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'''Hubris''' , a planet located in the [[Helican Subsector]], was named for the excessive pride of the colonists who founded a society there despite the harsh climate it offers. The planet was locked into an elliptical orbit around its sun which sees the planet saw it icebound for 11 months of the 29 month Lunar Solar Cycle. This period is was known locally as Dormant and the majority of the population enters (99% of them in fact) entered cryogenic stasis in hibernation tombs to escape the cold. This is was followed by Thaw, a period of feasting and activity designed to help overcome the effects of cryosleep and Vital, the normal active time of the planet.
In order to survive, the settlers stripped out the vast cryogenic chambers they had used during the long journey and installed them on the planet's surface. While the planet lay dormant under ice, so the population lay dormant in their individual chambers. A very small number of people stayed awake and active during this time (Dormant) in order to tend to the machinery and prepare for the reawakening (Thaw). These people lived in a place known as the Sun Dome, a habitat which was brightly lit by a plasma ball which simulated sunlight. This artificial sunlight was overly strong however, leading the [[savant]] [[Uber Aemos]] to speculate that this was done to compensate for the feeling of perpetual night the denizens suffered otherwise. It was on Hubris that [[Inquisitor]] [[Gregor Eisenhorn]] killed the [[heretic]] [[Murdin Eyclone]], who was attempting the bodily resurrection of the infamous [[Pontius Glaw]] with the mass murder of cryosleepers. This was the start of the chain of events that marked Eisenhorn's slide into [[radicalism]]. =Notable Residents=*[[Godwin Fischig]]*[[Alizebeth Bequin]] = Sources ==
*[[Xenos (Novel)]] by [[Dan Abnett]]
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