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Gnosis System

The Gnosis System is an Imperial System.[1]

The Gnosis System was the industrial center for the Talhor Sector. Gnosis Prime was a world of manufactorums and refineries, and before its destruction over fifty billion citizens toiled on the planet, living among toxic waste and poisonous oceans in shielded hive cities. When the Eldar came they obliterated the towering hives, forcing the planet’s armies and citizens out into the wastes. For months regiments of Imperial Guard fought for survival, yet starvation and the deadly atmosphere of their own world was to be their eventual doom. Less than a year after the Eldar had made planetfall, Gnosis Prime had been reduced to a vast graveyard, its once great cities now diminished to corpse-choked tombs and sprawling ruins. Unable to feed its vast population, Gnosis Prime had relied upon vast tankers that shipped cargos of a nutrient-rich paste from Gnosis Secundus. The largest moon of a storm-wracked gas giant, Secundus was a world of wild briar-orchards. Known collectively as the Tangle, these orchards drew on nutrient deposits that lay deep beneath the surface. Clusters of Servitors on anti-grav platforms hovered among the twisting branches, tapping them for this vital resource. For years the handful of citizens and soldiers stationed on Gnosis Secundus would dream of seeing the hives of Prime – at least until they were subjected to months of pitiful cries for help they could not answer. Their ships destroyed at anchor, the garrison could only wait for the Eldar to attack. The defenders were quickly isolated into pockets of resistance around Imperial Strongpoints, and were then systematically extinguished by Autarch Zephyrblade until only a handful remained.[1]

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