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|Map=Galaxy map Calixis Sector.jpg
|Planetary Image=PortWander_OrbitalStation.png
|Name=Port Wander{{PAGENAME}}
|Segmentum=[[Segmentum Obscurus]]{{Fn|1a}}
|Sector=[[Calixis]]{{Fn|1a}}
'''Port Wander''' is an [[Imperial Space Station]] orbiting on the border of the [[Drusus Marches]]. It is the last stop before the [[Halo Worlds]].{{Fn|1c}}{{Fn|2}}
==History==
Port Wander was founded in 917.[[M40]] as a point of departure for investigations about vessels lost on the [[Drusus Marches]]' fringes and as a base for military operations. It became important after the discovery of the [[Koronus Passage]] in the late 40th millennium and it lost its military role taking up one of merchant outpost.{{Fn|1c}}
===The Siege of Port Wander{{Fn|3}}===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 thisFn|3a}} 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.{{Fn|3a}}
==Population==
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}}
===Known Groups===
*[[The Court of Revelry and Delight]] - A group of nobles and powerful merchants whose secret society pulls many strings. The upper echelons worship the [[Duchess of Fare]] (an Aspect of [[Slaanesh]]){{Fn|6a}}
*[[Malateks]] - A grey faction of [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] [[Cold Trade|Cold Traders]] who sell Xenos artifacts collected on [[Skiri]] without officially getting the Adeptus involved. That their power now rivals the major traders in the Calixis Cold Trade indicates the wealth of these finds.{{Fn|8}}
*[[The Brotherhood (Mercenaries)|The Brotherhood]] - An extremely loose-knit organization of mercenary companies operating within the Expanse. Maintain an installation on Port Wander.{{Fn|9}}
*[[House Krin]] - Established a banking house on the station used to finance [[Rogue Traders]]. One of the only places left still willing to invest in risky expeditions into the Koronus Expanse. The former leader, [[Justinian Krin]], was assassinated in 808.[[M41]].{{Fn|3b}}
*[[The Blessed Apostles of Saint Asceline]] - With a new and unknown territory opened up, [[Missionaries]] from several sectors surrounding Calixis flocked to Port Wander. The veneration of [[Saint Asceline]] became common. A number of shrines were soon established.{{Fn|3c}}
*[[Oridinati Xenologis]] - A rogue cult of the Adeptus Mechanicus obsessed with the study of [[Xeno]] artefacts.{{Fn|10b}}
*[[Navis Nobilite]] [[House Visscher]] - Established a chancellery for use of their [[Navigators]]{{Fn|11}}
==Aspect and structure==
==Defences==
Being the last bastion of the [[Imperium]] before the Expanse{{Fn|1c}}, it is well guarded{{Fn|1e}}. Static defences include [[lance]]s, weapons batteries, [[torpedo]] launchers and [[void shield]] generators; they are all well maintained.{{Fn|1e}} Dynamic defence is provided by squadrons of heavily armed monitor craft placed outside the station and Battlefleet Calixis [[battleship]] patrols.{{Fn|1e}}
==Crime==
Despite this awkward mish-mash of squabbling officials, mercenary security forces, and roving packs of armsmen from Rogue Trader and Free Captain ships who tend to keep the peace in the civilian docks, Port Wander is generally a safe and lawful place. The laws, when actually applied, are a strange mix of laws from the [[Imperial Navy]] and the [[Arbites]], with a healthy dose of obfuscation and legal loopholes generated by nearly every Rogue Trader dynasty and merchant house with a controlling interest in the station. Much of the crime aboard Port Wander is property crime, theft, vandalism, and the like, with a constant stream of kidnapping, public drunkenness, brawling, and murder. There is also a large underground economy based on the trade of stolen goods, proscribed artefacts, and other ill-gotten gains from the constant stream of pirates and smugglers that put in to refit and give their men liberty.{{Fn|10a}}
==Flora and Fauna==
*'''Sporederves''' - A greenish meat-like disk made from an unknown fungus found in the deepest portions of Port Wander. Only the central stalk can be harvested, as the rest of the plant is poisonous.{{Fn|6b}}
==Trivia==
**{{Endn|1f}}: pg. 344
*{{Endn|2}}: [https://web.archive.org/web/20080217215016/http://blackindustries.com:80/?template=CX&content=calixis-index Black Industries' Calixis Sector] {{Archive|20080217215016|15:22, 9 July 2024 (UTC)}}
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Rogue Trader: Edge of the Abyss]], :**{{Endn|3a}}: pg. 51**{{Endn|3b}}: pg. 92**{{Endn|3c}}: pg. 94
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Rogue Trader: Into the Storm]], pg. 238
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Dark Heresy Rulebook]], pg. 288
*6: [[Black Crusade: Hand of Corruption]]:
**{{Endn|6a}}: pg. 32
**{{Endn|6b}}: pg. 33
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Dark Heresy: Daemon Hunter]], pg. 18-19
*{{Endn|8}}: [[Dark Heresy: The Lathe Worlds, The Lost Dataslate]], pg. 13
*{{Endn|9}}: [[Rogue Trader: Battlefleet Koronus]], pg. 129
*{{Endn|10}}: [[Rogue Trader: Hostile Acquisitions]]:
**{{Endn|10a}}: pg. 15
**{{Endn|10b}}: pg. 133
*{{Endn|11}}: [[Rogue Trader: The Navis Primer]], pg. 14
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