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Cestis - Cestis: Cestis was an Imperial  Mountain World located in the south-eastern Chalnath Expanse of the northern Ultima Segmentum in the Imperium Nihilus. It came under assault from the forces of the T'au Empire's Fifth Sphere Expansion during the Chalnath Expanse Campaign of the Era Indomitus.
Cestis - History: On the mountainous and barren world of Cestis, in the south-east quadrant of the Chalnath Expanse, T'au pioneers of the Fifth Sphere Expansion had already gained a foothold. Their Earth Caste engineers had erected a research station, while their Water Caste envoys bribed Human black marketeers to keep its presence hidden.Watch Captain Seraphus of the watch fortress Mortguard, who had overseen the interrogation of one such pirate, knew from his Ordo Xenos data-inloads that these sites were the T'au's common means of eventual invasion. Either built piecemeal inside such stations by a veritable army of the aliens' robotic drones, or snuck in under a stealth field projected by its domed surface, these structures could amass huge military presences under a charade of "scientific research."Attacking with all haste, the Deathwatch deployed air superiority squadrons and heavy ground forces supported by Land Raider armoured transports. The tanks advanced through valley floors, converging along routes established by a preceding Spectrus Kill-team. Drone-controlled turrets bearing T'au heavy weaponry studded the valley walls firing towards the Imperial force as swarms of drones poured from hidden boreholes. The Deathwatch's snipers felled dozens of the skimming drones, while heavier fire carved into the turrets that lined the scree.Portals opened in the research station's curved surfaces and T'au Battlesuits jetted out. Their weapons immobilised one Land Raider, blocking the route for those behind. In response, Deathwatch armoured battle groups joined sniper fire squads and set up lethal kill zones.What should have been a single hammer blow would drag on in a battle of attrition, spreading across the mountains of Cestis as both sides continued to pour larger forces into it.
Cetaceus-class Transit Ship - Cetaceus-class Transit Ship: A Cetaceus-class Transit Ship is a massive Imperial Transport voidship used by the Navis Imperialis to transport much smaller spacecraft that lack Warp-Drives from system to system, usually in support of a battlefleet. The Cetaceus-class Transit ships saw heavy use by the fleets of the Indomitus Crusade during the Era Indomitus.It may be a variant or even simply another name for the older Cetaceus-class Transport, the infamous "whaleship."
Cetaceus-class Transport - Cetaceus-class Transport: A Cetaceus-class Transport, often simply called the "whale," or a "whaleship," is a massive class of Imperial Transport and carrier voidship used exclusively by the Navis Imperialis to transport large numbers of military personnel, vehicles and materiel from warzone to warzone.The ship carries its personnel and cargo in interior "dropships" which can operate independently of the larger transport and make a combat drop on a hostile planetary surface during a planetary assault mission.
Cetaceus-class Transport - Role: Cetaceus-class Transports perform a similar transport role to that of an Adeptus Astartes battle barge, yet without the heavy firepower, capacity to launch Drop Pods or ability to really engage in void warfare as a capital ship.Like other transports intended to serve a role in planetary combat deployments, whaleships can carry upwards of a single regiment of the Astra Militarum with all of its associated wargear and vehicles. However, Cetaceus-class Transports are unique in that the associated units are not actually held within the vessel itself at all, but within specially-designed, interplanetary dropships that are stored within the hull, ready to be launched when the carrier reaches its deployment location.A whaleship is also capable of carrying all of its own needed support voidcraft, from Minotaur-class tugs, Devourer Dropships, and attack craft, deploying them from a large open launch bay at the bow of the vessel in addition to the internal dropships. Unlike the launch bay on more common Imperial carriers, the support craft are stored on three large hangar decks that are exposed to the vacuum of space. Therefore each support craft is self-sufficient and only dependent on the carrier for FTL travel through the Warp from system to system.The Cetaceus itself is very well-armoured for a transport, and, since much of its hull space is taken up by empty storage after it has deployed its cargo of troops and vehicles, it is capable of operation even after suffering massive hull damage. In some cases, the vessel has remained operational after taking 75% structural damage.
Chaeronia - Chaeronia: ChaeroniaHell-ForgeAdeptus MechanicusForge WorldWarpTerranDark MechanicumIt was home to the Castigator-class Titan, an artificially intelligent, fully autonomous Titan originally created during the Age of Technology by an STC, which called itself the "Father of Titans," and claimed to be the very first Titan from which all others were but crude and poorly understood copies. As the Castigator had been corrupted by Chaos and possessed by a Daemon during its time in the Warp, it was subsequently destroyed by a Grey Knights force led by Justicar Alaric.It is likely that Chaeronia was later destroyed by an Exterminatus order given by the Inquisition due to the extent of tech-heresy that encompassed the entire world by the time Chaeronia returned to the mortal universe.
