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Repulsive-class Grand Cruiser - Notable Repulsive-class Grand Cruisers: Bloodied SwordBringer of DespairFoe-ReaperSolace - When this warship's hull was originally laid down in the 34th Millennium on the Forge World of Lashte, it was named Undying Valour. It entered service with Battlefleet Archon less than a Terran year after structure completion, commanded by an inexperienced captain named Lutrecia Prask. Its complement of more than thirty thousand ratings was largely drawn from Imperial Navy levy stations strung out beyond the Mourn Ring, and was graded as competent by four subsequent inspection visits. Like all the original Corinus-class Grand Cruisers, it was heavily armed, with Lance and Macrocannon arrays out of proportion to its relatively underweight Void Shielding. It transpired that the class gradually fell out of favour with Imperial commanders, though the Undying Valour served with distinction for another five hundred Terran years, gaining a kill ratio marginally higher than its reputation indicated likely. Captain Prask died in an engagement less than twenty standard years after assuming command, and was replaced by a succession of captains promoted from the lower decks. A grand cruiser was a world of its own, and only the very greatest Battleships regularly recruited senior officers from outside the hull -- most captains were born, raised and trained on the ship they would later command. The last of the line, Orthan Hemmo, was of this tradition, and was said to have loved the ship more than his own children, of which there were twenty before circumstances intervened to curtail his commendable contribution to the replenishment of Imperial numbers. Those circumstances came at the Battle of the Borghesh Channel, a vicious encounter in which the Imperium lost twenty vessels and had its grip loosened on three sub-sectors. By the time Imperial Navy retribution fleets overwhelmed the region more than sixty standard years later, there was no sign of the Undying Valour at its last reported coordinates -- only a slowly spinning core of metal to which Captain Hemmo's deep-frozen corpse was, it was rumoured later, nailed on tight. In truth, the Undying Valour had been taken into the Eye of Terror and stayed there for five Terran millennia. It was renamed the Solace after it became corrupted by the power of Nurgle, which made the ship semi-sentient. It was eventually taken by the Chaos Lord Vorx, commander of the Heretic Astartes warband of the Death Guard called the Lords of Silence, who ensured that the corrupted ship was placated with plenty of flesh and blood, in order to prevent the Solace from turning upon its own warriors. However this did not stop the Solace from occasionally growing tentacles in order to attack and devour members of the warband.
Repulsor - Repulsor: The Repulsor is an Imperial anti-gravitic main battle tank intended to provide armoured support for the Primaris Space Marines of many different Chapters.The Repulsor, though clearly derived from the same Standard Template Construct patterns as other vehicles of the Adeptus Astartes, is the first heavily-armoured vehicle deployed by the Imperium of Man to make use of anti-gravitic technology since the days of the Horus Heresy in the early 31st Millennium.The Repulsor is manufactured by the forges of Mars under the command of Archmagos Dominus Belisarius Cawl, like most of the new wargear produced for the Primaris Space Marines. It is unknown whether Cawl incorporated recently recovered ancient technology to produce the design, or whether it emerged from his own mind as part of his radical turn towards the former heresy known as "innovation."The Repulsor armoured transport is a deadly combination of manoeuvrability and raw brute force. Due to the turbine array at its rear, it has tremendous motive power, and it is held aloft by powerful anti-gravitic generators.The Repulsor is so heavily armed and armoured that it does not skim over the landscape in the manner of a Space Marine reconnaissance craft like the Land Speeder, but instead crushes the ground below it. The tank grinds forward with a deep bass thrum, reducing rock to gravel and fallen bodies to smears of gore and powdered bone.Repulsors are exceptionally tough. Boasting layered armour of ceramite and adamantium compounds, these vehicles shrug off the enemy's heaviest fire as they cut a relentless path into the middle of their battle lines. Then their hatches cycle open, allowing their towering posthuman passengers to storm out with guns blazing.But the Repulsor is far more than a simple armoured transport, for it mounts a staggering variety of weapons. The Las-talon or Heavy Onslaught Gatling Cannon in the tank's turret blasts apart enemy vehicles that could conceivably pose a threat, whilst the extensive suite of bolter weaponry, Auto Launchers and Grenade Launchers lay down a storm of horde-killing firepower. The Repulsor can transport 10 Primaris Astartes in Mark X Tacticus Power Armour, or 5 Primaris Marines in the bulkier Mark X Gravis battle-plate.
Repulsor - History: For millennia Mankind had lost the secrets to constructing anti-gravity devices, which only a few relics from the Dark Age of Technology remaining. It was the discovery of an ancient STC by the famed Arkhan Land that led to a breakthrough in rediscovering and restoring this potent technology to the Imperium during the Great Crusade.The ancient Mechanicum and its Adeptus Mechanicus successor was able to once more produce anti-gravitic generators and impeller units that -- while nowhere near as elegant or refined as those heretical technologies used by certain xenos species like the Aeldari -- were robust, reliable and could be adapted for use on a variety of hulls, from light reconnaissance craft like the Land Speeder right up to the Astraeus super-heavy grav tank.After the opening of the Great Rift, with the direct sanction of both Roboute Guilliman as lord commander of the Imperium and the Fabricator-General of Mars, a select handful of chosen Tech-priests like Archmagos Dominus Belisarius Cawl continued research and development into new anti-gravitic battle tanks with which to bolster the battle lines of the Adeptus Astartes.
