Catachan

planet · death world · Ultima Segmentum
rank I
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Record by era

This archive tracks four layers. A record present in 2 of them (M41, IND) is silent in the rest, and says so.

The Horus HeresyM30–M31
[RECORD LOST]
No record for this location in The Horus Heresy.
Age of the ImperiumM32–M40
[RECORD LOST]
No record for this location in Age of the Imperium.
The 41st Millenniumpre-Rift
imperium
Death world; jungle

Everything on it is venomous, carnivorous or both, and the survivors are the Imperium's most sought-after light infantry. Twelve million people and a tithe paid in soldiers.

Era Indomituspost-Rift
imperiumImperium Sanctus
Death world; jungle

Unchanged, and busier than ever — Catachan regiments are scattered across both halves of the Imperium.

Position

Map frame: 600, 640 in the archive's 0–1000 disk space (core at 500, 500).
Distance from the core: 172 units ≈ 18.3k light years, south-east of the galactic core.
Height above the disk plane: 6.2 units — invented thin-disk jitter, deterministic per record. No published source gives any location a z coordinate.
System: Catachan System

Books set here

4 titles in the reading tracker touch this record, 1 of them as a primary location. Titles link out to the tracker.

Provenance

Every fact in this record, and where it came from. Editorial derivations say so.