Chaeros - Chaeros: Chaeros, unofficially called New Cadia, was an Industrial World that was the seventh planet of the Agripinaa System in the Agripinaa Sector of the Segmentum Obscurus. It provided auxiliary industrial production for the Forge World of Agripinaa that was also located in the system.Chaeros was invaded by Abaddon the Despoiler's forces during the 13th Black Crusade. The remnants of the Imperial Navy's Battlefleet Cadia and the Cadian Shock Troops regiments of the Astra Militarum that escaped the Fall of Cadia under the command of Admiral d'Armitage and General Maximus Octavian Grüber III, respectively, would later arrive in the Agripinaa System and clear it of the Chaos fleets and planetary assault forces following the Battle of Faith's Anchorage.Among them was General Isaia Bendikt of the Astra Militarum. Once the system was cleansed of the presence of the servants of the Ruinous Powers, he declared Chaeros was to be renamed "New Cadia" and serve as a new homeworld for all Cadian survivors. However, it is not known if the Imperium officially accepted his renaming of the world.
Chain Weapons - Chain Weapons: Chain Weapons are any of a class of weapons that possess motorised biting teeth that saw and slash through the enemy, in a similar fashion to ancient chainsaws. The teeth themselves are fashioned to be incredibly sharp, in some cases carrying a monomolecular edge, and are capable of slicing through steel bulkheads.The most common form of chain weapon is the Chainsword, frequently carried by close assault troops and low-ranking officers of the Astra Militarum and Space Marines (including the Traitor Legions); but it is sometimes seen amongst other intelligent species, notably the Striking Scorpions Exarchs of the Craftworld Aeldari and elite Orks.Another common variant is the Chainaxe, which is usually carried by Chaos Space Marines (normally of the World Eaters Legion) known as Khornate Berserkers, as the Chainaxe was once a standard-issue close combat weapon for Assault Marines during the time of the Great Crusade. Such is the skill of these Berzerkers and the weight of their massive Chainaxes that the axes are nearly as powerful as the much-feared Power Weapon.A larger, extended version of the Chainsword, known as the Eviscerator, is usually seen in the hands of Imperial religious fanatics such as penitent Sisters of Battle or the zealous and fiery Redemptionists. Eviscerators, being large, two-handed weapons, are generally powerful enough to have similar effects to the Chainfists frequently carried by Terminators.Other variations of Chain Weapons are used all over the galaxy. Space Marine Terminators often replace their standard Power Fist with the Chainfist for use against enemy armoured vehicles. The Titans of the Adeptus Mechanicus may also be equipped with an enormous version of the Chainfist, for use against buildings and other Titans.The Space Wolves Chapter of the Space Marines use a Chainsword or Chainaxe that has been fitted with the teeth of a Kraken, a native beast of their homeworld of Fenris. This weapon is known as a Frostblade and is more potent even than a Power Weapon. This weapon is limited to warriors of the Chapter who have proven themselves worthy of such an honour.Chain Weapons are not just limited to being incorporated into swords and axes. There also exist chain glaives and chain bayonets as well as a multitude of other melee weapons that have had their standard blades removed and replaced with chain blades.
Chain Weapons - History: Like many examples of human invention, the many variants of Chain Weapons seem to have their roots in the shrouded heresies of the Dark Age of Technology. Accordingly, many of these various weapons saw consistent use in the armoured fists of techno-barbarians during the Age of Strife, and among the Emperor's own armies during His Thunder Warriors' brutal conquest of Terra during the Unification Wars.But some Chain Weapons, such as the ubiquitous Chainsword, have been wielded by inhuman hands for aeons. Several xenos races have borne such blades into battle even in the ages where Mankind could only look up to the stars with spears in their filthy hands.
Chain Weapons - Eldar: Biting Blade - Utilised exclusively by the Striking Scorpions Exarchs, these large swords are reminiscent of the massive Eviscerators used by zealots within the Imperium, Biting Blades are long-bladed, two-handed chainswords. However, where Eviscerators are heavy, noisy machines, Biting Blades are slender and quiet, but no less deadly for their relatively light weight. Wielded properly, the razorsharp teeth can tear through flesh and bone with horrific speed, and a skilled warrior can cleave a man in two without difficulty.Eldar Chainsword - A seldom-seen weapon, Eldar Chainswords bear only a superficial resemblance to the roaring, heavy blades of humans or Orks. Almost silent, they produce little more than a sibilant whisper as they tear through flesh and bone. Swiftly-cycling rows of mono-edged teeth cause considerable damage to any creature in their path.Scorpion Chainsword - A lightweight Chainsword used by warriors of the Striking Scorpions Aspect Warriors, they are a deadly one-handed melee weapons whose vicious blade is comprised of diamond-toothed edges that mangle and tear flesh. Its advanced design augments the user's strength, making it an incredibly deadly weapon to use in close combat against infantry and lightly armoured targets.
Chain Weapons - Ork: Choppa - Orks use a bewildering variety of bladed, spiked, serrated, jagged, barbed and notched hand weapons ranging from the proverbial blunt instrument to whirring Ork-tooth chainsaws. An Ork Chain Choppa is the Greenskin equivalent of a Chainsword, a large blunt instrument of death with large whirring jagged metal teeth that rip and tear an enemy apart in a hail of gore.
Chainaxe - Chainaxe: A chainaxe is a brutal hand-to-hand chain weapon crafted in the form of a great one or two-handed axe which incorporates a powered chainsaw edge. The biting action of the whirling row of monomolecular teeth means these weapons can hack through both flesh and armour with ease.The chainaxe is the favorite weapon of the Khornate Berserkers found in the ranks of the Chaos Space Marines and of worshippers of the Blood God in general.
