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I believe it was "the flight of Eisentein" novel, but it described the moon as being hallowed out with an opening at the equatorial line. This line was bristling with both guns and docking bays. Whether moons are armor plated or just have armored fortresses on them is up to opinion on grammar.

IvanTih wrote:

purplefood wrote:I always liked that bit especially the part about the armoured moons, just so over the top armouring a moon... still find that awesome...
"That's not a moon"
"Oh wait yes it is just an armoured moon"

And there are rumours that it has massive gun on itself.

Wow...
Gentlemen we have a deathstar...

Catyrpelius wrote:The Emporer is in my pocket...Wanna see?

I thought you were just happy to see me.

Current fluff has the Golden throne over the himalayas. the Entrance to the palace is in England with the various governing bodies in that area.

i belive the Navigator houses are located along the eastern seaboard of the US.

the oceans are all but gone. most water is in that vast plumbing of Terra and any remnantes of the oceans are buried beneath the massive hive with just the outlines of the continants barely visable.


the Moon is the base of Battlefleet Solar.

Mars is also a hive(albiet a very different one from Terra) that has some large areas that remain undeveloped. these are used mostly as testing grounds.

Jupiter is the base of the Inquisition and the Grey Knights.

Saturn is the base and training ground of the Saturnian fleet and Space Academy that produces the finest crews and Captains in the entire impierium.

various mining bases and private resorts dot the asteroid belt.

I thought it was neptune with the shipyards. Oh well, my mistake.

Mr Nobody wrote:I thought it was neptune with the shipyards. Oh well, my mistake.

Neptune has the production facilities.

Saturn is the training ground

Grey Templar wrote:Current fluff has the Golden throne over the himalayas. the Entrance to the palace is in England with the various governing bodies in that area.

I'm sure one of these pieces must be old fluff - I know the Emperor's Palace is huge, but I was pretty sure it was confined to Asia/Himalayas - a palace in the Himalayas, with it's entrance in nottingham, would be half the size of the world....!

Question: What troops defend terra? Who's doing the "boarding" that was mentioned in the Ragnar passage?

Is it an elite unit of guard? The Imperial Fists? Something else?

Also, are the headquarters of the munitorium on Terra?

The Adeptus Custodes protect the Imperial Palace itself, but I don't know about the rest of the system. Probably just local Imperial Guardsmen and the like. It's been mentioned that Terrans have a phobia of Space Marines, thanks to racial memory of the Horus Heresy, so I doubt there are actually many Marines on Terra proper.

I have a feeling the IG regiments raised from Terra are kept locally, as we've never seen a Terran regiment in any IG fluff, as far as I know.

And I'm pretty sure that the Imperial Palace is over Europe, the Astronomicon is in the Himalayas, and I like to think the Golden Throne is over Nottingham just cause it seems like a little joke GW would play just for the hell of it.

EmilCrane wrote:Question: What troops defend terra? Who's doing the "boarding" that was mentioned in the Ragnar passage?

Is it an elite unit of guard? The Imperial Fists? Something else?

Also, are the headquarters of the munitorium on Terra?

There are Impierial Guard regiments stationed in the Sol System. that is likely who is doing the boarding.

Everythings headquarters is on Terra


Lexicanum article on Terra
http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Terra

ChrisWWII wrote:The Adeptus Custodes protect the Imperial Palace itself, but I don't know about the rest of the system. Probably just local Imperial Guardsmen and the like. It's been mentioned that Terrans have a phobia of Space Marines, thanks to racial memory of the Horus Heresy, so I doubt there are actually many Marines on Terra proper.

I have a feeling the IG regiments raised from Terra are kept locally, as we've never seen a Terran regiment in any IG fluff, as far as I know.

And I'm pretty sure that the Imperial Palace is over Europe, the Astronomicon is in the Himalayas, and I like to think the Golden Throne is over Nottingham just cause it seems like a little joke GW would play just for the hell of it.

We have ten regiments of Terran Prafects(wrong spelling maybe) involved in war for the Armageddon.

Why, in the name of all Terra, would the Emperor have the Golden Throne in Nottingham? Ever tried to walk through the High Street/booze mile in the wee small hours without being challenged to a bout of physical combat by some neanderthal type tanked up on cheap drink offers and wearing an ill fitting, puke stained pink Tommy Hilfiger shirt? And if you politely refuse and inform said thug that you're going home you get smashed in the head with the stilletto heel of said thugs girlfriend/conquest!!! I dunno man, but I think that the high water mark of Horus's invasion of Earth was outside a Wetherspoons on student night...!

