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Galaxy-Rift-Tempestus.jpg
Small cross.pngZhao-Arkkad
Name: Zhao-Arkkad ZhaoArkhad.jpg
Segmentum: Segmentum Tempestus[2]
Sector: Unknown
System: Zhao System
Population: Unknown
Affiliation: Adeptus Mechanicus
Class: Forge World, Death World
Tithe Grade: Unknown

Zhao-Arkkad is a Forge World of the Imperium. It is one of the Mechanicum's most far-flung and isolated Forges.

It has only recently been re-consecrated, and the Forge World's Techpriests are noted to be the possessors of the STC template that allows for the production of the Praetor Armoured Assault Launcher.[1]

History

Zhao-Arkkad was settled in the late days of the Dark Age of Technology by a Martian expedition, perhaps accidentally from a fleet blown off course in the Warp. The atmosphere is highly toxic and the planets surface filled with heavily canopied rain forests, but nonetheless the human settlers managed to colonize the world. Titans accompanying the settlers defended them from the beasts of the planet, eventually becoming the Legio Xestobiax. In the First Conjunction, Zhao-Arkkad managed to become mostly self-sufficient and functional Forge World. In the Second Conjunction, Zhao-Arkkads three moons were colonized. Soon Zhao-Arkkad managed to expand further, establishing several outlying planetary outposts.[1]

In 827.M27, a civil war between the Kiarii and Eminarii Forges decimated the planet, but it nonetheless managed to eventually recover.[1]

During the Great Crusade, the expeditionary fleet of the Thousand Sons' Fifth Fellowship discovered Zhao-Arkkad and bloodlessly assimilated it into the growing Imperium. The newly arrived Space Marines managed to drive off Xenos invaders that had been plaguing Zhao-Arkkad for centuries. The Thousand Sons established a close relationship with the Forge World thereafter, providing the Legion with war material.[3a]

During the Horus Heresy, Zhao-Arkkad was pledged to the Thousand Sons and fought alongside them in the Burning of Prospero under the command of Magos Tacitus Proctor.[3b] They were declared heretics by the Imperium for the act, but no retaliation would come, due to the Isstvan incidents. Some Forges on Zhao-Arkkad allied with the traitorous Warmaster, while others simply wished to be left alone by the galaxy at large.[3b] In 013.M31 a Dark Angels fleet arrived to take control, where they were repulsed by a force of Thousand Sons still pledging their loyalty to the Emperor.[4]

During the Great Scouring, Zhao-Arkkad was conquered by the Imperium; during this invasion, the plans for the Crassus Armoured Transport were allegedly "reclaimed".[5] Though Zhao-Arkkad has remained loyal since this time, the Forge World's ancient ways were not forgotten. Accordingly, when the planet's authorities eventually discovered hidden Titans of Legio Xestobiax which had been sealed away as they contained heretek, Eldar-influenced technology, they sought to reactivate them instead of destroying the machines.[6]

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