Chainaxe - History: During the time of the Great Crusade in the late 30th Millennium, the chainaxe was a standard close combat weapon used by the Legion Assault Squads of the Legiones Astartes, finding special favour amongst the Legionaries of the World Eaters Legion. The XIIth Legion's preference for close-quarters fighting and dealing death face-to-face was demonstrated by the preponderance of close combat weaponry habitually carried by its rank-and-file.The dedicated assault units of the Legion added to their profusion of bloody killing tools a weapon that dated back to the techno-barbarian tribes of Terra, the broad-bladed chainaxe. With the rediscovery of Primarch Angron as the XIIth Legion's rightful master, the World Eaters' predilections for hand-to-hand bloodletting reached even greater heights than before, and the chainaxe was further refined under Angron's direction.Such was the reputation it gained, particularly given its effectiveness against brutish xenos such as the Orks, that its use spread to several of the other Astartes Legions. In truth, this inelegant weapon could be seen as an abstract symbol of the World Eaters themselves: brutal and savage, remorseless and unsubtle, a tool with but one purpose -- to kill.After the Traitor Legions fell to the corruption of Chaos during the Horus Heresy, the chainaxe became synonymous as the preferred weapon of the Khornate Berserkers who began to rise in every Legion, as the axe was the sacred weapon of Khorne himself. Khorne cares not from where the blood flows, and it often flows easiest when his followers make use of the endless multitude of melee weapons found throughout the galaxy.After the Heresy, the chainaxe found less use amongst the Loyalist Space Marine Chapters, perhaps because of its increasing association as a weapon preferred by devotees of the Blood God. However, the Astartes of some assault-oriented Loyalist Chapters like the Flesh Tearers have still been known to make use of the chainaxe on occasion.
Chainaxe - Notable Chainaxe Patterns: Castir Pattern Chain Greataxe - Huge in size and weight, only unnaturally strong or fanatical heretics commonly brandish this weapon. Most feature a double-sided chassis housing two independently mounted chain assemblies, designed to be swung in wide swathes. Such is the power of this fearsome weapon that little can stand against it, and enemies fall apart like kindling when struck.Charatran Pattern Chainaxe - An ancient pattern of chainaxe utilised by the Legiones Astartes during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy eras, many of the Iron Hands Legion Terminator Squads utilised this pattern for close assault and "Zone Mortalis" engagements.Deimos Pattern Mark II Legion Chainaxe - The most common variant of the chainaxe utilised by the worshippers of Khorne is the ancient Deimos Pattern Mark II Legion chainaxe, a much more powerful pattern of chainaxe originally forged for the Assault Squads of the Space Marine Legions. The weapon draws upon the additional mechanical support provided by an Astartes' power armour to drive the chainaxe's bulk at greater speeds.Khornate Chainaxe - A Khornate Chainaxe is a pattern of chainaxe that has been ritually dedicated to the Blood God, and is larger, heavier and more potent than its standard counterpart. It can cut through even the most heavy of armour plating with ease, and is a particularly favorite weapon of Khornate Berserkers.Puritan's Wrath Chainaxe - Made only from the finest materials the Calixis Sector has to offer, the broad-headed chainaxe commonly known as the Puritan's Wrath is a true sight to behold on the battlefield. Carried into the thickest of fighting by those militant priests of the Adeptus Ministorum, the Puritan's Wrath proudly displays the symbol of the Ecclesiarchy across its broad face whilst streams of purity seals and devotional litanies stream down its surface and around its long handle. The Puritan's Wrath may look like an ordinary chainaxe, but many tales tell of the blade's uncanny ability to fell Heretics in a single blow, and of its supernatural ability to destroy the most blasphemous of creatures: the Daemons of Chaos.Reaver Pattern Chainaxe - An ancient pattern chainaxe known to be utilised by the brutal World Eaters Legion during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy.Headsman's Axe - The Headsman's Axe was a massive chainaxe wielded by the elite Atramentar Terminators of the Night Lords Legion.
Chainaxe - Notable Chainaxes: Gorechild - Gorechild is a massive chainaxe that was once wielded with its twin Gorefather by Angron, the primarch of the World Eaters Legion during the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy. Its chainblade teeth come from the jaws of the Mica-dragons of the Death World Luther McIntyre IX, its haft was forged from adamantium and its head is a full three spans across. Originally dual-wielded in combat by Angron with its twin Gorefather, it is now used as only a single weapon by Khârn the Betrayer, the Champion of Khorne amongst the World Eaters.Gorefather - Gorefather is the massive chainaxe that was the twin of Gorechild and was dual-wielded by Angron during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy. Almost nothing is known about this weapon, including whether it was an identical copy of Gorechild or whether it differed in its manufacture. Its current whereabouts are also unknown.Brazentooth - Brazentooth was the massive two-handed chainaxe that the Primarch Angron used before taking up Gorefather and Gorechild. Brazentooth was so large only a primarch could wield it with any result. Brazentooth was later presented by Angron to Lorgar of the Word Bearers to cement the alliance between their two Legions at the time of the Horus Heresy. Brazentooth was apparently destroyed or lost in the vacuum of space after the destruction of the Word Bearers' warship the Furious Abyss in the early days of the Heresy.Reaper - This enormous, two-handed chainaxe is traditionally carried by the company master of the Carcharodons' 3rd Company. Previously wielded by the slain Company Master Akia, it is now wielded by Akia's successor, Bail Sharr. This weapon was bloodied in countless engagements and was first used by Captain Sharr during the Red Tithe of Zartak, where he wielded it to great effect against the Night Lords of the Chaos Lord Amon Cull.
