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'''Battlefleet Calixis''' is the [[Imperial Navy]] [[Battlefleet]] of the [[Calixis Sector]], headquartered out of [[Port Wrath]].

Battlefleet Calixis officially came into being in 384.[[M39]], a result of the [[Calyx Expanse]] being declared conquered by [[General]] [[Drusus]] during the [[Angevin Crusade]]. A half-dozen ships of the line, and a few escort squadrons left over from the Crusade , stayed behind and consolidated [[Imperial]] holdings in the area. That same year, The Battlefleet was formed from survivors of the Battlefleet saw its first action conflict against the [[Chaos]]-corrupted [[Yu'vath]], a powerful and dangerous [[Xenos]] race, and their traitorous [[human]] allies. Though they took had taken heavy losses, with the help of the [[Iron Hands]] [[Space Marine Chapter]], the Battlefleet emerged victorious over the aliens their foes and set to work to create a loyal and traitor alliesprofitable subsector, protecting innumerable convoys of migrants from pirates over several centuries.{{Fn|1}}

Between In 467.M39, the planet [[Valon Urr]] in the [[Golgenna Reach]] subsector was attacked by a coalition of [[ork]] [[freebooter]]z. Four ships of the Battlefleet, led by '''Admiral Lightman-Kapes''' commanding the ''[[Fire of Heaven]]'', responded to the [[astropath]]ic distress call and barely managed to defeat the orks, however, orbital debris and ork troops on the ground caused such devastation to the planet, that the formerly advanced and civilized world only lasted another 134 years before it was declared a [[shrine world]]. This event caused the Battlefleet to change tack, and it became more aggressive in it's patrols of the sector, pulling ships away from convoy protection.{{Fn|1}} In 123.[[M40]], the ''Fire of Heaven'' and two [[Chalice Class Battlecruiser]]s were lost while on patrol in the [[M39Hazeroth Abyss]], as well as a pair of [[watch station]]s later in the year. Although the [[Hazeroth Subsector]] was heavily fortified and kept reinforced as a result, there have not been any subsequent Imperial forays into the Abyss since and the perpetrators of the destruction have never been identified. This tragedy also resulted in the complete rescindment of the aggressive patrol policy, instituted following the invasion of Valon Urr, 656 years previous.{{Fn|1}} For fourteen years, between 556 and 570.M40, the [[The Periphery|Periphery subsector]] was suffering under terrible and frequent raids by [[Drukhari]] pirates, known as the [[M41Cabal of the White Sorrow]], resulting in the enslavement of around two million Imperial citizens. The Battlefleet Calixis has engaged consistently failed to bring these raiders out into open conflict, and badly lost several skirmishes. Eventually, in 570.M40, the Battlefleet lent three ships, a Battlecruiser and two light cruisers, to a flotilla of [[Mechanicus]] [[explorator]] ships and [[Rogue Trader]] vessels led by the famed Rogue Trader [[Kobras Aquairre]] who managed to trap and subsequently crush the pirate fleet.{{Fn|1}} ===[[War of Brass]]===Already a region struggling with sedition, in 738.M40, the militarised [[hive world]]s of the [[Gelmiro Cluster]] rebelled against the Imperium, inspiring a wide range dozen other worlds and two of foes such the Battlefleet's newest ships of the line to join them. It took '''Vice-Admiral Dayes''' weeks to get the Battlefleet ready to respond as the sector had been enjoying two centuries of relative peace and the Battlefleet had placed many of their more powerful ships into storage at Port Wrath. This meant that the Gelmiro Cluster had the time to fortify itself against Imperial retribution, and even with the aid of [[Orkspace marine]]s , and a legio of [[titan]]s, it took three years and much planetary devastation to put the rebels down.{{Fn|1}} ===[[Meritech Wars]]===A coalition of voider families seceded from the Imperium in 211.