Has anyone mentioned yet that the moons of jupiter have the best shipyards in imperial space? Also im pretty sure the imperial palace is on top of mount everest and NOT in england or america.

IvanTih wrote:Here's something about defences,truly impressive.

He [Ragnar] considered their approach. He knew that they had passed countless fleets and fortresses as they had swung in from the ultra-solar jump points. They had passed the armoured moons of Jupiter and the forge world of Mars. They had been subjected to hundreds of challenges and scans and they had been boarded twice. It had been a long drawn out process but it was only to be expected.

The world down there was better protected than any other in human history. There would not be a Second Battle of Earth if the terrible lords of the Imperium could help it. Even now the sky was filled with satellite fortresses; great weapon installations with enough firepower to destroy battle fleets. The whole of sublunar space was crowded with warships.
- Space Wolf: The Second Omnibus, pg. 56

[Not saying where I got this from ]

Welcome to the Dominion of Holy Terra.

Terra is the capital planet of the Imperium. As such it is where the High Lords of Terra meet to deliberate on the future of the Imperium in the absence of the Emperor. The God Emperor of Mankind resides immobile in the Golden Throne within the Imperial Palace; which sustains his shattered body with the sacrifice of thousands of psykers a day. Terra is also the headquarters for most of the Adeptus Organizations, such as the Adeptus Administratum (the bureaucracy) and the Adeptus Ministorum (a.k.a the Ecclesiarchy; the church of the Emperor).

Segmentum : Solar
Sector/sub sector: Solar/Sol
Star system: Sol
world name: Terra
Tithe grade: Aptus Non
world type: Hive World
Primary/secondary/tertiary export: Administratum Personnel/Ecclesiarchy Personnel/Tourist Souvenirs
star type: G2V
hydrosphere: 0%
atmosphere: nitrogen-oxygen
population: 176.170.005
capital: Imperial Palace


Army of Holy Terra:
(82.758.582 Strong)

Adeptus Custodes:
-10.000 Custodes Total
-Emperor's Personal Guard (300 Custodes)
-Further Organizational Details Classified M31

Legio Ignatum:
-3 Emperor Class Imperator Titans (Crew: 155)
-2 Emperor Class Warmonger Titans (Crew: 125)
-5 Warlord Battle Titans (Crew:32)
-3 Reaver Battle Titans (Crew:25)
-8 Warhound Titans (Crew:12)
-36 Imperial Knights (Crew:1)


60 Armored Divisions (1.003.750 Soldiers per Division)
Each Armored Division Contains:

-1.000 Stormtrooper Regiments
1.000 Stormtroopers per Regiment
100 Chimera Armored Personnel Carriers per Regiment

-5 Armored Regiments (750 Men per Armored Regiment):
200 Leman Russ Tanks per Regiment (20 Demolisher; 40 Exterminator; 140 Standard)
40 Hellhounds per Regiment
2 Superheavy Tanks per Regiment (1 Baneblade; 1 Shadowsword)


Imperial Fleet of Holy Terra:

Battleships:
-10 Emperor Class Battleships (Crew: 500.000)
-10 Victory Class Battleships (Crew: 300.000)
-20 Retribution Class Battleships (Crew: 300.000)
-10 Apocalypse Class Battleships (Crew 300.000)
Cruisers:
-100 Lunar Class Cruisers (Crew: 20.000)
-20 Gothic Class Cruisers (Crew: 25.000)
-10 Mars Class Battlecruisers (Crew: 25.000)
-50 Dominator Class Cruisers (Crew: 25.000)
-20 Armageddon Class Battle Cruisers (Crew: 30.000)
Escort Vessels:
-350 Firestorm Class Frigates (Crew: 800)
-600 Sword Class Frigates (Crew: 800)
-325 Cobra Class Destroyers (Crew: 500)



Current Deployments/Operations:
-Zlost/Erikobbystann Crusade: 40 Armored Divisions, 3 Warhound Titans, 2 Warlord Titans, 1 Reaver Titan, 1 Warmonger Titan, 4 Emperor Class Battleships, 6 Retribution Class Battleships, 2 Victory Class Battleships, 2 Apocalypse Class Battleships, 50 Lunar Class Cruisers, 20 Dominator Class Cruisers, 5 Mars Class Battle Cruisers, 5 Armageddon Class Battle Cruisers, 200 Sword Class Frigates, 150 Firestorm Class Frigates, 125 Cobra Destroyers.

