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==History==
===Age of Apostasy===
The Koronus Expanse's history is largely defined by the actions of the [[Rogue Trader]]s who survived exploring it. However, its written history is full of apocryphal records, and oral history regarding the region often comes from unreliable narrators as well, making a definitive recounting practically impossible.{{Fn|2a}}
Several worlds in the Expanse are colonised, while others were destroyed. The destruction was largely caused by the [[Inquisitor]] [[Kobras Aquairre]], who eventually leds his fleet into the [[Rifts of Hecaton]] and vanished. [[Aeldari]] and other, even more mysterious [[xenos]] species were discovered in the Expanse.{{Fn|2c}}
For centuries, Rogue Traders have braved great evils and the treacherous [[warp]] to venture into the Koronus Expanse, but their efforts have barely begun to uncover its secrets. Footholds have been built close to the few semi-stable warp routes into the area.{{Fn|1a}}
Here, resources-rich worlds are exploited, xenos ruins, trade envoys meet with heathen lords, and colonies are attempted upon sheltered worlds. This effort has been enough to shower wealth and fame upon the fortunate and make corpses of the rest. The gateway to the Expanse is littered with broken vessels and tales of the vanished.{{Fn|1a}}
===M41===
The Koronus Expanse in the [[M41|41st Millennium]] is a scattered, partly explored region containing a few young colonies and vast natural wealth still barely explored. Rogue Traders vie with one another for known resources, heedless of lives lost in the pursuit of riches, while a tentative attempt at Imperial colonization follows in their wake.{{Fn|1a}}
Drawn by the flow of wealth, [[pirate]]s and servants of [[Chaos Gods|Dark Gods]] have also slipped into the Expanse, eager to cast destruction upon the works of the God-Emperor's faithful, living by what they wrest from dead hands, while the Expanse itself holds many secrets and native inhabitants no less dangerous. Beyond these human conflicts lie truly dark and dangerous voids, rife with rumoured terrors, undiscovered stars, and worlds of man who have never known the God-Emperor. There are no defined [[warp-route]]s, no safe ways through the swirling empyrean. These regions hold the fearsome [[Ork]], the treacherous Aeldari, and strange ruins that lie beneath the light of dying stars.{{Fn|1a}}
===Era Indomitus===
As with much the rest of the galaxy, the Koronus Expanse was affected by the events of the [[13th Black Crusade]] and the formation of the [[Great Rift]], heralding the [[Age of the Dark Imperium]] (aka the Era Indomitus).
====House von Valancius====
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{{Spoiler|source=Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader (Video Game)}}
The actions of the [[Von Valancius heir]] of Rogue Trader dynasty [[House von Valancius]], should they occur, may have drastic, perhaps even galaxy wide outcomes for the [[Koronus Expanse]], based on the potential choices, decisions, and personality of the heir.{{fn|7b}}
A non-exhaustive examples include:
*Destroying a hostile [[C'tan Shard]] threat and ultimately conquering the expanse and turning it into a proper [[sector]], as is the intended end result of many rogue trader efforts
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==Galactic Landscape==
