Scintilla - Departmento Cartographicae Planetary Database: Galactic Position: 88/23/CS/SWSatellites: Two moons (Sothus and Lachesis). Orbital docks in geostationary orbits above Hive Tarsus. The Scintillan moon Lachesis is home to the base of the Inquisition's Tyrantine Cabal. This is the Bastion Serpentis, a bleak fortress of age-polished black stone jutting from the surface of Scintilla's moon. Few people know of its existence, and those who do not are kept away from the moon by dire warnings about geological instability. Inquisitor Lord Anton Zerbe can normally be found at the Bastion Serpentis.Climate Classification: Temperate.Tropospheric Composition: Nitrogen 72%, Oxygen 25%, Argon 1%, Ozone 1%, Carbon Dioxide 0.5%.Religion: The Imperial Cult. The Cult of the Redemption is also active on several planets in the Calixis Sector, but its spiritual home is Scintilla.Government Type: Adeptus Terra (Feudal Autocracy)Planetary Governor: Sector Governor Marius HaxAdept Presence: Adeptus Terra, Administratum (Goldenhand Consular Taskforce), Adeptus Ministorum, Adeptus Astra Telepathica (Astropathic Choir at Hive Sibellus), Adeptus Arbites, Ordos Majoris of the Calixian Conclave High Council Officio (Tricorn Palace headquarters at Hive Sibellus).Climate: Climate is temperate to tropical with extensive equatorial deserts.Geography: Three main continents -- mountainous/volcanic southern polar cap, equatorial crescent deserts/jungle (Hive Tarsus, Hive Tenebra [extinct]), northern temperate landmass (Hive Sibellus, Ambulon, Gunmetal City). Remainder of planetary surface covered in ocean (heavily polluted, severely depleted fish stocks). Two moons (Sothus and Lachesis). Orbital docks geostationary above Hive Tarsus.Economy: Scints, Scolds and Scabs -- these are all terms used in the hive cities of Scintilla, and have become synonymous with the most valuable denominations of the sector currency known as "thrones," based in no small part on Scintilla's excessive levels of wealth. A currency called "rounds" are used in the depths of Gunmetal City, where actual bullets are sometimes used as a currency.Principle Exports: Scintilla is a major exporter of manufactured goods to the Imperium including ship-drive components and weaponry. It is also an important source of manpower, with a large Planetary Defence Force (PDF) and a huge underhive population, both of which make for excellent Astra Militarum recruit sources.Principle Imports: Scintilla cannot support itself and requires massive imports of food from the Calixis Sector's many Agri-worlds.Countries and Continents: Scintilla has three main continents -- a southern polar cap mountainous/volcanic, an equatorial crescent deserts/jungle (Hive Tarsus, Hive Tenebra [extinct]), and a northern temperate landmass (Hive Sibellus, Ambulon, Gunmetal City). Remainder of the planetary surface is covered in ocean (heavily polluted, severely depleted fish stocks).Military: Army of the Scintillan Protectorate (medium/high quality Planetary Defence Force, based at Hive Tarsus), Astra Militarum regiments such as the Scintillan Fusiliers, most raised from the existing regiments of the PDF.Contact with Other Worlds: As the sector capital, Scintilla has a great deal of contact with other worlds in the Calixis Sector, as well as worlds in other sectors and segmentums. Stable Warp routes link Scintilla directly to Tranch, Settlement 228, Iocanthus, Luggnum, Sephiris Secundus, Malfi, Orbel Quill and Baraspine.Tithe Grade: Exactus Extremis