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Cleaning up the mess left for me
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[[Image:BFGA2 Galactic Map.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Galactic map including the Gothic Sector.{{Fn|13}}]]
In the lead up to the Gothic War during 142.[[M41]], a cataclysmic shockwave passed through the warp and the entire sector was engulfed in a [[warp storm]] cutting it off from outside help. [[Battlefleet Gothic]], the Imperial Navy [[Battlefleet]] of the Gothic Sector, fought against many [[Chaos]] fleets led by individual Warmasters - estimates vary from eight to twenty or more Chaos fleets present, each capable of rivaling an Imperial battlegroup - as well as pirates of the [[Eldar]] and the unconfirmed presence of a [[Craftworld]], [[Ork]] pirates, and also human pirates. The death toll on both Imperial and Chaos sides ran into the millions; planets were invaded and recaptured and bases attacked all the while the sector was isolated from outside Imperial help.{{Fn|1c}}
The Gothic Sector was the location of the [[Blackstone Fortresses]], ancient abandoned space stations created as weapons against the [[C'tan]] which were found and refitted into Imperial naval bases. In the Gothic War Abaddon captured three out of the six still existing. He went on to use them to wipe the atmosphere off an entire planet, and even push a star to super nova and annihilate an entire star system.{{Fn|1c}}
At the ending of the Gothic War, Abaddon managed to remove two of the fortresses into the [[warp]]. The third Blackstone Fortress Abaddon had control over was boarded by Imperial forces where they met no resistance nor found any crew. Roughly an hour after the Imperium recaptured the fortress it self-destructed mysteriously along with the four other fortresses under Imperial command.{{Fn|1c}} {{CMS}}Abaddon later resurfaced with the two lasting Blackstone Fortresses in his [[13th Black Crusade]].{{CMEFn|2}}
==Known subsectors and systems/planets==
*[[Oechalia]] — [[Civilized World]]
*[[Fularis]] (destroyed) — [[Civilized World]] — First [[Blackstone Fortress]] was located here before the [[Gothic War]]. The planet Fularis II was the first demonstration of the power of the Blackstones under [[Abaddon]]'s control, in which two Blackstones stripped Fularis II of its atmosphere and reduced its surface to a rocky plain{{Fn|1a}}
*[[Kharlos]] — [[Mining World]]
*[[Bhein Morr]] — [[Civilized World]]
*[[Melos (Planet)|Melos]] — [[Mining World]]
*[[Delos]] — [[Mining World]]
*[[Corilia]] — [[Hive World]]{{CMEFn|1a}}
*[[Brigia System]]{{Fn|1d}}{{Fn|5}} (also called [[Brinaga System]]){{Fn|1a}}{{Fn|4}}
**[[Brigia]] — [[Civilized World]],{{Fn|1d}} densely populated{{Fn|7}}
**[[Brinaga]] — Sixth [[Blackstone Fortress]] was located here before the [[Gothic War]]{{Fn|1a}}
*[[Savaven]] (destroyed) — [[Cardinal World]] of the [[Ecclesiarchy]]. In the opening of the [[Gothic War]], Savaven was the first planet destroyed by the Chaos [[Planet Killer]] ship{{Fn|1a}}
===[[Lysades]] Subsector===
*[[Skagerrak]] — [[Mining World]]
*[[Sicyon]] — [[Mining World]]{{CMEFn|1a}}
*[[Tarantis]] (destroyed) — [[Mining World]] — The entire Tarantis system was destroyed during the Gothic Was when Abaddon combined three Blackstones to unleash an energy wave into the system's star, causing it to eventually super nova and resulting in the annihilation of the full system{{Fn|1c}}
*[[Schindlegeist]] — [[Civilised World]] — fifth [[Blackstone Fortress]] was located here before the [[Gothic War]]. It was also the location of the deciding battle of the Gothic War which saw the defeat of Abaddon's fleet{{Fn|1a}}
*[[Boetia]] — [[Agri World]]
*[[Corini]] — [[Agri World]]
*[[D'Gruppa]] — [[Mining World]]
*[[Lemnos]] — [[Mining World]]
*[[Picus]] — [[Agri World]]{{CMEFn|1a}}
===Unknown Subsector===
