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'''Asperity''' is a [[Mining World]] of the [[Imperium]].{{Fn|1}}
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Until sometime within the last milleniamillennia, Asperity was shrouded in a violent, but localized [[Warp Storm]]. When the storm finally abated surveyors from the [[Imperium]], found a barren planet seemingly devoid of all life and constantly covered in fierce storms. Despite this however, several pure mineral strains were located just beneath the surface of the planet, that contained ores that were essential to the production of plasma reactor core linings. With this discovery colonization began on the planet and soon several small mining outposts dotted the landscape.{{Fn|1}}
Each outpost was guarded by a militia, but they were no match for the [[Ork]] forces of [[Warboss]] [[Mordak]] when they invaded the planet. Mordak planned to use the ravaging of Asperity, as a staging point to draw Orks from across the Corribra Sector to his banner and launch his own [[Waaagh!]], that would engulf the Sector. As the Orks began to attack the mining outposts on Asperity, [[Rapid Strike Vessels]] of the [[Flesh Tearers]] [[Chapter]], which had been secretly tracking Mordak's fleet for sometime, gave a signal to a nearby [[Strike Cruiser]]. On board was the entire [[First Company]] of the Flesh Tearers, which deployed onto Asperity and fell upon the unsuspecting Orks. Such was the ferocity of their attack, that Mordak's entire force was nearly destroyed. With the Flesh Tearers in pursuit, Mordak and his surviving forces escaped to their ships in orbit and soon fled the planet.{{Fn|1}}
==Source==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[The Citadel Journal41]] - Issue 41, pgs. 14-16
[[Category: Mining Worlds]]
[[Category: Segmentum Tempestus]]
