Letter of Marque

It should be noted that although Rogue Traders are shipmasters who travel the vastness of space, their authority to do so comes not from a Merchant Charter, but rather a letter of appointment that elevates them to the authority equalling Space Marine Chapter Masters, Inquisitors and Planetary Governors. Some of the more ancient ones are […]

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A need for revenge

On a world unknown to Imperial cartographers, two Necrons—cybernetic beings of unfathomable age—stand atop a temple in the gloom of a thunderstorm. The falling rain bothers them not.  They are men of metal, not flesh. They feel no discomfort . . . nor any compassion. * * * […]

Karlson’s Killers ambush Tau

When last seen, Petrov Karlson, high mayor of Port Aruna on the agri-moon of Dar Sai, was fleeing the city after its fall to Tau invaders. Unable to reach the evacuation ships in the harbor, Konrad had fled out the east gate of the city—and found himself surrounded […]

Rogue Traders

Rogue Traders, originally called Rogue Traders Militant during the era of the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy, are unique and powerful Human individuals who serve as a combination freelance explorer, conquistador and interstellar merchant for the Imperium of Man. They are hereditary Imperial servants and nobles, given a starship, a crew, and sometimes a contingent of Space […]

Tau repulsed in Dark Forest of Dar Sai – Part 1

“And they smote the enemies of the Emperor with a righteous fury, for they knew they were doing His work“—Lieutenant Kronin, 13th Penal Legion, also known as the “Last Chancers” * * * Tactical AnalysisBattle of the Dark ForestGreat Continent, Dar SaiSculptor System3 314 743.M41Author: Anton Delmara,Lieutenant, 728th […]

Home of the Knights of Altair – Part 1

A fortress-monastery is the headquarters and spiritual home of a Space Marine Chapter. Among those chapters who claim a world as their own, such as the Space Wolves, their fortress-monasteries often are built on the tallest mountain peaks of their planet—or in some isolated and inhospitable locale, such […]