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'''Formal Prime''' is a [[Hive World]] in the [[Sabbat Worlds]] Cluster, which was occupied by the forces of [[Chaos]].
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'''Formal Prime''' is a [[Hive World]] in the [[Sabbat Worlds]] Cluster, which was occupied by the forces of [[Chaos]]. == History ==During [[Operation Redrake]], the initial phase of the [[Sabbat Worlds Crusade]], Formal Prime was one of the four objective worlds chosen by [[Warmaster]] [[Slaydo]] for the Crusade force's initial advance into the Chaos-held territory. Of these four, Formal Prime was the most strategically important, thus Slaydo chose to command the assault in person.{{Fn|1a}}{{Fn|3}}
Slaydo initially estimated that it would take six weeks for Formal Prime to fall, but reckoned without the difficulty of the terrain, or the competence of the enemy commander, [[Shebol Red-Hand]], who commanded a core of soldier-fanatics known as the [[Charismites]]. The attacking [[Imperial Guard]] forces became bogged down in the labyrinths of Formal Prime's [[hive]] cities; at one point, it was calculated that two hundred [[Guardsmen]] were dying for every metre of ground taken.{{Fn|1b}}
With Formal Prime finally conquered, the first phase of the Crusade was complete, and Slaydo was ready to commence the next, attacking the [[Newfound Trailing Worlds]], with his ultimate objective being the stronghold world of [[Balhaut]].{{Fn|1c}}
=== Aftermath and Implications ===
Formal Prime was the most hard-fought battleground of Operation Redrake, and quickly disabused Slaydo of his hope that the [[Chaos]] forces opposing the Crusade were a poorly-organized collection of tribal [[cultist]]s. It became clear that [[Archon (Chaos)|Archon]] [[Nadzybar]] had a number of "lieutenant warlords," known as [[Magister]]s, many of whom were competent tacticians who commanded absolute obedience from their soldiers. Shebol Red-Hand was the first to be encountered, but others would soon come to the attention of the Imperial forces.{{Fn|1d}}
==Sources==
*1: [[The Sabbat Worlds Crusade (Background Book)]] by [[Dan Abnett]]
**{{Endn|1a}}: Phase One, pg. 14
**{{Endn|1b}}: Phase One, pg. 16
**{{Endn|1c}}: Phase One, pg. 17
**{{Endn|1d}}: Phase One, pg. 18
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Honour Guard (Novel)]] — [[Gaunt's Ghosts: The Saint (Omnibus)]] by '''Dan Abnett''', Chapter Fourteen, pg. 220*{{Endn|3}}: [[A Ghost Return (Short Story)]] — [[Gaunt's Ghosts: The Founding (Omnibus)]]
[[Category:Battles (Sabbat Worlds Crusade)]]
[[Category:Battles (White Scars)]]
[[Category:Hive Worlds]]
[[Category:Segmentum Pacificus]]
