Kug'Arkal

Kug'Arkal
Imperial mining world
Segmentum:	Ultima Segmentum
Sector:	Australis Ultima
Subsector:	Hawcinus Sub-Sector
System:	Harkarialis System
Class:	Mining World
Type:	Minor
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Global Heresy

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Geography

Kug'Arkal seems on casual inspection to be nothing more than the lifeless and closest planet to circle the Harkarialis star, locked as it is in a synchronous rotational orbit. Optical and augur sweeps of the sunward side of the planet would support this supposition, however more powerful detection equipment aimed at the voidward side would show that the darkness of this planetoid teems with life, albeit at the whim of life supporting infrastructure and STC technology.

Outside of these protected zones, Kug'Arkal is entirely inimical to all life. The atmosphere, primarily consisting of sulphur dioxide and a large percentage of methane, hints that in the ancient past this planet may have once supported life before volcanic reactions whether by design or cosmic fate sundered the world and made it uninhabitable. The fact Kug'Arkal is tidally locked to its star is highly unusual for a non geo-engineered body, which further points to non-human interaction in its distant past.

The light side of Kug'Arkal is extremely hot, constant and close exposure to the sun baking it for hundreds of thousands of years and the synchronous orbit drawing a higher percentage of the atmosphere to this side, causing enormously powerful storms to rip across this superheated surface. To walk this hemisphere is instant death, and all life on the planet is foreign and concentrated in the eternal dark.

The surface of the world is pockmarked with cylindrical shafts which fall to the depth of around two thousand metres on average, product of some as yet unknown process, and these expose large mineral deposits.

Physics Type Small iron/silicate Mass 7.78 x 1423 kg Density 4.91 g/cm3 Composition 30.1% oxygen, 20.9% iron, 19.2% silicon, 18.8% calcium, 3.5% magnesium, 3.2% other metals, 4.3% other elements

Gravimetry Gravity 4.04 m/s2 Escape Velocity 3.89 km/s Rotation Period 18.13 hours Axis Tilt 30.24 °

Atmosphere Type Dense reducing Pressure 772.87 kPa Composition 75.8% sulfur dioxide, 24.2% methane, trace other gases

History

Colonisation Era up to the Crusade Era

It is the enormous shafts which drew the first humans to the planet. Without these already deep cut cylinders exposing the world's secret treasures, it is unlikely that humans would have bothered to claim this world at all, and it would be just another dead world, possibly home to pirates or some hidden xenos menace. However the 'cores' as they're called by the inhabitants of Kug'Arkal, were indeed discovered and colonisation of the planet was begun in earnest, the riches and rewards drawing a vast fleet of colony ships and humans, tens of thousands of years before the Dark Age.

Using the fruits of human ingenuity and industry, colossal adamantium framed glassteel ceilings were built across several hundred of the cores closest to the boundary between night and day, set to channel light down into the mineral rich depths. Atmospheric generators were set up which filled these cores with life giving gasses, and made it possible for the vast worker cohorts to work tirelessly digging out the planet's bounty.

Early on in the planets colonisation, it was discovered that the planet had an abnormal magnetic signature, which meant automated mining equipment malfunctioned after extended periods of time in the depths, and so the mining operations were left to massed human workers. At first these work forces were supplied from off planet, but as some of the smaller cores started to play out, they were converted to huge vertical gardens, enormous hanging hydroponic structures, and artificial forests were established. Fed by rich mineral fertilisers and the powerful vivifying light of Harkarialis, these gardens achieved surprising fecundity. The flora imported by the early mining authority though was to have a profound effect on the worker class though, and create a divergent human population over the millennia.

Remembrancers digging through the archives of the Kug'Arkal Directorate after unification have narrowed the divergence amongst the worker castes as stemming from the introduction and production of a plant from the far-off Lyyndell Worlds, named simply Zut. Zut is a xeno-narcotic, in the form of a thorny succulent, it is easily grown and processed into a gel which is rubbed on the gums of a partaker. It gives a long term boost to concentration and awareness, perfect for humans working long shifts cutting minerals and bulldozing spoil. Zut use is widespread in certain parts of the nascent Empire of Man and has been observed under circumstances to pollute the gene-pool.

Over the millennia the workforce started to mutate, intergenerational Zut-abuse and the gravitational differences warped the worker casts into hardier, tougher more resilient beings. Still human but hulking and with gross yet non-uniform mutations such as extra eyes, vestigial horns, tusks, and tails. By the time of the Dark Age, the population was already monstrous yet retained their human intellect and soul.They lived in vast terraces encircling the upper portions of the cores, looking down on the messy hydroponic farms, dusty mine workings, and the lower breed worker caste with curiosity verging on disdain. They did nothing to arrest the slow degradation of the worker stock, as the mutations for the most part were conducive to profit and thus required no adjustment. They kept a tight reign on the behaviour of the worker castes however, and on the few occasions the gene-tainted grasped beyond their station or attempted insurgency, the ruling casts would abandon their terraces and void the atmosphere of an entire core in a process they call a 'great harrowing', instantly slaying all life within. The technology they controlled was easily able to re-seal and then re-sustain a core, importing in workers from more stable cores to throw the hundreds of thousands of carcasses into the threshing machines and fertiliser vats, and get back to the work at hand.

