Post by Destecado on Apr 10, 2004 12:53:12 GMT -5
Pretty much it has been agreed, that the final razing of the CSs occured during the Age of Apostasy. When the dust settled, the Sector capital was moved and the CSs pretty much became a demilitarized zone.
I've been looking through the fluff about the age of Apostasy and we may need to revise the positions of some of the major players in the drama.
The following excerpts(in agua marine ) are taken from the Imperial Archives History of the Age of Apostasy. This information is cannon from the old GW 40k fluff bible. To read the fulf text, please click on the above link.
The power of the Ecclesiarhy spread into every facet of Imperial life. From humble miners and clerks, through Imperial Guard and Navy officers to planetary Governors and the High Lords of Terra themselves, everybody was an adherent to the Imperial Creed, in theeory at least.
Frequently the High Lords would take their lead from the views of the Ecclesiarch, believing that he was the mouth of the Emperor; a belief the Ministorum did nothing to contradict. Soon the Ecclesiarchy was indirectly dictating Imperial law, organising armies, deciding which threats gained priority and where to direct Imperial resources.
As the grip of the Ecclesiarchy grew, elements of the Imperium railed against such control. In the High Lords' councils the Fabricator General of the Adeptus Mechanicus opposed the will of the Ecclesiarchy, and the Chapter Masters of the Space Marines also viewed Imperial orders with doubt. Following their lead, the Administratum began to fight against the pervasive force of the Ecclesiarchy.
Fuelled by the growing demands of the Cardinals, Ecclesiarchy tithes were increased once more. Unfortunately, much of the populace was already stretched to breaking point and this further increase was seen by many as unnecessarily exorbitant. Across many worlds of the Imperium the populace openly rebelled againts the Ecclesiarchy and refused to pay. Even Planetary Governors spoke out against the excesses of the Ministorum, but they went unheeded.
The Ecclesiarchy responded with a vengeance, sending its armies to crush any sign of revolt and executing higher officials as heretics. Alexis XXI used the Officio Assassinorum to eliminate several Governors who redirected their tithes to pay for their own Planetary Defence Forces, and is quoted as saying, ''They had forsworn the Emperor's protection for their own worldly gains.'' The tithes were used to build ever larger temples, to line the highways of planets with statues of past Ecclesiarchs and to decorate the Ecclesiarchal palaces with the rarest metals and gems.The unrest continued, massive uprisings spreading across the Imperium, only for the Frateris Templars of the Ecclesiarchy to arrive and quell any insurgencies. All those who defied the rights of the Ecclesiarchy were decried as heretics and suitably punished. Some thought the Ecclesiarchy's bloody methods of control were excessive, but it was nothing compared to what was to come.
Even as the Imperium struggled to survive amidst bushfire wars and a lack of true leadership from Earth, further disasters befell humanity. In the early 36th millennium the incidence of warp storms started increasing. Travel between all but the warp soon became a tumultuous mass of roiling tempests and storms. Navigation became difficult everywhere and hundreds of systems were totally isolated. With the resources of the Administratum and Ecclesiarchy turned towards their power struggle, much of the Imperium devolved into anarchy. In those few worlds still accessible by starships, the power of the Ecclesiarchy was brutally enforced by the Frateris Templars and any slight deviation from the holy decrees was marked as heretical, with the burnings and hangings which attend that crime.
The increase in warp storms and the relatively remote position of the Anargo Sector would give the perfect opportunity for the Alpha Legion to begin another revolt. If we are going with the idea that the Capital of the Sector and Ecclisiarchical capital of the sector were one in the same, this again would make the CSS a prime target for revolt.
Seeing the turmoil wracking the Imperium, Chaos raiders poured forth from the Eye of Terror to attack and despoil their ancient foes. Ork Warlords rampaged across vast tracts of the galaxy and there was nobody who could halt them. On the planets cut off from Terra, Chaos and Genestealer cults rose in rebellion and overthrew their governments, damning entire worlds to slavery an slaughter. Those worlds are not overun by alien attackers strove to retain what they could. As time passed even the most advanced worlds were brought to their knees. As before, with no central guidance from the Adeptus Ministoeum even the worship of the Emperor began to devolve into a series of cults and sects, and in the trying times of those centuries those who were once brothers under the light of the Emperor fought against each other to assert their religious ideals.
Here you've got your wars with orks and the evolution of chaos cults. By the way, has it been descided where the home world for the Frost Wraiths is going to be in the sector? If not, how about having it in the CSS. What if rebel elements of the fleet virus bombed their planet or somehow destroyed it. This could have been retaliation on the part of the Alpha Legion for what happened at Eskrador.
Unable to dig the Alpha Legion units out of the mountains, the Ultramarines pulled back to orbit and bombarded the planet. Unable to strike directly at the Ultramarines, one of their successor chapter would done nicely. Alpha Legion marines are also known to mascarade in the livery of other chapter's to sow confusion in the ranks.
