Steel Confessors - Chapter Homeworld: The original Chapter homeworld of the Steel Confessors was a Forge World called Kracsis IV, located on the eastern rim of the galaxy. Kracsis IV specialised in the production of small arms and was situated in what was considered to be a quiet sector of the galaxy.It seemed like an ideal planet for the Steel Confessors to take as a homeworld, loyal to both the Imperium and the Adeptus Mechanicus, with a sizable population that the Steel Confessors could recruit from.Kracsis IV was also central for all the Mechanicus facilities in that sector of space, allowing the Chapter to deploy with ease wherever they would be needed. The location of the Chapter could also remain a secret as the planet was shielded by a cloaking device that was taken from Tarvor and made the planet appear as a barren rock to any sensors sweeping its surface.In a relative backwater that would allow the rest of the galaxy to forget about them, the Steel Confessors were given time to hone their skills. This secrecy was to prove a double-edged sword when the Tyranid menace first surfaced.As the Great Devourer that was Hive Fleet Behemoth tore its way across the galaxy, the Steel Confessors were in the forefront of the battles against it, buying time for Mechanicus planets to evacuate essential personnel and materials. This spread the Chapter thinly across the entire eastern rim of the Imperium.The Steel Confessors cared not where they fought so long as they could serve their masters on Mars. This unflinching loyalty was to prove the undoing for their homeworld, as they believed the planet safe behind its shielding, and Chapter Master Protonus did not consider the Tyranids a threat to Kracsis IV. When the hive fleet appeared on the outer edges of the system the only Astartes present were Protonus and half of the Veteran 1st Company.Protonus immediately ordered the return of the 3rd, 5th, 6th and 9th Companies, all of them being closer to Kracsis IV than their brethren; he then turned to the defence of his homeworld.The Battle of Kracsis IV lasted three solar months as the reinforcing companies arrived and took up positions beside their battle-brothers. Every metre of ground given up by the Steel Confessors was paid for at a horrendous cost by the Tyranids, however, numbers were on the xenos' side and for every ten that died fifty more took their place.Realising his world was lost, Protonus ordered transports to be readied in order to salvage as much as possible for the Chapter. As if sensing the end was near, the Tyranids renewed their assault, finally gaining entrance to the fortress-monastery.Whilst the Steel Confessors survivors made for the transports, Protonus and the 1st Company provided a rear guard. After a vicious struggle the remnants of the 1st Company made it to the transports, bearing the body of their Chapter Master, who had suffered horrendous injuries destroying a Hive Tyrant in order to slow the Tyranids' final advance.Kracsis IV was then left to its fate as the surviving Steel Confessors escaped to rendezvous with the rest of the Chapter off-world.Since the loss of Kracsis IV the Chapter has been fleet-based, with the exception of its Librarium and the Tomb of the original Chapter Master Avonis, who it is said is still alive and held in stasis until such a time that the Chapter needs him.Both of these are now located on the planet of Kallevalla, a place that the Steel Confessors have sworn to defend from any threat.