Chainaxe - Ork Chainaxes: Like Orks themselves, Ork melee weapons are large, extremely durable, and very dangerous. They can range from simple lengths of bare metal or sections of deck plating, to highly complex but highly unpredictable mechanisms that only an Ork would dare use. No matter their form, each can multiply an Ork's already high degree of lethality to even greater levels:Big Choppa - "Choppa" is the term applied to a multitude of basic Ork close-combat weapons. The mark of a real connoisseur of brutality even amongst Ork warriors, Big Choppas are enormous, crude chainaxes with jagged metal teeth. They are chosen more for sheer weight than subtlety. A Big Choppa is a two-handed close combat weapon, and when wielded in an overhead swing they will turn most opponents into ruined masses of bloody meat and broken bones should it connect. Big Choppas can also take the form of massive meat cleavers, oversized weighted pipes, or many other large kinds of crude but effective implements of death.
Chainaxe - Sources: Black Crusade: Core Rulebook (RPG), pg. 162Black Crusade: The Tome of Blood (RPG), pg. 37Codex: Chaos Space Marines (3rd Edition, 1st Codex), pg. 32Codex: Chaos Space Marines (3rd Edition, 2nd Codex), pg. 49Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition), pp. 22, 48, 84Codex: Chaos Space Marines (6th Edition), pg. 64Codex: Chaos (2nd Edition), pg. 75Codex: Orks (4th Edition), pg. 89Dark Heresy: Creatures Anathema (RPG), pp. 102-103Gorkamorka: Da Roolz (2nd Edition), pg. 53Imperial Armour Volume Eight - Raid on Kastorel-Novem, pp. 115, 118Index Astartes I, "Blood Frenzy - The Flesh Tearers Space Marine Chapter," by Matthew Sprange and Gav Thorpe, pg. 49Index Astartes III, "Chosen of Khorne - The World Eaters Space Marine Legion," by Graham McNeill, pg. 37Only War: Hammer of the Emperor (RPG), pg. 116Only War: Shield of Humanity (RPG), pg. 128Rogue Trader: The Koronus Bestiary (RPG), pg. 69The Horus Heresy - Book One: Betrayal by Alan Bligh, pg. 89The Horus Heresy - Book Two: Massacre by Alan Bligh, pp. 61, 75Warhammer 40,000: Rulebook (6th Edition), pg. 203Battle for the Abyss (Novel) by Ben Counter, pg. 266Butcher's Nails (Audio Drama) by Aaron Dembski-BowdenThe Weakness of Others (Novella) by Laurie GouldingChosen of Khorne (Audio Drama) by Anthony ReynoldsCarcharadons: Red Tithe (Novel) by Robbie MacNiven, Ch. 1
Chainfist - Chainfist: A Chainfist is a standard pattern Power Fist that has been fitted with a Chainsword attachment that is intented to allow its wielder to carve his way through armoured bulkheads. Originally designed for penetrating the armoured hulls of voidships during spaceborne boarding actions, the whirring adamantium blades of a Chainfist have long since proven their worth when engaging armoured targets of all kinds. Both Loyalist Terminators and Chaos Terminators often replace their armour's standard Power Fist with a Chainfist for use against enemy armoured vehicles and static defences in close combat.
Chainfist - History: Perhaps the most devastating melee weapon commonly used by both Space Marine Chapters and Traitor Legion warriors, these archaic weapons harken back to the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy eras of the late 30th and early 31st Millennia. Chainfists were originally designed for use during voidship boarding actions, where they would be used to tear open voidcraft bulkheads or breach even the most redoubtable of barricades. They were quickly repurposed by Space Marine Legion Terminators, who used them to great effect against even the most heavily armoured of adversaries. A Chainfist combines the matter-cleaving power field of a Power Fist with the rending adamantine teeth of a Chainsword. The matter-disrupting power field envelopes both the huge gauntlet and the whirring blade, yielding a weapon capable of slicing through armour, vehicles, heavy cruiser bulkheads, or nearly any other substance in the galaxy given enough time. These weapons are too unbalanced and unwieldy for even a Battle-Brother in standard Astartes Power Armour to wield effectively; Chainfists are only capable of being used with Terminator Armour. This is just as well, as any foe dreadful enough to warrant use of this weapon certainly calls for such equally potent protection.
