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Contact with Urdesh was first established by the [[Explorator Fleet]]s of [[Mars]] during the [[Great Crusade]]. During the [[Age of Strife]] the world had lost much, including the knowlkedge knowledge to build new [[Titan]]s. It proved of great interest to the Imperium thanks to it possessing the knowledge required to produce vast numbers of arms for the [[Imperial Army]]. The world peacefully assimilated into the Imperium after being offered a chance to replenish their [[Titan Legion]], the [[Legio Damicium]].{{Fn|1Cite this}}

During the Great Crusade Urdesh was still only a minor world in the [[Belt of Iron]] that fed the war machine of the Imperial Army. When the [[Horus Heresy]] began the world was desperate to maintain its sizable Titan Legion and was dependent on [[Mars]] for aid, which saw it join the forces of the [[Warmaster]]. During the Heresy they ferried supplies into [[Segmentum Solar]], aiding the traitor Mechanicum in establishing small cells of saboteurs that worked to undermine Imperial defenses around [[Terra]].{{Fn|43a}} For this crime [[Malcador the Sigillite]] dispatched a force of [[Legio Ignatum]] from Terra, which together with loyalists in the Belt of Iron purged the planet in the final stages of the [[Cataclysm of Iron]].{{Fn|4a3b}} ===Between M31 and M40===At some point in the years between the close of the Heresy and mid-[[M40]]{{Fn|Note 1}}, Urdesh had been fully reintegrated into the Imperium. Its output included both weapons and various patterns of armoured vehicle used in the local sector, but also [[Imperial Guard Regiment]]s, known simply as the [[Urdeshi Regiments]].{{Fn|4b}}{{Fn|4c}}

Despite heavy [[Imperial]] resistance, the world was captured by [[Chaos]] forces midway through the Sabbat Worlds Crusade. This was a grievous loss for the Imperial Crusade Force as the advancing Chaos armies were now equipped with Urdeshi pattern weapons and vehicles. However{{Fn|2}}{{Fn|4b}} In 771.[[M41]]{{Fn|4b}}, a fierce Imperial counter-during the [[Sabbat Worlds Crusade]], [[Warmaster]] [[Macaroth]]'s offensive aimed at on the world of [[Phantine (planet)|PhantineCabal System]] stalled. This left the Crusade's forces overextended, allowing the [[Chaos]] Warlord [[Orlock Gaur]] managed to recapture Urdesh and stop lead attacks on multiple planets along the Crusade's coreward flank in an effort to disrupt the Chaos flanking maneuver that Crusade's supply lines. Macaroth was aiming for forced to hastily redeploy significant elements of the weak underbelly Crusade's spinward flank to open up new supply lines. Urdesh was one of the Imperial Crusadeworlds targeted for this risky strategy.{{Fn|24a}}

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==Urdeshi RegimentsTrivia=={{Trivia}}===Notes===*[[50th Urdesh Regular]]{{FnEndn|3Note 1}}*: At one point in the [[Phantine (Planet)|Phantine]] campaign (which took place in '''Urdeshi 6th Light'''- Participated in the Liberation of Urdesh from Chaos forces771.*[[M41]]'''{{Fn|4b}}), [[Colonel]] [[Zhyte]] comments that [[Seventh Urdeshi 10th Storm Troop'''- Participated troop|his regiment]] had been in existence for 1073 years.{{Fn|4c}} This would place its founding (which presumably occurred while the Liberation of Urdesh from Chaos forces.*planet was still in Imperial hands) at around '''Urdeshi 7th Storm Troop'''- Participated in the Liberation of Phantine alongside the 698.[[Tanith First and OnlyM40]], Krassian 6th, and Phantine Air Corp. The regiment was devastated during the Battle for Cirenholm due to a mixture of poor planning, bad luck, and the recklessness of their commanding officer, Colonel Zhyte. The regiment accounted for almost all Imperial losses during the battle, which resulted in a grave blow to their reputation and their removal from frontline action'''.

===Known Members===*[[Colonel]] [[Zhyte]]: The ill-tempered and brutish commanding officer of the 7th. His poor leadership and arrogance resulted in hundreds of Urdeshi dead during the attack on Cirenholm. He was sent to a Veteran's Hospice located on [[Fortis Binary]] following the end of the battle due to his legs being severed by an activating shield.*[[Lieutenant (Imperial Guard)|Lieutenant]] [[Belthini]]: An officer subordinate to Colonel Zhyte. Killed during the Battle for [[Cirenholm]].*'''Lieutenant''' [[Shenko]]: Second in Command of the 7th Urdesh. Made commanding officer following Colonel Zhyte's departure.*'''Recon-Officer''' [[Kadakedenz]]: The commanding scout officer of the 7th. He was notorious for getting on Colonel Zhyte's bad side which resulted in him often being scolded and verbally abused. He was killed during the Battle for Cirenholm after being nearly eviscerated by las-fire.*'''Comms-Trooper''' [[Gerrishon]]: Colonel Zhyte's [[vox]] officer. He was killed by a headshot during the Battle for Cirenholm.*[[Cawkus]] - trooper{{Fn|3}} ==Related ArticlesSee also==

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