What if after the attack, Alpha Marines dressed in the colors of the Frost Wraiths began commiting attrocities. this would further enrage the populace and turn them even more against the Imperium. how does that sound?
I've been looking through the fluff about the age of Apostasy and we may need to revise the positions of some of the major players in the drama.
The following excerpts(in agua marine ) are taken from the Imperial Archives History of the Age of Apostasy. This information is cannon from the old GW 40k fluff bible. To read the fulf text, please click on the above link.
The power of the Ecclesiarhy spread into every facet of Imperial life. From humble miners and clerks, through Imperial Guard and Navy officers to planetary Governors and the High Lords of Terra themselves, everybody was an adherent to the Imperial Creed, in theeory at least.
Frequently the High Lords would take their lead from the views of the Ecclesiarch, believing that he was the mouth of the Emperor; a belief the Ministorum did nothing to contradict. Soon the Ecclesiarchy was indirectly dictating Imperial law, organising armies, deciding which threats gained priority and where to direct Imperial resources.
As the grip of the Ecclesiarchy grew, elements of the Imperium railed against such control. In the High Lords' councils the Fabricator General of the Adeptus Mechanicus opposed the will of the Ecclesiarchy, and the Chapter Masters of the Space Marines also viewed Imperial orders with doubt. Following their lead, the Administratum began to fight against the pervasive force of the Ecclesiarchy.
Fuelled by the growing demands of the Cardinals, Ecclesiarchy tithes were increased once more. Unfortunately, much of the populace was already stretched to breaking point and this further increase was seen by many as unnecessarily exorbitant. Across many worlds of the Imperium the populace openly rebelled againts the Ecclesiarchy and refused to pay. Even Planetary Governors spoke out against the excesses of the Ministorum, but they went unheeded.
The Ecclesiarchy responded with a vengeance, sending its armies to crush any sign of revolt and executing higher officials as heretics. Alexis XXI used the Officio Assassinorum to eliminate several Governors who redirected their tithes to pay for their own Planetary Defence Forces, and is quoted as saying, ''They had forsworn the Emperor's protection for their own worldly gains.'' The tithes were used to build ever larger temples, to line the highways of planets with statues of past Ecclesiarchs and to decorate the Ecclesiarchal palaces with the rarest metals and gems.The unrest continued, massive uprisings spreading across the Imperium, only for the Frateris Templars of the Ecclesiarchy to arrive and quell any insurgencies. All those who defied the rights of the Ecclesiarchy were decried as heretics and suitably punished. Some thought the Ecclesiarchy's bloody methods of control were excessive, but it was nothing compared to what was to come.
Even as the Imperium struggled to survive amidst bushfire wars and a lack of true leadership from Earth, further disasters befell humanity. In the early 36th millennium the incidence of warp storms started increasing. Travel between all but the warp soon became a tumultuous mass of roiling tempests and storms. Navigation became difficult everywhere and hundreds of systems were totally isolated. With the resources of the Administratum and Ecclesiarchy turned towards their power struggle, much of the Imperium devolved into anarchy. In those few worlds still accessible by starships, the power of the Ecclesiarchy was brutally enforced by the Frateris Templars and any slight deviation from the holy decrees was marked as heretical, with the burnings and hangings which attend that crime.
The increase in warp storms and the relatively remote position of the Anargo Sector would give the perfect opportunity for the Alpha Legion to begin another revolt. If we are going with the idea that the Capital of the Sector and Ecclisiarchical capital of the sector were one in the same, this again would make the CSS a prime target for revolt.
Seeing the turmoil wracking the Imperium, Chaos raiders poured forth from the Eye of Terror to attack and despoil their ancient foes. Ork Warlords rampaged across vast tracts of the galaxy and there was nobody who could halt them. On the planets cut off from Terra, Chaos and Genestealer cults rose in rebellion and overthrew their governments, damning entire worlds to slavery an slaughter. Those worlds are not overun by alien attackers strove to retain what they could. As time passed even the most advanced worlds were brought to their knees. As before, with no central guidance from the Adeptus Ministoeum even the worship of the Emperor began to devolve into a series of cults and sects, and in the trying times of those centuries those who were once brothers under the light of the Emperor fought against each other to assert their religious ideals.
Here you've got your wars with orks and the evolution of chaos cults. By the way, has it been descided where the home world for the Frost Wraiths is going to be in the sector? If not, how about having it in the CSS. What if rebel elements of the fleet virus bombed their planet or somehow destroyed it. This could have been retaliation on the part of the Alpha Legion for what happened at Eskrador.
Unable to dig the Alpha Legion units out of the mountains, the Ultramarines pulled back to orbit and bombarded the planet. Unable to strike directly at the Ultramarines, one of their successor chapter would done nicely. Alpha Legion marines are also known to mascarade in the livery of other chapter's to sow confusion in the ranks.
What if after the attack, Alpha Marines dressed in the colors of the Frost Wraiths began commiting attrocities. this would further enrage the populace and turn them even more against the Imperium. how does that sound?
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