Repulsor - Deathwatch Service: The Deathwatch Chapter received a substantial allocation of Repulsor tanks as part of the Ultimaris Decree in the Era Indomitus, and wasted no time in putting them to good use. In the first instance, these vehicles are deployed to increase the mobility and durability of Primaris Marine Fortis Kill-teams. They allow the Primaris battle-brothers to strike from unexpected quarters, bypassing enemy defence lines by hovering over seemingly impassable hazards to attack the foe's unprepared rear lines. So durable are Repulsor tanks that they can easily shrug off whatever weapons the foe levels at them, before laying down a squadron's worth of return fire in support of their disembarked passengers.The watch master of Fort Obsidus, Astoren Korr, has proven especially adept in the deployment of these potent battle tanks. Faced with the hurtling Kults of Speed of WAAAGH! Wazdakka, knowing that his forces cannot hope to keep pace with the deranged Ork Mekaniaks and their high-speed war engines, Korr instead took to deploying spearheads of Repulsors in the onrushing enemy's path. With their spectacular firepower, these mobile roadblocks tear through the light Ork vehicles, while their grav-waves send those that get too close skidding and flipping into fiery ruin. In this way the Deathwatch have blunted several recent Ork assaults.
Repulsor - Armament: A Repulsor grav-tank is equipped with a Heavy Onslaught Gatling Cannon, a Twin Heavy Bolter, an Ironhail Heavy Stubber, an Icarus Ironhail Heavy Stubber, 2 Krakstorm Grenade Launchers, 2 Storm Bolters and Auto Launchers.The Twin Heavy Bolter can be replaced with a Twin Lascannon, the Heavy Onslaught Gatling Cannon with a Las-talon, the Ironhail Heavy Stubber with an Onslaught Gatling Cannon, and the 2 Storm Bolters with 2 Fragstorm Grenade Launchers.The Icarus Ironhail Heavy Stubber can be swapped out for an Icarus Rocket Pod, Storm Bolter or Fragstorm Grenade Launcher. The Auto Launchers can be replaced with 2 Fragstorm Grenade Launchers. The Repulsor's standard armament load-out can also be supplemented with an additional Ironhail Heavy Stubber.
Repulsor - Unit Composition: 1 Primaris Repulsor
Repulsor - Wargear: A standard Repulsor tank is armed and equipped with:Heavy Onslaught Gatling Cannon (Turret-mounted)Twin-linked Heavy Bolters (Front Hull-mounted)Ironhail Heavy Stubber (Pintle-mounted)Icarus Ironhail Heavy Stubber (Rear Hull-mounted)2 Krakstorm Grenade Launchers (Mounted on the front of the turret)2 Storm Bolters (Mounted on the sides of the hull, above the side doors)2 Auto Launchers (Mounted on the sides of the turret)Any Repulsor may replace its turret-mounted Heavy Onslaught Gatling Cannon with:Las-talon (Turret-mounted)A Repulsor tank may replace its set of hull-mounted twin-linked Heavy Bolters with:Twin-linked Lascannons (Front Hull-mounted)A Repulsor Tank can replace its pintle-mounted Ironhail Heavy Stubber with:Onslaught Gatling Cannon (Pintle-mounted)A Repulsor Tank can replace its rear hull-mounted Icarus Ironhail Heavy Stubber with any of the following options:Icarus Rocket Pod (Rear Hull-mounted)Storm Bolter (Rear Hull-mounted)Fragstorm Grenade Launcher (Rear Hull-mounted)A Repulsor Tank can replace its 2 hull-mounted Storm Bolters with:Fragstorm Grenade Launchers (Mounted upon the sides of the hull, above the side doors)A Repulsor Tank can replace its 2 Auto Launchers with:2 Fragstorm Grenade Launchers (Mounted upon the sides of the turret)A Repulsor Tank can also take the following additional weapon:Ironhail Heavy Stubber (Mounted Co-axial on turret)
Repulsor - Adeptus Mechanicus Technical Specifications: The technical specifications of the Repulsor main battle tank have not yet been made available by the Adeptus Mechanicus.
Repulsor - Sources: Codex: Space Marines (8th Edition) (Revised Codex), pp. 86, 161Codex Adeptus Astartes - Space Marines (8th Edition), pp. 87, 182Codex Adeptus Astartes - Dark Angels (8th Edition), pp. 57, 123Codex Adeptus Astartes - Deathwatch (8th Edition), pg. 49Gamesworkshop Webstore - Repulsor
Repulsor Executioner - Repulsor Executioner: The Repulsor Executioner is a variant of the Repulsor anti-gravitic main battle tank used by the Primaris Space Marines of many different Chapters.It is the most heavily armed battle tank commonly available to the Adeptus Astartes in the late 41st Millennium, and possesses a rare combination of maneuverability and tactical flexibility.The designs for the first Repulsor Executioners were heavily inspired by the versatility of the Razorback armoured personnel carrier. Like the Razorback, the Executioner sacrifices a portion of its troop transportation capabilities so as to house additional capacitors, plasma cells, ballistic cogitators and other, more esoteric machineries.
Repulsor Executioner - History: For millennia Mankind had lost the secrets to constructing anti-gravity devices, with only a few relics from the Age of Technology remaining. It was the discovery of an ancient STC by the famed Arkhan Land that led to a breakthrough in rediscovering and restoring this potent technology to the Imperium during the Great Crusade.The ancient Mechanicum and its Adeptus Mechanicus successor was able to once more produce anti-gravitic generators and impeller units that -- while nowhere near as elegant or refined as those heretical technologies used by certain xenos species like the Aeldari -- were robust, reliable and could be adapted for use on a variety of hulls, from light reconnaissance craft like the Land Speeder right up to the Astraeus super-heavy grav tank.After the opening of the Great Rift, with the direct sanction of both Roboute Guilliman as Lord Commander of the Imperium and the Fabricator-General of Mars, a select handful of chosen tech-priests like Archmagos Dominus Belisarius Cawl continued research and development into new gravitic battle tanks with which to bolster the battle lines of the Adeptus Astartes. The Repulsor Executioner was one fruit of those labours.
