BATTLESHIPS Battleship (BC) CRUISERS Grand cruisers (CC): Cruisers (CA): Cruisers are the backbone of most interstellar fleets. Big enough to engage anything short of a battleship in open combat. The Lunar-class cruiser is the most common major comb… more »

On the few occasions where the learned adept has a need for explaining the working of the warp to a layman he often resorts to using the parable of the ocean: The ocean is the warp and the voidship is just a ship sailing across the watery surface. Solar… more »

I've made a little "supplement" covering the Imperial (Emperor's) Tarot. I know there is some stuff out there already, but none of it covered my needs. So I made this. I've put much of it out in a few previous posts, but some of it has been rewamped and… more »

The only city Quaddis sports is called Xicarph—if indeed it can even truly be called a city. Xicarph, situated at Quaddis’ northern artic pole, is a sprawling vision of grandiose palaces, marble plazas, fecund gardens, and echoing amphitheatres—all bath… more »

Lord Governor Hax and the High Justices of Calixis have jointly established the Calixis Rapid Response Precinct. This division-sized unit (nominally 12.000 strong) of Adeptus Abrites are held as a strategic reserve to be used in case of major civil unre… more »

Infamous dissident from Sepheris Secundus, Baron Havalir Saerton Ulbrexis of Sepheris Secundus is a persuasive orator and leader of men who led a massive serf rebellion supported by countless mutants. His organization was called the Broken Chains:… more »

The Gorgonid Mine remains the most important single mine on Sepheris Secundus, accounting for nearly 10% of the world's Gross Planetary Product. Directly beneath Icenholm the Gorgonid is like a gargantuan tiered cone turned on its head - the greatest… more »

The capital city of Sepheris Secundus is Icenholm. Built around Drusus' ancient star fortress this city of millions literally floats over the Gorgonid Mine. It is from here that the Royal House of Sepheris Secundus rules (with the ancient and decrepit… more »

The sovereign of Sepheris Secundus elite bodyguard is called the Royal Scourges. Their tasks include guarding the monarch, keeping order in the capital and supressing rebelions. They are equipped with lasguns, grenades and chainblades, contrasting with… more »

  In an effort to make it easier to picture a ‘Typical Imperial World’ I’ll try to paint an OOC picture of one. You won’t find any worlds that are exactly like this, but you’ll find plenty of variations over this theme. So this is intended to provide a… more »

  Cosmography: The Calixis sector is fairly large as Imperial sectors go, covering a large and ill-defined swathe of space to the galactic North, rimward of Ixaniad sector and trailing of Scarus sector. To trailing lies the Fydae Great Cloud (and beyon… more »

MERCHANT CHARTERS Each merchant ship serves its fleet under an arrangement called a merchant charter. The different types of charter are described below. They all take the form of a feudal oath sworn to the fleet authorities on behalf of the Emperor. A… more »

The chartist vessel the Misericord is easily the most infamous civilian ship in the Calixis sector. It is an ugly and enormous starship, looking like a barnacle- encrusted, spacefaring whale, from which jut haphazard clusters of engines and towers, and… more »

The 'Cold Trade' is a catchall for interstellar smuggling, more specifically smuggling of xenos artifacts. Despite the inherent danger of dealing in such merchandise there is a surprisingly large amount of trade going on. It's a matter of supply and… more »

The entire Tigers Argent Chapter fought in the Angevin Crusade. Little is known about them except that they were (and probably still are) based in the nearby Finial sector. Their colors are silver, black and white. Silver, Black and White more »