Hale
| Map | Basic Data | Planetary Image | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Name: | Hale | 
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| Segmentum: | Ultima Segmentum | ||
| Sector: | Eastern Fringe | ||
| Subsector: | Unknown | ||
| System: | Unknown | ||
| Population: | Unknown | ||
| Affiliation: | Imperium | ||
| Class: | Formerly Space Marine Outpost World, now depopulated | ||
| Tithe Grade: | Unknown | ||
Hale was a world of the Imperium.[1]
History
At the time of the Horus Heresy it existed little more as a isolated outpost for a single company of the Ultramarines who used it to guard shipping routes between Ultramar and the wider Imperium. In 007.M31 it was attacked by three World Eaters chapters as part of the Shadow Crusade. However, the rebels had underestimated the tenacity of the Ultramarines, leaving only a single Chapter of their own to secure the warp channels of the region before departing. Within a month, the survivors of the Ultramarines force had returned, along with stragglers from the Loyalist forces fleeing the Isstvan system and other garrison forces, and set upon the World Eaters, their numbers greater than the Traitors.[1]
In a bitter campaign stalemate endured until the arrival of Dark Angels forces from the Thramas Crusade led by the Battlecruiser Fifth Horseman. In reward for their stalwart bravery, Lion El'Jonson would later decree that they could bear the symbol of his Legion, for those that fought by his side with honor would ever be truest sons. Even in these latter days, with the Ultramarines scattered by the edict of the Second Founding, there remain a few that still carry a vambrace or pauldron in the stark black of the Lion's heraldry.[1]
See also
Sources
- 1: The Horus Heresy Book Nine - Crusade, pg. 81
