Changes: Nemesis Tessera

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Nemesis Tessera is an Ice World in the Eye of Terror, and the site of a top secret Inquisition fortress that is the most forward established Imperial position in Chaos-held territory. The Nemesis System is relatively close to the Cadian Gate and includes at least one other barren planetoid as well as an inhospitable gas giant encircled by debris rings. Nemesis Tessera's slush-filled expanses are constantly churned by roving blizzards whose ice squalls obscure its distant star and prevent its faint light from reaching the surface.

Inquisition Fortress

The world became an Inquisition domain following the 1st Black Crusade, and a secret multi-level Inquisition facility was constructed, reportedly at the behest of the Emperor himself. The base is located several kilometres underground. Additional kilometres below the base proper are numerous dungeons and reliquaries housing Chaotic artifacts and lore collected by Inquisition agents from throughout the Eye of Terror. The facility is under overall command of the Ordo Malleus and is protected by a well-hidden fleet of defence monitors, exotic Inquisition spacecraft, disguised civilian vessels and Space Marine (Grey Knights) Battle Barges. Perimeter security is provided by a full Regiment of Waspica Allegiance Imperial Guard Storm Troopers while squads of Grey Knights (including Terminators) are tasked with internal security and with repelling breaching actions. Due to its function and location, the whole facility is fortified with powerful psychic wards and maintains multiple hidden Purity Seals which serve as alarms of daemonic or Chaotic intrusion.

Security Lapses

The Nemesis Tessera base's security has not been full-proof. It was breached in the late 41st Millennium by former High Inquisitor Bronislaw Czevak who repeatedly used a functioning Webway portal stored in one of its Reliquary Chambers to enter the facility for his own purposes.

13th Black Crusade

The Fortress World was the main target of the first phase of the 13th Black Crusade in 999.M41. The Forces of Chaos commited an extraordinary amount of resources in a brutal campaign against the planet. Space battles were fought in the vicinity of the world, and a siege by Traitor vessels culminated in the deployment of millions of enemy troops and tons of materiel on Nemesis Tessera's surface. However it appeared that after several days of relentless surface and orbital assault the fortress held fast, and the attacks were repulsed. In the opinion of military observers the defenders, assisted by the world's hostile environment and the Traitors' loss of Naval superiority, would soon claim the lives of any surviving traitors and heretics on the planet's surface.

Notable Personnel

Gamal Cyarro - Cyarro is an Inquisitor of the Ordo Malleus. Cyarro is famous for his tenacity in hunting and bringing to justice Renegade Space Marines of the now disbanded Relictors Chapter, which was the subject of an Inquisitorial Carta.

Sources

Atlas Infernal (Novel) by Rob Sanders
The 13th Black Crusade (Background book)
Black Adeptus (Novel) by Ben Counter

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 ==13th Black Crusade==
-The Fortress World was the main target of the first phase of the [[13th Black Crusade]] in 999.M41. The [[Forces of Chaos]] commited an extraordinary amount of resources in a brutal campaign against the planet, culminating with the surface deployment of millions of enemy troops and tons of materiel. However it appeared that after several days of relentless assault the fortress held fast, and in the opinion of military observers, the defenders, assisted by the world's hostile environment, would soon claim the lives of any surviving traitors and heretics.
+The Fortress World was the main target of the first phase of the [[13th Black Crusade]] in 999.M41. The [[Forces of Chaos]] commited an extraordinary amount of resources in a brutal campaign against the planet. Space battles were fought in the vicinity of the world, and a siege by Traitor vessels culminated in the deployment of millions of enemy troops and tons of materiel on Nemesis Tessera's surface. However it appeared that after several days of relentless surface and orbital assault the fortress held fast, and the attacks were repulsed. In the opinion of military observers the defenders, assisted by the world's hostile environment and the Traitors' loss of Naval superiority, would soon claim the lives of any surviving traitors and heretics on the planet's surface.
 ==Notable Personnel==
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 * [[Atlas Infernal (Novel)|''Atlas Infernal'' (Novel)]] by Rob Sanders
 * ''The 13th Black Crusade'' (Background book)
+* ''Black Adeptus'' (Novel) by Ben Counter
 [[Category:Imperium]]
 [[Category:Inquisition]]