath]] relay station
*[[Chemarim]] - [[Industrial World]] (Ongoing Civil War)
*[[Decapolis]] - [[Hive World]]
*[[Drucilla Majoris]] - [[Imperial]] World
*[[Epirus]] - [[Agri-World]]
*[[Harrow Watch]] - [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] Observation station
*[[Hydraghast]] - [[Agri-World]]
*[[Gorgon Quintus]] - [[Death World]]
*[[Khesd]] - [[Feudal World]]
*[[Elbethra]] - [[Adeptus Astartes]] [[Fortress-Monastery]]
*[[Eysmarrbus]] - [[Fortress World]]
*[[Midwinter]] - [[Industrial World]]
*[[Morros]] - [[Penal World]]
*[[Myre]] - [[Forge World]]
*[[Pallasite]] - [[Frontier World]]
*[[Vatara]] - [[Feral World]]
*[[Kibasu]] - [[Hive World]]
*[[Selakbur]] - [[Frontier World]]
*[[Saint Marduk's Bane]] - [[Imperial]] World
*[[Tamyris]] - Abandoned World
*[[Tlalor]] - [[Quarantined World]]/[[Death World]]
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}:[[Imperial Armour Volume Twelve - The Fall of Orpheus]]
**{{Endn|1a}}: pg. 12-25
**{{Endn|1b}}: pg.60
[[Category:Segmentum Tempestus]]
[[Category:Galactic Sectors]]
The '''Orpheus Sector''' is an [[Imperial]] [[Sector]] of [[Segmentum Tempestus]].
==History==
In 570.[[M30]] in the latter part of the [[Great Crusade]], legend has it that the [[Rogue Trader]] [[Arica Orpheus]] conducted ranging expeditions into the vast expanse known as the [[Mandragoran Stars]] on the outermost borders of what will become Segmentum Tempestus. Known as a dangerous uncharted region which mostly can not sustain life, records of the regions in the great libraries of [[Terra]] make reference to sinister pre-[[human]] ruins and monuments on [[Dead World]]s. This reputation combined with the difficulty in navigating near the [[Veiled Region]] made Lady Arica Orpheus' expedition hazardous.{{Fn|1a}}
During the [[Horus Heresy]], the savage civil war saw the regions of the sector under control torn apart by lawlessness and anarchy. Neither the forces of the [[Emperor]] or [[Horus]] controlled the region. During the bloodshed of the [[Scouring]], the [[Alpha Legion]] warlord [[Dynat Mal]] fled to the Sector's Mandragoran Stars. Dynat's forces, known as the [[Shadowed Ones]], employed guerrilla tactics and dark forces to take over much of the region. This sundered realm eventually became known as the '''Dark Marches'''{{Fn|1a}}
In 610.[[M36]], the Imperium launched the [[Dark Marches Crusade]] with the intent of reclaiming the region in the name of the Emperor. After a century and a half of fighting, the Crusade ends with Imperial victory and the Orpheus Sector is officially founded by its first [[Governor]], [[Hal Orpheus]]. By 113.[[M38]] however the Sector becomes plagued by uprisings and [[Cultist]] activity as the Sector's military resources are drained int he face of campaigns mandated by Segmentum Command. To make matters worse the [[Chaos Lord]] [[Von Mallas]] launches his [[Black Crusade of Von Mallas|Black Crusade]], and fighting reaches the Orpheus Sector. Much of the sector's commerce and resources are destroyed over the course of the war.{{Fn|1a}}
Another tragedy hit the sector in 715.[[M38]] with the rising of the [[Cult Celestarii]], which is never stamped out despite the best efforts of the [[Adeptus Arbites]] and [[Ordo Hereticus]]. In 899.[[M38]], a mysterious event occurs as the world of [[Tlaloc]] is destroyed by an unknown foe over the course of a matter of hours, though the [[Ordo Xenos]] maintains [[Dark Eldar]] to be the culprits. Faced with countless wars, economic mismanagement, and tragedies, the Orpheus Sector erupts into a [[Orpheus Revolt|Full Scale Revolt]]. Following years of bloody fighting, the Sector finally enjoys a period of renewed stability and relative prosperity.{{Fn|1a}}
However the Sector saw a new upheaval in 819.[[M41]] on the [[Industrial World]] of [[Chemarium II]] when the [[Chaos Lord]] [[Ranker Nonesuch]] spreads destruction and terror. In the ensuing guerrilla war. [[Inquisitorial Stormtrooper]]s are dispatched to aid the suppression campaign.{{Fn|1a}}
In 990.[[M41]], the violent [[Warp]] turbulence that had been plaguing the western Orpheus Sector is suddenly extinguished, causing celestial instability across the region. All across the sector, [[Asropath]]s and [[Psykers]] are subjected to unexpected deaths and mass hysteria breaks out. The [[Ordo Malleus]] begins to believe that the events are precursor to some major [[Daemonic]] incursion into the region. At the same time, the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] reports that binary stars of the Sector's Caracol System were unexpectedly destroyed by supernova. However, this report is ignored by Imperial authorities as insignificant.{{Fn|1a}}
===Invasion===
*{{Main|Fall of Orpheus}}
In 3716691.[[M41]], a sudden and utterly unexpected invasion swept across dozens of worlds across the sector. This was the beginning of a massive [[Necron]] invasion by the [[Maynarkh Dynasty]]. After a bitter campaign, the Orphean War reached an untenable stalemate that saw Imperial forces besieged and cut off but nonetheless holding portions of the sector. Necron forces became bogged down against the unexpected arrival of [[Chaos]] warbands, and the Imperium estimates that the Sector can not be saved without a large [[Crusade]] that could only be launched within thirty to fifty years minimum.{{Fn|1b}}
==Geography{{Fn|1a}}==
*[[Amarah]] - [[Hive World]]
*[[Autraphel]] - [[Imperial]] world
*[[Apollgon]] - [[Ecclesiarchy]] world
*[[Aryith]] - [[Feudal World]]
*[[C'syn'ad]] - Relic World/[[Astropath]] relay station
*[[Chemarim]] - [[Industrial World]] (Ongoing Civil War)
*[[Decapolis]] - [[Hive World]]
*[[Drucilla Majoris]] - [[Imperial]] World
*[[Epirus]] - [[Agri-World]]
*[[Harrow Watch]] - [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] Observation station
*[[Hydraghast]] - [[Agri-World]]
*[[Gorgon Quintus]] - [[Death World]]
*[[Khesd]] - [[Feudal World]]
*[[Elbethra]] - [[Adeptus Astartes]] [[Fortress-Monastery]]
*[[Eysmarrbus]] - [[Fortress World]]
*[[Midwinter]] - [[Industrial World]]
*[[Morros]] - [[Penal World]]
*[[Myre]] - [[Forge World]]
*[[Pallasite]] - [[Frontier World]]
*[[Vatara]] - [[Feral World]]
*[[Kibasu]] - [[Hive World]]
*[[Selakbur]] - [[Frontier World]]
*[[Saint Marduk's Bane]] - [[Imperial]] World
*[[Tamyris]] - Abandoned World
*[[Tlalor]] - [[Quarantined World]]/[[Death World]]
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}:[[Imperial Armour Volume Twelve - The Fall of Orpheus]]
**{{Endn|1a}}: pg. 12-25
**{{Endn|1b}}: pg.60
[[Category:Segmentum Tempestus]]
[[Category:Galactic Sectors]]
