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| − | |segmentum=[[Segmentum Ultima]] |
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'''Damnos''', an Imperial [[Mining World]] located in the [[Ultima Segmentum]], was first populated by the [[human]]s of the [[Imperium of Man ]]during the [[Great Crusade]], though in fact it was actually a [[Necron]] Tomb World. The [[Necron]] presence was first discovered in the north after their awakening in 973.M41, whilst the city of Mandos Prime's geothermic fusion stations were under repair following severe seismic activity. The Adeptus Mechanicus [[Tech-Priest|tech-priests]] rapidly claimed the right to the artefacts and extradited several specimens to the nearby Forge World of Goethe Majoris for closer study. Soon after, under waves of atmospheric interference that clouded the entire northern hemisphere of the planet, the [[Necrons]] emerged from their tombs. The planet went on alert, but the threat was incomprehensible, no warning had been received from the fallen hive cities, and any recon units deployed never returned. As more hive cities toppled, word of the assault finally got through to the [[Planetary Governor]], who deployed every regiment under his command. Within six months almost all of Damnos' vast manufactorum hive cities were in ruins, and the planetary capital of Kellenport finally fell to the [[Necron]] forces in 974.M41. The 2nd Company of the [[Ultramarines]] answered the planet's distress call in 974.M41 and helped to evacuate the remaining Imperial survivors before the [[Imperial Navy]] unleashed an [[Exterminatus]] order upon the planet's surface at the request of the [[Adeptus Astartes]] that is currently believed to have eliminated the [[Necron]] threat. |
'''Damnos''', an Imperial [[Mining World]] located in the [[Ultima Segmentum]], was first populated by the [[human]]s of the [[Imperium of Man ]]during the [[Great Crusade]], though in fact it was actually a [[Necron]] Tomb World. The [[Necron]] presence was first discovered in the north after their awakening in 973.M41, whilst the city of Mandos Prime's geothermic fusion stations were under repair following severe seismic activity. The Adeptus Mechanicus [[Tech-Priest|tech-priests]] rapidly claimed the right to the artefacts and extradited several specimens to the nearby Forge World of Goethe Majoris for closer study. Soon after, under waves of atmospheric interference that clouded the entire northern hemisphere of the planet, the [[Necrons]] emerged from their tombs. The planet went on alert, but the threat was incomprehensible, no warning had been received from the fallen hive cities, and any recon units deployed never returned. As more hive cities toppled, word of the assault finally got through to the [[Planetary Governor]], who deployed every regiment under his command. Within six months almost all of Damnos' vast manufactorum hive cities were in ruins, and the planetary capital of Kellenport finally fell to the [[Necron]] forces in 974.M41. The 2nd Company of the [[Ultramarines]] answered the planet's distress call in 974.M41 and helped to evacuate the remaining Imperial survivors before the [[Imperial Navy]] unleashed an [[Exterminatus]] order upon the planet's surface at the request of the [[Adeptus Astartes]] that is currently believed to have eliminated the [[Necron]] threat. |
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Revision as of 04:06, 7 May 2013
Damnos, an Imperial Mining World located in the Ultima Segmentum, was first populated by the humans of the Imperium of Man during the Great Crusade, though in fact it was actually a Necron Tomb World. The Necron presence was first discovered in the north after their awakening in 973.M41, whilst the city of Mandos Prime's geothermic fusion stations were under repair following severe seismic activity. The Adeptus Mechanicus tech-priests rapidly claimed the right to the artefacts and extradited several specimens to the nearby Forge World of Goethe Majoris for closer study. Soon after, under waves of atmospheric interference that clouded the entire northern hemisphere of the planet, the Necrons emerged from their tombs. The planet went on alert, but the threat was incomprehensible, no warning had been received from the fallen hive cities, and any recon units deployed never returned. As more hive cities toppled, word of the assault finally got through to the Planetary Governor, who deployed every regiment under his command. Within six months almost all of Damnos' vast manufactorum hive cities were in ruins, and the planetary capital of Kellenport finally fell to the Necron forces in 974.M41. The 2nd Company of the Ultramarines answered the planet's distress call in 974.M41 and helped to evacuate the remaining Imperial survivors before the Imperial Navy unleashed an Exterminatus order upon the planet's surface at the request of the Adeptus Astartes that is currently believed to have eliminated the Necron threat.
The Ultramarines Arrive
The Ultramarines face the Necrons on Damnos
The Strike Cruiser Valin's Revenge with the Ultramarines' 2nd Company aboard arrived just as the final Necron assault on Kellenport begun. Captain Cato Sicarius ordered the cruiser to move into low orbit above Kellenport to begin a ground assault. The 2nd Company launched in three groups of Drop Pods. The first with Captain Sicarius struck the Necron forces in the very heart of their siege lines, scouring the machine warriors from the capital city's outer walls. The second group of Ultramarines under the command of Chief Libarian Varro Tigurius hit home amidst the Necron Gauss Siege Cannon and Gauss Pylons whose fire was raining down upon the remaining Imperial defenders of the capital. The third wave of Ultramarines, consisting entirely of unmanned Deathwind Drop Pods, slammed into the broken rubble outside the besieged capitolis administratum, firing waves of missiles into the Necrons' ranks. The first strike force advanced against a Necron command node. Their target was the Necron Lord commanding the assault. Captain Sicarius assaulted his position with his most experienced Battle-Brothers and the Dreadnought Agrippan. Sicarius was badly wounded in the assault and for a moment it looked like the Necrons would earn the victory, but the Dreadnought Agrippan attacked the Necron Lord and with a single blow he destroyed that nefarious enemy commander. With their leader, the only truly sentient Necron, destroyed the Necrons reverted to their secondary command protocols and began to retreat. Captain Sicarius was taken to the strike cruiser's medical bay and Tigurius took command over the remaining Ultramarines.
Later Tigurius and Agrippan were forced to acknowledge that Damnos was lost to the enemy. They initiated an evacuation of as many of the planets inhabitants as possible. When the new Necron assault begun most of the planets inhabitants were evacuated, and only the Ultramarines and the Kellenport-based regiment of the Imperial Guard were still on the ground. The Ultramarines defended the city valiantly, slowly falling back to the spaceport. As the last Thunderhawk gunships landed to evacuate the survivors, only forty Space Marines and twenty Guardsmen were still alive. In the final moments of the battle, the Dreadnought Agrippan fell, pinned between a dozen streams of Gauss Cannon fire. As the Thunderhawks sped Tigurius and the last of the Imperial defenders to the safety of the Valin's Revenge, Agrippan's internal plasma reactor went critical and the resulting explosion destroyed Damnos' capital city and every Necron within it. Later, Damnos was bombarded by the Imperial Navy from orbit, destroying the planet and ending the Necron threat on Damnos--at least as far as the Imperium was aware.
Sources
- Warhammer 40,000: Rulebook (5th Edition)
- Fall of Damnos (Novel) by Nick Kyme
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