Ordon Rift Crusade

The Ordon Rift Crusade was a campaign undertaken by the Red Scorpinos Space Marine Chapter into the perilous Ordon Rift region deep within the interstellar wilderness of the south-western regions of the Segmentum Tempestus in the 39th Millennium. Filled with spatial rapids, gravitic storms and other lethal phenomena, the exact circumstances of the Red Scorpions' extended voyage into this hazardous area remain unknown. For more than 300 years, the Chapter remained out of contact with the Imperium and were thought lost. The Red Scorpions have a reputation for often fighting alone as often as they have fought alongside the ranks of the Imperium's other warriors, and although though lost several times, they have always returned again from the abyss to draw their blades again in the Emperor's service.

After the Red Scorpions triumphant reappearance during the Battle of the Grey Sisters against the Night Lords Traitor Legion on Oriflame, it was established that the Chapter had founded an orbital battle station named Vigil around the Feral World of Zaebus Minoris deep within the Ordon Rift as a permanent base. Since its discovery, the Red Scorpions and only a handful of high ranking members of the Administratum have kept the exact location of the Zaebus System and the safe routes through the treacherous passages required to reach it a deathly secret, thus ensuring their security and the safety of their recruiting stock.