An Ice World is not an official Imperial planetological classification, but a term in common usage among Imperial citizens for those planets whose environments are frigid and glacier-covered across their entire surfaces.
Since the term "Ice World" is not an official Imperial classification of the Administratum but simply a label used to describe the planet's predominant environmental feature, most Ice Worlds that have been settled by Mankind are officially classified as Civilised Worlds, Feral Worlds or even Death Worlds if the environmental conditions are hostile enough to Human life.
Ice Worlds often produce hardy peoples superbly adapted to combat in below-freezing conditions and so become prime recruiting grounds for the Astra Militarum when it needs cold-adapted regiments.
Notable Ice Worlds[]
Planet Name | Segmentum | Sector | Sub-Sector | System | Population |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Beroghast | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Betalis III | Segmentum Solar | Talis Munus Sector | Caerulus-Primaris Sub-sector | Betalis System | 62,000,000 |
Carcharias | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Carcharias System | Unknown |
Chosin | Segmentum Solar | Armageddon Sector | Armageddon Sub-sector | Armageddon System | Unknown |
Inwit | Segmentum Solar | Unknown | Inwit Cluster | Unknown | Unknown |
Jahga | Segmentum Ultima | Badab Sector | Unknown | Archea System | Unknown |
Klaihn | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Kokytos | Segmentum Obscurus | Calixis Sector | Periphery Sub-sector | Kokytos System | Unknown |
Lorn V | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Lorn System | Unknown |
Nusquam Fundumentibus | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Oblazt | Segmentum Ultima | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Schrödinger VII | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Simia Orichalcae | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Simia Orichalcae System | Unknown |
Trusk | Ultima Segmentum | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Valhalla | Ultima Segmentum | Unknown | Unknown | Valhallan System | Unknown |
Winterhome IX | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Yngirheim | Segmentum Ultima | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Zoran | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Sources[]
- Codex: Astra Militarum (8th Edition), pp. 17, 29
- Codex: Blood Angels (5th Edition), pg. 16
- Codex: Grey Knights (5th Edition), pg. 16
- Codex: Necrons (5th Edition), pg. 26
- Dataslate: Eldar Ghost Warriors, "Timeline - Dishonourable Alliances"
- Imperial Armour Volume Eleven - The Doom of Mymeara, pp. 7-8
- Only War: Core Rulebook (RPG), pp. 346-348
- Only War: Enemies of the Imperium (RPG), pp. 8-31
- White Dwarf 384 (UK), "Slaughter on Schrödinger VII," pp. 68-69
- Caves of Ice (Novel) by Sandy Mitchell
- Farseer (Novel) by William King
- The Last Ditch (Novel) by Sandy Mitchell
- Fire and Ice (Short Story) by Peter Fehervari
- The Thirteenth Psalm (Short Story) by Peter Fehervari
- Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War- Winter Assault (PC Game)