Forge-Empire of Callamus

## Military

### Military

20 trillion Tech-Guard, 30 trillion Skitrii, 5 trillion Battle Congregations, 500 Titan Legions, 50 Chapters of Astartes,

## Known Relations

### Enemies

Orks (War), Ophelian Theocracy (War)

The Forge-Empire of Callamus is one of the most powerful human remnants and the largest of the Mechancius Domains that formed after the Fall of the Imperium. In many ways its formation started in the 41st millennium when Callamus rose to power and became the de-factor leaders of its sector. This provided Callamus with more resources which it used to become one of the most militarily active Forge-Worlds, building vast armies and fleets as well as an extensive network of allies. With the Death of the Emperor these armies were turned to protecting the neighboring sectors from threats, leading to Callamus ending up protecting over a dozen sectors within a century of the Emperor's death. Eventually threats grow in size enough for Callamus to need to size control of those worlds that it was protecting, and to heavily industrialise them to produce more war material. This was the era in which the Forge-Empire was truly formed and in which Callamus began one of its most successful practices, the forced sharing of all technology by all Forge-Worlds within its Empire, in exchange for the Forge-Worlds having control over their local sectors. This led to a technological boom, greatly strengthening the Forge-Empire and allowing for its rapid expansion.

As things stand the Forge-Empire controls a bit under a hundred and twenty Sectors in the southern region of Segmentum Tempestus. Expansion has slowed in recent years due to coming into contact with other powers capable of matching it. To its north stands the Ophelian Theocracy the largest and most powerful of the Golden Imperiums of the Abomination which controls over two hundred sectors, to its south lies the Maynarkh Dynasty of Necrons, whose soulless legions have crushed every force sent against them while to the east and west lie powerful Ork domains.

The Forge-Empire is ruled by the Adeptus Mechancius using a feudal system, which each Forge-World controlling a large area and being beholden to Callamus itself, which also controls the initial dozen sectors directly. Almost all of the worlds within the Forge-Empire are directly controlled by the Mechancius with a population consisting of menials, though there are a few exceptions. In general these menials are tarted better then those of the Imperial age, though they still have many restrictions.

The Adeptus Mechancius of the Forge-Empire has progressed much from the era of the Imperium, encouraging innovation and allowing the study of xenotech. When combined with the sharing of hidden knowledge from dozens of Forge-Worlds this has allowed for a significant amount of technological improvement, especially in the more industrial end of technology.

The Forge-Empire of Callamus is one of a handful of bastions of sanity in this dark era, and is constantly looking to expand it reach. While it has not really acted on the galactic scale other then surviving rumors of its existence have spread far and wide, leading to many Mechanicus Domains and other human survivors to send refugees towards it when they fall.

In war the Forge-Empire fight in a manner similar to the Adeptus Mechancius of old, relying on countless legions of augmented Skitrii backed by the raw power of its Titans. While the technology that it uses is better then that fielded by any world in the Imeprial age, even Mars, it is not that technology that sets the forces of Callamus apart. Instead it is the sheer industrial power of the Forge-Empire, which allows it to churn out well equipped army after well equipped army and fleet after fleet. This allows Callamus to defeat enemies with numbers that they can not match with quality, though the quality of its Battle Congregations it by no means low.