The Equatorial Jungle

The Equatorial Jungle is the region between Armageddon Secundus and Armageddon Prime and consists mainly of large forested areas. It is bridged by a long, straight motorway and leads to the Minos Bridge, which crosses the Minos River into Armageddon Secundus. The motorway also passes through Cerbera Base, the home of the unit of the Astra Militarum known as the Armageddon Ork Hunters, from which they launch their assaults on the Feral Orks within the jungle. These Orks were left over after the first Ork invasion during the Second War for Armageddon and have reverted to a feral state.

There is also the ruins of the Wolf Outpost which was destroyed by its base commander activating the self-destruct mechanism when it was overrun by Orks. It flattened the surrounding forty Terran miles of jungle but also killed every single attacking Ork.

To the north is Plateau Greenskin, the home to the largest concentration of Feral Orks. Due to its high position and difficult access routes, it has yet to be fully cleared of Greenskins. To the south of this plateau is an uninhabited region surrounding an ancient artifact of unknown origin, although it looks Necron in design. Anyone who goes near the object is driven insane and returns as a gibbering husk of their former self.

Far to the south is Angron's Monolith, a Chaotic artefact that has diseased the surrounding area with its emanations of Warp power and is now off-limits. Somehow it has resisted all attempts at its destruction. It appears to be linked to the Warp, and may serve as a Warp portal for daemon assaults on realspace but its true purpose is unknown.

Finally, to the far southeast are the Plague Marshes where other warbands of Feral Orks thrive. Unfortunately, hundreds of Imperial Guardsmen died of plague and disease caused by the giant insects that inhabit the area, preventing effective sweeps of the marshes even though each Guardsman serving in the area is given special antiviral drugs and antibiotics to counteract the pathogens.

Type

Forest, Jungle (Tropical)