Chainfist - Chainfist Variants: Traitor Legion Chainfist - These huge gauntlets resemble a Power Fist with a short, reinforced double-bladed Chainsword extending from the glove. Too heavy even for Chaos Space Marines in Power Armour, only those wearing Terminator Armour can operate such a weapon properly. Each gauntlet is as bulky as a Power Fist and cannot be used for any but the most basic manipulative tasks.Titan Chainfist - Similar in concept to the Chainfists wielded by Terminators, only on a more massive scale, the Titan Chainfist takes the form of a large chainsaw attachment. Thanks to the available power from the Titan's massive plasma reactor, Titan-grade Chainfists are also equipped with a secondary Melta Array, to soften up the target while cutting through it.
Chainfist - Notable Chainsfists: Hunger and Slake - Tyberos, First Captain of the Carcharodons Chapter, is equipped with a pair of unique Power Weapons with which he has developed a murderous degree of skill. Named Hunger and Slake, each of these heavy, gauntlet-like devices of uncertain origin combine barbed Power Blades and an inner maw fitted with mechanised Adamantium teeth. Their pattern and manufacture are unknown to the Tech-priests of Mars.Unmaker's Touch - In many Chapters, the mighty Chainfist is a weapon that sees use only in the direst of conflicts, as the armour of most Battle-Brothers is insufficient to bear the weight and supply the power of such a weapon. The Minotaurs Chapter's great stock of Terminator Armour means that they are able to bring forth such weapons more easily than most. Of the terrible weapons so mounted, few are more feared than the Chainfist called Unmaker's Touch. Its potent power field makes a mockery of armour and vehicles, and has also served admirably against the creations of Hereteks and other unliving foes.
Chainfist - Sources: Black Crusade: Core Rulebook (RPG), pg. 163Codex: Blood Angels (5th Edition), pg. 56Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition), pg. 84Codex: Chaos Space Marines (3rd Edition, 2nd Codex), pg. 16Codex: Chaos Space Marines (3rd Edition, 1st Codex), pg. 20Codex: Dark Angels (4th Edition), pg. 28Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition), pg. 97Codex: Space Marines (4th Edition), pg. 23Codex: Space Wolves (5th Edition), pg. 57Deathwatch: Core Rulebook (RPG), pg. 154Deathwatch: Honour the Chapter (RPG), pg. 135Imperial Armour Volume Ten - The Badab War - Part Two, pp. 119, 177Inquisitor: Core Rulebook (RPG), pg. 77Space Hulk: Rulebook (3rd Edition), pg.Warhammer 40,000: Battle Manual (2nd Edition), pg. 21Warhammer 40,000: Compendium (2nd Edition), pp. 12, 15Warhammer 40,000: Rulebook (6th Edition), pg. 60Warhammer 40,000: Wargear (4th Edition), pg. 41Warhammer 40,000: Wargear (2nd Edition), pg. 7Forge World - Titan: Reaver Titan Chainsfist
Chainsabre - Chainsabre: A Chainsabre is a twinned Aeldari chainblade mounted in an ancient gauntlet that incorporates a Shuriken Pistol, meaning the user can let loose a short-range fusillade as they leap into the fray before delivering a lightning flurry of blows. These brutally effective weapons are only available to Craftworld Aeldari Exarchs of the Striking Scorpions Aspect Warriors.
Chainsword - Chainsword: The chainsword is the preferred close combat melee weapon of many of the military forces of the Imperium of Man and versions are also used by the warriors of the Heretic Astartes, Traitoris Militarum, the Orks and the Asuryani.The chainsword is essentially a sword with powered teeth that run along a single-edged blade like that of a chainsaw. Most versions of the weapon make use of monomolecularly-edged or otherwise razor-sharp teeth. Chainswords are not subtle weapons, and wielding one is a statement in its own right: they are horrific tools of war, designed to bite, tear and eviscerate where more primitive blades merely cut and slice.The weapon makes an angry buzzing sound as the teeth spin around, intensifying into a high pitched scream as they grind into armour. It is not unlike a real-world chainsaw, but lighter and able to be wielded with one hand. It is often used in conjunction with a Laspistol.A chainsword brings the weight of intimidation with its obvious effectiveness, and it promises pain before death. On worlds claimed by Humanity, these blades are items of status for criminals and high-ranking gang fighters, as well as weapons of lethal (and crowd-pleasing) necessity for indentured gladiators.Among Mankind's endless armies, the ubiquitous chainsword has found a home in the arsenal of many Astra Militarum officers and Commissars, as well as serving as the weapon of choice for countless warriors among the Adeptus Astartes since the ancient era of the Space Marine Legions in the Great Crusade.This weapon sees action in all forces that serve in boarding and assault parties -- such as Space Marine Assault Squads, Chaos Space Marines, especially the Chaos Space Marines' Raptor Assault Squads, and Asuryani Striking Scorpions Aspect Warriors. The chainsword has also been seen in common use amongst Imperial pirates and Rogue Trader captains.In alien hands, chainblades take more exotic forms despite obeying the same function. An Ork "chain-choppa" will have none of an Asuryani chainsabre's bone-sung elegance, and little of the reliability of a Space Marine's mass-produced weapon, but it will carve flesh and shed blood with the same eagerness.Orks often steal them for Mad Doks and Meks and it has been reported that Slugga Boyz also use them. Some Ork Warbosses have been known to attach them to their hands instead of Klaws.