Repulsor Executioner - Role: Though some Chapters, such as the Iron Hands and the Aurora Chapter, use Repulsor Executioners as armoured escorts for their dedicated troop-carrying tanks, many favour them as transports for Hellblasters and other specialist Primaris squads.In this capacity, the tanks thrum across the battlefield with guns blazing. Whether armed with Macro Plasma Incinerators or Heavy Laser Destroyers, the Executioners unleash fusillade after punishing fusillade, their primary armaments combining with a wealth of secondary weapons to blast the enemy into ruin.Should an enemy somehow survive its attack, the Repulsor Executioner can also deploy a squad of Primaris Space Marines to finish them off. The vehicle can transport 6 Primaris Marines in standard Mark X Tacticus Power Armour or 3 in the bulkier Mark X Gravis battle-plate.Like the Repulsor, Repulsor Executioners are able to discharge directed pulses of gravitic force through their ventral grab plates; these they unleash right before their passengers disembark, smashing any surviving foes flat and leaving them suppressed and helpless as the Primaris battle-brothers leap from their transports' hatches to deliver their kill-shots.
Repulsor Executioner - Unit Composition: 1 Repulsor Executioner3 Repulsor Executioners in Spearhead Detachment
Repulsor Executioner - Wargear: Macro Plasma IncineratorHeavy Laser Destroyer (Optional replacement for Macro Plasma Incinerator)Heavy Onslaught Gatling Cannon (Mounted co-axial on main turret)2 Fragstorm Grenade Launchers2 Storm BoltersTwin-linked Icarus Ironhail Heavy StubbersIronhail Heavy StubberTwin-linked Heavy Bolter (Hull-mounted)Icarus Rocket Pod
Repulsor Executioner - Adeptus Mechanicus Technical Specifications: The technical specifications of the Repulsor Executioner main battle tank have not yet been made available by the Adeptus Mechanicus.
Repulsor Executioner - Sources: Codex: Space Marines (8th Edition) (Revised Codex), pp. 86-87, 158Warhammer Fest UK 2019: Live BlogGames Workshop Website Primaris Repulsor ExecutionerWarhammer Community - Successor Chapter Showcase: Paul Norton's Iron Ravens (Images)
Repulsor Grid - Repulsor Grid: A Repulsor Grid is a defensive shield generator used by the Legio Cybernetica 's Kastelan Robots. In addition to their thick ceramite armour, the Adeptus Mechanicus' Kastelan Robots are protected by a wonder from a bygone age -- the Repulsor Grid.The invisible energy shield produced by the grid emanates outward from each robot with a deep thrumming sound, its force capable of stopping all but the most powerful of shots.Most incoming fire simply fizzles out against the unseen barrier, but should the deflection angle be just correct, the Repulsor Grid will send enemy shells or focused energy beams ricocheting back at the foe.
Repulsor Impact Field - Repulsor Impact Field: A Repulsor Impact Field is a T'au device capable of unleashing a shockwave of force that can slam into the foe with devastating results. The technologies used in the Repulsor Impact Field were the result of decades of Tau attempts to reverse-engineer tractor beam technology recovered from Ork wrecks.Whilst the Earth Caste's attempts to decipher its workings have largely proven futile -- in no small part due to the complete lack of logical, uniform construction employed by Greenskins -- the sum total of Tau ingenuity has so far managed to produce a few functioning Repulsor Impact Field systems.Field-testing has proven them to be devastating weapons capable of emitting shock waves of gravitic energy that smash into assaulting foes with immense lethal force. The Repulsor Impact Field is a T'au Battlesuit signature Support System available only to Battlesuit pilots of the rank of Shas'vre or higher.
Research Station - Research Station: Imperial Research Stations (P-Class) are listed in the classification system of Imperial worlds, but are not worlds themselves. Some are based in orbit on void stations around planets or on asteroids, or on the surface of a planet, such as certain Dead Worlds or Death Worlds.Types of research stations include actual scientific laboratories, as well as surveillance posts for defensive purposes.The Imperium and the Adeptus Mechanicus have many research stations scattered across the stars to collect data in an often vain attempt to better control Mankind's surroundings.The aims of such stations vary, with researchers studying planetary storm patterns, dissecting captured xenos corpses, charting the stability of Warp entry locations like Mandeville Points, or probing the remains of ancient civilisations.Research stations provide a stable base of operations to Tech-priests, scribes, Adepts, servitors, and the small Imperial armies sometimes necessary to support them in these often remote locations.Most researchers never live to see any conclusive results. Once committed to a station, few ever leave, and their tasks are passed on through generations without end.Useful results might never occur, or be lost in the impossible depths of Imperial bureaucracies, but sometimes glimmers do emerge and catch the eye of those looking for aids in defending Humanity.
