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{{Planet
|Map=Galaxy-Rift-Tempestus.jpg
|Name=Graia
|Segmentum=[[Segmentum Tempestus]]{{Fn|1a}}{{Fn|8}}{{Fn|Conflicting sources}}
|Sector=
|System=
|Population=
|Affiliation=[[Imperium]]{{Fn|1a}}
|Class=[[Forge World]]{{Fn|1a}}
|Tithe Grade=Aptus Non{{Fn|1a}}
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'''Graia''' is an Imperial [[Forge World]] and home to the [[Legio Astraman]] (the "Morning Stars").{{Fn|1a}}
==History==
===Heresy-era===
Graia weathered the [[Age of Strife]] with a substantial capability towards producing [[Titan]] engines and as a result sported a powerful [[Titan Legion]] at the time of the [[Great Crusade]]. When the Imperium arrived they proved unwilling to commit a protracted siege and negotiated a treaty with Graia that granted it control over neighboring systems. The cold, logical Tech-Priests of Graia had their forces join the Crusade thereafter, where they demonstrated tenacity and an ability to achieve tasks deemed impossible. Its power and success garnered resentment from other Forges in the Belt of Iron such as those of [[Valia-Maximal]]. Diplomatic attempts by Graia to foster goodwill and those they had conquered were rarely successful, not least because of the Graian cold stubbornness to admit fault{{Fn|1917}} Graia also developed an outright rivalry with one Forge World in [[Segmentum Solar]], [[Voss]].{{Fn|18c}}
During the [[Horus Heresy]], debate raged on Graia as to which side it should join, and the data-looms of the planet ran billions of simulations to predict the best course of action. The simulations predicted quick victory for the [[Emperor]], though this would prove to be disastrous and the world fought bitterly in the [[Cataclysm of Iron]], where they endured a vicious [[Dark Mechanicus]] siege before ultimately prevailing.{{Fn|1917}} Meanwhile, forces loyal to Graia across the Galaxy also aided the Emperor's armies. For instance, Graian contingents led by [[Archmagos]] [[Arkai Nomus]] supported the Imperial occupation of [[Cthonia]] and were consequently drawn into the catastrophic [[Siege of Cthonia]].{{Fn|18a}}{{Fn|18b}}{{Fn|18c}}
===Post-Heresy===
===[[M41]]===
*'''392-399.[[M41]]''' — Graia was among the Forge Worlds which sent armies and supplies to support the [[Macharian Crusade]]. At some point after this event, the world's tech-priests attempted to use the planet's secret technology to make a warp jump with the [[Graian Crown]]. However, this attempt caused a major [[Necron]] attack which almost destroyed Graia.{{Fn|17a11a}}
[[Image:Graia View.jpg|thumb|230px|Graia during [[Graia Invasion|the grand invasion]] by [[Orks]] and [[Chaos]] forces{{Fn|2}}]][[Image:Warhammer 40,000 Boltgun Cover.jpg|thumb|right|230px|[[Malum Caedo]] in battle with the forces of [[Chaos]] on [[Graia]]]]
*'''Late [[M41]]''' — A double attack by the [[Orks]] and [[Chaos Space Marines]] left many of its facilities in ruins. In the aftermath it was quarantined by order of [[Inquisitor]] [[Thrax]].{{Fn|2}}
===[[Era Indomitus]]===
* '''Early [[M42]]''' — The '''Rust Fields War''' began in the aftermath of the [[Great Rift]]'s creation, as a coalition of [[Forge World]]s led by [[Mars]] and [[Graia]] sent mining fleets to exploit the vast belt of mineral rich asteroids [[asteroid]]s known as the '''Rust Fields'''. After operations began however, it was discovered that [[Ork]] clans ruled the interior of the Rust Fields and the two sides soon clash. This began a great war, that has now drawn in untold numbers of additional [[Imperium]] forces, as the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] fights to retain its foothold in the asteroid field.{{Fn|11a}}
* '''Early [[M42]]''' — Graia sent forces to fight at [[Aggamedes]] against Chaos forces in the [[Arks of Omen Campaign]].{{Fn|14}}
Graia is known to have its own patterns of [[Hellhound]] and [[Rapier|Rapier Laser Destroyer]]. It also produced an experimental version of [[Space Marine]] [[Grenade launcher]] known as [[Vengeance launcher]] and created its own [[Manticore (Tank)|Manticore]] pattern.
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Graiahellhound.jpg|Graia pattern [[Hellhound]]{{Fn|3}}
Manticore-Graia.jpg|Graia pattern [[Manticore (Tank)|Manticore]]{{Fn|1b}}
Note, that while the missiles on Graia pattern Manticore are the most noticeable difference from more common [[Stygies VIII#Stygies VIII patterns|Stygies VIII pattern]], these are incendiary missiles and are not related to Graia pattern, which differs from Stygies VIII version by tower details.
==Trivia=={{Trivia}}==={{Endn|Conflicting sources}}===
*The official sources give two possible locations for Graia in the [[Imperium]]:
**[[Imperial Armour Volume One]]{{Fn|1a}} and [[The Horus Heresy Book One - Betrayal]]{{Fn|8}} place Graia in [[Segmentum Tempestus]].
==Sources==
*1: [[Imperial Armour Volume One - Imperial Guard and Imperial Navy]]:
**{{Endn|1a}}: pg. 8
**{{Endn|1b}}: pg. 179
**{{Endn|1c}}: pg. 144
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine]]
*{{Endn|3}}: [http://web.archive.org/web/20140623221022/http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/Imperial_Guard/Imperial_Guard_Tanks/GRAIA-PATTERN-HELLHOUND.html Forgeworld: Graia pattern Hellhound] ''(saved archive page, dated Jun June 2014, last accessed 6 06 August 2015)''*{{Endn|4}}: [https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-GB/Space-Marine-Rapier-Laser-Destroyer Forgeworld: Graia pattern Rapier Laser Destroyer] ''(last accessed 26th 26 June 2022)''
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Orphans of the Kraken (Short Story)]]
*{{Endn|6}}: [[Codex: Tyranids (2nd Edition)]], pg. 15
*{{Endn|8}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book One - Betrayal]], pgs. 10-11
*{{Endn|9}}: [[Codex: Cult Mechanicus (7th Edition)]] — ''Temples of the Omnissiah''
*{{Endn|10}}: [[Adeptus Titanicus (2018): The Horus Heresy Rulebook]] Rulebook, pg. 16
*11: [[Codex: Adeptus Mechanicus (8th Edition)]]:
**{{Endn|11a}}: pgpgs. 34-35 — ''The Quest for Knowledge: The Rust Fields War Begins''
**{{Endn|11b}}: pg. 19 — ''Graia''
*{{Endn|12}}: [[Adeptus Titanicus: Crucible of Retribution]], pg. 11
*{{Endn|15}}: [[Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun]]
*{{Endn|16}}: [[Codex: Adeptus Mechanicus (10th Edition)]], pg. 33
*{{Endn|17}}: [[CodexAdeptus Titanicus: Adeptus Mechanicus (8th Edition)Crucible of Retribution]]**{{Endn|17a}}: pgs, pg. 34-35 — The Quest for Knowledge11*18: [[Campaigns of the Age of Darkness: The Siege of Cthonia]]:**{{Endn|18a}}: pgs. 26-31, - ''Shadows of the Future''**{{Endn|18b}}: pg. 32, - ''The Garrison of Cthonia 013.M31''**{{Endn|18c}}: pgs. 34-43, - ''The Beginning of the End''*{{Endn|19}}: [[Adeptus Titanicus: Crucible of Retribution]], pg.11
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