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In 422.[[M41]], Port Wander was attacked by a [[Waaagh!]] led by an [[Ork]] named [[Gulgrog]]. Due to the limited knowledge of the area and the authorities' lack of interest in rumours about incoming Orks, Port Wander was found unprepared. When the siege proved to be inevitable, some commanders tried a last-minute escape and steadily departed from the docks. Unluckily, most of them (37 merchant haulers and transports and 12 [[Rogue Trader]] vessels) were hit by [[Ork]] raiders and [[frigate]]s and faced wreckage. After this first battle, bulkier Ork [[Kroozer]]s headed towards the port, but its defences stopped them.{{Cite this}}

During the first two years of siege (422-423.M41), Port Wander stood alone against many attacks, even fighting the numerous Orks who managed to land on the station about a hundred times. The enemy army lost its momentum and divided into factions; while remaining a menace, it started becoming weaker.{{Cite this}}

In the meantime, [[Battlefleet]] [[Calixis]] and the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] had prepared a rescue fleet and finally attacked the Orks, following a two-step strategy: first, a [[Sword Frigate]] squadron supported by [[Lathe]] Class Monitor Cruiser|Lathe monitor-cruisers ]] cleared the outer reaches of the [[Rubyconsystem]] system; then, [[Imperial Navy]] warships and [[SecutorClass Monitor Cruiser|Secutor light cruisers]] light cruisers supported by Navy warships on patrol from [[Passage Watch 27 ]] began a conflict in the system's inner zone. As a result, instead of being routed, the Orks packed together around Gulgrog's flagship and launched a one year-long counter-attack.{{Cite this}}

At last, the war was won by [[Admiral]] [[Androvast Strophes]], who led two-thirds of Battlefleet Calixis in a final assault that lasted two days. The Admiral's flagship, the [[Retribution Class Battleship]] ''[[Fist of Adamant]]'', crippled Gulgrog's flagship in a broadside duel. The Orks were not pursued into [[The Maw]], because the Imperial Navy chose to reclaim Port Wander instead.{{Cite this}}

Being a border dwelling, Port Wander has a diverse population: traders, spies, merchant factors, pilgrims, missionaries, soldiers, sailors, [[Administratum]] functionaries and servants of the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]].{{Fn|1c}} Due to the fact that through this station lots of riches flow and that the structure itself requires a lot of maintenance, its corridors and outer surfaces are filled with life (approximately 5 million people){{Fn|5}}, whose activity is overseen by [[Adeptus Arbites]] from their Precinct Complex.{{Fn|1d}} A Naval Commander, [[Larius Sans]], is in charge of the station's government.{{Fn|1a}}.

The station's keel is characterized by repair yards, dry docks for small vessels and elaborate devices and probes set by the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] in order to investigate the [[Koronus Expanse]]'s [[Warp]] behaviour.{{Fn|1c,b}} Inside the city, there are many corridors{{Fn|1c}}, vast markets filled with citizens and local traders (such as ''the Court of the Dead''){{Fn|1e}}, and dark dens.{{Fn|1f}}.

The average temperature is 26°C and gravity is 1.02 G.{{Fn|1a}}.

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