Chainsword - History: Like many examples of Human invention, the chainsword's many variants seem to have their roots in the shrouded heresies of the Age of Technology. Accordingly, it saw consistent use in the armoured fists of techno-barbarians during the Age of Strife, and among the Emperor's own armies during His Thunder Warriors' brutal conquest of Terra.But chainswords have been wielded by inhuman hands for aeons. Several xenos species have borne such blades into battle even in the ages when Mankind could only look up to the stars with spears in their filthy hands.Tech-priest foundry masters have speculated, down the centuries, that it is simply a natural evolution of the sword's design: from bronze to iron; from iron to steel; from steel to chain-teeth; and from chain-teeth to a weapon wreathed in an energy field -- such as the Imperial power sword.But doubt remains. More than one Martian magos has devoted their life's work to researching the primeval origins of Chain Weapons: mostly likely the result of inspiration stolen from an alien race, in a war that may never be remembered.If this theorem ever bears fruit, it is distinctly possible that the galaxy's first wielders of chainswords were jade-clad warriors of the ancient Aeldari. As befitting the galaxy's most common type of chainweapon, chainswords come in hundreds upon hundreds of styles, patterns, and local variants.Two-handed blades are often referred to as "Eviscerators" by the Imperium, but these immense weapons come in almost as many variants as their more common counterparts.Every Space Marine Chapter will forge its own blades with subtle differences to those of its brethren, just as every Forge World produces its tried and tested signature weapons based on its preferred schematics. The most common template for any Imperial chainsword is the Mark XI "Hell's Teeth" pattern, with thousands of minor variations seeing use throughout Mankind's endless armies.Chapters such as the Flesh Tearers, the Marines Errant, the Minotaurs, and the Blood Eagles have made no secret of their own named pattern chainblades, usually divergent in matters of decoration and reverence.Unsurprisingly, one of the most dramatic Imperial variants is also found among the Adeptus Astartes: the so-called "Krakentooth" frost blade of the Space Wolves, with its chain-teeth supposedly formed from the fangs of the sea monsters blighting the oceans of their homeworld of Fenris.
Chainsword - Chaos: Legion Chainsword - As the name suggests, chainswords are roughly sword-like in shape with a large flat housing containing the chain. Chainsword variants often used by the servants of Chaos have the entire blade chassis opened to expose the chained teeth. This makes the weapon more dangerous to both user and victim, but for a truly dedicated warrior this is of little concern. Like all their weapons, the chainswords used by Chaos Space Marine forces are longer and heavier, fit only to be carried by these mightiest of warriors.Ironfang Chainsword - Designed to allow mere Humans to approximate the deadly blows of a Chaos Space Marine, the Ironfang features a thick, bladed area with chained teeth nearly twice as wide as other chainswords. The power from the backpack-mounted supply provides greater tearing strength, and the weighted nose of the sword allows the user to strike with heavy, slashing blows.Phobos Pattern Great Chainsword - This huge, two-handed weapon can run almost two metres in length, with a long grip and weighted pommel to allow for some semblance of balance in use. The chained teeth are exposed along the entire length, so that the user can swing it in both directions in combat more like a flail than a real sword. Originally used in Forge Polix as a tool for ripping apart large bulkheads and armour during construction, the tool was repurposed by Heretic Astartes warriors of Khorne who found it brutally effective on the battlefield. This is a two-handed melee weapon.
Chainsword - Asuryani: Biting Blade - Utilised exclusively by the Striking Scorpions Exarchs, these large swords are reminiscent of the massive Eviscerators used by zealots within the Imperium, as Biting Blades are also long-bladed, two-handed chainswords. However, where Eviscerators are heavy, noisy machines, Biting Blades are slender and quiet, but no less deadly for their relatively light weight. Wielded properly, their razor-sharp teeth can tear through flesh and bone with horrific speed, and a skilled warrior can cleave a man in two without difficulty.Asuryani Chainsword - A seldom-seen weapon, Asuryani chainswords bear only a superficial resemblance to the roaring, heavy blades of Humans or Orks. Almost silent, they produce little more than a sibilant whisper as they tear through flesh and bone. Their swiftly-cycling rows of mono-edged teeth cause considerable damage to any creature in their path.Scorpion Chainsword - A lightweight chainsword used by warriors of the Striking Scorpions Aspect Warriors, they are a deadly one-handed melee weapons whose vicious blade is comprised of diamond-toothed edges that mangle and tear flesh. Its advanced design augments the user's strength, making it an incredibly deadly weapon to use in close combat against infantry and lightly armoured targets.
Chainsword - Orks: Choppa - Orks use a bewildering variety of bladed, spiked, serrated, jagged, barbed and notched hand weapons ranging from the proverbial blunt instrument to whirring Ork-tooth chainsaws. An Ork Chain Choppa is the Greenskin equivalent of a chainsword, a large blunt instrument of death with large whirring jagged metal teeth that rip and tear an enemy apart in a hail of gore.
Chainsword - Notable Chainsword Wielders: Wolf Lord Ragnar Blackmane of the Space Wolves ChapterChapter Master Gabriel Seth of the Flesh Tearers ChapterCaptain Leonatos of the Blood Angels ChapterCommissar Ciaphas CainColonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt of the Tanith First and Only ("Gaunt's Ghosts")Eldar Striking Scorpion Phoenix Lord Karandras
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Chairon - Chairon: Chairon was a Primaris Space Marine of the Ultramarines Chapter's 2nd Company who fought in the Recidious Campaign of the Fourth Tyrannic War under the command of Lieutenant Demetrian Titus, newly restored to his Chapter after an absence of more than a standard century, and his squad leader Sergeant Gadriel.
