Damnos

Damnos, lying in Ultima Segmentum was first populated during the Great Crusade the planet has always been a Mining World, but for even longer, it was a Tomb World. The Necron presence was first discovered in the north whilst Mandos Prime's geothermic fusion stations were under repair following severe seismic activity. The Tech Priests rapidly claimed there right to the artefacts and extradited several specimens to the near by Forge World Goethe Majoris closer study. Soon after, under waves of atmospheric interference that clouded the entire northern hemisphere the Necrons emerged. The planet goes on alert but the fret was incomprehensible, no warning had been received from the fallen hives and any recon units deployed never returned. As more Hives toppled, word of the assaulted finally got through to the planetary Governor, whom deployed every regiment under his command and had the battleship Nobilis adopt geostationary orbit above the capital. With the awesome fire power of the Nobilis in reserve the first phalanxes were repelled. Then the battleship's guns fell silent as a great fire ignited in the sky.