Tarsis Ultra
Tarsis Ultra is a Dead World and former Agri World in the realm of Ultramar.
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Planetary Summary
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Name: | Tarsis Ultra | 
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| Segmentum: | Ultima Segmentum | ||
| Sector: | Unknown | ||
| Subsector: | Unknown | ||
| System: | Tarsis Ultra System1a | ||
| Population: | 60,000,000 | ||
| Affiliation: | Imperial | ||
| Class: | Dead World (former Agri World) | ||
| Tithe Grade: | Unknown | ||
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This page contains spoilers for: | Warriors of Ultramar (Novel) |
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This page contains spoilers for: | Planetkill (Anthology) |
Background
Tarsis Ultra was a Civilised World with some specifications typical to an Agri World and a long, harsh winter period during which it looked like a ice world. It was the turning point of the advance of Hive Fleet Leviathan. During the Great Crusade, Roboute Guilliman led the assault on this world from which he was attacked by an unknown assailant but was saved by a native soldier. Guilliman then made a warriors bond with the trooper vowing to return should the world ever need his aid. A temple within the capital Erebus honours this along with the planets residents changing the name to include the Ultramarine's name and the local Planetary Defence Force attempting to replicate the Ultramarine's Power armour.
Hive Fleet Leviathan
In 999.M41, Tarsis Ultra was faced with the threat of the Tyranids after it was discovered that a tendril of Hive Fleet Leviathan was bound for the planet. The Ultramarines were sworn to honour the ancient oath pledged by the Primarch, Roboute Guilliman, to defend the people of Tarsis Ultra; thus Captain Uriel Ventris through the orders of Marneus Calgar enlisted the aid of a Company from an Ultramarines Second Founding Chapter, the Mortifactors, led by Chaplain Astador. Supporting the Space Marines defending Tarsis Ultra were two Imperial Guard regiments, the 10th Logres led by Colonel Octavius Rabelaq and the 933rd Death Korps of Krieg led by Colonel Trymon Stagler, plus the PDF headed by Major Aries Satria. Inquisitor Kryptman was also present to impart his extensive knowledge of the Tyranids to help the war effort. Fabricator Marshal Sebastien Montante proved to be a valuable asset as an efficient organiser of resources and general supply management.
The Demise
However, despite the victory Tarsis Ultra would not be the same again. Despite their defeat, the Tyranids had left some form of vegetation behind that was consuming the ecosystem (albeit slowly), which forced the Imperials to send fire-teams to suppress it.2
A few years after the victory on Tarsis Ultra, a furious Iron Warriors Warsmith Honsou, fresh from his narrow victory over rival Warsmiths Berossus and Toramino, as well as his defeat at the hands of Uriel Ventris, learned of Tarsis Ultra through The Newborn, a mutated clone of Ventris who had inherited all of the Ultramarine's memories. Determined to destroy everything Ventris held dear, Honsou raided an Imperial agro-research facility and stole a sample of the experimental Heraclitus virus.2, 3
Honsou invaded one of Tarsis Ultra's space stations with his followers, slaughtered the crew and launched orbital torpedoes at the surface. A few of the torpedoes bombarded cities, but the final one carried the Heraclitus virus. The virus was designed to speed up crop growth, but it had a cataclysmic reaction with the Tyranid vegetation, speeding up its growth so quickly that it covered the entire planet and eventually consumed the atmosphere, leaving the planet an airless rock.3
After Honsou departed, Magos Locard and a few members of the Skitarii landed and attempted to investigate what had happened. Locard vowed to make whoever was responsible for the death of Tarsis Ultra pay.2
See Also
Sources
- 1: Warriors of Ultramar (Novel) - Ultramarines (Novel Series) Omnibus by Graham McNeill:
- a: Ch 4, pp. 324-325
- 2: The Heraclitus Effect (Short Story) by Graham McNeill
- 3: The Chapter's Due (Novel) by Graham McNeill
