Tarkus System

Home to large, puritanical forge world, in a cold war with the dangerous radicals of Evalla IV

= Inner System =

Tarkus I (Mining World)
Small rocky planet, turned porous over millennia of mining powered by ancient solar arrays.

Tarkus II (Death World)
Huge rocky planet. Noxious atmosphere and intense electrical storms, with strange xenos beasts that lurk in the thick mists.

= Mid System =

Tarkus III (Agri World)
Average rocky planet with a humid atmosphere rich in carbon dioxide, making it a punishing environment to breathe in, but an extremely fertile agri world.

Tarkus IV (Civilised World)
Large moon orbiting a small gas giant. Population kept ignorant and wholly dependent on the Mechanicus.

Tarkus V (Mining World)
Mid-size rocky planet with a highly eccentric orbit, resulting in extreme variation between seasons over the course of its long orbit.

= Outer System =

Tarkus VI (Forge World)
Distributed across a total of eighteen moons and hundreds of smaller facilities orbiting an enormous gas giant. Ruled from Tarkus VI-Lambda, the current dominant power among the forge world's various factions. The Magi of Tarkus VI are fanatical in their adherence to STC standards and take a very dim view of any deviations. They point to their lineage as a colony originally established by Holy Mars itself as evidence for the purity of their position, much to the annoyance of Evalla IV.

Substantial ship yards churn out cruisers and escorts of acceptable quality for Battlefleet Veil, though it is a source of embarrassment that Tarkus VI has never produced a Battleship.

Produces the sector's best warp technology (gellar fields, warp drives, etc), las weapons, and ground vehicles (particularly battle tanks). Tarkus continues to produce limited numbers of Destroyer Tank-Hunters, and the world's variant of the Mars Pattern Leman Russ Annihilator is especially prized by tank commanders. Tarkus-produced Shadowswords are reputed to be second only to those produced on Mars (though many forge worlds dispute this, including Mars).

Tarkus VII
Small frozen rocky planet with two moons in unstable orbits. Tarkus VI maintains a modest station to extract hydrocarbon ice from the methane plains.