+++Imperial Stellar Cartographic Document+++

document ref:  SO-GS-SubS-119812-Lys-45i

Xref id:  Lys-888513-z

revised:  1776135.M41  // prepared by Adept Falanx, Departmento Cartographica

Sub-Sector Map

(select planet below for more information)

Imperial Places of Note:  

Schindelgeist Station is a massive control and coordination (CnC) battle-station used as the sub-sector HQ.  [ LoDH does not play with Blackstone Fortresses ]

Vindalex Orbital is a massive Adeptus Mechanicus space dock facility that can repair small battlegroups at once in complete spacedock.  Smaller facilities also orbit the planets that can take care of less extensive damage.  The Vindalex system is comprised of serveral planets and large resource fields (asteroids, dust clouds, gas giants, etc.).  Vindalex Majoris is a massive forge world under control of the Adeptus Mechanicus and is home to Titan Legion Mortis Imperialis.  It is a dark world, rich in minerals with a volcanic equator and massive mountain ranges.  The capital city Mandaloy is built into the walls of a massive canyon.  

Bladen Transfer Station is a massive orbital transfer station orbiting the hive world of Bladen.  It is not a pretty station, the core of it is a massive asteroid pulled into orbit around Bladen, hollowed out and fused with no less than 40 massive transports (more are added as transports are decommissioned from use).  It is home to many mercantile guilds and their respective transport fleets and contains repair docks and support facilities for these fleets.  These transport fleets are the life blood of the sub-sector bringing resources and goods to and from every world within the sub-sector.  Most of the transports are part of the Administratum and Munitorium, though a respectible number are owned by guilds and private noble families.  Bladen Transfer Station is also the coordination and control center of the Bladen Home Defense Fleet (BHDF) which consists mostly of Monitors and system craft of varying classes including a few rare system Carriers (Monitors converted to server as CVs).  Bladen itself is a densely populated world and is one of the prime sources of crew replacement within the sub-sector.  It is also one of the major trade centers (as evident by the Transfer Station) and manufactories for martial resources for the Imperial Guard.  

Golgotha Crossing:  aka Warp Transit Point GS-Lys-267-Xg on Imperial Astral Cartographic maps.  Is found in the outer reaches of the Sicyon system and is strategically important as it is one of the only stable terminus for 3 warp conduits that connect it to the rest of the sub-sector.  Before the outbreak of the Sector War, the Imperium used Golgotha Crossing, along with Bladen Transfer Station to regulate and inspect trade within the sub-sector as it provided an excellent chokepoint for all travel within the sub-sector (all traffic using standard Imperial trade-ways entered the sub-sector at Corlini and left at Tarantis).  Pirates of all varieties always plagued the area and it was long suspected that an Ork bases existed somewhere within the system.  When war erupted, Golgotha Crossing was identified by the forces of Chaos as an important strategic target to disrupt inter-sub-sector trade and sent sizeable elements to undermine and capture/destroy the Imperial presence.  A Chaos spoiler fleet consisting of 4 Battlecruiser, many escorts and thousands of assault boats entered the system on 5142098.M41 and caught Imperial forces off guard.  They destroyed several merchant convoys, including one containing the Imperial Guard Regiment Saviour XXII, their escorts, the customs station, and a small Eldar fleet that moved to intercept.  In short it was a blood bath.  The Imperial forces did not leave without a fight however and sowed many spatial traps in their retreat.  Solar Admiral Kinzel is currently reviewing plans to re-take the Crossing and throw all enemies of the Imperium out with force.

Black Templars Space Marines:  The Black Templars Space Marine chapter is a fleet based chapter that is sub-divided into Crusades.  Each Crusade is almost comparable to a Chapter in and of itself.  It is composed of the the warriors, ships, and support personnel.  During the Gothic War the Imperial fleets were greatly aided by the ships of the Adeptus Astartes.  Responding to the call of need were the White Consuls, Red Talons, Exorcists, and later the Black Templars, Blood Angels, Dark Angels, and Raptors.  The Black Templars setup their base of operations in the Lysades sub-sector.  They can be found patrolling the hot-spots and outer reaches of the sub-sector, looking for the suspected heretic Ramillies Starfort.  The Black Templars are lead by Marshal of the Fleet Dynanus (ld 10).