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By the start of the [[Horus Heresy]], the Pale Stars had not yet been elevated to [[Sector]] status. However, the Imperium had begun to set up some administration, centered on [[Phargos Rex]] as the main world,{{Fn|3b}} while being in the proccess of purging the region's last Xenos and other resistance holdouts.{{Fn|3a}} Any kind of order was shattered with the Heresy's outbreak, however, as the Pale Stars were [[Pale Stars campaign (Horus Heresy)|ravaged by Loyalists, Traitors, and third-party factions]] alike. The main loss of this campaign was the Pale Stars' main world, Phargos Rex, which became consumed by a [[Warp Storm]].{{Fn|3c}} During the late stages of the Horus Heresy, [[Emperor's Children]] forces fleeing the destruction of their [[Homeworld]] of [[Chemos]] took up residence in the Pale Stars, forcing the [[Salamanders]] to [[Scouring of the Pale Stars|respond]].{{Fn|2}}
In the following millenia, the Pale Stars remained a important source of resources for the wider [[Maelstrom Zone]].{{Fn|1d}} However, the region remained sparsely populated, relatively isolated, and constantly beset by corsairs and Xenos.{{Fn|1b}} Many previously Imperial-dominated worlds{{Fn|3a}} of the Pale Stars were lost by [[M41]].{{Fn|1b}} In the [[Badab War]] of 901-912.M41, the Pale Stars once more became [[Pale Stars campaign (Badab War)|a major battleground]], and suffered terribly as loyalists and secessionists fought over their resources. In a brutal series of raids and conquests by the [[Minotaurs]], circa 20% of the Pale Stars' human population was massacred.{{Fn|1c}} By 907/908.M41, the region was largely under loyalist control, through human and Xenos corsairs had also increased their activity.{{Fn|1d}}
==Known Worlds==
*[[Crows World system]]{{Fn|1d}}**[[Crows World]] - [[Civilized World]] ([[M41]]);{{Fn|1b}} [[Raven Guard]] "fief" ([[M31]]){{Fn|3a}}**[[Uzeal]] - [[Moon]]{{Fn|1d}}
*[[Optera IV]] - [[Feral World]] (M31/M41){{Fn|1b}}{{Fn|3a}}
*[[Larsa system]]**[[Larsa II]] - [[Mining World ]] (M41),{{Fn|1b}} Resource World (M31){{Fn|3a}}**[[Larsa V]] - [[Death World]]{{Fn|3d}}
*Kyro System
**[[Kyro IV]] - Mining World (M31/M41){{Fn|1b}}{{Fn|3a}}
==Sources==
*1: [[Imperial Armour Volume Nine - The Badab War - Part One]],
**{{Endn|1a}}: pgs. 6-7
**{{Endn|1b}}: pg. 29, ''The Pale Stars''
**{{Endn|3b}}: pg. 84
**{{Endn|3c}}: pg. 91, ''The Blood-Stained Stars''
**{{Endn|3d}}: pg. 87
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