Baltus Sector planets and systems

Thurservor · January 9, 2017

Still loyalist somewhere in the sector 0-10%

This gives me an idea for a star system in Baltus Sector.

Kelketh System:

-4 planets, all barren balls of rock, each possessing a number of colonial mining installations and 2nd planet (simply Kalketh Secundus), also a derelict orbital station

-population: unknown, presumed several hounded thousand outcasts and refugees

-located in remote reaches of Baltus sector, one stable and one unstable warp route, making it hard to access.

-used to be home of numerous mining endavours

-after depletion of adamantium mining sites 90% of population abandoned the system, although there is plenty of other raw materials to mine they are not in such high demand

-before Baltus Sector demise, Kelketh System used to be a hideout place for outcasts, free thinkers and smugglers.

-system is a horror to navigate through thanks to several enormously massive asteroid belts

-Kelketh system looks literally like a massive galactic junk yard of floating rock.

-after Baltus Sector fall, 10% of its Battlefleet fled there to establish a cut out base of operations for guerrilla warfare.

-their hiding place remained undiscovered for now since it is close to impossible to navigate through the asteroid belts without proper knowledge

-acting commander of Battlefleet Baltus leftovers is Lord Admiral Quinox, commanding the last surviving Retribution Class Battleship of the fleet, that goes by the name "Defiance"

- initially Crusade forces are unaware of the guerrilla warfare existence.

something like that

Edited January 9, 2017 by Thurservor

Black Cohort · January 9, 2017

We have already established that there is only one stable warp route in/out of the sector, so most of the edges are impassable to imperial ships. Maybe the Kelketh system is part way into one of those edges and it takes several small jumps reach it. Since several of those are through dead, useless systems no one would notice ships moving in and out or bother taking that route.

Thurservor · January 9, 2017

We have already established that there is only one stable warp route in/out of the sector, so most of the edges are impassable to imperial ships. Maybe the Kelketh system is part way into one of those edges and it takes several small jumps reach it. Since several of those are through dead, useless systems no one would notice ships moving in and out or bother taking that route.

yes i meant routes within sector between another systems, like from system X to Kelketh is stable (but connects only those two) but from system Y to Kelketh is unstable, and might as well end up in a tragic event or send you some place else. Anyway those routes can lead only to or in to the Kelketh but from within the sector.

Other than that, what do you guys think?

Edited January 9, 2017 by Thurservor

Doctor Perils · January 10, 2017

I doubt any of it got away to Segmentum command, some probably went with the separatists, most was probably destroyed in the fighting.

I would say the final percentages would look something like

Destroyed 50-65%

Now separatist 30-40%

Potentially salvageable wrecks 0-20%

Still loyalist somewhere in the sector 0-10%

I believe you are forgetting a significant pirate fleet ~10% ;)

Thurservor · January 16, 2017

Alright guys, Baltus Sector is ready for our arrival. Lets flesh it out.

Here is a WIP (early stage), we need to start doing some concrete work on the sub-sectors and planets.

http://i.imgur.com/CJMSOQo.jpg

I got the templates ready for all the planets, and I can add them as we go since I got editable WIP photoshop file for easy updates. Lets just get some content going on

Edited January 16, 2017 by Thurservor

Black Cohort · January 19, 2017

That map is awesome even though it is basically empty.

I would say the Ostium system would be in the bottom left corner and have a port world, Ostium Primus and agri world Ostium Secondus. In system they are the 4th and 3rd planets from the star respectively.

Thurservor · January 19, 2017

That map is awesome even though it is basically empty.

I would say the Ostium system would be in the bottom left corner and have a port world, Ostium Primus and agri world Ostium Secondus. In system they are the 4th and 3rd planets from the star respectively.

I gladly deliver.

Also I have fleshed out by my self first of the sub-sectors: the "Orinyr Frontier".

