Olethros

Olethros was a space hulk which included ships from the very beginning of the Imperium. Among the ships, the Space Hulk also had within it an unknown Chaos artefact. A massive stone slab atop of pile of human skulls, with skeletons seemingly fused into it.^[1c][1d] By late-M41, it was infested with tyranid genestealers who managed to consume and utilize the gene code from the Dark Angels gene-seed stockpile within one of their pre-Heresy ships fused to the hulk. In late-M41, Olethros exited the Warp, 3.14 lightyears from Terra, and was destroyed by the Dark Angels's Deathwing who overloaded the plasma cores of vessel Sanctum Imperator.^[1b]

Known ships fused into Olethros

• PowerXL - Adeptus Mechanicus XL-class power ship
• Cadia's Hand - Emperor-class infantry carrier ship, transporting the Cadia 22nd Imperial Guard Regiment
• Caliban's Will - Dark Angels battle barge
• Norn's Ghost - Inquisition blackship
• Sanctum Imperator - Black Templars crusade ship
• Red Ark - Adeptus Mechanicus Ark Mechanicus/Geological ship
• Tregrom - Rogue Trader House Tregor Rogue Cruiser/tech scavenger ship

See Also

• List of Space Hulks

Sources

• 1: Space Hulk: Deathwing -video game
  • 1a Chapter One
  • 1b Chapter Eight
  • 1c Chapter Six
  • 1d Special Mission 10