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Thule (Planet)

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Thule
Name: Thule Unknown.jpg
Segmentum: Ultima Segmentum
Sector: Triplex Sector[4]
System: Triplex
Population: Unknown
Affiliation: Imperium
Class: Forge World
Production Grade: Unknown
Tithe Grade: Aptus Non

Thule is one of the three Forge Worlds of the Triplex within the Eastern Fringe alongside Triplex Phall and Galatia.[1]


History

The smallest of the three worlds, it was founded by settlers from Galatia in its early days and was known for its practice of an extreme branch of the Cult Mechanicus which caused it to become fiercely loyal to the Emperor as well as reject all robotics, including even primitive servo-automata. Instead, they saw the fusion of man and machine in the form of servitors as the only pure form of mechanical creation.[1]

By the time of the Horus Heresy the planet had largely been laid to waste after a bitter conflict with its neighboring Forge Worlds.[1]

Thule was the site of heavy fighting during the Thramas Crusade, where they attempted to resist the Night Lords but were devastated.[1]

During The Thule Decimation of 728.M40 six entire companies of Grey Knights equipped with Terminator armour, including suits that had been requisitioned from five other Chapters. The assault was mounted with such haste that there was no time for repainting the suits. The Grey Knights were forced to attack in the colours of six different Chapters and, apparently faced by six Chapters of Marines, the defenders surrendered within three hours. One in ten on the planetoid city were subsequently executed for their part in the rebellion.[2]

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