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'''{{PAGENAME}}Simia Orichalcae''' is an [[Ice World]] of the [[Imperium]], uninhabited except for [[Promethium]] processing plants scattered across the planet to refine deep underground veins of rare ice, deep underground, into usable promethium.{{Fn|1}}
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|Name={{PAGENAME}}Simia Orichalcae
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==Etymology==
The origins of the planet's name remains unknown. After some research, the most plausible theory that [[Inquisitor]] [[Amberley Vail]] could produce was that, it refers to a statue or effigy in a past epoch, but the importance of commemorating the genus ''Simia'' remains unknown.{{Fn|1a}}
==Known History==
The [[Imperial Guard]], realizing that they could not defeat an endless wave of foes (noting that said foes were apparently indestructible without the help of an [[Astartes]] [[Chapter]]), on top of a wave of Orks being led by a [[Gargant]], promptly chose to evacuate the mining colonies to an awaiting ship, the ''Pure of Heart''.{{Fn|1g}}
From there, they detonated the promethium-filled caverns with bombs placed by sappers originally meant for the approaching Gargant. The blast was so powerful that shockwaves were felt throughout the already-spaceborne ''Pure of Heart'', and left a kilometers-wide crater that permanently scarred the pristine icy-beauty of Simia Orichalcae.{{Fn|1h}}
Inquisitor Vail later launched an investigation and, much to everybody's relief, found no evidence of any further Necron activity; although she privately admitted that she was none too keen to be the first to start digging holes to find out for sure.{{Fn|1i}}
== Trivia ==
''Simia Orichalcae'' is Latin for "Brass Monkey". The expression [[Wikipedia:Brass monkey (colloquialism)|"cold enough to freeze the [blank] off a brass monkey"]] is a common colloquialism in [[M2]].
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Caves of Ice (Novel)]] - — [[Ciaphas Cain: Hero of the Imperium]] (Omnibus) by [[Sandy Mitchell]]
**{{Endn|1a}}: Chapter 1, pg. 295, fn. 1
**{{Endn|1b}}: Chapter 1, pgspg. 295-298295–298**{{Endn|1c}}: Chapters. 6, 9, 11, pgspg. 352-354352–354, 390-393390–393, 411-418411–418**{{Endn|1d}}: Chapter 14, pgspg. 424-431424–431**{{Endn|1e}}: Chapter 15, pgspg. 454-455454–455**{{Endn|1f}}: Chapter 15, pgspg. 467-468467–468**{{Endn|1g}}: Chapter 15, pgspg. 468-469468–469**{{Endn|1h}}: Chapter 16, pgspg. 474-478474–478
**{{Endn|1h}}: Chapter 16, pg. 478, fn. 1
[[Category:Ciaphas Cain (Novel Series)]]
[[Category:Ice Worlds]]
[[Category:Necron Tomb Worlds]]
[[Category:Segmentum Unknown]]
