Elleshan V

Elleshan V is an Imperial civilised world that is home to the elite 180th Hornet Airborne Regiment of the Astra Militarum. This elite Astra Militarum regiment of Veteran Troopers specialise in hive city engagements - be it recapture, defense, or destruction.

Background
Elleshan V is a mountainous planet, with few valleys and one large ocean surrounding the main continent of Elleshan. Hive cities, albeit smaller than normal, dot around the valleys and some even sit on the sides of mountains. Presently, the main valley, known as the Viride Agris, is dotted with the stains of war long past- craters, old wreckages of many an aircraft, and fields of bones from a war that was fought on the planet centuries ago.

During the 39th millenium, a warp storm engulfed the system, leading to a massive rebellion of guard regiments that had begun to worship Chaos due to the taint and panic of the Warp Storm leaving them isolated. Half of the world was lost to them, including about half of the hive cities on the planet.

This led to many a battle taking place in the valleys between hive cities, and near the end, the Loyalist Elleshans found themselves with a problem- taking a Hive City was much more costly than a battle in the plains. That is where the Hornets were born, to retake or destroy a city to minimize casualties.

Formation of the 180th Hornet Airborne Regiment
Born out of a necessity to have troops able to move quickly around a Hive City's labyrinthine layout and retake key areas, the leadership of the newly formed 180th Hornet Airborne Astra Militarum Regiment was created, at first, from those who were well-versed with Hive City architecture. Troops were mainly volunteers and veteran pilots. When a large enough force was created, they were sent on their first mission to retake Hive City Septum, the outermost Hive City controlled by the Rebels. Armed with Lasguns only (at this time, the STC for Hotshot Lasguns was not on the planet), they were deployed after a massive amount of coordinated airstrikes on the city to open up as much as they could.