Orinyr Frontier is a most spinward part of Baltus Sector. It's capital was located on the fortress world of Bravhar V. Frontier is for the most part a hazardous place for both void and warp navigation, due to immense amount of debris and warp phenomena that occur in this region. It was considered to be a place with great potential for profit yet the hazards of the travel and roaming Dark Eldar pirates, have made its colonization a slow and exhausting process for both the Sector Government and private Rogue Traders. After the loss of contact with entire Sector, Orinyr Frontier is probably one of the most infested sub-sectors with the intruders forces since, due to its relative lack of importance, local PDF and Astra Militarum regiments where withdrawn to coreward sub-sector, thus leaving Orinyr Frontier systems unprotected but for Rogue Trader Militia and Imperial Navy patrols.

This is WIP map version 1.1

http://i.imgur.com/FHNTi3P.jpg

Planets of Orinyr Frontier

1. Bravhar V

Fortress World and sub-sector capital, ruled by triarchy of seniors of the most powerful noble houses of the planet - House Arane, House Ephrune and House Dylora. They have brought stability and prosperity to the region (as much as it was possible in such remote and uncivilized fringe region) long before contact with it was lost with the sector. Conflicting reports has made it through to the Crusade command that house Dylora may or might not wnet rogue and proclaimed secession. Some say that agents of ruinous powers were involved. While others claimed that two other Houses were not to be trusted. The truth was to be discovered by the ongoing crusade upon arrival in the region. As to the beginning of Crusade no certain data was available.

2. Apozarus

Fully Imperial compliant world classified as Feudal, due to its level of cultural and technological development. It was famous for being the home world of 8 Astra Militarum regiments named: Apozarus Fusiliers. Photo below depicts members of Apozarus Fusiliers 7th Regiment nicknamed "Men of Iron":

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y151/Silece/Steampunk/1365307862140_zpsdd402002.jpg

3. Zuruban

Zuruban was an agri world providing sub-sector wide stock of food, both from fauna and flora for all the planets of Orinyr Frontier. It's capability of exported good was growing and just before the loosing of contact with Baltus Sector, Zuruban governor planned to establish more trade routes to other sub-sector and later on to other sectors, to further his wealth and influence.

4. Sabrolis Quintus

Sabrolis Quintus is a former civilized world of pre Imperial culture that inhabited this system. During Great Crusade it was peacefully made compliant and joined Imperium. In 572.M36 it was a place of final battle of so called "Last War" that took place within the Baltus Sector. It was supposed to be the end of dissent and secession that sparked within the nobility of this region that wanted to tear it away from Imperial rule. Sabrolis Quintus was bombarded so severely that nothing remained of its surface population and structures and in the aftermath of war it was turned into planet wide cementary for the fallen and a monumental shrine was erected in the memory of lost commanders and their soldiers of that conflict.

5. Vissael

Vissael system contains one and only shrine world of this sub-sector. It is small but growing community, thanks to pilgrims that used to arrive at Vissael to worship reliquary of St. Mombastus the "Martyr of Last War"

6. Phanenya

Phanenya system is composed of mono star and one planet about standard terran size. It is an illegal colony created by freethinkers and outcasts from imperial society, tolerated by the sector government due to the presence of much more severe threats in the area and lack of negative influence of Phanenya's inhabitants on the neighboring planets. Phanenyan's choose life of hermitage and keep away from any means of spreading their dissent. It was convenient for local planetary governors, since many troublesome citizens often chose life of exile there rather than stay on other civilized world and infest other citizens with disapproval towards Imperial methods of organizing society. it was common saying in Baltus Sector, instead of typical "go to hell" or "warp damn you", many used local version of it: "go to Phanenya!"

7. New Dawn

Remote Frontier World, further data locked under seal of Holy Inquisition.

8. Tarak

Failed Imperial colony on Tarak Tertius was according to the data from just before the time when contact was lost with Baltus Sector, was being evacuated due to its system star imminent colapse in a matter of few houndred years.

9. Morouth

Morouth system contains 5 planets of which first is a molten ball of magma, third fourth and fifth are gas giants. Second planet in the system is scarcely populated (about 100.000 human and abhuman population), and was most commonly described as "the world of steaming jungles and numerous seas, with little of interests other than sector-wide famous hunting ground for extraordinary fauna specimens, most favoured by sector's famous and wealthy "

10. Kelketh