Each core became essentially a city state, and over thousands of years of political intrigue a system of government for the planet was established. A Grand Senate consisting of delegates from every habitable core on the planet was formed, and from these delegates a group of five 'Directors' were voted in forming a council called the Directorate. The Directorate is responsible for all of the security and military of the planet, and most importantly, ensuring that the mineral resources of the planet are ripped from its heart and funnelled into space. Anything that gets in the way of this industry is crushed by the iron hand of the Directorate, a military force of grey armoured shock troops forcibly recruited from the pure genestock of the planet at a young age known as the Arkal Janissaries.

Campaign Reports

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Battle Reports

Battle Name	Date	Planet	Battle Outcome	Battle Summary
Attempted Raven Guard infiltration of Sebkay's Command	8 November 2015 003.007.M31	Kug'Arkal	Traitor	Following his flight from Prospero, Sebkay would attempt to consolidate his forces. Rendezvousing with his few remaining allies in the ruins of a Mechanicum Forge Outpost he attempted to repair and ..→
Barrothian Technofane Explorator Fleet Report 001	584.007.M31	Kug'Arkal	Loyalist	++INGESTING EXPLORATOR FLEET REPORT 001 DATA++ Archmagos Zanderval glided down the station corridor upon his abeyant with his personal Castellax, Unit 841. Trailing behind them followed fifteen ..→
Barrothian Technofane Explorator Fleet Report 002	592.007.M31	Kug'Arkal	Loyalist	++INGESTING EXPLORATOR FLEET REPORT 002 DATA++
Beach-Head Secured - Dark Mechanicum Take Docking Bay 94	584.007.M31	Kug'Arkal	Traitor	+++ OPEN FILE +++ +++ SECURITY LEVEL: APLHA-EOH-1 +++ +++ LOCATION: DOGON STATION, KUG'ARKAL, HARKARIALIS SYSTEM+++ +++ REPORT BEGINS +++ Dogon Station was a bustling free-for-all; a chaotic port ..→
Blockade attempt: Kug Arkal	003.007.M31	Kug'Arkal	Loyalist	transmission via Astropathic Relay 0086557****** from Breacher Sgt. Teliastis, mission debrief, Command deck-Fist of Malanos****** My Warsmith, I am the last person expecting to ..→
Cry-prison complex 66	608.007.M31	Kug'Arkal	Loyalist	In the wake of the sinister Word Bearers successful ritual in Cry-prison complex 66, on the Cold Side of Kug'Arkal - A rip was formed in the fabric of space letting the denizens of the warp flood ..→
Cryo prison 16	658.007.M31	Kug'Arkal	Traitor	The space wolf's present on Kug'Arkal were assign guard supply depots near cryo prison 16. The Wolves were spilt into ad-hock units to give equal amount of firepower to each depot. Slipping ..→
Cryo prison 16 landing pads	003.007.M31	Kug'Arkal	Traitor	In an effort to push the loyalist from the area the Sons of Horus assault the landing pad near cry prison 16. The Space Wolf force again met the Sons of Horus in battle. The sons of Horus spear ..→
Dark Mechanicum Repel Squat Guard Counter-Strike	603.007.M31	Kug'Arkal	Traitor	+++ OPEN FILE +++ +++ SECURITY LEVEL: APLHA-EOH-2 +++ +++ LOCATION: DOGON STATION, KUG'ARKAL, HARKARIALIS SYSTEM+++ +++ REPORT BEGINS +++ Following the calamitous crash landing and subsequent ..→
Dark Mechanicum Take The Fight to The Surface	699.007.M31	Kug'Arkal	Traitor	+++ OPEN FILE +++ +++ SECURITY LEVEL: APLHA-EOH-6 +++ +++ LOCATION: DOGON STATION, KUG'ARKAL, HARKARIALIS SYSTEM+++ +++ REPORT BEGINS +++ After securing a successful beach-head on Dogon Station, ..→
First Contact	603.007.M31	Kug'Arkal	Traitor	As The Shadows of Lerna begin to machinate the downfall of the Loyalist lords of Kug'Arkal, a small garrison of Blood Angels continue their patrols along the edge of the mineshaft designated ..→
Hostile Encounter: Dogon Station	627.007.M31	Kug'Arkal	Loyalist	Stopping for a routine re-supply at Dogon Station, enroute to our garrison posting in the Iron Perimeter, our small away had an encounter with a group of mysterious black-clad Astartes. They opened ..→
Intervention Report: Kug'Arkal	701.007.M31	Kug'Arkal	Loyalist	via astropathic relay node 66275scriptum12*** from Praevian Consul Rahim Lanarkos, acting commander*** I am delayed with this report and wish that we had full comprehension of the events ..→
Seizure of Maintenance Bay XC-384	666.007.M31	Kug'Arkal	Loyalist	Recently arrived on Dogon Station, Myrmidon Secutor Lord Diomedax joins forces with Space Wolf Lord Kurgoth to claim valuable assets for the loyalist war effort. High value targets identified in ..→
Siege: The Last Stand of Iron Father Radros	27 November 2015 003.007.M31	Kug'Arkal	Traitor	++ Status Report 10.21.M31 ++ ++ Iron Father Radros - 33rd Company - Clan Sorrgol ++ We have been forced back to the mining colonies surrounding Core 17331. Supplies and armor remaining minimal. ..→
Squat Guard Push Back the Mechanicum Tide	663.007.M31	Kug'Arkal	Loyalist	+++ OPEN FILE +++ +++ SECURITY LEVEL: APLHA-EOH-5 +++ +++ LOCATION: DOGON STATION, KUG'ARKAL, HARKARIALIS SYSTEM+++ +++ REPORT BEGINS +++ As night settled on the mining world of Kug'Arkal, so the ..→
Squat Guard Strike Back!	622.007.M31	Kug'Arkal	Loyalist	+++ OPEN FILE +++ +++ SECURITY LEVEL: APLHA-EOH-3 +++ +++ LOCATION: DOGON STATION, KUG'ARKAL, HARKARIALIS SYSTEM +++ +++ REPORT BEGINS +++ After the catastrophic loss of the troop-ship 'Ion-Storm', ..→
The Battle for Shaft 47	003.007.M31	Kug'Arkal	Loyalist	+++ OPEN FILE +++ +++ SECURITY LEVEL: APLHA-EOH-7 +++ +++ LOCATION: KUG'ARKAL, HARKARIALIS SYSTEM+++ +++ REPORT BEGINS +++ As the battle for Kug'Arkal escalated into all-out war, Hersir Grimnir ..→
Traitor Mechanicum Seize the Initiative	641.007.M31	Kug'Arkal	Traitor	+++ OPEN FILE +++ +++ SECURITY LEVEL: APLHA-EOH-4 +++ +++ LOCATION: DOGON STATION, KUG'ARKAL, HARKARIALIS SYSTEM+++ +++ REPORT BEGINS +++ Having smashed the Mechanicum defenders days previously, ..→
Tunnels near cryo prison16	003.007.M31	Kug'Arkal	Traitor	The Sons of Horus meet the foe the sons of Russ in the tunnels. The main battle was fought in a supply processing/ warehouse tunnel complex close to the surface. After gaining control of the ..→
World Eaters Butcher the Implacable Resolve	737.007.M31	Kug'Arkal	Traitor	While the Conqueror lead the assault on Dogan station the remainder of the world eaters fleet dispersed into fast attack reaving packs. one of these packs was set under the direct command of Kharns ..→
World Eaters laughter iron hands over Kug' Arkal	718.007.M31	Kug'Arkal	Traitor	The Conqueror accompanied by a large World Eaters fleet translated in system at planetary zenith and proceeded to launch a full scale assault on the orbital assets of Kug' Arkal. The most notable of ..→
Zufor leads the first wave	734.007.M31	Kug'Arkal	Traitor	The Assault captain Zufor having been ever on the verge of madness and always indulging his butchers nails was unable to resist the temptation of assaulting the planet Kug'Arkal early. Zufor prepped ..→
Zufors Host Marches On The North Eastern Arcology	745.007.M31	Kug'Arkal	Traitor	Finally having mustered his forces on the planet Zufor lead his host forward to yet another killing ground. by this tome however communications with fleet assets was intermittent at best due to the ..→

