Orpheus Sector

The Orpheus Sector is an Imperial Sector of Segmentum Tempestus.

Major Systems:

Capitoline Sub-sector

Planets:

Midwinter - Industrial World

Khesd - Feudal World

Apollyon - Ecclesiarchy world

Amarah (Amarah Prime)

Type: Capital of Orpheus Sector, Hive World, Fortress Imperialis, and principal fleet anchorage of Battlefleet Orpheus.

Sector: Sector Throne-hold

Thematic Terrain:

Warzone Traits:

At the start of the Game, after setting up terrain, roll a D&:

Kesd

Type: Feudal World

Kesd is a planet stayed at the Bronze Age Technology development.

It is an arid planet with almost only desert but some large rivers meander its surface. Human Civilizations were able to adapt to this conditions for agriculture.

The predictable flooding and controlled irrigation of those fertile valleys produce surplus of crops, which supports a more dense population, and social development and culture. With resources to spare, the administration sponsors mineral exploitation of the surrounding desert regions, the development of an independent writing system (called hieroglyphs) , the organization of collective construction and agricultural projects, trade or war with surrounding valleys.

Motivating and organizing these activities is a bureaucracy of elite scribes, religious leaders, and administrators under the control of a Pharaoh, who ensured the cooperation and unity of each valley people in the context of an elaborate system of religious beliefs.

The many achievements of those civilizations include the quarrying, surveying and construction techniques that supported the building of monumental pyramids, temples, and obelisks; a system of mathematics, a practical and effective system of medicine, irrigation systems and agricultural production techniques, ships, faience and glass technology, new forms of literature.

The Imperium Government of Kesd lives on an orbital space station, and does not interfere with the surface.

Even Imperium Creed is not promoted to its inhabitant which are able to keep their original faith.

Only after a particular violent battle between Valleys, the "Gods", as the Kesd people called the Imperium Officials, land on its surface and take the best soldiers to pay the Imperium Tithe.

Thematic Terrain:

Kesd is mostly a desert, with some fertile river and oasis. All of its building shared the Old-Earth Egyptian Civilization Architecture Style.

Warzone Traits:

Archaic Communication System:

Kesd is an archaic planet without any proper system of communication. Moreover, for an unknown reason, all means of communications through distance are scrambled.

Even Warp Telepathy is perturbed.

In a battle on Kesd, the following rules apply:

• • You can not modify the roll for Seize the Initiative

  • You can not modify any roll for Reserve

  • Any rules that target a friendly model or unit, have they range reduced to a maximum of 9".

  • Rules that target any friendly units or models have their ranges reduce to 9".

  • A Rule that targets all friendly units or models, are replaced by all units at 9" of the model with the rule. The Effects are lost if the unit becomes out of range.

  • If a rule targets a unit or a model before the deployment, then this unit must be at 9" of the model giving the rule during the deployment. The Effects are lost if the unit becomes out of range.

  • A model with a Rule that modify another unit deployment (ex: giving Scout, Infiltration, Outflank or Deep Strike, etc) does not work in Kesd.

  • In this case, If the rule is given by a Warlod Trait, the Warlord Trait can be reroll.

  • Rules affecting its own units do not have their ranges reduce.

Auric

Mining World (Gold)

Laymon

Imperial battlefleet Starport

Hlatan

Frozen World

Arcantis System

Planets:

Ribasu - Hive World

Arcantis Dalet Kab

Type: Dead Shrine World

Background: Previously known as Edenia Kab. It has been conquered by Imperium 2000 years ago, against Exodite Eldar. At the end of the battle, what was a paradise planet, stopped its rotation for unknown reason and became a dead planet.

Now, Decapolis is tidally locked with its star, so that the Decapolis day is the same as the Decapolis year. As the planet does not rotate on its axis this means that like Luna , one-half of the planet is bathed in perpetual darkness and the other half burnt to a cinder by the glaring sun. This unusual planetological characteristic makes Decapolis a truly miserable world to live upon. The planet's lack of rotation prevents any strong winds from developing due to the lack of a Coriolis Effect and as such the atmosphere is thick and dark.

