| rdfs:comment | - The Blackstone Fortresses were a collection of six massive and mysterious artefacts of pre-Imperial culture that were scattered across the Gothic Sector in the Segmentum Obscurus. Each was a vast installation whose mass was larger than even the mightiest Imperial starforts and segmentum fortresses. Imperial archaeo-historians place the construction of these ancient artefacts anywhere between 17,000 and 300,000 standard years before their discovery in the 33rd Millennium. Other Imperial scholars disagree, estimating them to be far older, dating back to the early years of sentient life in the galaxy many millions of Terran years ago. For as long as the Imperium has been aware of their existence, the Blackstone Fortresses lay in a dormant state, with all but passive power systems shut down de
- The blackstone fortresses was a galactic-wide system of incredibly powerful naval bases created by the Eldar and then harnessed by Humanity, presumably in the dark age of technology. with the religious crackdown on knowledge and technology, the skills needed to operate these vast defences were lost, only to have been awakened by Chaos lord Abaddon during the black crusades using millenia old relics. it is widely believed that he destroyed two of these stations and returned to the warp, causing the millions of others controlled by Cadia command to be garrisoned with Space Marine and Inquisitor forces.
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| abstract | - The Blackstone Fortresses were a collection of six massive and mysterious artefacts of pre-Imperial culture that were scattered across the Gothic Sector in the Segmentum Obscurus. Each was a vast installation whose mass was larger than even the mightiest Imperial starforts and segmentum fortresses. Imperial archaeo-historians place the construction of these ancient artefacts anywhere between 17,000 and 300,000 standard years before their discovery in the 33rd Millennium. Other Imperial scholars disagree, estimating them to be far older, dating back to the early years of sentient life in the galaxy many millions of Terran years ago. For as long as the Imperium has been aware of their existence, the Blackstone Fortresses lay in a dormant state, with all but passive power systems shut down despite their best efforts to revive them. Although inactive, there was enough residual power in the fortresses' power grids to allow humans to live in them and turn them into powerful space-based hardpoints that were central to the fortifications in the star systems they occupied. The Blackstone Fortresses became the foundation of the Imperial Navy strategy and presence in the Gothic Sector. With the exception of Port Maw, each sub-sector was based upon the location of a Blackstone Fortress, which functioned as the primary naval base for the sub-sector. Although almost entirely dormant, a Blackstone Fortress was still open to exploitation by Imperial forces. The Adeptus Mechanicus linked numerous weapon systems to its alien and near-incomprehensible energy grid, opened up vast chambers to be used as attack craft launch bays and installed defence turrets over its surface.
- The blackstone fortresses was a galactic-wide system of incredibly powerful naval bases created by the Eldar and then harnessed by Humanity, presumably in the dark age of technology. with the religious crackdown on knowledge and technology, the skills needed to operate these vast defences were lost, only to have been awakened by Chaos lord Abaddon during the black crusades using millenia old relics. it is widely believed that he destroyed two of these stations and returned to the warp, causing the millions of others controlled by Cadia command to be garrisoned with Space Marine and Inquisitor forces. When activated in tandem, they can join energy beams into one larger enough to eliminate sectors with, which poses a very real threat to all enemeis of Mankind.
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