Magos Explorator ship The Seeker of the Ways, led by Magos Dellan Nayan departed from Mars in 571.M41 to follow up on a ruin found in the Western end of the galaxy. In the warp, they where caught by a violent warp storm. The navigator steered them as best he could and the managed to emerge from the storm safely. They emerged far off course, and found their way back cut by further warp storms. An ancient signal beacon began to signal that they were near an ancient Forgeworld. Forgeworld Daedalus.
Nayan ordered the ship into orbit and began to scan the planet. There where no traces of life on the planet below. The landing party was able to quickly acertain that Daedalus was abandoned sometime in M25 for reasons unknown. The inhabitants fled so quickly that while they brought much of the equipment that would truely be prized by Adeptus Mechanicus - Standard Template Constructors and their databases they where forced to leave behind bulkier machinery and military goods. The most notable: A fully constructed Titan legion.
In all, the explorators found six Emperor-class titans, twelve Warlord-class titans, twenty-one Reaver-class titans, and thirty Warhound-class titans. Nayan set his most skilled adepts to tend to the great army, while the rest of his team began working on restoring power generators and food production on the planet.
After five years the planet was easily supporting its small population of castaways, and production was beginning anew on the planet. After another three years, the warp storms surrounding their solar system abated, and contact made with the Imerpium again. First they established their location – near the Galactic South , East of the Perseus Arm. They also discovered the current year: 945.M41. They had spent nearly four hundred years in the Warp.
Contact was then sent to the Fabricator General on Mars, describing what has been found on the planet. Nayan was officially granted temporary rulership of Daedalus until reinforcements arrived. Adeptus Mechanicus sent recruits from around the Imperium to Daedalus, as well as a significant number of Collegia Titanicus. The Magos assigned rule to Daedalus, Magos Elax, took command when he arrived in 954.M41 and Nayan gratefully handed over the administrative duties of the planet and began to personally lead the exploration of the system.
To ensure the system thrived, Imperial colony ships were sent to Daedalus and the other inhabitable planets in the system. Defenses from the Imperial Guard, Imperial Fleet, and Imperial Navy where all sent and established bases as well.
The High Lords of Terra also ordered a Founding of Space Marines drawn from a classified gene seed to be established on the moon Danus, a planet chosen for the fact that it is cold but inhabitable planet, populated by numerous creatures to test the mettle of the planet's colonists and provide future recruits. A company of Iron Hands where sent with the newly created scouts to assist in the establishment of their chapter until sometime in 981.M41. The new Chapter Master known only as Ellerus, named the chapter the Lost Angels.
By 015.M42 Daedalus was in full production, and had just produced its first fleet of ships capable of carrying the Titans to other worlds. The Lost Angles have reached their full contingent of one-thousand brothers and have begun assisting in actions through out the Imperium. The newly re-colonized planets where doing well, and trade between the planets to the Forgeworld was proceeding smoothly.
In 052.M42 the defense forces saw their first full-fledged military operation as a fleet of Dark Eldar pirates raided the system. Both the Guard and the Lost Angels where forced to quickly adapt to ship-to-ship and rapid response attacks. The Guard began to focus on quick drops using grav-chutes, while the Angels focused on fast maneuvering bikes, land speeders, and teleportation via Terminator Armour. After a series of battles spanning the system, the invaders where successfully repelled by the end of 054.M42 though smaller raids continue.
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