Trakkian Sector

"Some say we are safe within Segmentum Solar, that we are free from much of the horrors of war. They are of course, correct; and that is why they are wrong. "Such apathy will only bring ruin when the enemy shadows our doorstep. We must always be prepared for war." I would always say. Well now the time has come. The Imperium is rent asunder into light and dark by the Cicatrix Maledictum, and not too far away is the Planet of the Sorcerers and the Red Cyclops. We must be prepared now more than ever."

"Then we will be as we always have been: unified. We will not run as cowards when death tolls, we will not surrender our positions for petty life. The burden of duty is ours, and as our predecessors and ancestors before us have for millennia, we will wear the royal purples in the face of the enemies of the Imperium."

- -Justinian XXXII and Theodora XLV in council.

The Trakkian Sector is a sector of the Milky Way Galaxy located on the Eastern side of Segmentum Solar bordering against Segmentum Ultima, west of the Forge World of Ryza, south and west of Prospero and Sortiarius, and north and west of Catachan. The Sector was conquered in the late 30th Millennium during the Emperor's Great Crusade by Captain Julabo Trakkia of the XIVth Legion of Space Marines, then known as the Dusk Raiders, and was named after him for his valor in the campaign. Later when the Warmaster and Primarch Horus Lupercal began his rebellion against the Emperor, the sector contributed to the Loyalist war effort despite ties to the Death Guard Legion. The sector's very first Lord Governor was Estabol Fyrn.

In the contemporary Imperium, the sector stands as a bastion against the encroaching darkness of Chaos and rising Xenos threats, close to the front lines yet not yet deeply embroiled in conflict. With the coming of the 42nd Millennium the sector has seen a rise in civil unrest not seen since the Age of Apostasy in the early 36th Millennium, resulting from the awakening of psychic potency among humankind. Prophecies of darkness spread like a wildfire through rumor and promises from unknown benefactors start to sound favorable to the weaker-willed, creating portents of dread in the circles of the informed.

The twin capital worlds of the sector are Justus and Eodora, hive worlds located within the Byzan Subsector in the Justus-Eodora system, which are protected by the Fortress World of Excubite in addition to system defenses. Nearby is the Germehne system which serves as the Primary Gateway into the Justus-Eodora system. Within the sector is also the Forge World of Chomnos, which provides for a large bulk of machine production and care within the sector, while Ryza occasionally completes requests from the Lord Governors. Justus, Eodora, Excubite, and Chomnos are the most important planets in the Sector, and are essential for the enforcement of Imperial authority. The current role of Sector Governor is shared as ordained in the Anti-Apostate Accords by the Governors of Justus and Eodora, Justinian Felix Petrus Maximus Octavius XXXII and Theodora Hortensia Antonia Augusta Octavia XLV. Other important servants of the Emperor include Lord Inquisitor Xemin Harus, Cardinal Vigil of the Adeptus Ministorum, Lord Marshal Lorr of the Adeptus Arbites, Senior Astropath Vandal, and Canoness Gwynea of the Adepta Sororitas. While the Adepta holds control of the sector, it is also closely intertwined with noble houses via lobbying campaigns. It is not uncommon for a less-than-right decision to be made while hands exchange boons behind backs.

History
The Trakkian Sector is located on the Eastern side of Segmentum Solar bordering against Segmentum Ultima, and was conquered in the late 30th Millennium by Captain Julabo Trakkia of the XIVth Space Marine Legion during the Great Crusade. Later when the Warmaster and Primarch Horus Lupercal began his rebellion against the Emperor, the sector contributed to the Loyalist war effort despite ties to the Death Guard Legion. It's very first Lord Governor was Estabol Fyrn, who laid the groundwork of precedent for the sector's political machinations.

As the Trakkian Sector exists on the edge of the core of the Imperium’s influence, the sector was considered blessed as well as cursed by those in informed circles because of its location. Before the 42nd Millennium it existed far enough from the Imperium’s most bloody war zones to be considered relatively safe, but has occasionally run into issues of jurisdiction with Segmentum Ultima due to their proximity. After the turn of the Millennium and the opening of the Great Rift, heretic activity has sprouted along with a growing hysteria.

Nevertheless in the face of a rising threat, the Sector continues to provide its tithes to the Imperial Navy, Astra Militarum, and Schola Progenium to defend the Imperium within and away from its boundaries.

Timeline of the Trakkian Sector

 * The Great Crusade (Late 30th -- Early 31st Millennium) - The Trakkian Sector is conquered by Captain Julabo Trakkia of the XIVth Space Marine Legion for the fledgling Imperium of Man.
 * The Horus Heresy (Early 31st Millennium) - The Warmaster Horus, Primarch of the Sons of Horus Space Marine Legion, is corrupted by Chaos and his own ambition and rebels against his father, the Emperor. He successfully recruits half of the Space Marine Legions, large parts of the Adeptus Mechanicus and the Imperial Army into the service of Chaos and unleashes a galactic civil war that kills billions. Horus is slain by the Emperor at the conclusion of the Battle of Terra. Mortally wounded himself in the confrontation, the Emperor is interred within the Golden Throne. The present Age of the Imperium begins.
 * The Reign of Blood (308.M36 -- 378.M36) - The Imperium is consumed by civil war and apostasy from true faith in the Emperor after the High Lord Goge Vandire seizes control of both the Administratum and the Ecclesiarchy in an attempt to impose his own will upon the Imperium rather than serving the will of the Emperor. During this time the currently reigning Lord Governor of the Trakkian Sector, Harus Fyrn, reaffirms his allegiance to the heretic High Lord. The worlds of Justus and Eodora begin to stage a rebellion against the traitor-supporter, and overthrows the rule of the Fyrn dynasty in the sector. Thus are written the Anti-Apostate Accords which serve as the basis of law in the sector, made to adhere completely to the Lex Imperialis and provide further protection from those whose ambitions are too great. Vandire is ultimately brought down by an invasion of Terra and the Ecclesiarchical Palace known as the Terran Crusade led by the Space Marines, the Imperial Guard and the Daughters of the Emperor, the predecessors of the Adepta Sororitas; among whom are forces from the Trakkian Sector. The invasion is spurred on and guided by a militant religious reformer, the priest Sebastian Thor, and his Covenant of Light.