Husk

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Map	Basic Data		Planetary Image
	Name:	Husk
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	Population:	Hundreds of millions[1]
	Affiliation:	Imperium[1]
	Class:	War World,[1] Hive World[1]
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Husk is an Imperial Hive World.^[1]

History

Ten thousand years of industrialization has left Husk's surface cold, poisoned, withered and barren. The Hive Varpitt exists there amidst a desert and contains a population of hundreds of millions,^[1] as well as the Museum of Chalcedony Angels.^[2] Since Husk's gravity is less than half of the Imperium's standard, however, any dust that gets kicked up will remain in its air for quite a while. If enough does so, it could form a vast dust cloud filled with heavy metals and rad particles. When this occurs, the dust wreaks havoc with long-range vox transmissions, auspex sensors and targeting systems. Even the systems of Space Marine warships are not immune to this.^[1]

The Dark Angels Chapter's 5th Company discovered this, after they came to Husk aid, when it was invaded by Orks in M42. Master Lazarus hoped to get around this, though, by drawing the Xenos to his position in numbers so large, that the Battle Barge Unrelenting Fury could see them. The Fury was then meant to destroy the Orks with an orbital bombardment and put an end to the invasion before they reached the Company. However just as the Xenos neared the 5th, the Battle Barge's commander, Domitius, received an urgent message from the Dark Angels' Supreme Grand Master Azrael. It contained orders of the highest priority for the Unrelenting Fury, which required that the Battle Barge leave at once to fulfill them. Domitius immediately began preparations to do so, but informed Master Lazarus of his new orders before the Fury departed from Husk. This meant, though, that the 5th would now likely suffer heavy losses at the charging Orks' hands.^[1]

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Sources

• 1: Lazarus: Enmity's Edge (Novel), Chapter 1
• 2: Fist of Demetrius (Novel), Chapter 10