Irquos Uprising

The Irquos Uprising was an Imperial castigation campaign carried out by the Lightning Wraiths Space Marine Chapter against the rebellious Imperial world of Irquos in the early centuries of M38.

Background
A planetary governor refused to pay his Imperial Tithes and had gained the support of many generals. Imperial delegation parties were shot upon when their landing craft breached the atmosphere and any survivors were executed. A strike force of Lightning Wraiths Jägers accompanied by Magister Aleksei Nikorov were sent to quell the rebellion before it escalated even further. Any attempts of communication and negotiations were denied by the power-hungry planetary governor. A week after their arrival to the sector, the planetary governor was found bound and gagged in front of his home with the renegade generals' dead bodies accompanying him. He was last seen on his way to a meeting with his generals on the previous night. The man was considered mad as all he spoke of were about the undead coming to rip out everyone's soul from their bodies. However, news of his madness and the dead generals convinced any further usurpers to consider rebelling against the Imperium. The new planetary governor, the exiled son of the previous and an Imperial loyalist, denied any accusations that the Imperium had any hand in the event.