Sheol XVII
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Name: | Sheol XVII | 
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| Segmentum: | Segmentum Obscurus[1][2] | ||
| Sector: | Calixis Sector[1][2] | ||
| Subsector: | Hazeroth Abyss[1][2] | ||
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| Affiliation: | Imperium[1][2] | ||
| Class: | Asteroid[1][2] | ||
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Sheol XVII is an asteroid in the Calixis Sector. It is a penal colony and Adeptus Mechanicus outpost[1][2] for those convicted of Tech-Heresy.[4]
It lies in the icy outer sphere of a star with no name other than a blank codifier sequence. It is built around a jagged ferrous asteroid mass, with an open framework of struts and pipes that carry life support feeds to the sealed units that hang like nests in the branches of a tree. Each unit is up to half a kilometre in length and holds up to a thousand breathing souls. When the Mechanicus is certain that their Heresy does not reveal some truth or lead to accomplices yet unpunished, prisoners are turned into Servitors and a Rune of Sheol burned into their skin as a warning to others.[5]
The Rites of Information Extraction
Upon arrival, the Tech-Priests strip prisoners of any nonessential cybernetic implants and inter them in arcane life-support chambers known as Expurgation Bays where Archivids - spindly Servitor constructs that resemble the arachnids of ancient Terra - torture information out of the prisoners using Expurgation Bays. Subjects resistant to this go to The Spire, Magos Interrogus and Excruciator Servitors extracting the truth from the most unwilling of subjects. When the Servitors or obtain a pre-set amount of data, they convey it to the Vault of Censure, at the deepest point beneath the spire, for partitioning, analysis, and archiving.[6]
Possible Reference
In 784.M41, the Dauntless Class Light Cruiser Argent Herald captained by Marchand patrolling was attacked by a Traitor ship. An Eldar Corsair vessel captained by Ulthyr Ellarion made a timely rescue and gloated about his victory over Vox. This occurred in Sheol VII, possibly nearby.[3]
Captain Leomyr of Battlefleet Calixis also disappeared in 791.M41 at Sheol VII.[3]
See Also
Sources
- 1: Black Industries' Calixis Sector (saved archive page, dated 17 February 2008, last accessed 9 July 2024)
- 2: Archive - Fantasy Flight Games The Calixis Sector (saved archive page, dated 28 October 2012, last accessed 9 July 2024)
- 3: Dark Heresy: Creatures Anathema, pg. 83
- 4: Dark Heresy: Daemon Hunter, pg. 82
- 5: Dark Heresy: The Inquisitors Handbook, pg. 139
- 6: Dark Heresy: The Lathe Worlds, pg. 118