Research Station - Notable Research Stations: Planet NameSegmentumSectorSub-SectorSystemPopulationArxSegmentum ObscurusUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownBiegel 9UnknownUnknownUnknownBiegel SystemUnknownCalyx Omnus IIISegmentum ObscurusCalixis SectorGolgotha ReachUnknownUnknownDalthodge's PaxSegmentum ObscurusCalixis SectorUnknownUnknownUnknownDelta-Beta-Tau-3Segmentum ObscurusAskellon SectorThuleUnknownUnknownDiogenes IVSegmentum ObscurusCalixis SectorUnknownUnknownUnknownFornothUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownGalomn IISegmentum ObscurusCalixis SectorUnknownUnknownUnknownIridium Eta RhoSegmentum ObscurusCalixis SectorUnknownUnknownUnknownKonorUltima SegmentumUnknownUltramarMacragge SystemUnknownLucanUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownLukitar StationSegmentum ObscurusGothic SectorUnknownLukitar SystemN/A (Destroyed)Lumin-Exol IXSegmentum ObscurusCalixis SectorUnknownUnknownUnknownOpal LexitSegmentum ObscurusCalixis SectorUnknownUnknownUnknownPanopticon Orbital StationSegmentum ObscurusCalixis SectorUnknownLathe SystemUnknownPurgatorySegmentum ObscurusUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownRegola SensoriumSegmentum ObscurusCalixis SectorUnknownUnknownUnknownResearch Station EpsilonSegmentum UltimaJericho ReachUnknownUnknownUnknownSentinel VUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownTerimiv ISegmentum ObscurusCalixis SectorUnknownUnknownUnknownTyran(Dead World, former Research Station)Eastern FringeUnknownUnknownUnknownN/AYmgarlUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknown
Research Station Epsilon - Research Station Epsilon: Research Station Epsilon is an Imperial research station located on the planet Treyen within the Jericho Reach.Constructed in the ruins of Treyen's Astra Militarum outpost, this heavily fortified building represents what could be the greatest threat to the Tyranids' Hive Fleet Dagon. This building houses the combined works of the Adeptus Mechanicus and the Deathwatch Apothecaries in regards to Hive Fleet Dagon.Numerous technological devices litter the floors of the Mechanicus wing, all of them constructed to combat the Tyranids. Within the Deathwatch area of the compound, vast arrays of test-tubes and beakers hold genetic samples from every world where the Deathwatch have encountered the Tyranids.The planet Treyen was itself a goldmine of usable data after the battle, as this was the first instance of the Deathwatch being able to collect a sample from the largest Tyranid bioforms without the threat of the samples being corrupted on the way to the lab.Five Deathwatch Apothecaries work around the clock in an attempt to better understand how the Tyranids are created, so that they can one day understand how to end them.
Restorer (Short Story) - Restorer (Short Story): Restorer is the fifty-seventh short story published in the The Horus Heresy series that was not originally part of an anthology novel. Restorer was first published in e-book format on Day 7 of the 2017 "Summer of Reading".
Restorer (Short Story) - Synopsis: Shiban Khan has returned to Terra. As the Warmaster Horus draws ever closer, his body is remade and his mechanical shackles cast aside, but there are other, deeper wounds that must still be confronted before he can face battle again.
Resurrection Orb - Resurrection Orb: A Resurrection Orb is a mysterious Necron artefact that takes the form of a glowing, viridian sphere composed of an unknown material. With a gesture from the bearer, the glowing sphere focuses its energy into the regeneration circuits of the living metal bodies of surrounding Necrons, hastening their repair and causing the scattered remains of the bearer's destroyed warriors to crawl together before standing, ready to do battle once more.The Resurrection Orb creates a fusion reaction similar to a miniature sun. The Necrons feed off the solar radiation, enhancing their living metal's already considerable regenerative properties.Because of their rare nature, Resurrection Orbs are only ever carried by Necron Lords and Necron Overlords who usually participate in battle by sitting in the midst of the main Necron battleline. This allows them to bolster Necron forces in a range of about fifty metres so that they become nigh indestructible because of their enhanced regeneration.The Orb of Eternity is thought to be the first Resurrection Orb ever created. For millennia, it rested in a primitive fane on the world of Ormandus, where the indigenous populace marvelled at its seemingly divine ability to effect repairs upon their technologies.Ever since this state of affairs was righted by a host of Triarch Praetorians, the orb has been imparted as a boon to those Necron nobles who are deemed worthy of such incredible power.
Resurrection Orb - Sources: Black Crusade: The Tome of Fate (RPG), pg. 119Codex: Necrons (3rd Edition), pg. 15Codex: Necrons (5th Edition), pg. 82Codex: Necrons (7th Edition) (Digital Edition), pp. 209, 214Dawn of War: Tempest (Novel) by C.S. Goto, pg. 135Deathwatch: The Outer Reach (RPG), pg. 121
Retaliation Cadre - Retaliation Cadre: A Retaliation Cadre is a type of T'au Empire Fire Caste cadre that is comprised of multiple teams of battlesuits, particularly stealthsuits, that have been grouped into a single force ideal for rapid insertion drops and counter-assault.
Retaliator-class Grand Cruiser - Retaliator-class Grand Cruiser: The Retaliator-class Grand Cruiser, like many Chaos vessels, was originally an Imperial Navy starship, delegated to reserve and garrison fleets as newer designs took the fore. However, the Treachery of Galan in the 35th Millennium saw the Retaliators in the Galan V garrison fleet mutiny en masse.After a two solar day pitched battle around the three moons of Galan V, the four Traitor vessels were destroyed, taking three Imperial Cruisers with them. The Renegade squadron disengaged, fled out of the system and made the jump into the Warp, led by the squadron command vessel, Foebane.In the millennia since, they have plagued the Segmentum Obscurus, Segmentum Solar, and Segmentum Ultima, and served in the fleets of three prominent Renegade Warmasters and various Traitor Legions. In response, the Imperial Navy has discontinued the use of most of its own remaining Retaliators.
