Indomitus Crusade Fleet Primus
Indomitus Crusade Fleet Primus was one of the Battlefleets assembled for the Imperium's Indomitus Crusade.[1] It was led by Roboute Guilliman himself as well as Belisarius Cawl.[2]
Overview
Fleet Primus was the third fleet to depart on the Indomitus Crusade.[2]The Fleet contained the largest number of Primaris Greyshields and had Archmagos Dominus Belisarius Cawl amongst its personnel. After it launched, Primus was noted for diverging into several spearheads, that further fractured as they spread out from Terra.[1]
Much of Fleet Primus’ initial efforts were angled towards the Segmentum Solar, for countless threats were to be found upon Terra’s very threshold. Its earliest major victory came at the Battle of Gathalamor where Custodes forces under Tribune Colquan proved decisive.[5a] Yet this focus on Segmentum Solar was not true of all the fleet’s battle groups. Some were charged instead with pushing outwards into the deeper dark of the war-torn Imperium Sanctus. Each was assigned a quest deemed vital to the overall success of the Indomitus Crusade, and to Roboute Guilliman’s overall aim of shoring up and making safe the Imperium Sanctus. Many of the battle groups of Fleet Primus faced perils unleashed by the opening of the Great Rift. Warp plagues, mutants, Chaos Space Marine invasions, and mass uprisings were all dangers encountered by Fleet Primus’ battle groups as they pushed outward from the Sol System.[2]
Battle Group Kallides moved into the Nephilim Sub-Sector, where they encountered the vast Necron Pariah Nexus. The resulting Pariah Crusade turned into a major front which had several sub-theatres such as the Argovon Campaign.[4]
Several years later during the Plague Wars Fleet Primus would be Guilliman's speartip during the attack on Iax.[8]
Known Battle Groups
- Battle Group Alpharis[3a]
- Battle Group Alphus - Under Lord Guilliman's personal command[6]
- Battle Group Cerastus - Took part in the Battle of Raukos[7b]
- Battle Group Dominus - Took part in the Battle of Raukos[7b]
- Battle Group Gamma - Took part in the Battle of Raukos[7b]
- Battle Group Erastus - Sent to crush Chaos cults in the Ipsolin Sub-Sector before they could unleash Daemons to the galactic north of Terra.[2]
- Battle Group Hephaestus - Currently commanded by Belisarius Cawl and deployed to the Pariah Crusade[17].
- Battle Group Irasmus - Took part in the Octarius War[12]
- Battle Group Kallides - Moved into the Nephilim Sub-Sector.[2]
- Battle Group Noctus - Sent to Armageddon under Groupmaster LeVorne who was given a secretive mission.[2]
- Battle Group Orphaeus - Hunted and destroyed a major warband of Aeldari Corsairs at the border of the Great Rift.[16]
- Battle Group Praxis - Moved into the Ironhold Protectorate, coming into conflict with both it and the Red Corsairs.[14]
- Battle Group Retributus - Personally sent by Lord Commander Guilliman, to reclaim the Iron Veil from the Night Lords.[11]
- Battle Group Tarsus - Took part in the Charadon Campaign.[9]
Known Personnel
- Roboute Guilliman - Primarch of the Ultramarines and Lord Commander of the Imperium.[1]
- Belisarius Cawl -Archmagos Dominus.[1]
- Isaish Khestrin - Fleetmaster.[5]
- Jermaine Gunthe - Senior Logister.[3b]
- Diameos - Groupmaster, Commanded Battle Group Cerastus.[7a]
- LeVorne - Groupmaster, Commanded Battle Group Noctus.[2]
- Marran - Groupmaster, Commanded Battle Group Kallides.[2]
- Abedwe - Groupmaster, Commands Battle Group Tarsus.[9]
- Vikraen - Groupmaster of Battle Group Hephaestus.[17]
- Tiberion Ardemus - Groupmaster of Battle Group Praxis.[14]
- Dannych Silurcas Io V - Groupmaster, Commands Battle Group Erastus.[10]
- Kyria Draxus - Lord Inquisitor.[2]
- Maldovar Colquan - Tribune of the Adeptus Custodes.[5b]
- Varro Tigurius - Chief Librarian of the Ultramarines and Commander of Task Force XII.[15]
- Arlandus Castallor - Ultramarines Lieutenant.[Needs Citation]
- Julius Katra - Ultramarines Force Captain.[13]
- Seranis — Raptors Lieutenant.[16]
Known Vessels
- Dawn of Fire - Retribution Class Battleship and first Flagship.[3b]
- Macragge's Honour - Gloriana Class Battleship and second Flagship.[7b]
- Zar-Quaesitor - Ark Mechanicus and command ship of Belisarius Cawl.[3a]
- Fell Lord - Flagship of Battle Group Praxis.[14]
See also
Sources
- 1: White Dwarf July 2019 - Indomtius Crusade Fleets
- 2: Psychic Awakening: Pariah, pgs. 3-4
- 3: Avenging Son (Novel):
- 4: White Dwarf February 2020, pg. 59 — Indomitus Crusade Heroes
- 5: The Gates of Bone (Novel) Dramatis Personae
- 6: Dark Imperium: Godblight (Novel), Chapter 1
- 7: Dark Imperium (Novel) Second Edition
- 8: Godblight (Novel), Chapter 33
- 9: War Zone Charadon - Act II: The Book of Fire, pg. 38
- 10: White Dwarf November 2019, pg. 51
- 11: The Wolftime (Novel), Chapter 1
- 12: War Zone Octarius - Book 2: Critical Mass, pgs. 14-17
- 13: Huron Blackheart: Master of the Maelstrom (Novel), Chapter 17
- 14: The Iron Kingdom (Novel) - Dramatis Personae
- 15: Arks of Omen: Vashtorr, pg. 25
- 16: White Dwarf 494, pgs. 42-53 — Index Astartes - Raptors
- 17: Crusade: Pariah Nexus, pgs. 21-26
