A Dead World.
A Dead World is an Imperial planetological classification applied to worlds which are utterly devoid of an ecosystem, atmosphere, or any form of native life, much like Terra's moon, Luna.
A Dead World is, of course, not suitable for Human habitation without undergoing massive terraforming operations. While it is possible that the Imperium might establish scientific Research Stations on Dead Worlds, there is no other native population.
Many of these worlds have always been dead, but some were reduced to their barren state by external events such as the destruction of their preexisting civilisations in some form of global castrophe like a thermonuclear war, a Tyranid incursion or even an Exterminatus carried out by the Imperium itself.
Necrons often inhabit Dead Worlds, however, having chosen them millions of Terran years ago to become the Tomb Worlds upon which they went into hibernation during the Great Sleep until sentient life had repopulated the galaxy.
Notable Dead Worlds[]
| Planet Name | Segmentum | Sector | Sub-Sector | System | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adrantis V | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | N/A |
| Avalos | Segmentum Ultima | Jericho Reach | Unknown | Unknown | 0 |
| Barbarus | Segmentum Tempestus | Classified | Classified | Classified | 0 (At Present, due to Exterminatus) |
| Belis Corona | Segmentum Obscurus | Belis Corona | Belis Corona | Belis Corona | Unknown |
| Belissar | Segmentum Ultima | Jericho Reach | Unknown | Belissar System | Unknown |
| Bellom | Segmentum Ultima | Jericho Reach | Unknown | Bellom System | 0 |
| Berien VI | Ultima Segmentum | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Chemos | Ultima Segmentum | Unknown | Unknown | Chemos | 500 Million (Formerly) / 0 (At Present, due to Exterminatus) |
| Colchis | Segmentum Pacificus | Classified | Classified | Colchis | Unknown / 0 (At Present, due to Exterminatus) |
| Cressid | Segmentum Ultima | Jericho Reach | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Cthonia | Segmentum Solar | Classified | Classified | Cthonic | 2 Billion (Formerly) / 0 (At Present, due to Exterminatus) |
| Cyrene | Ultima Segmentum | Korianis | Aurelia | Cyrene | 4.2 Billion (Formerly) / 0 (Present, due to Exterminatus) |
| Dakinor | Segmentum Ultima | Jericho Reach | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Doton | Ultima Segmentum | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Dunen II | Ultima Segmentum | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| El'Phanor | Segmentum Solar | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | N/A |
| Evangel | Ultima Segmentum | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Freya | Segmentum Ultima | Jericho Reach | Orpheus Salient | Freya System | 0 |
| Gath Rimmon | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Iopheus Secundus System | Unknown |
| Grangold | Segmentum Obscurus | Calixis Sector | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Gryphonne IV | Segmentum Tempestus | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 8.52 billion (formerly) / 0 (At Present) |
| Heed | Segmentum Obscurus | Calixis Sector | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Holda | Ultima Segmentum | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Istvaan III | Segmentum Obscurus | Unknown | Unknown | Isstvan System | 12 billion (pre-Heresy) / 0 (At Present) |
| Istvaan V | Segmentum Obscurus | Unknown | Unknown | Isstvan System | 0 (At Present) |
| Klaha | Segmentum Ultima | Jericho Reach | Unknown | Klaha System | Unknown |
| Klybo | Segmentum Obscurus | Calixis Sector | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Lethe | Segmentum Obscurus | Coronid Deeps | Unknown | Lethe System | Unknown / 0 (At Present) |
| Lysios | Segmentum Ultima | Unknown | Unknown | Cryptus System | 300 Million / 0 (At Present, due to Hive Fleet Leviathan) |
| Naogeddon | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Nunc | Segmentum Ultima | Jericho Reach | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Obstiria | Unknown | Unknown | Sanctus Reach | Sanctus | N/A |
| Olympia | Ultima Segmentum | Classified | Classified | Olympia Majoris | Unknown / 0 (At Present, due to Exterminatus) |
| Prandium | Ultima Segmentum | Ultramar | Unknown | Unknown | N/A |
| Prospero | Ultima Segmentum | Classified | Classified | Prospero | Unknown (Formerly) / 0 (At Present, due to Exterminatus) |
| Sagacity | Segmentum Ultima | Jericho Reach | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Scansion Beta | Segmentum Ultima | Jericho Reach | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Skapula | Segmentum Ultima | Jericho Reach | Unknown | Skapula System | Unknown |
| Sovereign | Segmentum Ultima | Jericho Reach | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Stalinvast | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Truan IX | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Tanith | Segmentum Pacificus | Unknown | Sabbat Worlds | Unknown | None (At Present) / Billions (Formerly) |
| Tantalus | Segmentum Ultima | Jericho Reach | Unknown | Castobel System | Est. 79,000,000 (Formerly) / 0 (At Present, due to Hive Fleet Dagon) |
| Themiskon Point | Segmentum Ultima | Jericho Reach | Unknown | Themiskon System | Unknown |
| Typhon Primaris | Ultima Segmentum | Korianis | Aurelia | Typhon | 300,000 (Formerly) / 0 (At Present, due to Exterminatus) |
| Tyran | Eastern Fringe | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | N/A |
| Valos | Ultima Segmentum | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | N/A |
| Zanatov's Harbour | Segmentum Ultima | Jericho Reach | Unknown | Zanatov System | 0 |
| Zhoros | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
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