Tephra VII
Tephra VII is a Mining World formally of the Imperium, that was conquered by the forces of Chaos.[1]
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Name: | Tephra VII | 
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| Segmentum: | Unknown | ||
| Sector: | Unknown | ||
| Subsector: | Unknown | ||
| System: | Unknown | ||
| Population: | None | ||
| Affiliation: | Chaos, former Imperium | ||
| Class: | Mining World | ||
| Tithe Grade: | Unknown | ||
Tephra VII was discovered during the Great Crusade and was liberated by the Imperium's forces, under the command of the White Scars' Primarch Jaghatai Khan. It was loyal for ten thousand years, until it was invaded by the forces of Chaos; who quickly took control of the planet. Once word reached the Imperium of its fall a taskforce was assembled to reclaim the planet, commanded by Jurga Khan of the White Scars. When the taskforce arrived at Tephra VII, Jurga made plans to launch a massive strike at the planetary capital, Chaldis; which was the main center of the Chaos forces’ power. The majority of the enemy forces were stationed there and when the taskforce destroyed them, the planet would easily be reclaimed by the Imperium. Before they could attack however, a powerful void shield protecting the capital needed to be removed. As his forces prepared to land on Tephra VII, Jurga sent a small unit of White Scars, led by Sergeant Kergis, ahead to infiltrate the enemy held power planet powering the void shield[1a]. Striking quickly, Sergeant Kergis' unit entered and planted explosives throughout the plant, before escaping just as the explosives began. The resulting explosion, completely destroyed the plant and cut the power to the void shield; which allowed Jurga Khan to give the command to launch the Imperium's invasion and re-conquest of Tephra VII.[1b]