[[M41]]. These so-called Meratech Clans begain raiding the [[Merates Cluster]] - a group of worlds with many seditious and criminal groups. This caused utmost anarchy and threatened a war with the neighbouring [[Ixaniad Sector]] as the raids began to cross sector boundaries. Thankfully for the Imperium, Calixis Sector Governor [[Myram Harvala]] had been heavily investing in Battlefleet Calixis during his rise to power, patronizing scores of new ships to be built, which allowed the Battlefleet to completely eradicate every single member of the Meratech clans over the course of but fifteen years.{{Fn|1}} ===[[Vaxanide]] Besieged===The [[Vaxanide System]] was attacked by orks in 410.M41. This system was a vitally important part of the [[FreebooterMalfian Sub-sector]]'strade network, but the Battlefleet was delayed in responding due to heavy [[Dark EldarWarp storm]] raidersactivity. The first two ships to arrive had taken almost a year to get there after the initial ork attack and they decided to enter by themselves rather than wait for the rest of the fleet. The cruiser ''Pride of Scintilla'' was newly constructed, with an inexperienced crew, though the grand cruiser ''Chariot of Wrath'' was well over two millennia old and commanded by an experienced [[Eldar CorsairImperial Navy Hierarchy#Senior Officers|Commodore]]named [[Brokk (Commodore)|Brokk]]. The orks were surprised and their eighty ships were slowed by holds full of plunder. Nonetheless, the ''Pride'' was badly damaged and decided to ram an ork ship as it'sfinal act, taking them both down in a blaze of glory to the surface of the planet Vaxanide, leaving the ''Chariot'' to fight on alone until seven more ships of the fleet arrived to save them and defeat the ork fleet.{{Fn|1}} The Battlefleet built long rang augury stations on the edge of the Vaxanide system to forewarn them of future attacks. Nearly a century after the first siege, these stations picked up another fleet of ork ships in 507.M41. A combined fleet of ships from the Battlefleet, the Mechanicus, as well as some rogue traders, was quickly assembled and sent to Vaxanide under the command of Lord-Admiral [[piratesVargaz]]. The combined Imperial fleet managed to catch the orks while they were still in the outer part of the system, and secessionist although a couple of small ships managed to break through the defensive line, the majority of the ork fleet was swiftly destroyed, allowing for those relatively few orks who managed to land on the planet Vaxanide to be more easily eradicated.{{Fn|1}} ===Recent events===Several of the Battlefleet's capital ships and rebel worldsmany of its escort ships were seconded to the [[Margin Crusade]] in 784.M41, greatly weakening the Battlefleet. Sector authorities have been forced to encourage the construction of new ships to make up the shortfall as none of the ships taken by the [[Synod Obscurus]] have yet returned, and news about the Crusade's progress has been practically nonexistant.{{Fn|1}}

*''[[Bellicose (Calixis)|Bellicose]]'' — Battlecruiser, one of the original six ships.{{Fn|1}}*''[[Chariot of Wrath]]'' — Battlecruiser, one of the original six ships. Whereabouts currently unknown.{{Fn|1}}*''[[Fire of Heaven]]'' (destroyed){{Fn|3}} — Grand cruiser, one of the original six ships.{{Fn|1}}*''[[Fist of Adamant]]'' — [[Retribution Class Battleship]]. Flagship of the Battlefleet, one of the original six ships.{{Fn|1}}*''[[Triumph of Saint DrususHel's Promise]]'' (destroyed) — [[Chalice Class Battlecruiser]], crew turned traitor{{Fn|1}}*''[[Hosiana's Hand]]'' — Chalice Class Battlecruiser, crew turned traitor{{Fn|1}}*''[[Intemperate]]'' — light cruiser{{Fn|1}}*''[[Intractable]]'' — light cruiser{{Fn|1}}*''[[Loci Veritas Lumen]]'' — [[Exorcist Grand Cruiser]], one of the original six ships.{{Fn|1}}*''[[Loci Veritas Lux]]'' — [[Exorcist Grand Cruiser]], one of the original six ships.{{Fn|1}}