vodo40k wrote:Has anyone mentioned yet that the moons of jupiter have the best shipyards in imperial space? Also im pretty sure the imperial palace is on top of mount everest and NOT in england or america.

the Moons of Jupiter are the location of the Grey Knights fortress and the site of the Inquisitions max security facilities.

you are confused with Saturn.


the Impierial Throne is in the hymilayas though.

I could have sworn the Astronomican was in the Himalayas, with the Imperial Palace covering most of Europe.

ChrisWWII wrote:I could have sworn the Astronomican was in the Himalayas, with the Imperial Palace covering most of Europe.

ummm, the Astronomican isn't a place.

it is a beacon that the Emperor sends out through the warp using his psychic might.

Lexicanum wrote:The Chamber of the Astronomican is part of the Terran Forbidden Fortress. The Chamber is a massive sphere, located at a peak of the Himalayas. The lower half of the sphere is carved into the mountain, the upper half visible as a giant dome.

I was referring to the physical aspect of the beacon, not the light itself. It's in the Himalayas.....

Wait, wasn't that the dome in tails of heresy, it was a giant atrium with its own weather patterns.

Mr Nobody wrote:Wait, wasn't that the dome in tails of heresy, it was a giant atrium with its own weather patterns.

Yes in short story Blood Games by Dan Abnett.

Grey Templar wrote:

vodo40k wrote:Has anyone mentioned yet that the moons of jupiter have the best shipyards in imperial space? Also im pretty sure the imperial palace is on top of mount everest and NOT in england or america.

the Moons of Jupiter are the location of the Grey Knights fortress and the site of the Inquisitions max security facilities.

you are confused with Saturn.


the Impierial Throne is in the hymilayas though.

No Titan (where the grey knights fortress is) is defiantly a moon of Saturn.

Grey Templar wrote:

ChrisWWII wrote:I could have sworn the Astronomican was in the Himalayas, with the Imperial Palace covering most of Europe.

ummm, the Astronomican isn't a place.

it is a beacon that the Emperor sends out through the warp using his psychic might.

The Forbidden Fortress (base of the Adeptus Astronomica) is in the Himalayan mountain range.

Sources

* Codex Imperialis (Warhammer 40,000 2nd Edition)
* White Dwarf 140, Jervis Johnson, Andy Jones, Simon Forrest & Rick Priestley
* Inquisition War Trilogy (Novel Series), Draco/Inquisitor by Ian Watson

i think thats pretty clear


and as vodo40k says Titan orbits Saturn, the saturnite fleet were present during the age of strife, jupiter is now where the space docks and factories are present. Grey Templar seems to be very confused

jlmb_123 wrote:and somewhere in the system, (possibly Earth) is the second most important Adeptus Sororitas temple.

Yes, it's on Earth. The Sisters have their primary temples/sanctuaries on Terra and Ophelia VII.

I thought the SoB were located on the lunar base. At least thats what it was in "fleight of the Eisentien".

The Sisters of Battle didn't even exist till after the Age of Apotasy......you may be thinking about the Sisters of Silence. They worked in the Emperor's labs and everything.

vodo40k wrote:

Grey Templar wrote:

vodo40k wrote:Has anyone mentioned yet that the moons of jupiter have the best shipyards in imperial space? Also im pretty sure the imperial palace is on top of mount everest and NOT in england or america.

the Moons of Jupiter are the location of the Grey Knights fortress and the site of the Inquisitions max security facilities.

you are confused with Saturn.


the Impierial Throne is in the hymilayas though.

No Titan (where the grey knights fortress is) is defiantly a moon of Saturn.

yeah I agree, I'm pretty sure that you've got them mixed up.


The grey knights and the inquisition are on Titan, a moon of Saturn

see lexicanum
http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Grey_Knights

and see google:
titan = moon of saturn

hmmm, i always thought Titan was one of Jupiters moons

Yeah I tend to get the moons of jupiter and saturn mixed up, cuz there's so many of them.

common mistake...

That and I live on Terra, so I wouldn't need to know what the moons of other planets would be.