Retaliator-class Grand Cruiser - Design: The Retaliator is a dangerous starship, similar in purpose to the Imperial Exorcist-class. It combines Lances, Attack Craft launch bays, and macrobatteries to create a warship capable of dealing with a wide variety of tactical space combat roles. Only one Retaliator-class vessel is known to be operating in the Koronus Expanse, the infamous Monarch of Whispers. However, it is certainly possible other Retaliators operate amongst the distant stars.
Retaliator-class Grand Cruiser - Dimensions: Hull: Grand CruiserClass: Retaliator-class Chaos Grand CruiserDimensions: Approximately 6.2 kilometres long, 1.4 kilometres abeamMass: Approximately 38 megatonnesCrew: Approximately 140,000Acceleration: 2.5 gravities maximum sustainable acceleration
Retaliator-class Grand Cruiser - Notable Retaliator-class Vessels: Monarch of Whispers - Originally, the Monarch of Whispers was a pre-Angevin Crusade relic captured by the Rogue Trader Buros Han. However, Buros' luck ran out in 717.M41, when his Navigator, Ember Nostromo, wrested command of the vessel and expelled him out of an airlock. The Renegade Navigator turned pirate, gathering under her sway a coterie of Warp-witches and murderers from the Saynay Clan. Over the last standard century, the Monarch of Whispers has become one of the must hunted ships in the Koronus Expanse, with an enormous bounty offered by the Navis Nobilite. Amongst Nostromo's crimes is the destruction of an Adeptus Ministorum Missionaria Galaxia outpost in the Heathen Stars -- it is said that Nostromo laughed as her ship's Lances ignited an entire continent from orbit.
Reth - Reth: Historically, the Imperial Pleasure World of Reth has been entirely dependent upon its reputation as a paradise world. Consisting largely of a vast archipelago of thousands of golden islands scattered across a shallow, warm, turquoise sea, its climate and environment are said to be perfect for soothing and rejuvenating the tired and troubled mind. For over a thousand standard years, the planet's hereditary monarchs traded off this reputation, until the de Caul family staged a successful coup two centuries ago. The de Cauls, a mid-ranking clan of Imperial nobles, brought a new and more severe interpretation of the Imperial Cult to the laid-back and pleasure-loving planet.Now, whilst it retains (to some extent) its status as a favoured destination for senior Adeptus Terra functionaries and Imperial nobles, it also boasts a small, yet influential, complex for the treatment of mental disorders operated by the Orders Hospitaller of the Adepta Sororitas. This facility, the Asylum of Saint Vero, based on Reth's third largest island, treats over a million inmates, all suffering from a variety of mental illnesses. It is a conglomeration of hospitals, clinics and shrines maintained by the dutiful and dedicated sisters.Disquieting rumours persist that many of the unfortunate patients of the St. Vero asylum are in fact psykers brought to the planet for reasons unknown. The Inquisition has, on occasion, sent its own most troubled members to a secret bunker, known as the Chapel of Blessed Peace, sited below the asylum and protected by psychic hexagrammatic wards, silver seals of great potency and a special detachment of Inquisitorial Storm Troopers of ancient charter. Many valued Imperial servants whose talents are still deemed useful to the Imperium, are sent to Reth for a period of recuperation, and in some cases, mind-cleansing.
Reth - Planetary Data: Equatorial Circumfrence: 22,768 milesGravity: 0.89 GClass: Pleasure WorldSubsector: AdrantisYears and Days: Reth takes 379 Terran days to orbit its star and spins on its axis every 22 Terran hoursSatellites: Tyder (barren moon), Sedwyr (barren moon/asteroid) and Quaddisar Palace (space station and casino)Population: 640,000,000Mean Surface Temperature: 31°CTropospheric Composition: Nitrogen 78%, Oxygen 21%, Argon 1%, Carbon Dioxide 0.3%, Water Vapor (trace)
Reth - Planetary Governor: Jedidiah de Caul is the authorised representative of His Imperial Majesty's Administratium on Reth. A sober, unbending hereditary monarch of strong religious leanings, he is a poor fit with the easygoing Rethian people. Unfortunately for the Rethians, in any such conflict they are likely to come off the worse given de Caul's tremendous family connections and the support of a strong Magistratum contingent.
Reth - Religion: Rethians, whilst retaining a proper respect for the Lord of Mankind, tend to think of him in fairly abstract, neutral terms. Rethians are typically laid back and would rather enjoy a life of mild sin than a life of confessing over imagined sins.  Whilst this rarely converts into outright heresy, many outsiders feel that the average Rethian needs to have the love of the Emperor thrashed into them. Sadly for the Rethians, their current Governor agrees and firmly holds this view.
Reth - Climate: Reth's climate is uniformly warm and sunny, with a tropical monsoon season throughout the Equatorial band.
Reth - Seas: Reth lacks any major continents or landmasses, instead girdled with thousands of tiny coral islands of great beauty. These coral islands sit atop vast shallow reefs that cover most of the planet.
Reth - Native Flora and Fauna: The reefs are home to billions of beautiful Nautiline. Nautiline resemble terran shrimp, but are unrelated to any Terran creature: they came to their current form by convergent evolution. Nautiline of different species dominate every niche in the planet's ecosystem, but few are dangerous to man. Most are delicious, although they are notorious for decaying rapidly when out of the water.
