Volistad
| Map | Basic Data | Planetary Image | |
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Name: | Volistad | 
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| Segmentum: | Segmentum Tempestus | ||
| Sector: | Unknown | ||
| Subsector: | Unknown | ||
| System: | Volistol System | ||
| Population: | 4,500,000,000 | ||
| Affiliation: | Imperium | ||
| Class: | Feudal World | ||
| Tithe Grade: | Exactis Median | ||
Volistad is a Feudal World of the Imperium in the Volistol System in the Segmentum Tempestus, which was invaded by Orks.[1]
History
Colonised by the Adeptus Mechanicus in 975.M35, the world had to be terraformed to make it more suitable for human habitation. It was cut off from the Imperium by warp storms early in it's history. When it was rediscovered by the Imperium in 437.M39, it had regressed to a feudal state and was experiencing a brutal and long-running nuclear civil war between four noble families - House Ochinka, House Petchenka, House Silenko, and House Volga. This use of nuclear weapons had melted the polar ice caps, flooding fully half of the world's landmass. The return to the Imperium solidified House Petchenka as the ruling family, establishing a hereditary planetary governate. A major Astropathic monastery was then established to guide ships through the Pragathus Warp Gate. In 928.M41, a Mechanicus archaeological team discovered a titan manufactorum in the Vorkata Reaches, as well as a number of reaver and warlord titans being kept in stasis inside that had been there since the planet's initial terraforming.[2]
Around 986.M41, an Imperial ship, captured by an ork warboss named Skroll, was used to easily destroy Volistad's lunar defences. He then crash landed the ship into the Ribashka Peninsula in the northeast of Doscoya. Due to incompetence on the part of Governor Uri Petchenka, Skroll's Waaagh! was largely successful, conquering most of the continent in a matter of weeks.[2]
After a call was put out for reinforcements, a detachment of Ultramarines landed to establish a beachhead in Zhukhov province before departing, whereupon they were replaced by an Astra Militarum army, who went on to defeat Skroll and his orks.[1]
Overview
Volistad is broken up into two main areas — the Paulis Ocean, occupying the western hemisphere, and the land masses of Doscoya, Kopolov, Langtona, and Welkonnena, occupying the eastern hemisphere.[2]
The Kopolov Fold, an inactive tectonic fault line and mountain range slices diagonally through Doscoya, dividing it into major Northern and Southern reaches. The Northern Reaches mainly consist of hot ashy wastes intermixed with sparse rolling plains, rocky valleys and scrubby farmland. The partly terraformed Southern Reaches are a bit more hospitable with occasional fertile farmlands, river valleys and alpine mountains, but it is not without its share of strip mined areas, factory cities, and ashy plains as well.[2]
Borodni, the main city state, is located in a basin of the largest section of the Kopolov mountains along its northern face and is on the border of the Borod ash plains. Borodni’s main function is that of a space port. It is well equipped to provide shelter and support for abundant numbers of large space craft. It is an important way station for the Pragathus Warp points and the only port large enough to handle the necessary volume of craft that would make up an effective main reinforcement in the battle for Volistad.[2]
The main city of Volistad is the Polvanya Hellspire, located on Volistad’s Kopolov steppes. Polvanya’s original main spire was toppled when a large meteorite struck a nearby mountain, causing a massive section of that mountain to fragment and impact with the main spire. The huge structure toppled like a megalithic tree, its five mile length falling point down, piercing the hive below, causing the death of hundreds and thousands including all of the noble houses. The whole area of the hive was rendered uninhabitable due to structural damage and massive chemical and radioactive debris from numerous industrial sites destroyed. A new spire has since been built and a new political infrastructure formed. Also, a manner of religious cult has risen from the event, the Volikistad Order. They tend to inhabit the more accessible ruins of the damaged hive sections and control all forms of commerce that could be gained from its ancient destruction. It is said that their order also includes things that are less than human. These mutants are said to inhabit and guard the deeper and more central areas of the damaged hive body, as if it were a holy shrine.[2]
Volistad’s eco-history has rendered its weather most unusual. Constantly shifting global jet streams, an after effect of the melted polar ice, cause dramatic and sometimes violent pressure shifts that have all but eliminated safe transport across the planet’s larger oceans. Travel is restricted between land masses to where the oceans are shallow, where the ionic disturbances are at a minimum. These thermal anomalies, however, cause a moderately temperate equilibrium for Volistad’s climate, with no great temperature extremes from one area to the next.[2]
Known Locations
- Borodni
- The capital city of Volistad.[1]
- Bukharin Peninsula
- Desert area with refineries.[1]
- Carpathia
- Carpathia's wastes have always been home to vile creatures.[1]
- Gorbatov
- Mining area.[1]
- Gorkov Hive
- One of the most populous Hive Cities of Volistad.[1]
- Gorshkov Hive
- A shining jewel of Volistad.[1]
- Irkutsk Hive
- [1]
- Ivanovich
- [1]
- Kirponos
- [1]
- Konovof
- [1]
- Kopolov Fold
- This city grew from nothing to a gleaming metropolis.[1]
- Kotslev
- Volistad's main Spaceport.[1]
- Krasnov Depression
- [1]
- Letni Isle
- [1]
- Lutov's Wastes
- [1]
- Malenkov
- Farming area with villages.[1]
- Molotakaz
- The wilds of Molotakaza are holy to many of the Emperor's children.[1]
- New Kamchatka
- [1]
- Ork Basin
- This province's inhabitants named it Ork Basin for how unforgiving the land is. Little did they know how prophetic the name was.[1]
- Orsk Basin
- [1]
- Pechora
- [1]
- Port Kosygin
- Home to Volistad's tank manufactorums.[1]
- Ribashka Plains
- [1]
- Rutkenia
- Hive city.[1]
- Ryti
- Volistad's main arms depot.[1]
- Saratov
- [1]
- Shkuro
- [1]
- Stavok
- [1]
- Tartar
- Mining area home to sturdy, tenacious people.[1]
- Tollcharin
- [1]
- Tulia
- [1]
- Uzhorod
- Hive city.[1]
- Vlasov Island
- Industrial port.[1]
- Vorkata Reaches
- [1]
- Yatutsk
- [1]
- Zhukov
- Province with wide open areas.[1]
