Galen VI

Galen VI is a Frontier World that was located in the Galen System within the Badab Sector of the Segmentum Ultima. During the Badab War the isolated Galen System had been a prize that had been battled over repeatedly and changed hands between Loyalist and Secessionist forces several times over a period of six years from 904.M41-910.41. In 910, under the direct command of Lord High Commander Carab Culln, the 'Magister Militum' or overall commander of the Loyalist Space Marines, the Galen System was to be brought as swiftly as possible back under Imperial control, and any hope of future resistance crushed utterly. This task was assigned to the ruthless and taciturn Sons of Medusa Chapter. Through their brilliant strategising and use of psychological warfare, was able to bring the world of Galen VI into compliance in a matter of days.

History
Despite its inhospitable nature, Galen VI has been the home to human inhabitation for more than three millennia, and its native population has proved itself to be extremely hardy, self-sufficient and often fractious. Historically, control of the world had rested in the hands of a number of shifting factions who had warred amongst themselves for control of the planet's limited industry (chemical extraction of various toxic metallic salts and chemical compounds from open cast mines and drift-flats for off-world export) and control of sources of clean food and water. Galen VI's principal urban/industrial settlement, known as 'Old City' has remained the planet's de-facto capital owing to its concentrated technological capacity and access to significant subterranean water supply and processing facilities. Given Galen VI's history of conflict, frequent external attack and industrial base, much of the native population is judged to be combat effective.

During the Badab War, the isolated Galen System had been a prize that had been battled over repeatedly, changing hands between Loyalist and Secessionist forces several times over the course of six years of conflict. In 910.M41, under the direct command of the 'Magister Militum' Carab Culln, he ordered the Loyalist forces diverted to impose order on Galen VI, crushing any hope of future resistance utterly. Accompanied by an Ordo Hereticus detachment under Inquisitor Kramner, one of Legate-Inquisitor Frain's personal aides. The only stipulation was that the planet was to remain habitable with a sufficient core of the population and infrastructure left alive and intact to service the needs of the Imperium's war effort. Plans to retake the world were calculated accordingly, under the direction of the Sons of Medusa Chapter's 'Iron Thane' Vaylund Cal, the theatre commander. The Sons of Medusa launched an orbital bombardment of predetermined landing zones on the outskirts of the Old City. They then launched three company-strength landing zones on the edge of Galen VI's Old City, encircling it and destroying all resistance.

The Old City was firmly in the hands of the Imperial within 56 hours of the commencement of the Sons of Medusa's attack. Soon news of the massacre had spread across Galen VI, a shroud of terror descended upon the planet. Soon, millions of native and refugees alike surrendered, even though to do so was a death sentence, rather than live in fear of what was to come. Inquisitor Shard was discovered to have survived, but had been terribly wounded by a bomb-blast, her life preserved by her faithful coterie of acolytes, and was returned to Inquisitor Kramner. Once restored by the ministrations of the Sons of Medusa's Techmarines, she was placed in charge of court proceedings, and her judgments were both swift and final, and soon the entirety of the Old City ruins were re-purposed and rebuilt as an internment and processing centre to handle Galen VI's population. Overall, the Galan campaign was considered a success, although much of the population of Old City had been slain, the total death toll was considered light compared to that of a lengthy, planet-wide campaign of attrition. Amazingly, the Ordo Hereticus was merciful, indenturing the majority of the planet's population into a lifetime of penal servitude to pay for their crimes and transgressions. As a result, the Departmento Munitorum raised a number of fresh Penal Legions from the most hardened elements found on the world, while the rest of the populations was set to toil on Galen VI itself or deported elsewhere within the Maelstrom Zone to aid the rebuilding effort. The Sons of Medusa departed Galen VI shortly thereafter, leaving the Galen VI as a veritable prison world whose population would pay for their crimes against the Imperium for generations.

Departmento Cartographicae Planetary Database
The estimated population of Galen VI in 909.M41 is estimated to be 23 million indigenous human-Imperials (refugee influx estimated increase 230% and falling). Presence of large scale refugee influx during the Badab Conflict had terminally over-stretched Galen VI's infrastructural resources.
 * Clase: Type Sub-Terran (Rotation 31.2 standard hours, 1.03G, 0.55 tm)
 * Tithe Grade: Exactus Nil (Previous to Badab Conflict, established trade and support links with Badab Sector and Surngraad)
 * Climate/Geography/Biosphere:  Temperate/hot, planetary biosphere inhospitable, registering on lower quotient of ability to support unassisted human life. Local minor fauna and flora species only, adaptation to high level of metallic toxins in the environment make them unsuitable for use as food-base without extensive reprocessing. This factor along with environmental hardships such as arid climate and ground toxicity has stunted development of planetary population.
 * Governmental Type: Pre-conflict: Paramilitary Oligarchy (semi-feudal base). Various emplaced Imperial/Secessionist governors during conflict.
 * Planetary Governor: Unknown
 * Adepta Presence: As of 909.M41, Adeptus Arbites Reformation Battalion, Adeptus Ministorum Canticle, Departmento Munitorum Prvender Extraction Work Division, Inquisitorial Garrison and Inquiry Task Force: Overall Command-Inquisitor Taria Shard, Ordo Hereticus
 * Military: As of 909.M41, Imperial garrison comprising 11th Markgraf Light Infantry Regiment, 234th, 456th and 33rd Volk-Progenium Stormtrooper Regiments assigned to the Inquisitorial taskforce.