Reth - Society: The people of Reth are scatterred across thousands of islands, and most communities are very small, usually never more than a few thousand people at most. The majority of the population live relaxed lives: they are dependant upon their fishermen, but the seas are so plentiful that they rarely need to work too hard to eke out a living. Most communities are run by a small council of elders, with politely indifferent deference paid to local Ministorum priests. The planet is not heavily mechanised, but has a relatively high level of technology, with plentiful vox-casters, hovercraft (for navigating the reefs) and stun-nets for fishing.
Reth - Principal Imports and Exports: Tourism and "mental healthcare." The de Cauls have attempted, with limited success, to branch out into inter-sector banking services and luxury foodstuffs.
Reth - Defences: The planet operates 59 Planetary Defence Force regiments of mediocre reputation, primarily based upon sea vessels that police the major shipping routes. The wealthy ruling de Caul family also operates a small system defence Monitor, the Vigilance.
Reth - Imperial Guard Recruitment: The Rethians have raised Imperial Guard Regiments in the past, the only notable regiment being the 4th Rethian Regiment, who drowned in their entirety when their planetary lander crashed in an assault on heretics on the island of Issikunda during the Vrran Crusade in the 39th Millennium.
Reth - Contact with Other Worlds: Reth is part of the Tephaine System, and has close contact with the neighbouring worlds in the system of Tephaine, Tephaine Minor and Siculi. The nearest major world is Baraspine
Retractors - Retractors: The Retractors is a Loyalist Space Marine Chapter of unknown Founding and origin. Almost nothing is known about this Chapter in the Imperial records.
Retractors - Chapter Colours: The Retractors' Chapter colours are not listed in current Imperial records.
Retractors - Chapter Badge: The Retractors' Chapter badge is not listed in current Imperial records.
Retribution-class Battleship - Retribution-class Battleship: The Retribution-class Battleship is a heavy capital ship of the Navis Imperialis. The class is one of the oldest patterns of Imperial battleship still in service, built in the Martian orbital shipyards of the Ring of Iron.They are notable for mounting an all "big gun" armament, with a dorsal Lance battery. Battleships of this class mount the heavily armored prow and torpedo tubes of a capital ship.Ships of this class are considered the backbones of the Imperial Navy and often serve as a fleet flagship, however, the lack of an enhanced sensor suite make the Emperor-class Battleship the preferred choice for this mission type.The Retribution-class is employed in large scale engagements where the sheer weight of firepower spewed from the broadsides makes up for the lack of Lance batteries.Due to poor maneuverability, however, these battleships require a large number of escorts to deal with fast-moving threats.
Retribution-class Battleship - Design: The Retribution-class battleship's traditional armoured prow and the distinctive multiple-tube plasma engines mark them as products of the Martian orbital shipyards.Retribution battleships along with the Emperor-class are known to have a huge golden monument relating to the Imperium atop its bridge.The final note on appearance is its engine fins. Emperor and Retribution-class Battleships have long fins to the port and starboard sides of the main engines sitting vertically with some additional thrusters built into them with a third vertical fin sitting in the middle between the engines.
Retribution-class Battleship - Weapons: The Retribution-class is able to deliver a devastating broadside assault on the enemy and is also equipped with impressive ordnance capabilities. The main armament of the Retribution-class are its rows upon rows of mighty weapon batteries lining the vessel's flanks. These are able to fire a devastating spread over extreme ranges, crippling enemy starships before they even get within range to return fire.If closing on an enemy vessel, torpedoes fired from the Retribution are equally capable of causing extreme damage. As with many Imperial battleship, the vessel is also equipped with a series of Lance turrets along the dorsal hull of the ship. These are more accurate than the flank weapon batteries, but their numbers are fewer. They are normally used for finishing off an enemy warship that the main weapons have crippled, or providing return fire when the battleship is closing on its foes.Many a ship has fallen to the power of a close range broadside from the Retribution-class.
Retribution-class Battleship - Void Shields: Void Shields on Imperial vessels (and enemy vessels for that matter), are larger and more powerful versions than those found on Titans and other war machines. A Void Shield is created by a single generator that creates a sphere of Warp-based energy around the ship that protects it from direct and indirect enemy fire.It prevents damage from energy weapons and prevents actual critical structural damage occurring on the ship. Any vessel large enough to be built with a shield generator has such a shield, but energy weapons can overload the generators, and once enough fire has been absorbed, the void shield will collapse.The shield regenerates several solar minutes later assuming the ship isn't attacked again and that subsequent attacks do not damage the shield generator.Ordnance like torpedoes and attacks from fighters are not affected by the effects of shields and can do direct damage to the ship unless engaged by turrets. The Retribution-class has four Void Shield generators.
Retribution-class Battleship - Propulsion: Every Imperial starship is equipped with a Plasma Drive for normal propulsion through the depths of realspace. Running up to a third of the ship's length, the aft section is a mass of drive tubes, engine compartments and plasma reactors.Most Imperial Navy ships employ Warp-Drives to breach the barrier that separates realspace from the Immaterium and allow for interstellar travel. Implosion of these drives can lead to the creation of a Warp rift.
Retribution-class Battleship - Application in the Imperial Fleet: The Retribution-class Battleship is best employed in one of two ways. Firstly, one can make use of its superior long range firepower, out-ranging the weaponry on most enemy vessels. Alternatively, one can close quickly and unleash a devastating broadside at close range, an attack which can cripple an enemy Cruiser in a single salvo. However one must be wary of making sudden changes of course as the ship is slow to maneuver.
