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In the lead up to the Gothic War during 142.[[M41]], a cataclysmic shockwave passed through the warp and the entire sector was engulfed in a [[warp storm]] cutting it off from outside help. [[Battlefleet Gothic]], the Imperial Navy [[Battlefleet]] of the Gothic Sector, fought against many [[Chaos]] fleets led by individual Warmasters - estimates vary from eight to twenty or more Chaos fleets present, each capable of rivaling an Imperial battlegroup - as well as pirates of the [[Eldar]] and the unconfirmed presence of a [[Craftworld]], [[Ork]] pirates, and also human pirates. The death toll on both Imperial and Chaos sides ran into the millions; planets were invaded and recaptured and bases attacked all the while the sector was isolated from outside Imperial help.{{Fn|1c}}
In 151.M41, almost ten years later, did the warp storms finally begin to abate allowing reinforcements to arrive. With an alliance between the Imperium and the Eldar, Abaddon's fleet was located and pursued to the Schindlegeist system where the deciding battle of the war took place, seeing Abaddon beaten. It wasn't until 160.M41, almost twenty years after the start of the war, that the sector recovered its planets and trade routes from the threat of remaining Chaos fleets, pirates and Orks.{{Fn|1c}}
==Blackstone Fortresses==
**{{Endn|1c}}: {{Cite This}}
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook]], pp. 116-117
*{{Endn|3}}: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/05/16/new-warhammer-40000-the-dark-imperium-may16gw-homepage-post-4/ Warhammer Community]
[[Category:Gothic War]]
[[Category:Galactic Sectors]]
[[Category:Segmentum Obscurus]]
