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The '''Principa Collegiate''' was an academy of great libraries and data archives, that was located within the [[Imperial_Palace#Inner_Palace|inner]] [[Imperial Palace]], during the [[Great Crusade]] and [[Horus Heresy]].{{Fn|1b}}
==History==
Ambassadors from worlds brought into [[Compliance]], were sent to the Principa Collegiate in order for them to learn the ways of the [[Terra|Terran]] [[Imperium]]. The academy could house 6,000 of the Ambassadors, along with the two thousand tutors that were carefully selected to oversee their re-education. Then came the [[Horus Heresy]], however, and years later, the [[Horus|Warmaster]]'s hordes [[Siege of Terra|invaded Terra]]. When the [[Traitor]]s reached the [[Imperial_Palace#Inner_Palace|inner]] [[Imperial Palace]], a [[platoon]] of the [[Imperial Army]]'s [[Twelfth Helian Rifles]] [[Regiment]] and the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]]' [[Rad Weapon|Rad]]-equipped [[Skitarii]]{{Fn|1b}} of the [[Tr1.ax Macroclade]]{{Fn|1a}}, were charged with defending the Principa Collegiate. However despite their efforts, the Warmaster's hordes largely wiped out the academy's defenders and left it in ruins. While the Traitors moved on afterwards, the surviving Tr1.ax Skitarii and Helian Rifles continued to defend what remained of the academy from any the invaders that entered the Collegiate. Among them were [[Transacta-7Y1]] and [[Imperial Guard Sergeant|Sergeant]] [[Sylas Envaric]], who found each other and became friends as they searched for any other Imperial survivors or foes to kill. They would find neither until two days after they met, when the two heard [[bolter]] fire near their location.{{Fn|1b}}
After tracking the fire to its source, they came upon the recently slain remains of 3 of [[Sylas Envaric|Envaric]]'s fellow [[Twelfth Helian Rifles]]. They did not realize it, but with these deaths, the [[Imperial Guard Sergeant|Sergeant]] and [[Skitarii]] were now the only survivors of their respected forces. The two moved on and soon found the [[trooper]]s' killers within a shattered auditorium. It turned out to be a group of 9 [[Emperor's Children]] and despite knowing it would be their deaths, [[Transacta-7Y1]] and Envaric attacked the [[Chaos Space Marines]]. They had the element of surprise on their side, though, and this allowed them to kill two of the Emperor's Children, before the [[Traitor]]s struck back with overwhelming force. Transacta was the first to fall after she was struck by a [[power maul]] and was sent hurtling into the auditorium's ranks of elevated seating. Envaric would try to get revenge for his murdered friend, but the Sergeant was easily captured. The Emperor's Children then impaled him upon a banner pole and Envaric died shortly before his body was cooked over an open flame{{Fn|1b}}. The Chaos Space Marines would leave{{Fn|1c}} after consuming the Sergeant's body{{Fn|1b}}, not realizing that Transacta still lived. The Skitarii awoke sometime later, but was left heavily damaged and was now the only defender of the Collegiate that was still alive. With any chance of armed resistance now over, the academy was lost and Transacta realized there was nothing left to defend. Her orders no longer applied to the Skitarii and Transacta decided to leave the Collegiate's ruins. She would then meet other Imperial survivors and joined them, as they raced to join the defense of the [[Sanctum Imperialis]], before [[Horus]]' hordes reached it.{{Fn|1c}}
==Sources==
*1: [[Echoes of Eternity (Novel)]]
**{{Endn|1a}}: Dramatis Personae
**{{Endn|1b}}: Chapter 9
**{{Endn|1c}}: Chapter 14
[[Category:Places]]
[[Category:Terra]]
[[Category:The Horus Heresy]]
The '''Principa Collegiate''' was an academy of great libraries and data archives, that was located within the [[Imperial_Palace#Inner_Palace|inner]] [[Imperial Palace]], during the [[Great Crusade]] and [[Horus Heresy]].{{Fn|1b}}
==History==
Ambassadors from worlds brought into [[Compliance]], were sent to the Principa Collegiate in order for them to learn the ways of the [[Terra|Terran]] [[Imperium]]. The academy could house 6,000 of the Ambassadors, along with the two thousand tutors that were carefully selected to oversee their re-education. Then came the [[Horus Heresy]], however, and years later, the [[Horus|Warmaster]]'s hordes [[Siege of Terra|invaded Terra]]. When the [[Traitor]]s reached the [[Imperial_Palace#Inner_Palace|inner]] [[Imperial Palace]], a [[platoon]] of the [[Imperial Army]]'s [[Twelfth Helian Rifles]] [[Regiment]] and the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]]' [[Rad Weapon|Rad]]-equipped [[Skitarii]]{{Fn|1b}} of the [[Tr1.ax Macroclade]]{{Fn|1a}}, were charged with defending the Principa Collegiate. However despite their efforts, the Warmaster's hordes largely wiped out the academy's defenders and left it in ruins. While the Traitors moved on afterwards, the surviving Tr1.ax Skitarii and Helian Rifles continued to defend what remained of the academy from any the invaders that entered the Collegiate. Among them were [[Transacta-7Y1]] and [[Imperial Guard Sergeant|Sergeant]] [[Sylas Envaric]], who found each other and became friends as they searched for any other Imperial survivors or foes to kill. They would find neither until two days after they met, when the two heard [[bolter]] fire near their location.{{Fn|1b}}
After tracking the fire to its source, they came upon the recently slain remains of 3 of [[Sylas Envaric|Envaric]]'s fellow [[Twelfth Helian Rifles]]. They did not realize it, but with these deaths, the [[Imperial Guard Sergeant|Sergeant]] and [[Skitarii]] were now the only survivors of their respected forces. The two moved on and soon found the [[trooper]]s' killers within a shattered auditorium. It turned out to be a group of 9 [[Emperor's Children]] and despite knowing it would be their deaths, [[Transacta-7Y1]] and Envaric attacked the [[Chaos Space Marines]]. They had the element of surprise on their side, though, and this allowed them to kill two of the Emperor's Children, before the [[Traitor]]s struck back with overwhelming force. Transacta was the first to fall after she was struck by a [[power maul]] and was sent hurtling into the auditorium's ranks of elevated seating. Envaric would try to get revenge for his murdered friend, but the Sergeant was easily captured. The Emperor's Children then impaled him upon a banner pole and Envaric died shortly before his body was cooked over an open flame{{Fn|1b}}. The Chaos Space Marines would leave{{Fn|1c}} after consuming the Sergeant's body{{Fn|1b}}, not realizing that Transacta still lived. The Skitarii awoke sometime later, but was left heavily damaged and was now the only defender of the Collegiate that was still alive. With any chance of armed resistance now over, the academy was lost and Transacta realized there was nothing left to defend. Her orders no longer applied to the Skitarii and Transacta decided to leave the Collegiate's ruins. She would then meet other Imperial survivors and joined them, as they raced to join the defense of the [[Sanctum Imperialis]], before [[Horus]]' hordes reached it.{{Fn|1c}}
==Sources==
*1: [[Echoes of Eternity (Novel)]]
**{{Endn|1a}}: Dramatis Personae
**{{Endn|1b}}: Chapter 9
**{{Endn|1c}}: Chapter 14
[[Category:Places]]
[[Category:Terra]]
[[Category:The Horus Heresy]]