Chairon - History: Chairon was born on the world of Calth in the Realm of Ultramar where he personally witnessed the Word Bearers betray the Ultramarines Legion mustering on that world, initiating the Battle of Calth during the Horus Heresy. The carnage unleashed by the Word Bearers left him with a fierce hatred of all Heretics and Traitors, and a desire to emulate the heroism of the Ultramarines that he had witnessed during the conflict. As a result, when the opportunity came, Chairon took and passed the trials to be accepted as a neophyte of the Legion. However, he subsequently volunteered for a secret project that would take him along a different path.Chairon was among the young men subsequently taken secretly by Archmagos Dominus Belisarius Cawl and put into stasis deep beneath Mars while he perfected the process of creating Primaris Space Marines over the next ten thousand standard years. When the Era Indomitus began in the wake of the Great Rift's creation, Chairon was one of the Primaris Marines of the Ultima Founding who was eventually assigned to the Ultramarines Chapter.Serving in the Ultramarines 2nd Company alongside his squad leader, Sergeant Gadriel, the two were later placed under the command of the newly returned Lieutenant Demetrian Titus during battles against the Tyranids in the Recidious System on the Jungle World of Kadaku and the Hive World of Avarax.When it became apparent that a thrall-band of the Thousand Sons Traitor Legion commanded by the Sorcerer Lord Imurah was manipulating the events surrounding the attempted development in the Recidious System of Project Aurora, a weapon intended to banish all those corrupted by Chaos into the Warp, Chairon flew into a rage and abandoned his squad to recklessly pursue the Traitors.Chairon was reprimanded for this by Titus, but after rejoining Titus and Gadriel to reach an astropathic relay overrun by the Tyranids to send a message to Chapter Master Marneus Calgar warning him that Project Aurora was based upon the same Chaos-powered power source that Titus had first encountered a standard century before during the Liberation of Graia, the relay's resident astropath, Neoma, accused the lieutenant of being a Traitor who planned to kill Calgar when he arrived.Overcome by suspicion, Gadriel attempted to kill Titus in a mistaken attempt to save Calgar and stop what he believed to be a Chaos plot, but a less credulous Chairon killed the astropath, whose death revealed that the psyker had in fact been possessed by Imurah's sorcery to sow dissension among the Ultramarines. When asked how he knew that the psyker was possessed by the sorcerer, Chairon stated that he had an innate sense of Warp corruption.Together with Titus and Chairon, the trio went on to defeat Imurah and his allied Tzeentchian Lord of Change on the Cemetery World of Demerium after following the Sorcerer Lord into the Immaterium itself.
Chairon - Appearance: Chairon's right arm was replaced by an augmetic after he lost the original in a prior campaign.
Chalice-class Battlecruiser - Chalice-class Battlecruiser: The Chalice-class Battlecruiser is a bold, experimental class Battlecruiser that is unique to the Imperial Navy's Battlefleet Calixis, as it was designed within the Calixis Sector.
Chalice-class Battlecruiser - History: The Chalice-class was a bold but not entirely successful attempt to further develop the concept of the Battlecruiser. The theory seemed sound: a fast Heavy Cruiser, with light armour and powerful weapons that could outrun and outmanoeuvre anything it could not immediately destroy. During the bleak middle years of the Angevin Crusade, much was made by Imperial propagandists of the new, locally manufactured "super-cruisers" planned to roll up the numerous xenos and Heretic empires arrayed against the Emperor's forces. Even though they only came into service as the Crusade ended, hopes for these vessels were immense. Early Chalice-class captains were lauded as glamorous, swashbuckling adventurers in endless Vox reels and data plays.Sadly, the vessels failed to live up to expectations. Two of the original Chalice-class Battlecruisers were destroyed during an engagement with unknown xenos forces in the Hazeroth Abyss in 123.M40, and others were lost to accident or fleet engagements over the following millennia. Due to an active Inquisitorial campaign to conceal these military setbacks, these starships remain admired amongst the ignorant general Imperial public, who believe these vessels remain the iron core of Battlefleet Calixis. However, these sleek and beautiful warships, while fast and well-armed, have a glass jaw, and a disconcerting tendency to rupture plasma conduits under sustained assault.
Chalice-class Battlecruiser - Dimensions: Hull: 5.1 kilometres long, 0.8 kilometres abeam at fins approximately.Mass: Approximately 29 megatonnes.Class Chalice-class Battlecruiser.Crew: Approximately 98,200 crew.Acceleration: 3.4 gravities maximum sustainable acceleration.