Retribution-class Battleship - Variants: Victory-class Battleship - The Navis Imperialis' powerful Victory-class Battleship is suspected to be a heavily modified Retribution-class Battleship. In its internal layout, the Victory-class greatly resembles the Retribution-class. It is possible that this design is the product of grafting Lance weapons systems onto a Retribution template in an attempt to replicate the successful Apocalypse-class Battleship. However, a key difference between the two classes of battleship is the substantially higher number of Lance systems and the Nova Cannon present on the Victory-class in place of the Retribution's larger number of weapons batteries and torpedo launchers. The Tech-priests of Mars refuse all requests for access to their records by historians of the Imperial Navy, so the origin of this class remains unclear, though one vessel, the Conqueror, is known to have particularly distinguished itself during the Great Crusade in the late 30th Millennium to bring the Emperor's light to the galaxy after the end of the Age of Strife.
Retributors - Retributors: The Retributors are a Loyalist Space Marine Chapter of unknown genetic origin and Founding.They have faced many threats to the Imperium of Man, including hordes of foes, cunning witchcraft, and terrifying unknown technologies.
Retributors - Notable Campaigns: Ragosa Uprisings (482.M39) - After these rebellions had been checked, the Retributors were tasked with hunting down the leaders of the uprisings.
Retributors - Chapter Colours: The Retributors have grey power armour with a golden Aquila or Imperialis on the chest.All Chapter markings are in white.
Retributors - Chapter Badge: The Retributors' Chapter badge is a golden gauntlet clutching a golden skull.The full, formal Chapter badge sometimes includes the wings of the Imperial Aquila spreading from the skull, with golden lightning bolts spreading from beneath the gauntlet.
Retributors - Trivia: The Retributors were the stars of the fan-made YouTube video series Astartes, created by Syama Pederson.In 2021 Games Workshop announced that the series had proven to be so successful and well-crafted that they were adding Astartes to the line-up of official Warhammer 40,000 animations coming to YouTube.With the transition of the Retributors to official status, more information will be added to this page as those details become canon.
Revelation of Gore, The - Revelation of Gore, The: The Revelation of GoreChaos Space MarinesChapterSpace MarinesFoundingTempest LegionEye of TerrorAbyssal CrusadeIt is unknown what they endured during their sojourn into the Eye, but by the time they made their way back into realspace, they had become the warband of Chaos Space Marines known as The Revelation of Gore.
Revelation of Gore, The - Abyssal Crusade: Following the Ecclesiarchal Purges of 321.M37, a dozen star systems were engulfed by Warp Storm Dionys, its echoes rippling along the spiral arms of the galaxy as it raged through the Empyrean. Records of mutation and Chaos Cultist activity quadrupled overnight. Worse yet, it was not only the citizens who were affected by the sudden influx of Chaos. Many of the Space Marine Chapters with homeworlds affected by the Warp Storm found that the secret imperfections in their gene-seed were writ large upon their new recruits, giving rise to a wave of disturbing manifestations both physical and psychological. The Tempest Legion were one such Loyalist Chapter of Astartes that had been affected by these Warp Storms.When the Ecclesiarchy heard of this sinister tum of events, Saint Basillius the Elder demanded that all those Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes whose homeworlds had been touched by the Warp Storm be rendered unto his judgement. Such was the elder's influence with the High Lords of Terra that within a standard year this had come to pass. After a series of stringent tests and prognostications, hundreds of Chapters were deemed unaffected by the Warp Storm. No less than thirty were found wanting. The Judged, as these fallen Chapters came to be known, volunteered for a redemptive Penitent Crusade. The most militant of their number demanded the right to purify their tainted flesh in the fires of battle, to make a noble end from tragic misfortune. To the surprise of his closest advisors, Saint Basillius agreed to this proposal. He saw it fitting to send the accused into the Eye of Terror, taking the fight for the Imperium's future to the Daemon Worlds inhabited by the Traitor Marines.A representative from each of the doomed Chapters held an emergency Council of Dismay to discuss the proposed Crusade. After scant hours of debate, they acquiesced to Basillius' demands, for they believed that martyrdom was preferable to an existence of suspicion and doubt. The last few days of 321.M37 saw a solemn procession of Strike Cruisers and Battle Barges pass through the Cadian Gate into the Eye of Terror, relay systems dormant and heraldic colours obscured by black mag-plates. One by one, the Chapters of The Judged disappeared into the iridescent dust nebulae that surrounded the Eye. As the massive Space Marine flotilla entered the Eye of Terror, they were set upon by a massive Chaos warfleet. The resultant battle was so fierce that the ships of The Judged were forced to retreat and were scattered to the furthest corners of the Eye.Chapter after Chapter fell to the perils of the Eye, for the Abyssal Crusade had entered a hell from which very few emerge unchanged. The true account of what occurred within the Eye to the Tempest Legion is unknown, but most of the tales of the Chapters of The Judged ended in tragedy and sorrow. By the time they reemerged from the Eye many standard centuries later, the Tempest Legion were no more, for they had become the Chaos Space Marine warband known as the The Revelation of Gore, wholly dedicated to the service of the Ruinous Powers.
Revelation of Gore, The - Warband Colours: The Revelation of Gore warband's colours are not listed in current Imperial records.
Revelation of Gore, The - Warband Badge: The Revelation of Gore warband's badge is not listed in current Imperial records.
