Chromica

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## Chromica

Chromica's sigil

Chromica's south pole

## History

### Before the Tyranid invasion of Polyhymnia

The relevant history of Chromica begins sometime during M.34, when Chromica discovered a ruined Ark Mechanicus class ship which they brought to their Forge World in secret in order to repair it.

This goal became the Fabricator General's obsession, he started to neglect any of his duties that didn't contribute towards the goal of repairing the ship. Due to this many aspects of Chromica fell to ruin and this is how it was for millenia to come, until just before the opening of the Great Rift in M.41 when a brutal genestealer rebellion engulfed Polyhymnia, a hive-world which orbits Chromica.

### Tyranid invasion of Polyhymnia

The war for its hive-cites was waged for years, with no great pushbacks being made by the loyal forces of Polyhymnia, Skitarii forces of Chromica and a Mission of the Order of the Valorous Heart. Eventually, Chromica's fleet began burning the rebelling hive-cities from orbit, seemingly defeating the genestealer rebellion. It was then that the Shadow in the Warp fell over the system and a Tyranid splinter fleet invaded Chromica and Polyhymnia.

During this invasion, the Fabricator General refused to risk the nearly repaired Ark Mechanicus-class ship, now named the Chromica's Pride in battle, so instead he began planning to escape the system on the ship. This plan however, failed. During his attempted escape Magos Domina Hypatia Xanthippe assassinated and took command of the Forge World's forces, managing to destroy the hive-fleet's Hive ship, which disconnected the Tyranid forces from the Hive-Mind and made them go feral, attacking each other and anything else in their way. After this she had the remaining xeno forces utterly annihilated, though it was too late for hive-world Polyhymnia which was as left nothing more than charred ruins littered with corpses. Of all of her defenders only three survived.

### Aftermath of the Tyranid invasion of Polyhymnia

Among these three survivors was Elpis Erinys, who merged with the Machine-Spirit of the suit, to which she was hastily grafted in order to save her life. During this she had a vision of the Omnissiah and came to be seen as a divine figure by the priesthood of Chromica. Hypatia convinced Elpis to endorse her as Fabricator General and in return Elpis and her sisters would receive the Chromica's pride and the resources to build up their Order. After Hypatia became Fabricator General, she began rebuilding the ruined and neglected infrastructure of the Forge World, including its orbital ring.

### Present time

When the Shadow in the Warp dissipated, the system learnt of the Fall of Cadia and the opening of the Great Rift, on the very edge of which it's now found itself. At this point the Omnissian Orders; the Order of the Omnissian Cog, the Order of the Motive Force and the Order of the Machine God were fully built up and itching to reclaim the worlds of humanity. They went out to reclaim the nearby systems, which just as Hypatia planned made the Forge World much safer, and left her free to further repair and rebuild Chromica to its former glory.

## Personnel of Note

### Fabricator General Hypatia Xanthippe

Is the current Fabricator General of the Forge World. Previously she was a Magos Domina and led the Forge World's forces during the Tyranid invasion. During the aforementioned invasion she also organised the assassination of the previous Fabricator General, because she believed that his general inaction and his obsession with repairing the Ark Mechanicus-class ship, Chromica's Pride would do nothing but bring Chromica to ruin. In the power vacuum, she took the throne of Chromica. She did it by cutting a deal with Elpis Erinys who was at the time seen as a divine figure by the priesthood of Chromica. If Elpis endorsed Hypatia for Fabricator General, Hypatia would grant her and her sisters the resources to establish new Adepta Sororitas Orders and would give her the Chromica's Pride to serve as their flagship. Elpis agreed and convinced the priesthood to make Hypatia Fabricator General. Many decades later, when the Omnissian Orders were at acceptable strength and the Shadow in the Warp receded, the Orders went out to secure the local systems, which is just as Hypatia planned, for now she is free to rebuild Chromica without worrying about Invasions.

## Forges, Data-Vaults, & Extraction Sites

Chromica has 10 major forges. It has 8 on the equator, with space elevators to the orbital ring and it has 2 on each of the planet's poles. The biggest Forge is Forge-1 situated on the north pole of Chromica

## Forge World Relations

### Allies

* **The Omnissian Orders**; Order of the Omnissian Cog, Order of the Motive Force and Order of the Machine God are all closely allied to the Forge World. Chromica supplies them with weaponry and any gear the Orders need and in exchange they assist in their their military operations as elite units.