The Shipfields of Deiphobe
Here's by fluff entry. Timeline wise, count it as being 3-4 centuries later.
The Shipfields of Deiphobe
One of the most peculiar sights in the Nine Worlds are on the moon of Deiphobe in the Avernus system. While Avernus itself has an entirely deserved reputation for the extreme, the Deiphobe Shipfields are unlike anything else in the former Imperium of Man. The reason is quite simple. Even during the height of the Imperium, the waning days of the Great Crusade, there was no single greater concentration of warships at any point. Not even the Siege of Terra came close.
The Shipfields consist of the relocated remains of the ship graveyard of Cocceio, where the Ancients and the Men of Stone stopped the Men of Iron at the cost of their own lives. As a space traffic safety and security measure, Admiral Parnell ordered that the Escorts and Light Cruisers be lowered onto the surface of Deiphobe, the moon that serves as the anchorage of the Averus fleet. There they would be out of the way, kept in place by the nearly non-existent gravity field. Almost 40000 hulls were interned on the moon, covering a field more than 200 square kilometers in size. The field has shrunk since then, as the most intact hulls were rebuilt for use in the Trust's fleets, but more than 24000 still remain.
In orbit, the remaining warships numbered a (relatively) small 2800. While still more than would be found anywhere but a Segmentum Fortress, it was a much easier problem to deal with for the auger teams of the Atlas's Gift. The reclamation process went much faster here, with a mere 900 hulls still remaining, mostly Heavy Cruisers. Owing to the extremely poor state of the remaining hulls, there is considerable debate among the Trust's shipwrights as to whether it is worth time and effort to rebuild them, or to scrap them for use in new ships.
The importance of the the Shipfield and predecessing graveyard cannot be overstated. Virtually the entirety of the Trust's combined fleet was reclaimed from these locations, giving it a roster that could have rivaled the entirety of Segmentum Pacificus, diminished as it was. And these were ships from the absolute high of the Dark Age of Technology, with technologies and capabilities that would make even the most jaded priest of Mars jealous. It would be on these ships that the Imperial Trust would establish its dominance of the sector, holding it against all comers and keeping lit the fires of civilization.
The Shipfields of Deiphobe
One of the most peculiar sights in the Nine Worlds are on the moon of Deiphobe in the Avernus system. While Avernus itself has an entirely deserved reputation for the extreme, the Deiphobe Shipfields are unlike anything else in the former Imperium of Man. The reason is quite simple. Even during the height of the Imperium, the waning days of the Great Crusade, there was no single greater concentration of warships at any point. Not even the Siege of Terra came close.
The Shipfields consist of the relocated remains of the ship graveyard of Cocceio, where the Ancients and the Men of Stone stopped the Men of Iron at the cost of their own lives. As a space traffic safety and security measure, Admiral Parnell ordered that the Escorts and Light Cruisers be lowered onto the surface of Deiphobe, the moon that serves as the anchorage of the Averus fleet. There they would be out of the way, kept in place by the nearly non-existent gravity field. Almost 40000 hulls were interned on the moon, covering a field more than 200 square kilometers in size. The field has shrunk since then, as the most intact hulls were rebuilt for use in the Trust's fleets, but more than 24000 still remain.
In orbit, the remaining warships numbered a (relatively) small 2800. While still more than would be found anywhere but a Segmentum Fortress, it was a much easier problem to deal with for the auger teams of the Atlas's Gift. The reclamation process went much faster here, with a mere 900 hulls still remaining, mostly Heavy Cruisers. Owing to the extremely poor state of the remaining hulls, there is considerable debate among the Trust's shipwrights as to whether it is worth time and effort to rebuild them, or to scrap them for use in new ships.
The importance of the the Shipfield and predecessing graveyard cannot be overstated. Virtually the entirety of the Trust's combined fleet was reclaimed from these locations, giving it a roster that could have rivaled the entirety of Segmentum Pacificus, diminished as it was. And these were ships from the absolute high of the Dark Age of Technology, with technologies and capabilities that would make even the most jaded priest of Mars jealous. It would be on these ships that the Imperial Trust would establish its dominance of the sector, holding it against all comers and keeping lit the fires of civilization.