Chalnath Expanse - Chalnath Expanse: The Chalnath Expanse is a region of Imperial space located in the northern Segmentum Ultima region of the Imperium Nihilus. It is of strategic import as it sits upon one of the primary Warp routes leading to the Segmentum Fortress at Kar Duniash. The Chalnath Expanse was also the region into which the T'au Empire's Fourth and Fifth Sphere Expansion fleets were launched, which led to the founding of the extension of the T'au Empire known as the Nem'yar Atoll. As such, it is now emboriled in a four-way conflict between the Imperium, the T'au Empire, various Genestealer Cults and an Ork WAAAGH! which recently entered the region, drawn by the raging war now called the Chalnath Expanse Campaign.
Chalnath Expanse - Arrajian System: While it was not directly assaulted by the T'au's Fifth Sphere Expansion forces, the Arrajian System was subjected to Genestealer Cult uprisings so successful that more than half of its key worlds fell in a matter of solar months. Those few that remained loyal to the Imperium now hold on by a thread and their enduring faith in the Emperor is all that gives their defenders strength.
Chalnath Expanse - Barolyr System: The Barolyr System was assaulted by the T'au's Fifth Sphere Expansion. Its primary planet was the Hive World of Vorotheion which came under attack by both the forces of the T'au and an uprising by the Genestealer Cult known as the Pauper Princes. The cult was ultimately victorious in taking over most of the world, though the T'au and the Imperium still maintain control over several of the world's hive cities. The Pauper Princes remain undaunted by this, and have already begun the necessary work required to welcome their Star Children masters -- the Tyranids -- to their home.
Chalnath Expanse - Ctesiphus System: While it was not directly assaulted by the T'au, the Ctesiphus System was subjected to Genestealer Cult uprisings so successful that more than half of its key worlds fell in a matter of solar months. Those few that remained loyal to the Imperium now hold on by a thread and their enduring faith in the Emperor is all that remains to give them stength against the xenophile menace.
Chalnath Expanse - Riatov System: When the T'au invaded the Riatov System, the primary world of Riatov became became an inferno of bloodshed between the Riatov regiments of the Astra Militarum, Genestealer Cultists and the T'au's Fire Caste forces.
Chalnath Expanse - Thaxaril System: The Thaxaril System  was struck by the forces of the T'au Empire's Fifth Sphere Expansion. Its primary planet was the Cardinal World of Astorgius, celebrated across the sector for its magnificent architecture, incredible wealth and priceless relics.The world has been devastated by the T'au's invasion of the Thaxaril System. Even as the forces of the Imperium and the T'au waged their war for control of the planet, neither realised that Astorgius was also home to a large Genestealer Cult infestation, which had yet to make its presence known.
Chalnath Expanse - Vedik System: The Vedik System came under assault by the T'au Fifth Sphere Expansion forces led by Commander Shadowsun. Isolated and facing economic ruin since becoming trapped within the Imperium Nihilus in the wake of the Great Rift's birth, its population began to lose faith in the Emperor. Thus, when the envoys of the T'au Water Caste from the Fifth Sphere Expansion arrived to open negotiations, the Imperial authorities used Rogue Traders to broker food and aid from the xenos. Before long, the T'au had earned the trust of the population and Water Caste officials even held seats on some local city councils. The T'au gave many technological gifts to the Imperial Commanders of the Vedik System, though in truth these robotic drones were outfitted with listening devices that allowed the T'au to gather valuable intelligence on how best to make the Greater Good more appealing to the Human population.The situation in the Vedik System changed when a battered Imperial fleet arrived out of Warpspace without warning. Led by a force of Sisters of Battle drawn from the Order of Our Martyred Lady, the pious battle-sisters were horrified by what they found in the system, with its people consorting openly with xenos. The Adepta Sororitas determined that their sudden and unexpected arrival in the system had been ordained by the will of the Emperor, and that it was their mission to purge Vedik of the xenos and their Human collaborators.As soon as the Adepta Sororitas' presence in the system was known, the T'au quickly withdrew from Vedik, as they did not possess the necessary military forces to oppose such an elite Imperial strike force. Upon occupying the worlds of the Vedik System, the battle-sisters organised and conducted a bloody round of purges, pogroms, and torturous interrogations to root out all the Human collaborators with the T'au Empire. They were aided by Ecclesiarchy priests, who rose up to destroy any commercial concerns that had been established by the Water Caste and those Humans who had aided them.The T'au were not willing to give up on the Vedik System, however, and under orders from Commander Shadowsun a fleet of T'au voidships soon arrived in the system filled with Fire Caste troops. These were led by hundreds of teams of Pathfinders under orders to rescue any beleaguered T'au still remaining in the system, reestablish contact with any of their Gue'vesa allies who had been driven underground by the Adepta Sororitas' persecution, and eventually overthrow Imperial rule. The T'au had to move fast, as more and more Imperial vessels were arriving in-system, called by the Adepta Sororitas and the Inquisition. Soon Vedik was consumed by war, like much of the rest of the Chalnath Expanse.
Chalnath Expanse Campaign - Chalnath Expanse Campaign: The Chalnath Expanse Campaign, also called War Zone Chalnath, was a multisided war fought in the Era Indomitus for control of the Chalnath Expanse region in the northern Segmentum Ultima portion of the Imperium Nihilus between the forces of the Imperium, the T'au Empire's Fifth Sphere Expansion, various Genestealer Cults and the Orks. The campaign has degenerated into a four-way battle that is ongoing with no end in sight.