Hive Magnagorsk

Hive Magnagorsk sinks deep into Fenksworld’s crust. Heavily industrialized, it is a hellish place of molten metal and volcanic
fires, where warship armor is forged and poisonous ash fumes the air. The hive exists purely to serve the Battlefleet Calixis port
anchorage in high orbit. The conditions are so harsh that a native of Gunmetal City or the Lathes might count themselves fortunate
on seeing them. Magnagorsk is controlled by the fractious and pitiless foundry guilds. To them labor and metal are only coins of the
realm, and one guild master would think nothing of sabotaging or murdering their rivals, or kidnapping entire work gangs to help
meet their production quotas. Life is cheap in Magnagorsk, violence commonplace and death and maiming everyday hazards, but the
helots that toil thanklessly there know that it could be worse; they could be exiled to the Volg Hive...
Mutation within Magnagorsk has, interestingly enough, stabilized into a consistent form, with mutants typically growing scales.
==Power Groups==
Divine Light of Sollex - Sollex is a big weapon supplier in Magnagorsk, and Sollex weapons are more common in the hive than anywhere else in all of Calixis
==Unique Equipment==
Sollex weapons use standard power packs. However, owing
to their more powerful charge, they get commensurately fewer
shots from them. It is possible to hotshot or overcharge Sollex
weapons but dangerous. If this is done they become subject to
the Overheats rule. Sollex weapons have Scarce Availability in
Magnogorsk and are Very Rare elsewhere.
Sollex Pattern-IX “Death Light” Lasgun
Class: Basic (Las)
Made to the requirements of the Magnagorsk guilds
by the Mechanicus sect of Sollex, the Death Light is
an extremely powerful compact lasgun with a folding
stock designed to fire high-energy blasts. These blasts,
considerably stronger than a normal lasgun discharge,
can easily burn through the thick insulation suits worn
throughout Magnagorsk hive. Their power hungry nature,
however, means Sollex guns are far less efficient than most
las weapons and dangerous if overcharged.
Basic, 80m, S/3/–, 1d10+5, E, PEN 2, Clip 18, RLD Full, WT 7.2kg, Cost 250, Very Rare
Sollex Pattern-VII “Steel Burner" Heavy Laspistol
Class: Pistol (Las)
Produced by the enigmatic Cult Mechanicus sect of Sollex, this
hugely powerful pattern of laspistol (described by some as a “lashand
cannon”) has rapidly garnered a lethal reputation beyond its
origins on Fenksworld where it’s the chosen sidearm of the guild
retainers of Magnagorsk. Although offered for small-scale trade
on Fenksworld, Sollex weapons are almost impossible to obtain
otherwise despite the efforts of many including Belasco, Skaelen-Har and Takara to duplicate the weapon---all have failed.
Pistol, 30m, S/–/–, 1d10+4, E, PEN 2, Clip 10, RLD Full, WT 2.5kg, Cost 100, Very Rare
Volcanis Shroud
The shroud is the common name for an integrated suit of heavy
protective gear including a temperature-insulating under-suit
and a heavy, hooded blast coat of polymer and ceramite-alloy
weave. The shroud takes it name from the vast magma-fed
forges of Volcanis deep beneath the surface of Mars, and has
long been a staple of heavy industrial hives and forge world
gear, not least in Magnagorsk on Fenksworld where it is the
universal garb of the foundry guilders, though it finds equal
use in the industrial vaults of Gunmetal City and Ambulon.
The protection provided by the shroud is doubled against fire,
acids and corrosives. Unfortunately, because of its substantial bulk,
the shroud also imposes a –10 penalty on Agility Tests while worn.
The suit also has a built-in rebreather and photo-visor.
Head, Arms, Body, Legs, AP 3 (6), WT 20kg, Cost 350, Average
Gorsk White Gyn
Originating from the Fenksworld hive of Magnagorsk and distilled
from modified engine coolant (hence its name), this caustic, icecloudy
spirit is an extremely powerful brew and favored by those
with a taste for something with a bigger kick than even triplestilled
amasec can provide. As well as making you feel as if your
head has been staved in, Gorsk White, as a dilute measure, can
also mitigate the effects of some tainted water and foods. Such
“gyn mixes” are popular in the Metallican Infernis, the rookeries
of Solomon and in the Soot Warrens of Tranch for this reason,
though the Gorsk White remains the most infamous.
Drinking unmixed Gyn requires a Hard (–20) Carouse Test.
Cost 5, Common