Skirmish Reports

• Dark Mechanicum defeated I-ARMY-4889 a Traitor gain.
• L-XIV-2424 defeated L-XII-5545 a Loyalist gain.
• L-XII-5545 defeated L-XIV-2424 a Traitor gain.
• Dark Mechanicum defeated I-ARMY-4889 a Traitor gain.
• L-XX-5375 defeated L-IX-0000 a Traitor gain.
• A-MECH-4395 defeated Night Lords a Loyalist gain.
• A-MECH-4395 defeated Emperor's Children a Loyalist gain.
• Imperial Fist defeated Night Lords a Loyalist gain.
• Imperial Fist defeated Emperor's Children a Loyalist gain.
• A-MECH-4395 defeated Death Guard a Loyalist gain.
• A-MECH-4395 defeated Salamanders a Loyalist gain.
• Ultramarines defeated Death Guard a Loyalist gain.
• Ultramarines defeated Salamanders a Loyalist gain.
• L-XIX-2375 defeated L-XVII-2380 a Loyalist gain.
• L-IV-2139 defeated L-XX-4860 a Loyalist gain.
• L-XVI-5572 defeated L-VI-5079 a Traitor gain.
• A-MECH-4536 defeated Iron Warriors Strike Team a Loyalist gain.
• A-MECH-4536 fought Death Guard Strike Team resulting in a standoff.
• A-MECH-4536 defeated Death Guard & Iron Warriors Strike Teams a Loyalist gain.
• L-X-0878 defeated Iron Warriors a Loyalist gain.