Andelanach

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Aeldari Aspect Warrior of Andelanach

Craftworld **Andelanach** is one of the few places the Aeldari can call home and save. The outside reveals already the two faces of Andelanach, one of industry and one of culture and history. Both are specialities of the Craftworld. Entire sectors were given over to industrial production and storage or for the port facilities that supply other Craftworlds, Aeldari Corsairs and in a very small extent also the Exordite Worlds if they need new weapons. The upper parts of Andelanach is reserved for museum, libraries and theatres with some nature reserves. Upper levels have a biome/architecture of a giant island with some temperate rainforests, large grassland and forests, while the under levels were built in an urban still. Andelanach wants to keep the Aeldari culture alive and collect ancient pre-fall relics or relics from fallen Craftworlds.

## History

### Pre-Fall

Andelanach is an old Craftworld built millennia before the Emperor walked the grounds of earth. It served in a time in where the Aeldari were still the noble paragons before they went down to hedonism and this showed the Craftworld in an interesting way. It served as a retreat of the Aeldari artists and historians while its main purpose was to function as a mobile factory.

When the Aeldari Empire costing it more and more work orders and became poor. The stoicism of its inhabitants enraged many groups and an attempt to "make them more relaxed" resulted in an outright invasion devastating its original front section. Such action forced the Craftworld to flee accompanied by several other Craftworlds.

### Post-Fall

Craftworld Andelanach suprised the surviving Craftworlds by staying close to the newly formed Eye of Terros for the first years, attempting to recover any ressources and artefacts thrown out of the Warpstorm uncorrupted, but had to leave after some years. Andelanach became thank to its industrial power soon an important centre for the Aeldaris regaining its wealth in a new form.
Andelanach evaded the Imperium during the Great Crusade travelling into the fringes of the Galaxy but undertook military actions against Horus forces during the Horus Heresy and in the Great Scouring. A formal contact with the Craftworld was made in M38 but Imperial forces had already met forces from the Craftworld or found its products.

## Culture

Aeldari from Andelanach have a reputation of being highly educated and diligent in their work. Andelanachs culture heavily influenced the choise of Paths taken by its inhabitants, with the Path of the Artisan, the Path of Shaping and the Path of the Scholar being the favoured ones. The Aeldari of Andelanach have additionally developed a mutual understanding and apprecition between the intellectuals and the workers unknown to other races and even other Craft Worlds. The Seer Council leading the Craftworld have traditionally the task of preserving the ancient Aeldari culture in a state before the majority fell to hedonism. 2 of their members are specificly chosen for this task, which involves also missions out of the secure Craftworld and military actions. In contrast to the common believe that the Andelanach Aeldarii despise cultural changes, are they although sceptically open to them so long they aren`t seen as a danger. This misinformation comes from the dealings with the Halequins who are meet with distrust, however only because the Harlequines strange behaviour and not because of their post-fall emergence.

## Craftworld

Andelanach has a capsular base-form with a stem built in a semicircle form as a bridge. The tower on the backboard of the Craftworld carries an umbrella-like construction in which the command centre and some government facilities were built in. In total measures the Craftworld 4.000 km in length, 1.150 km in height and 1.700 km in width, covering enough place for the over-average population and industrial facilities. Outbuildings on the hull help to identify the border between the industrial sections on the lower levels and the living and culture-related sections.

## Satellites

Satellites are worlds affiliated an Aeldari Craftworld. Such worlds can be Maide Worlds or Exordite Worlds, terraformed planets with an idyllic climate, relicts from the fallen Aeldari Empire. But sometimes can those satellites be simple planets not altered by the Eldars and yet being seen as valuable for various reasons like their mineral wealth or for esoteric reasons. Andelanach`s satellites are:

* **Vaulia:** Vaulia is a Maiden World not inhabited by any living Eldar but by a group Wraith Construct of Andelanach. Its worth comes from being terraformed by the ancestors of Craftworld Andelanach and housed now recovered relicts and may still house some more.
* **Lahala:** Lahala is an ordinary continental world in Segmentum Tempestus only more colder and rainier than other worlds. On the surface, Under the surface holds the planet many valuable resources mined by the Craftworld every few years. Less than 120 Eldar live there permanently protecting the planet against rival miners.

## Military

### Favoured Units

The industrial power of Craftworld Andelanach supplies their forces with more than enough material and supplies for a heavy infantry and armour approach and can still regularly support other Craftworlds through supplyshipments. There fore are the mmost favoured units:

* Striking Skorpions
* Warp Spiders
* Shadow Spectres
* Crimson Hunters
* Vehicles

### Fleet

* **1x Void Stalker**
* **1x Phoenix Ship**
* **2x Firestorm Dragonships**
* **2x Starfall Dragonships**
* **2x Eclipse Class Cruisers**
* **1x Vaul Class Cruiser**
* **5x Solaris Light Cruisers**
* **5x Nightshade Class Destroyers**
* **3x Shadowhunter Class Escorts**
* **2x Hemlock Class Destroyers**
* **3x Aconite Class Frigates**

### Combat Doctrine

Aeldari warriors from Andelanach use in combat a strategie of mobile overwhelming firepower against their enemies. Armoured vehicles, mainly Grav-Tanks form armoured squadrons hunting down specific enemies or perform relief and support actions. Infantry formation include a strong presence of warriors with heavy weapons punching holes into enemy attacks and lines.