Vlaktes Mare

Deep beneath the galactic plane, set within the bounds of the Ultima Segmentum, lies the Vlaktes Mare. The Mare is a warp storm which swaddles our stars as a vast, tumultuous blanket. Its amber illumination suffuses the void, an ill-light which curdles the midnights of a hundred-and-more worlds and sets aglow the skies of rogue planets which spin without tether to dead stars. To the adepts of the Administratum, it is the swirling border to our domain. To the tech-priests of the Anvil Worlds, it is a bounty to be collated. To the recidivist-leaders of the cursed Unity, it represented the bars of our “prison”.

Whatever the perspective, it is clear that the Mare is our light and salvation. True, its embrace makes contact with the greater Imperium difficult, but it also creates a calming envelope within. Since the ages of prehistory, the stars of Vlaktes have been blessed with extremely stable warp routes.