It includes a Shrine to Saint-Marduk that is said to create Miracle.

Warzone Traits:

Depending on which zones, the battle take place, Decapolis Environment will be different.

Dark Side of Decapolis:

The Dark Side of Decapolis never receives any light from its sun, as such, it is always night and very cold

• • Night Fighting rules are always in effect.

  • Gets Hot rule does not apply

  • If a non-vehicule model which does not move in the last 2 turns (pivoting is not a move), must succeed an endurance test or suffer an automatic wound without normal save. (Cover save, Invulnerable save, feel no pain and reanimation protocol can be use)

Burned Side of Decapolis:

The Burned Side of Decapolis is always bath by its sun, as such, it's temperature are very high and UV very strong.

• • Gets Hot rule does apply on 1 & 2

  • Models wich Go to Ground suffer an automatic Strength 1 hit for doing so.

  • A vehicle suffering glance or a penetrating hit, must test if it's motor does not explode. Roll 2D6, on 10+ the vehicle is immobilized and lose an additional hull point.

Center of Decapolis

The Center of Decapolis is thin band between its dark side and its burned side. It's the only inhabitable zone of the planet. Imperium Settlement can be found.

• • No Special rules

Deluvian Sub-Sector

Planets:

C'syn'ad - Relic World/Astropath relay station

Lysmarchus - Fortress World

Morros Lachrymal - Penal World

Gorgon Quintus - Death World

Amraphel

Type: Hive Worlds, Sub-Sector Capital Sector, Desert

Background: Amraphel has always been a desert but compare to the other worlds in the Deluvian Sub-Sector with strange and esoteric energy roaming them, Amraphel is relatively stable.

These is why it is holding the only big Imperium Settlement in the Sector.

Like all World in the Deluvian Sector, there are remnants of an ancient civilization in the desert, with Megaliths, Obelisks and even a Pyramid.

But Imperial research conclude that this civilization was dead long time ago, even if most of the populations talks about strange events around those old sites.There are 3 Hive Cities on Amraphel: Mansoura I, II & III.

Warzone Traits:

Weak Eldritch Winds:

At the beginning of each Psychic phase, the player whose turn it is rolls a 2D4 instead of 1D6 to generate Warp Charge pool.

If a double is rolled, then during this psychic phase, all Psykers that attempt to manifest a powers suffer Perils of the Warp on a Psychic test that includes any double.

Thamyris

Type: Abandoned World (former Industrial World)

Drucillan Sub-sector

Aryith - Feudal World

Drucilla Majoris - Imperial World

Selakbur - Frontier World

Pallasite - Frontier World

Altun: Dead World

The Shattered Deeps

Chemarium Worlds

Chemarium - Industrial World (Ongoing civil war)

The Barren Stars

Hydroghast - Agri-World

Myre - Forge World

The Outer Darkness (Entropic Zone)

Cutlar: Dead World

The Veiled Region

Nightshard: anomalous celestial mass

Uxmal: Dead World

Hesode Nebula

Harrow Watch - Adeptus Mechanicus Observation station

Tlaloc - Quarantined World/Death World

Dark Eldar Sector

The Cold Veil

Saint Marduk's Bane - Imperial World

Epirus - Agri-World

Libethra - Angels Revenant Adeptus Astartes Fortress-Monastery

Patara - Feral World

Caracol: Dead World

World Type:

• Feudal Worlds

• Feral Worlds

• Forge Worlds

• Armoury Worlds

• Hive Worlds

• Shrine Worlds

• Cardinal Worlds

• Cemetery Worlds

• Pleasure Worlds

• War Worlds

• Fortress Worlds

• Dead Worlds

• Tomb Worlds

• Agri-Worlds

• Civilised Worlds

• Space Marine Chapter Homeworlds

• Death Worlds

• Mining Worlds

• Industrial Worlds

• Waste Worlds

• Forbidden Worlds

• Frontier Worlds

• Desert Worlds

• Ice Worlds

• Ocean Worlds

• Crone Worlds

• Xenos Worlds

• Daemon Worlds