Revelator Missile Launcher - Revelator Missile Launcher: The Revelator Missile Launcher is a Titan-grade Missile Launcher deployed on the upper chassis of the Warmaster-class Heavy Battle Titan. The massive Revelator Missiles it unleashes are used as anti-Titan, anti-vehicle and anti-fortification weapons due to their massive explosive punch. The Revelator Missile Launcher is intended to provide the Titan with another source of long-ranged firepower.
Revilers - Revilers: The Revilers is a Loyalist Space Marines Chapter and a rare Second Founding Successor Chapter of the Raven Guard. The ranks of the Revilers were drawn heavily from the Veterans of the original XIX Legion, those few survivors of the Drop Site Massacre of Isstvan V.The Chapter's warriors have proven worthy inheritors of Corax's legacy, possessing exceptional skills in stealth warfare and ambush tactics.The Revilers maintain an ongoing shadow war with the Traitor Marine forces of the Alpha Legion, and have thwarted many of their insidious schemes.
Revilers - Chapter History: During the Second Founding, when the original Space Marine Legions were partitioned at the end of the Horus Heresy, three new Chapters were sired from the gene-seed of the Raven Guard. The Revilers was one of these three original Second Founding Chapters of the XIX Legion.The Revilers' ranks were drawn heavily from the Veterans of the original Legion, the few survivors of the Drop Site Massacre of Isstvan V disaster amongst them, and they have ever pursued vengeance against those Traitors who betrayed the Raven Guard on that fateful day.The Revilers have proven to be worthy inheritors of their Primarch Corvus Corax, striking in battle with stealth and precision before fading back into the shadows.In this way, they have bled dry countless foes, most recently a cell of the Alpha Legion -- the Revilers leading the Traitors on a lethal chase across every world in the Haedrax System before striking at their fragmented foes and annihilating them.
Revilers - Chapter Organisation: Like their genetic forebears, the Revilers abide by the tenets of the Codex Astartes, which details the organisation and tactical doctrines of the Space Marines, written after the great schism of the Horus Heresy had set Space Marine Legions against one another in a galaxy-wide civil war that almost destroyed the fledgling Imperium.
Revilers - Chapter Combat Doctrine: The Revilers specialise in jungle and wet-weather environment warfare. Like its progenitors in the Raven Guard, the Chapter specialises in guerrilla tactics behind enemy lines, using precisely coordinated attacks and refraining from frontal attacks or protracted attrition warfare.The Chapter uses rapid maneuver engagements consisting of Assault Marines, Land Speeders and Assault Bikes aimed at harassment, sabotage and destruction of key targets over the direct engagement of enemy forces at large.Revilers Tactical Squads are usually deployed using Thunderhawk insertions, supported by Drop Pod-deployed Dreadnoughts.The Revilers also rely heavily on their Scout Marine elements, who operate without support for unusually extended amounts of time, even by Space Marine standards. The Chapter almost always combines small unit tactics with its preference for covert, behind-enemy-lines operations.
Revilers - Chapter Colours: The Revilers wear grey power armour. The Aquila or Imperialis on the chest guard is silver. White squad specialty markings -- battleline, close support, fire support, Veteran or command -- designate operational specialty on the right shoulder plate.A black High Gothic numeral stenciled on the centre of the squad specialty symbol, as well as the left knee guard, indicates squad number.The colour of the helmet stripe indicates company number in accordance with the dictates of the Codex Astartes -- i.e. White (1st Company), Yellow (2nd Company), Red (3rd Company), Green (4th Company), etc.Some company captains are known to paint their entire helm in their company's colour for better recognition on the field of battle.
Revilers - Chapter Badge: The Revilers' Chapter badge is the profile of a human skull shot through from top left to lower right by a yellow lightning bolt, although some depictions forgo the lightning bolt. This is centred on a field of grey.
Revilers - Sources: Codex: Eye of Terror (3rd Edition)Codex Adeptus Astartes - Space Marines (8th Edition), pg. 53Codex: Space Marines (9th Edition), pg. 69Codex: Space Marines (8th Edition) (Revised Codex), pg. 46Codex: Space Marines (7th Edition) (Digital Edition), pg. 138Codex: Space Marines (6th Edition), pp. 18, 45, 65, 149Codex: Space Marines (4th Edition), pg. 73How to Paint Space Marines (2004), pg. 83Imperial Armour Volume Two - Space Marines and Forces of the Inquisition, pp. 42, 151Imperial Armour Volume Two, Second Edition - War Machines of the Adeptus Astartes, pg. 18Imperial Armour Volume Eight - Raid on Kastorel-Novem, pp. 77, 104-112Imperial Armour Volume Twelves - The Fall of Orpheus, pg. 21Imperial Armour Volume Thirteen - War Machines of the Lost & The Damned, pg. 22Swordwind, Part 3 - The Baran War
Revivificators - Notable Revivificators: Inquisitor Lord Van Hinkel - Van Hinkle was an Inquisitor Lord and notable member of the Radical Revivificators faction. He wrote the Treatise on the Soultheft Methods of Eldar Pirates in the late 39th Millennium, with information gathered from interrogations conducted on a captured Drukhari concerning his people's means of consuming the psychic emissions of pain and suffering from their pret to fortify their own souls against the hunger of Slaanesh. This knowledge later led to experimentation with Drukhari techniques by other Revivificator Inquisitors on Human Heretics and criminals.Inquisitor Lord Verinath - Verinath was the oldest known Revivificator, who was slain while still fully healthy and in command of all of his faculties at the age of 763 standard years. This is an example of how the Revivificators' research often leads to the acquisition of technolgies and other methods to dramatically increase the baseline Human lifespan.