Is a long-lost sector of space that the Imperium wishes to reclaim. Is the site of a bloody, thirty-year stalemate between the Imperium, Chaos, the Tau and the Tyranids. Is the site of a massive alien Warp Gate that connects the Reach to one of the core sectors of the […]
Daily archives: January 3, 2017
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Are a hive-mind race of aliens that consume all biological matter in their path. Are the implacable enemy that will not negotiate or even communicate and can only be held off or delayed. Are a threat to the galaxy potentially as grave as Chaos, if not more so.
Are a race of technologically advanced aliens new on the galactic scene. Believe in a Greater Good that all races, including the Tau themselves, must serve, whether by choice or subjugation. Are an enemy that can potentially be negotiated with.
Are twisted versions of normal Space Marines who worship the Gods of Chaos. Were on the other side of a great Heresy ten thousand years ago. Represent the possible fate of the Space Marines who fight them.
Is a malevolent force born of the Warp. Is ruled by four mad gods bent on consuming existence as we know it. Leaks into our realm via rogue psykers, dimensional eddies and tears in reality like The Eye of Terror and the Hadex Anomaly.
Is the dangerous other-realm thorugh which starships must travel to go between stars. Is only navigable by a particular breed of psyker known as a Navigator, who can detect and follow the psychic beacon known as the Astronomican. Gives psykers their powers of the mind – but at the risk […]
Is a secret Chapter made up of Marines seconded from the other Chapters. Is the Space Marine equivalent of the Men in Black: the best of the best of the Chapters’ alien slayers. Is partnered with the Inquisition but is not beholden to it (and vice versa).
Is the Spanish Inquisition on steroids. Or ice. Or both. Roots out heresy, mutation and alien influence within the Imperium. Is as conflicted and corrupt within itself as it is brutal without.
Are complete, self-sufficient, self-contained interstellar fighting forces. Are composed of around one thousand Space Marines each, plus many more serfs. Each have their own unique character and livery.