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Luna
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Luna was a renowned center of human genetic research during the [[Dark Age of Technology]], becoming home to massive underground genetic laboratories. During the [[Age of Strife]], it was ruled over by brilliant but fanatical [[Selenar]] gene-cults who only submitted to the [[Emperor]] after the [[First Pacification of Luna]], the first battle of the [[Great Crusade]].{{Fn|3}} The pacification of the Gene-Cults of Luna allowed the Emperor to mass-produce the [[Legiones Astartes]].{{Fn|6}} As the Crusade expanded outwards, Astartes production on Luna diminished and the Selenar cults lost their importance. The moon was instead given to the [[Sisters of Silence]], [[Departmento Munitorum]] centers, and [[Imperialis Armada]] defenses.{{Fn|9a}}
During the [[Horus Heresy]]'s [[Solar War]], Luna was the target of a major traitor attack led by [[Sons of Horus]] [[First Captain]] [[Abaddon]]. During the fighting its massive orbital defense ring was the target of a kamikaze attack by the [[Battle Barge]] ''[[War Oath]]'' and Abaddon captured its remaining gene-labs from loyalist forces. The Selenar Cults, resentful against the [[Imperium]], chose to side with [[Warmaster]] [[Horus]] and share with him their gene-tech.{{Fn|9b}} After the traitor defeat in the [[Siege of Terra]] Luna was [[Retaking of Luna|reclaimed by loyalists]] in the first battle of the [[Great Scouring]].{{Fn|1414b}}
By the [[M41]] era Luna had decayed, having long since been squeezed of its resources by Terra. Much of the populace seemed bitter and resentful towards Terra, which they blamed for exploiting and "forgetting" them. Outside of key port facilities much of the planets infrastructure was abandoned and rotted and much of the population lived in squalor. This included the [[Somnus Citadel]], which was thought abandoned by the Imperium.{{Fn|10c}} While home to limited atmosphere and artificial gravity, most of Luna's population lived underground in large [[Hive]] cities while the surface was dotted with factories and defensive structures. As a result, at least some of Luna's surface is still barren.{{Fn|13}}
*{{Endn|12}}: [[First Founding (Background Book)]], pg. 228
*{{Endn|13}}: [[Hand of Abaddon (Novel)]] - Chapter 6
*{{Endn|14}}: [[Ashes of the Imperium (Novel)]] **{{Endn|14a}}: Chapter - 35**{{Endn|14b}}: Chapter - 38
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