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The '''Damocles Gulf''' is a series region deadly nebulae{{Fn|1a}} in the [[Eastern Fringe]] that forms the border between the [[Imperium of Man]]'s [[Ultima Segmentum]] and the core [[Sept]]s of worlds in the [[Tau Empire]] sector of space. The {{Fn|4}}{{Fn|6}}{{Fn|7}} It was across this void that the failed [[Damocles Gulf Crusade]] was fought between the [[Tau Empire]] and the [[Imperium]], and was the first time the two forces met militarily. Previously Following the Tau had been unaware of the true size of the Imperium. Despite the [[Ethereal]]s' instructions that the Gulf was to be off-limits to Imperial retreat the Tausolidified their control and, under the renegade [[Commander Farsight]] has established colonies there, known as captured sufficient new worlds on the human side of the Gulf to create the [[Farsight Enclaves]], which have severed contact with the Tau Empire.{{Cite thisFn|4}}{{Fn|10}}

The Subsequent Tau again launched a major expedition [[Sphere of Expansion|Spheres of Expansion]] saw their influence extend across and beyond the Gulf in 999.They divided the region into distinct "parallels" and dispatched [[M41Water Caste]]diplomatic missions to prepare the way, initiating such as the [[Whispertide Concordance]] and its overtures to the blighted [[Prefectia CampaignYuxa System]].{{Fn|16}} Following These actions goaded the Imperium, sparking a continuous series of engagements in the Gulf, notably the tit-for-tat [[Battle of Mu'gulath Bay]],{{Fn|10}} [[Fall of Prefectia]],{{Fn|1b}} and [[Second Agrellan Campaign]], .{{Fn|2}} At the conclusion of the latter battle the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] unleashed an exotic weapon of such magnitude that [[Mu'gulath Bay]] had was not only totally lost to be abandoned. The both empires, but the destruction unleashed set across the entire Damocles Gulf, setting lighting it ablaze and effectively separating that side of the Imperium from the Tau.{{Fn|2}} However [[Orks]] continue to plague the region, in particular This also prevented any hope of reinforcement for the nascent [[Farsight Enclaves]] which battled them for years as they fought desperately in the [[War of Dakka]].{{Fn|3}} ==Map==Such was the level of bloodshed and violence in the Gulf that some speculate it helped create the [[Image:Map damocles gulfGreat Rift]] soon after.jpg{{Fn|center]]8}}

*1: [[War Zone Damocles: Kauyon]]**{{CiteEndn|1a}}: pg. 5**{{Endn|11b}}: [[War Zone Damocles: Kauyon]], pg. 198