War of Brass
The War of Brass was a battle between the Imperium and secessionist and Chaos forces during 738-741.M40.[1]
Overview
The Hive Worlds of the Gelmiro System in the Calixis Sector fell into sedition, following the charismatic leadership of a figure calling himself the Emperor of Brass, debasing themselves into the worship of the Ruinous Powers. Heavily militarised, the renegades quickly sponsored and armed rebel groups on nearby worlds and when counter-attacked, revealed the hand of dark forces from the Eye of Terror in their ranks. The so-called War of Brass that followed was comparably brief but bloody, involving forces drawn from across the sector, and the involvement of the Adeptus Astartes and the Titans of Legio Venator, it rendered the once thriving worlds of Gelmiro blasted, rubble strewn rocks. Classified as War Worlds and the haunt of murderous scav-mutants, renegades and wreakers ever since, while the reign of the Emperor of Brass is long over, the system is still a shunned no-man’s land to this day.[1]
Renegade forces took control of two new Chalice Class Battlecruisers Hosiana's Hand and Hel's Promise. Battlefleet Calixis led by the battleship Fist of Adamant under Vice-Admiral Dayes used deceptive tactics to lure the two battlecruisers to defeat with Chariot of Wrath destroying Hel's Promise and Fist of Adamant crippling Hosiana's Hand and forcing it to flee.[2]
See also
Sources
- 1: Dark Heresy Timeline, pg. 5
- 2: Rogue Trader: Battlefleet Koronus, pg. 56
