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The '''Brakatoa System''' is a [[System|star system]] of the [[Imperium]].{{Fn|1}}

The Brakatoa system was first colonised in the early stages of Mankind’s [[Dark Age of Technology]]. Though distant from [[Terra]], a ‘drift channel’ in the [[Warp]]allowed for easy travel to the region. The star system was ideal, for it grouped adozen inhabitable planets within a compact orbit. During the ever-growing [[Warpstorms ]] that ushered in the [[Age of Strife]], all contact was lost with the BrakatoaSystem. It was not until thousands of years later, late in the Age of Forging, thatthe storms cleared sufficiently so that [[Explorator]] Fleets could once more pushinto that region, now defined as the galactic south of [[Segmentum Tempestus]].What the Imperium found was that a few of the planets still had [[Human]]populations: the outermost planet [[Rhoghon]] with its twin moons, as well as

Yet as close as these planets were to eachother they had lost touch with all outside worlds. During the long millenniaTerra, the birthplace of Humanity, had become but rumor and legend. All threeplanets 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 vastcolonisation expeditions. The outermost planet, [[Rhoghon]], was a shield world –so called because its orbit protected the rest of the inhabitable worlds. It was onRhoghon that the newly founded [[Crimson Sabres]] built their stronghold – theiron fortress iron known as [[Decavitum]], or ‘ten victories’ in the nativelanguage. Built into the side of a mountain, its ten towers soared even higherthan the snow-capped peak. Upon Rhoghon’s moons the Crimson Sabresestablished a pair of naval bases, including the orbital docks required for theirsizeable fleet.{{Fn|1}}

However , disaster soon struck the System. It is believed by the [[Ordo Malleus]] that the Brakatoa eruption began with theemergence of the supercluster [[space hulk]] codenamed ''[[The Misery]]''. Its long-awaited appearance in realspace was the sign for [[cultist]]s to rise up across thesystem. In the ensuing [[DaemonicDaemon]] ic incursions ushered in by the Cultists, the System was devastated and Rhoghon destroyed. Three more worlds were seething with

*{{Endn|1}}: [[Crimson Slaughter - A Codex: Crimson SlaughterChaos Space Marines Supplement (6th Edition)]] - ''Fall of the Crimson Sabres''