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Gheist
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Map | Basic Data | Lunar Image | |
---|---|---|---|
Name: | Gheist | ||
Segmentum: | Ultima Segmentum | ||
Sector: | Unknown | ||
Subsector: | not stated | ||
System: | Unknown | ||
Primary: | Unknown | ||
Population: | N/A | ||
Affiliation: | N/A | ||
Class: | Destroyed | ||
Tithe Grade: | N/A |
Gheist was a moon that was destroyed by Inquisitor Kryptman to force the trajectory of the Space Hulk Perdition's Flame towards the Ork Empire of Octarius.
Kryptman planted a captured brood of Genestealers on board the Perdition's Flame and then used his ship's teleporter array to send megatons of high-grade explosives into the heart of Gheist. The moon's explosion diverted the path of the Perdition's Flame into the Octarius Empire, where Kryptman hoped a tendril of Hive Fleet Leviathan would be lured towards the Genestealers. He succeeded in starting a war that engulfed the entire Octarius Sector.[1][2]
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Sources
- 1: Codex: Tyranids (5th Edition), pgs. 28–30
- 2: Codex: Tyranids (4th Edition), pg. 21