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THE TAURANTUS SECTOR

Tarasa Prime Well known as the recreational planet, Tarasa hosts Rogue Traders from light years around. Fishing, walks and many other tastes of relaxation are available for all.

Delta 9 This is the capital of sub-sector Crabus and home to the Adeptus Librarius a huge library containing books, scrolls and datatomes from across the galaxy. While there are sectors open to the public, most of it is deep beneath the cities hiding important or even dangerous documents. The wide spread cities and huge spires are home to many nobles and dignitaries.

Eleff Station Probably the only decent ship station in the sector and good by anyones standards, Eleff Station is well known for repairs and upgrades without risking trouble with the authorities.

Drexa Ultimaris About 40 years ago, the planet was an agri-world known as the Taurantus Bread Basket. Since, inter-sector food imports have increased over 100 fold and an Inquisitorial Quarantine has been erected. It is rumoured that psychic activity has rendered the planet in eternal darkness.

Smara XII This large moon is home to a sizable population. Smara itself has been gone for millennia - lost presumably for the rest of time. Smara XII still obits the space once occupied by its planet and in turn orbits the star Smara orbited.

Dijae One of the four forge worlds in the sector, Dijae is the largest manufacturer of ship components this side of the galaxy. It supplies Eleff Station and its sistered planet Drunu along with many out sector systems.

Itiff During the Tyrannic Wars in the Ultimar System a splinter fleet of tyranids made their way through the Taurantus Sector straight to Itiff. The planet was a desert wasteland then but the mystery regarding why they invaded this planet and ignored the others remains. It is not known if they got what they came for as the combined military might of the sector and drafted-in troops eradicated the fleet before the entire planet was scoured.

Drunu

This planet is another of the forge worlds in the sector. It specialises in ammunition for plasma, melta and flame weapons. The red glow from beneath the surface comes from natural furnaces that show through the occasionally transparent crust.

Tessi The loyalty of this world on the edge of the sector has long been disputed by the neighbouring Dichronos Sector. Many think the brown landscape is a result of dust or sand but in fact it is the indigenous flora that use a dark brown pigment to perform an unfamiliar form of photosynthesis.

Weayo Although a major manufacturer of servitors and other working menial machines of the Imperium, Weayo stockpiles lots of different armour types. Probably as a result of long forged ties with armour manufactories that still deliver a tithe.

Ostait When the founder of the Taurantus Sector first arrived, he devised the plans to form the foundations of the sector. One of his designs was a planet covered in water. Ostait is not the original name (now lost to history) but is the word referring to the planet of cool water, ice and crystal-clear promethium.

Pooce Resembling ancient Terra, Pooce is reserved for the rich and occasionally deserving to relax and recuperate after trading or fighting.

Draff Until the Great Crusade, life never reached Draff and the hostile conditions clearly want to keep it that way.

Xeint A small planet of temperate climates. Xeint has hosted many wars but has suffered little scaring and holds little evidence of these conflicts other than scattered written accounts.

Kluorg This large planet has a remarkably strong gravitational field equal to about 100,000 times that of Terra. So many starships have fallen prey to the gravity field that a permanent astropathic beacon was founded to act as a lighthouse of sorts. The few transports that enter or leave low orbit must take extra care as the handful of moons orbiting Kluorg should not be left out of sight. It takes less than one standard hour for them to complete an orbit of the planet.

Plete

Plete used to orbit Kluorg albeit from a distance of over 10 light years. Now, caught by the gravity of the Scorpions Eye it has settled in an almost stationary position around 300 light minutes from the nearest star. The icy nature of the surface was born out of the collapse of the planets core and mantle and the ancient human artificial structure that held Plete together.

The Scorpions Eye Originally thought to be a warp storm, the surrounding systems were evacuated with haste. But no horrible dreams were dreamt and no Daemonic beings emerged to wreak havoc in the mortal plain. Instead it seemed to bring peace to much of the Sector. Within weeks of the Eye opening new trade routes were opened; Plete ceased its chaotic orbit and Tarasa Prime had its first bountiful harvest (and has continued to have such agricultural success). Furthermore, the Scorpions Eye is rumoured to completely flatten most psychic signals that travel through or around it. All systems in the area can still communicate with Astropaths but offensive or physical magics always fail to manifest. For this reason many cults have developed in respect or worship of the Eye as a manifestation of the Emperors divine will.

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