Categories: "Campaign setting"

Calixis Marine Chapters: Black Templars

by DM B  

The Black Templars were part of the Angevin Crusade that liberated the Calyx Expanse and created the Calixis Sector. They still have holdings on the frontier world of Cloister on the edge of the Hazeroth Abyss. There are no know Black Templar activity i… more »

Tyrantine Cabal

by DM B  

Secret Cabal within the Ordos Calixis. Concerned with the study of the Tyrant Star. Their headquarters is at Bastion Serpentis, a bleak fortress of age-polished black stone jutting from the surface of the Calixian sector capital world Scintilla’s moon L… more »

The Beast House

by DM B  

Sector-wide collection of slavers and beast-hunters (including xenos). The organization is quite old and loosely organized - there are actually many Beast Houses operating on different worlds. Most of their activities are legal, but they do engage in so… more »

The Pale Throng

by DM B  

Heretical organization that originated on Tranch during the Tranch Insurrection, but later spread to other worlds when elements of the Shroud Council slipped through the Inquisition's fingers and escaped to other worlds. The Pale Throng thrives where t… more »

Imperium: Imperial Astropathic Service

by DM B  

Every day of the year tens of thousands of promising telepaths are brought before the Golden Throne to be bonded to the God-Emperor. This soul-bonding is the culmination of a long journey that started with their arrest and interment aboard a Black Ship,… more »

Starships: Voidship weapons

by DM B  

The galaxy has a million different types of starship weapons, but they can be grouped into the following broad categories based on their role and performance: Torpedoes: Torpedoes are massive guided missiles. How massive depends on the size of the vess… more »

The Martial Imperium - Space Marines, part 4

by DM B  

SPACE MARINE WEAPONS Standard armament for Marines is the ubiquitous boltgun, a weapon which has been in use since pre-Unity. A very rugged and reliable weapon, the bolter is also highly accurate and extremely deadly thanks to its high-penetration capa… more »

The Martial Imperium - Space Marines, part 3

by DM B  

SPACE MARINE WARGEAR The warriors of the Adeptus Astartes have access to the most potent and deadly wargear the Adeptus Mechanicus can fashion for them. Potent and deadly is not the same as the most archaic or capricious. Marine wargear is invariably… more »

The Martial Imperium - Space Marines, part 2

by DM B  

MARINE SPACE ASSETS The Adeptus Astartes is not the Imperial Navy; it was never intended to fight fleet actions on its own. Marines do, however, have their own organic transport capability and support vessels. In this they differ greatly from the G… more »

Mars-class Battlecruiser

by DM B  

The Mars-class Battlecruiser is an older STC-pattern that is currently out of favor with the Lord Admirals at Cypra Mundi, but remains an important part of Battlefleet Calixis. With few exceptions the Mars is the most potent warship available to a Calix… more »

Sword-class Frigate

by DM B  

The Sword-class Frigate has been an important part of Battlefleet Calixis even since before its founding. Numerous Sword-class vessels accompanied Angevin's armies into the Carlyx Expanse. Their role was to scout out new systems and watch out for enemie… more »

Cobra-class Destroyer

by DM B  

The Cobra-class destroyer is one of the smallest battle-worthy ships in Battlefleet Calixis, with a main hull measuring a little over 500 meters in length (the forward 'beak' and plasma baffles are in addition to this). As a military ship the Cobra is f… more »

Lunar-class Cruiser

by DM B  

The Imperial Lunar-class Cruiser is an uncomplicated but highly effective Cruiser that forms the backbone of the Imperial Navy, with over six hundred in service with the Imperium in Segmentum Obscurus alone. More than twenty served in the Gothic War. Pe… more »

Dauntless-class Light Cruiser

by DM B  

The Imperial Dauntless-class light cruiser is optimized for scouting and escort duties. The Dauntless forms the mainstay of the CL component of Battlefleet Calixis, with an aestimated <censored> number of ships in active service at any given time.… more »

Tranch Insurrection

by DM B  

Timestamp: 807.M41 Location: Tranch, Adrantis sub, Calisis Sector Situtation: A mutant uprising in the soot warrens of the minor (by Imperial standards, by Calixian standards Tranch was an important world) industrialised hive world of Tranch rapidly d… more »

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