Gothica
History
Upon the founding of Thelmoth and the Roma Sector as a whole, a Mechanicus Explorator team begun their search of nearby worlds for anything left behind by humanity during the Dark Age of Technology. They found something amazing - but it was wrought by the hands of the Xeno. This device discovered on the world now named Gothica was a Gellar Inhibitor. Any vessel passing through the area either had to drop out of the Warp or continue their journey unprotected, the latter most certainly causing a Daemon incursion.
Around the Gellar Inhibitor, a sprawling maze of Hive and fortress was constructed as the world was decreed to become a Fortress World. The Inhibitor covered the space including Thelmoth itself, forcing any potential invader to take Gothica before continuing to the capital. In preparation for such an attack, the original colonizers of Gothica - mostly Imperial Army veterans - stratified themselves into a military government for the last ten thousand years.
During the time of the Great Heresy, the valiant defenders of Gothica were the only forces in the Roma Sector able to withstand the marauding armies of Horus Lupercal. They defended their homeworld and the capital until the Emperor managed to turn the forces of darkness back and send them fleeing to the Eye.
The armies of Gothica were once again mobilized during the time of the Blood Wars, but only came under siege during the final days of the conflict. Millions of Blood Cult warriors and thousands of Heretic Astartes from the Iron Warriors 442nd Grand Company descended upon the world in the war's last crescendo. When news of Warlord Gaut's death came, and the dissolution of the Blood Cult was imminent, the invading forces did not back down. While their fleet above was annihilated and their ammunition began to run dry, they still did not back down. To this day - five years after the Blood Wars ended - the forces of Gothica still hunt the forces of Chaos to the ends of their stone homeworld.
Around the Gellar Inhibitor, a sprawling maze of Hive and fortress was constructed as the world was decreed to become a Fortress World. The Inhibitor covered the space including Thelmoth itself, forcing any potential invader to take Gothica before continuing to the capital. In preparation for such an attack, the original colonizers of Gothica - mostly Imperial Army veterans - stratified themselves into a military government for the last ten thousand years.
During the time of the Great Heresy, the valiant defenders of Gothica were the only forces in the Roma Sector able to withstand the marauding armies of Horus Lupercal. They defended their homeworld and the capital until the Emperor managed to turn the forces of darkness back and send them fleeing to the Eye.
The armies of Gothica were once again mobilized during the time of the Blood Wars, but only came under siege during the final days of the conflict. Millions of Blood Cult warriors and thousands of Heretic Astartes from the Iron Warriors 442nd Grand Company descended upon the world in the war's last crescendo. When news of Warlord Gaut's death came, and the dissolution of the Blood Cult was imminent, the invading forces did not back down. While their fleet above was annihilated and their ammunition began to run dry, they still did not back down. To this day - five years after the Blood Wars ended - the forces of Gothica still hunt the forces of Chaos to the ends of their stone homeworld.
Territories
The world of Gothica is a barren rock. The surface is irradiated and it's caverns mined dry tens of thousand of years ago by an unknown species. The only valuable parts of the world is the main site of the Gellar Inhibitor and it's seven power modules scattered across the land. To protect all of these the Gothic colonizers of old founded eight city fortresses, they are known as the Son Satırs, the "Last Lines".
Foreign Relations
Battlegroup Roma - the umbrella organization for all Imperial Guard forces within the Roma Sector - is based on Gothica. Because of this, the heated rivalry between them and Battlefleet Roma is strongest here. Defense grid voidstations and spaceports on-world don't even allow Battlefleet personnel to land, and a Navy vessel passing through the Gellar Inhibitor is a rarity.
Founding Date
36.56.M30
Capital
Head of State
Head of Government
Government System
Dictatorship
Power Structure
Feudal state
Economic System
Command/Planned economy
Currency
Thrones
Major Exports
Protection, Imperial Guard regiments
Major Imports
Food, water, clothing, military supplies
Legislative Body
Munitorum Roma
Judicial Body
Munitorum Roma Court
Parent Organization
Neighboring Nations
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