The Irontide regiments
It is uncertain whether or not Galmoret was a heavily industrialised world at the beginning of the Age of Strife, or whether this arose out of the necessities of that age. Today Galmoret is littered with scores of abandoned manufactories once dedicated to various products that were discarded during the years of survival and which only today are being restored.
The one type of manufactory which were never abandoned to any degree were those responsible for the creation of tanks, which soon became the defining feature of Galmoret Warfare. In the years when various power factions vied for control of the planet, those who would eventually rise to prominence became known as ‘The Irontide’. In part this was because their enemies would come under attack by a veritable sea of armoured chassis, but this was also due to the Galmoret strategy of rapid assaults that always ceded ground where necessary to gain it elsewhere. Thus their front lines were always in flux, receding one day and advancing the next, always seizing the moment to press forwards. Several xenos raiding attempts, and indeed the first attempt at Imperial compliance, were overwhelmed by the sheer rapidity of the mass-armoured assaults before a foothold could properly be established.
Once the Irontide Regiments were inducted into the Imperial Army, they were often partnered with the XI, who also held a propensity for fast moving warfare. Not only would the Irontide regiments be better able to maintain pace with the Wardens’ attacks better than many, their armoured cohorts would lend valuable heavy support often not supplied by rapid response forces.
In practice, such assignments were often an irritant to the Irontide. The Wardens frequently outpaced even them, leaving Irontide commanders hungry for glory to perform what were essentially mopping up actions. On the occasions where they were required to cover an extended flank or to assist against a foe that had managed to bog the Wardens down, casualties tended to be severe.
Rules: Primus/Secundus, Industrial World, Warrior Elite+Hazardous Environment Specialists, Armoured Regimental Doctrine
Agharan Regiments
During the Age of Strife, Aghara was at the center of a small stellar empire with sufficient technology for warp travel, but with what was essentially a blood cult at the center of its society. In their desire to please the fell things they worshipped, or believed they worshiped, they made war upon neighbouring worlds to obtain resources and sacrifice. The vast majority of the Agharan civilisation would be purged for both their beliefs and their fanatical resistance upon the arrival of the Imperium. Upon Aghara itself however, numerous hilltribes were discovered that had been only loosely associated with their masters. Keeping themselves to inhospitable locations that were unsuitable building grounds for the Agharan cities, these formed a culture that was both shared a common heritage and was distinct from the Agharan cultists. The Agharan’s had been content to leave these exiles be, as long as proper tribute was paid. These hilltribes were deemed recoverable by Imperial Assayors. Though the Agharan cities would be repopulated with more reliable colonists, the local tribes were often used as labour, and sometimes Imperial Army rasinings. There are rumours of late, that not all of the old beliefs are as dead as were first assumed.
Rules: Secundus/Tertius, Death World, Cult Horde+Guerrilla Fighters (include rogue psykers, low tech weapons and ogryns).
Annamian Holdfasts
Annamain was the last holdout of what had once been the Neldorean polity, a relatively civilised cluster of worlds that had fallen prey to the Agharans. Though their capital, and fortress world, had fallen, it was only in the proto-hives of Annamian that the remaining Neldoreans had been able to stall the Agharan advance. There they made the enemy pay in blood for every step they took, using the tangled city ruins to outmaneuver and ambush the enemy. It was a bloody war, and one that might still have ended in their defeat had the Imperium not arrived when they did. When the Agharan’s refused compliance and their armies were destroyed, the last Neldorean’s welcomed the Imperium as saviors. Now man resources have been poured into Ananamian to rebuild it, but the Neldorean’s have not forgotten their hard learned weapons of warfare. This is something that the Imperium very much counts upon.
Rules: Primus, Fortress World/Hive World/War World, Guerrilla Fighters+Warrior Elite
Brenden Levies
Brenden is a world recently colonised within the same sub-sector as Aghara and Annamian, founded at the Imperium’s behest in order to provide a stable food supply to the surrounding worlds, many of which are still recovering from centuries of war. Most of these colonists re from worlds that have been Imperial holdings for at least a generation, and share little of the sector wide population’s experience of strife. They are first and foremost farmers, only pressed into military ranks in times of great emergency, deal with petty raiders or simply to buy time for better troops to arrive.
Rules: Tertius, Agri-World, Combat Engineers
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