Moebian 6th Regiment

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The Moebian 6th Regiment is one of many Imperial forces that over the centuries have fallen from grace. Soldiers that now fight for the forces of Chaos ("Traitorus Militarum") are much better equipped than the average cultist. This regiment has fallen to the worship of Nurgle, whose gifts have made them even tougher than the average guardsman.

A Moebian regiment recruited solely from Atoma Prime and Tertium, the Moebian 6th regiment was once the loved and revered by the Atoman populous. Their long service and continual deployment to campaigns fending out the extensive xenos and chaos, known colloquially as the "Darktide", threats constantly assailing the Moebian Domain's borders saw them become the toughest and most decorated Moebian regiment. During these ongoing "**Fringe Wars**", they were stationed where the fighting is thickest and positioned to take on the toughest threats. This ceaseless combat dulled their belief in the Imperial Creeds they became susceptible to dark forces beyond Moebian border.

They discovered a dark "truth" while beleaguered from fighting the never-ending Fringe Wars. They now seek to spread this revelation and liberate their home, Atoma Prime and Tertium, of their Imperial shackles and introduce this dark "**truth**" found amongst the struggles against the "**Darktide**".

The regiment was scheduled to return to the Moebian Fringes, to continue fending off the "Darktide", but were redirected by orders of **House Margrave** to return to **Atoma** in order to quell a Nurglish cult uprising. The Moebian 6th returned and began positioning themselves to combat the cult only to reveal themselves as traitors once well-positioned to overtake all Imperial control of Tertium's lower hive.

The Wyrmwood Vox Transmissions give a brief record of the Modeian 6th's arrival and betrayal upon Atoma.

### Known Battalions

* 4th Battalion (wyrmwood vox transmission)
* 31st Battalion (helmets)

## Dann Abnett: Moebian Sixth

*Renowned 40k author, **Dan Abnett**, wrote much of **Darktide's** lore and backstory, including the **Moebian 6th**, discusses who the **Moebian Sixth** are in a Dev Blog post on Fatshark Forums. The portions of the post related to the **Moebian 6th** is quoted below and the original Dev Blog post is linked here.*

"The ‘character’ is the **Moebian Sixth** itself, the regiment, and the soldiers who make it up come in distinctly different ‘*flavours*’, with different looks and different behaviours. So you might not get to know them on a personal basis, but you’ll get to know their types, and from that, a picture of the **Moebian Sixth** will quickly build up.

The question, then, is who are they? Well, they’re **Imperial Guard**, which is to say soldiers of the **Astra Militarum**. They are - or *were* - humans, just like you and me. They are the sort of conscript troops who, in other circumstances, would be the heroes of a story, fighting to protect the citizens and unity of the Imperium. They may all be ‘uniform’ because of their, you know, *uniforms*, but they are individuals, with different skills and strengths, and different flaws and weaknesses.

There’s something chilling and sad about seeing a proud regiment of the Militarum filling the role of the enemy. These men were veterans: brave, well-trained, determined, and tough. Raised, for the most part, on **Atoma Prime** itself, they were sent away to war, and served long tours in the so-called **Fringe War**, a pacification campaign that has rumbled on for years in the feral worlds at the edge of the **Moebian Domain**. There are several Moebian regiments, in fact, but the Sixth is the most famous, the most decorated, and the most celebrated. Back home on **Atoma**, to the citizens of **Tertium Hive**, they are heroes. You don’t get lasmen any tougher than the **Moebian Sixth**.

They have spent their lives (and, in many cases, *given* their lives) to fight that campaign and keep the people of **Atoma**, and all the other populated worlds of the **Moebian Domain**, safe and free from invasion. Though it’s only a small chunk of the unbelievably vast **Imperium of Man**, the Domain is a significant tract of space. It’s a fiefdom of several important worlds, loyal to the Throne of Terra, ruled over by the **Lord Margrave** of **Atoma**. Think of it like a province or a self-governing state. It pays its tithes and taxes to **Terra**, it obeys the laws of **Terra**, and it manufactures vast quantities of goods for the Imperium. It’s important. It must not be lost, or invaded, or *ever* fall to the darkness that lies in the disputed territories it borders. Those territories, which are ‘parts unknown’, wild worlds outside the Imperium’s remit, are a hotbed of alien (“xenos”) and daemonic threat. To the average citizen of **Atoma** and its sister worlds, the nature of that threat is a mystery. It’s just called *‘the Darktide’*, a boogeyman threat that must be kept at bay. That’s why they have the regiments of the **Astra Militarum**.

The **Moebian Domain**, like all worlds and world-groups of the Imperium, is responsible for raising, supporting and equipping its own armies, which fall under the auspices of the **Astra Militarum**. The young people recruited to regiments like the Sixth have no idea where they’re being sent, or what they will face. They are as ignorant of the ‘**Darktide**’ as any other regular citizen, for they were all citizens themselves.

They quickly learn. The galaxy of Warhammer 40,000 is not a friendly or safe place. There are brutal horrors out there - alien creatures, predators, xenos species, monsters, and worse - who want nothing more than to extinguish the fluttering flame of human civilisation. Out on the death worlds of the Fringe, the lasmen are thrown into the meatgrinder and come face to face with unimaginable danger. Their world-view changes. They learn the nature of the **Darktide** and fight it tooth and nail.

Sometimes, they learn too much.

Long tours result in trauma, both physical and psychological. Some are broken by the experience. Some are made bitter and resentful that the gruelling combat they experience is generally unrecognised back home, because the **Imperial Administratum** tends to keep all details of the ongoing conflict quiet so as not to generate public alarm. There might be a few news broadcasts about ‘great victories’, but the rest of the turmoil is screened by propaganda.

Some troopers, of course, serve brilliantly and bravely, and remain loyal. Despite everything they experience. But others fall prey to the insidious touch of the **Darktide**. They encounter the malevolent effect of the Warp, and it changes them. They become - literally, in some cases - the very thing they are fighting against.

And they fight well. The ‘character’ of the regiment comes from the different units and specialisations. They have fierce melee troops who excel at close range and hand-to-hand. They have storm troops, snipers, flame-troopers, demolition units, heavy-weapon squads. They have everything you’d need in an armed unit if you wanted to take down a world.

This regiment was recalled from the fringes by the ruling House Margrave to quell the heretical uprising of the Cult of Admonition (the dregs) on **Atoma Prime**. For unknown reasons the **Moebian 6th** joined the cultists instead.

So the **Moebian Sixth** is a regiment that’s turned traitor. They have been corrupted, by the trauma of their experiences, and by the polluting effects of the Warp. The guardians of **Atoma** have turned - in vengeance and hatred and spite - on the people they guard and the hive that raised them.

Ultimately, they are not just monsters looming out of the dark to kill you. They’re highly trained, highly-experienced veteran troopers, with full military gear. They have been seduced by the creed of the **Darktide**, and they have come home, not simply to kill and exact vengeance, but - more poignantly - to share the ‘**truth**’ they have uncovered. They truly believe they’ve seen the light, and that the dark ways they have discovered are far better and more liberating than the stagnant rubrics of the Imperium.  They want to share that truth with you… with you, and every living soul on **Atoma**.

So there’s a tragedy there. They absolutely don’t think they are evil. They absolutely think they’re doing the right thing. And they will *absolutely* kill you if you try to stop them.

You don’t get lasmen any tougher than the Moebian Sixth, after all."

- Dan Abnett

## Gallery

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