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[[Image:BrakatoaSystem.jpg|thumb|right|The Brakatoa System.]]
The '''BrakatoaSystem''' is a [[System]] of the [[Imperium]].{{Fn|1}}
Terra, the birthplace of Humanity, had become but rumor and legend. All three
planets had regressed and were ruled by feudal warlords – brutal, but fair men,
who fought bravely to fight off [[Orks ]] and other [[xenos ]] raiders.
Anxious to reclaim the mineral-rich Brakatoa system, the Imperium sent out vast
colonisation expeditions. The outermost planet, [[Rhoghon]], was a shield world –
so called because its orbit protected the rest of the inhabitable worlds. It was on
Rhoghon that the newly founded [[Crimson Sabres]] built their stronghold – the
fortress iron known as [[Decavitum]], or ‘ten victories’ in the native
language. Built into the side of a mountain, its ten towers soared even higher
than the snow-capped peak. Upon Rhoghon’s moons the Crimson Sabres