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Praetoria is a Hive World in Segmentum Tempestus and homeworld of the Praetorian Imperial Guard.[Needs Citation]

Map Basic Data Planetary Image
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Segmentum: Segmentum Tempestus[1]
Sector: Unknown
Subsector: Unknown
System: Praetoria System[1]
Population: Unknown
Affiliation: Imperium[1]
Class: Hive World[1]
Tithe Grade: Unknown

Information

Located near the Segmentum Tempestus Naval Base at Bakka, the Hives of Praetoria are noted for their squalor and degradation where everything, even the air, is rationed and where even the most minor infringement of the law can lead to the most draconian of punishments.[1]

The huge population of this world are little more than slave labour in massive factory complexes, and through endless toil and with the aid of a large merchant fleet which trades across the Segmentum, Praetoria - or at least her rulers - are amongst the richest in the Imperium.[1]

Imperial Guard Regiments raised on Praetoria are renowned for their iron discipline and bravery. They detest slovenliness and disorder and even in the midst of the fiercest battle will ensure their ranks are correctly dressed in parade ground fashion and uniforms smartly fastened. The planetary lords of Praetoria hold it is only through fearsome training and draconian punishments for the most minor infringements that the hive-toughened inhabitants of their planet can be made to follow orders. Whatever one's views on the training methods used, they seem to work, producing troops that are as ferocious on the attack as they are determined in defence.[1]

Trivia

Pretoria is one of the three capital cities of South Africa.

Sources

  • 1: "Massacre at Big Toof River" - UK Gamesday '97 Programme