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| rdfs:comment | - The Orphean War is a military conflict of epic proportion between the Imperium of Man and the Maynarkh Dynasty of the Necrons that has recently ravaged the Orpheus Sector. This once powerful Sector Imperialis located at the very border of the Segmentum Tempestus had always been troubled by strange phenomena and events, which unfortunately were never recognised as evidence of Necron activity. Following the awakening of at least a part of this ancient race, designated the Maynarkh Dynasty by Imperial savants, these xenos attacked the Orpheus Sector in full force, leading to the cataclysmic Battle of Amarah which ended inconclusively for both factions but nevertheless sealed the fate of the Orpheus Sector. While still an ongoing conflict despite the disastrous losses on Amarah, the Imperium i
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- Battlefleet Orpheus, several Adeptus Astartes delegations which includes the Minotaurs and Angels Revenant Chapters, multiple Imperial Guard regiments, including the 17th & 60th Line Korps of the Death Korps of Krieg, multiple Orphean Guard and Planetary Defence Force regiments, Imperialis Militia
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| Commander | - Kutlakh the World-Killer
- Sector Governor-General Calibron Laan, Grand Admiral Georg Carew, Chapter Master Asterion Moloc
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| Attacker | - Necrons of the Maynarkh Dynasty
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| Outcome | - Orpheus Sector status revoked and and the sector is abandoned by the Imperium before the enemy; rear-guard actions continue while the Imperium of Man retreats to the Eurydice Sector and fortifies it. Several planets are deemed irredeemably lost to the Necrons and subjected to Exterminatus
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| Casualties | - Tens of billions; Angels Revenant Chapter of Space Marines nearly annihilated
- Estimated to be in the thousands of Necrons
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| abstract | - The Orphean War is a military conflict of epic proportion between the Imperium of Man and the Maynarkh Dynasty of the Necrons that has recently ravaged the Orpheus Sector. This once powerful Sector Imperialis located at the very border of the Segmentum Tempestus had always been troubled by strange phenomena and events, which unfortunately were never recognised as evidence of Necron activity. Following the awakening of at least a part of this ancient race, designated the Maynarkh Dynasty by Imperial savants, these xenos attacked the Orpheus Sector in full force, leading to the cataclysmic Battle of Amarah which ended inconclusively for both factions but nevertheless sealed the fate of the Orpheus Sector. While still an ongoing conflict despite the disastrous losses on Amarah, the Imperium is currently withdrawing all strategic assets from the Orpheus Sector, hoping to contain and hold the Necrons at bay long enough for a full-fledged Imperial Crusade to be launched. To this day, the Orphean War stands as a dark example of what might befall the entire Imperium if the Necron menace is not quickly identified and dealt with.
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