Kado
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This article is about the planet; for the Chaos Space Marine, see Kado (Sons of Malice). |
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Name: | Kado | 
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| Segmentum: | Unknown | ||
| Sector: | Unknown | ||
| Subsector: | Unknown | ||
| System: | Unknown | ||
| Population: | Unknown | ||
| Affiliation: | Imperium/Chaos (contested) | ||
| Class: | War World / Hive World / Xenos World (former) | ||
| Tithe Grade: | Unknown | ||
Kado is a War World of the Imperium, currently fighting a Chaos invasion.[1]
Topography
Rather than a planet, Kado was an immense disc filled with technological secrets. It was tidally locked so that one face, the Dawn Side, was always lit by the local star, and the other, the Dusk Side, always gave onto the void of outer space. Furthermore, it remained in a solar-stationary orbit, meaning that it was immobile relative to the star of its system.[2b] In its center lay an enormous reactor whose workings eluded the Mechanicum.[2a]
On its surface, strange environments had been implanted: forests of granite trees that bloomed, maze-like mountain ranges of crystal illuminated by lightning storms whose energy they absorbed, seas of violet-hued water full of living creatures.[2a]
Locations
- Amethyst Plains: Dawn Side. Isolated peaks of purple crystals that absorbed and discharged ambient energy. Fertile ground for research facilities.[2b]
- The Hive: Three spires mirrored on both sides of the disc, around which spread multiple levels of habs. The Dawn and Dusk Sides were connected by a network of tunnels and hollows, including the one housing the Core around which the city was built.[2c]
- Delta Gate: Guards one of the main arteries of the hive, adorned with images of the Emperor and the Primarchs.[2c]
- Square of Lions: A vast plaza for Kado’s leaders to relax and enjoy natural landscapes in, contained a collection of monuments to the Unification of Terra and the triumph of the Imperial Truth.[2d]
History
Despite official records' descriptions of Kado as an unremarkable Hive world, the planet is actually a Xenos construct of staggering proportions. Its architects were long gone and forgotten by the time the Imperium of Man and Mechanicum took an interest.[2a]
Siege of Kado
During the Horus Heresy, Kado was invaded by forces of the Dark Mechanicum. Eager to seize its secrets, they made a move for the research facilities studying the Amethyst Plains, and there faced Loyalist resistance attempting to destroy the intelligence before it fell into Traitor hands.[2b] The capital Hive endured repeated attacks from the invaders, especially around the Delta Gate, which guarded the city's main road and easiest access into its core.[2c] Nevertheless, the most destructive battle took place in the Square of Lions, where three Psi-Titans of the Ordo Sinister ambushed frenzied engines of the Traitor Titan Legions and Chaos Knights.[2d]
Battle of Kado
The Legio Crucius took heavy losses defending the capital Hive of Kado when a hundred Slaanesh Hell-Knights infiltrated the Hive and attacked them from behind. Among the Titans destroyed was the Imperator Praeco Deictus.[1]
