Saeria

Saeria is an Imperial civilised world located in the Elethar Sector within the Ultima Segmentum. It is also the homeworld of the Saerian Republican Guard Astra Militarum regiment. Known formally as the 35th Saerian Dragoons, this regiment was founded in M36, the regiment has officially been in constant service since in one form or another. The 35th is notable for its aggressive style of warfare; employing the use of Chimera transports to allow rapid deployment of infantry to critical areas.

Background
Situated in the Ultima Segmentum, within the Elethar Sector, lays the planet Saeria. A civilized world of fifteen billion souls, it is the capital world of it’s sparsely populated sector of the Imperium. Saeria is best known for its indulgent aristocracy, great works of art, and the unique regiments tithed to the Imperial Guard. Saeria possesses some manufacturing capabilities that largely only services the needs of Saeria System.

Saeria had been originally conquered in the last days of the Great Crusade, owing it’s compliance to an Ultramarines Imperial Expeditionary Fleet. The Ultramarines commander saw that the Saerians possessed technology that by all Imperial standards would be considered primitive, and saw that the planet was deeply divided among various political borders and engaging in open warfare across much of the world. The Ultramarines Commander, Captain Jule, did not command a massive force, but believed that his company of Legionnaires and ten thousand soldiers of the Imperial Army would be sufficient to create a beachhead, and force the compliance of at least some of the worlds conflicting forces.

Whatever the case, the invasion prompted a the creation of United Saerian state that would five years later accept entry into the Imperium, with De’Monte appointed as the planetary governor. Saerian soldiers recruited into the Imperial Army would see service in the Horus Heresy, but the world itself remained unmarred by the violence. As the fallout of the Horus Heresy eventually gave rise to the Imperium we know today, Saerian society reflected many of those changes in ways unique to their world. This gave rise to the Four Pillars: The Aristocracy, the Clergy, the Republic, and the Consul.