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Mercury
From Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
Mercury is an Imperium Mining World that lies near Terra in the Sol System.[1]
Map | Basic Data | Planetary Image | |
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Name: | Mercury | ||
Segmentum: | Segmentum Solar[1] | ||
Sector: | Sector Solar[1] | ||
Subsector: | Subsector Sol[1] | ||
System: | Sol System[1] | ||
Population: | Unknown | ||
Affiliation: | Imperium[1] | ||
Class: | Mining World[1] | ||
Tithe Grade: | Unknown |
During the Dark Age of Technology Mercury's city of Cytheron used force field generators to hold back the rays of Sol itself. This technology was later utilized by the Dark Angels in the form of the Cytheron Pattern Aegis.[4]
During the Horus Heresy, shoal facilities operated in Mercury's orbit despite its conditions. Alpha Legion infiltrators also worked with anti-Imperial scavenger clans in the area during the Solar War.[2] Shortly before the Siege of Terra the the Sisters of Silence purged Psykers from Mercury in a bloody pogrom.[3]
Sources
- 1: Codex: Adeptus Custodes (8th Edition), pg. 29 — Sol System
- 2: Praetorian of Dorn (Novel) — Part 3, Chapter 1
- 3: The Buried Dagger (Novel) - Chapter 2
- 4: The Horus Heresy Book Nine pg.165