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|Map=Galaxy map ultimasegmentum.jpg
|Name=Gehenna Prime
|Segmentum=[[Ultima Segmentum]]{{Fn|4}}
|Sector=Unknown|Subsector=Unknown
|System=[[Gehenna system]]{{Fn|4}}
|Population=Unknown
|Affiliation=[[Imperium]]{{Fn|4}}
|Class=Unknown|Tithe Grade=Unknown
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'''Gehenna Prime''' is one of the seventeen planetoids in the [[Gehenna system]] - and apparently the only one that was terraformed and colonised during mankind's first expansion to the stars. In comparison to many other worlds of the [[Imperium]] it is considered to be an unspoilt wilderness of plains and mountains. Its capital and largest [[Hive|Hive city]] is [[Kravaster]]. The [[Governor]] of Gehenna Prime during the [[Waaagh! Hargluk|Ork invasion]] (see below) was called [[Suvik]].{{Fn|4}}
To [[Suvik]]'s dismay he soon received reports that - in addition to not being able to break out of the city - a big part of the [[Ork]] forces laying siege to the city including three [[Mega-Gargant]]s had actually broken off from the main body of the Greenskin army and were now pursuing the armoured troops of [[Colonel]] [[Tahal]]. And while [[Hargluk]] had left enough Ork troops to keep [[Kravaster]] sealed up tight and to pound the [[Hive]] spires and raid its defensive positions the Greenskin pursuit force managed to drive Tahal into the highlands and further and futher south. If they managed to back the Colonel against the mountains of the equator that would have meant the end for him and his men. On their way south the Orks looted and destroyed any [[Hive]] they came across, destroying any human resistance with their [[Mega-Gargant]]s and forcing civilians to flee for their lives.{{Fn|4}}
On the 40th day of the [[Ork]] invasion [[Imperium|Imperial]] reinforcements arrived in the skies over Gehenna Prime in the form of [[Blood Angels]] [[Space Marines]]. The Space Marines smashed trough through the Ork defences with their [[Drop pod]]s and [[Thunderhawk]] drop ships and managed to seize [[Kravaster]]'s main space port, [[Voskil Central]], from the Greenskins and to link up with the human defenders of the [[Hive]]. When the Orks counterattacked already the first kilometre-long transport barge of the [[Legio Metalica]] [[Titan legion]] landed at the spaceport and out stepped the [[Emperor Titan|Imperator Titan]] ''[[Casus Belli]]''. The Emperor Titan immediately faced the Ork onslaught and [[Gargant]] [[Big-mob]] and the ''Casus Belli'' managed to destroy its [[Boss Gargant]]. Then a full [[Knight|Knight Household]] and more [[Imperial Titan|Titans]] emerged from the transport barge to drive the Orks off who suffered heavy losses.{{Fn|4}}
The combined forces of the [[Legio Metalica]], [[Blood Angels]] and troops of [[Governor]] [[Suvik]] proceeded to break the siege around [[Hive]] [[Kravaster]] in the following days. The [[Orks]] retreated to the highlands and linked up with the [[Mega-Gargant]]s and other troops who had been pursuing [[Colonel]] [[Tahal]] and his forces. Tahal managed to circle the Orks and pulled his tank crews back to Kravaster.{{Fn|4}}
===Trivia===
{{triviaTrivia}}*''Gehenna'' is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gehenna small valley in Jerusalem]. As a Biblical term it has been interpreted as analogous to the concept of Hades, Hell or Purgatory. In the Hebrew Bible, Gehenna was initially where some of the kings of Judah sacrificed their children by fire. Thereafter, it was deemed to be cursed.
==Related ArticlesSee also==
*[[Planets (List)]]
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Titan Legions (Epic)]], ''The Fires of Gehenna'' scenarios booklet, pgs. 2-3
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Codex: Blood Angels (5th Edition)]], pg. 16
*6: [[Imperial Armour - Imperial Vehicles for Warhammer 40,000]]:
**{{Endn|6a}}: pg. 59
**{{Endn|6b}}: pg. 62
**{{Endn|7a}}: Chapter ''The Sons of Russ'', box ''The Disappearance of Russ''
**{{Endn|7b}}: ''Annals of the Space Wolves''
*{{Endn|8}}: [https://web.archive.org/web/20070328182928/http://www.specialist-games.com/assets/soGhenna.pdf Specialist Games: Storm over Gehenna - A Campaign for Epic by Dave Candlish] ''(saved archive page, dated 28 March 2007, last accessed 16 February 2020)''
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