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'''Gehenna Prime''' is one of the seventeen planetoids in the [[Gehenna system]] - and apparently the only one that was terraformed and colonised during mankind's first expansion to the stars. In comparison to many other worlds of the [[Imperium]] it is considered to be an unspoilt wilderness of plains and mountains. Its capital and largest [[Hive|Hive city]] is [[Kravaster]]. The [[Governor]] of Gehenna Prime during [[Waaagh! Hargluk|Ork invasion]] (see below) was called [[Suvik]].{{Fn|4}}
==Planetary characteristics==
The planet is slightly larger than [[Terra]] and its rotation is faster. As a consequence there is increased vulcanism and a belt of volcanoes some of which are active while others are only semi-active known as the [[Graildark mountains]]. This belt stretches around the equator of Gehenna Prime. Adjacent to the Graildark mountains are jungle highlands and chains of extinct volcanoes that gradually turn into broad plains north and south of the equator.{{Fn|4}}
It is over these plains that the [[Hive]]s of the human population sprawl. The largest of these Hive cities is [[Kravaster]] in the North. Surrounding them are carefully cultivated and armourglass and [[plasteel]] protected croplands.{{Fn|4}} ===Hive Kravaster===[[Hive]] [[Kravaster]] is the biggest city on Gehenna Prime and is to the North of the [[Graildark mountains]]. It is also the place where the [[Imperium]]'s planetary overlord, [[Governor]] [[Suvik]], had his palace during the [[Waaagh! Hargluk|Ork invasion]]. This palace was in [[Balthuzar spire]].{{Fn|4}}
===Weather===
====The Ork invasion====
When the [[Gehenna system]] fell victim to [[Waaagh! Hargluk]] the [[Orks]] arrived on three different [[Space Hulk]]s that plowed through the system's defences of fighters and orbital monitors in a matter of days. When the Orks attacked Gehenna Prime thousands of them were killed in their landing crafts by ground-based missile batteries and defence lasers. Thousands more however managed to survive and established a landing zone in the western districts of [[Hive]] [[Kravaster]].{{Fn|4}}
The [[Ork]] landing zone was attacked on the following by an [[Imperial Guard Regiment]] stationed further south from [[Hive]] [[Kravaster]]] in the [[Graildark mountains]], the [[72nd Sarum]]. The [[Imperium|Imperial]] soldiers were driven back by a huge force of [[Gargant]]s under the command of ork warlord [[Hargluk]] himself. The Imperials suffered heavy losses and the regiment's [[432nd Rough Rider company]], [[3rd Super Heavy Tank company|3rd]] and 16th Super Heavy Tank company|16th Super Heavy Tank companies]] were overrun in less than an hour and destroyed, along with the [[23rd Tactical company|23rd]] and 26th Tactical company|26th Tactical companies]]. Other companies were repulsed by Gargant [[Big-mobs]]] and had to retreat to the core of Hive Kravaster.{{Fn|4}}
Faced with the results of this battle [[Governor]] [[Suvik]] who was in his palace in the [[Hive]] was left with no illusions regarding the seriousness of the situation. He sent an [[Astropath|astropathic communication]] requesting [[Imperium|Imperial]] reinforcements while his [[Planetary Defence Forces]] dug in and fortified the approaches to the core of Hive [[Kravaster]].{{Fn|4}}
During the next three days the [[Orks]] ferried down the remainder of their troops and war machines from orbit before moving out of the landing zone and attacking the core of [[Hive]] [[Kravaster]] with all the forces at their disposal. For Warlord [[Hargluk]] it was clear that destroying the capital of the planet would mean that the rest of Gehenna Prime would be easier to conquer.{{Fn|4}}
When the [[Orks]] tried to storm [[Kravaster]] with their [[Gargant]]s, tanks, bikes and foot troops vicious street fighting erupted as the [[Imperium|Immperial]] defenders fought like cornered beasts: [[Planetary Defence Forces|PDF troopers]] had to be driven back barricade by barricade, arcade by arcade and street corner by street corner, [[Hive]] [[Gangs]] attacked the Orks from ventilator shafts and sewers and the survivors of the [[72nd Sarum]] held onto the main concourse that led towards the city's [[Balthuzar spire]] where the palace was. Three [[Super Heavy Tank]] companies with their support troops dug in around the Hive's [[Basilica Adeptorum]] and managed to destroy two [[Great Gargant]]s of the Gargant [[Big-mob]] spearheading the Aliens' attack. This success turned the tide and the Orks were driven back without being able to conquer [[Kravaster]].{{Fn|4}}
