Title: Calth
Apologist - October 29, 2008 12:50 PM (GMT)
First of my interpretations of Pre-Heresy Ultramar. Hope these are interesting. These are only intended to give me some ideas, so if you've got any corrections, suggestions or additions, please feel free to post!
Calth
Calth is part of Ultramar, the Ultramarines Empire, and one of its most productive worlds. It is a verdant and fairly populous world, its surface covered in rich and varied terrain. It has an overall mild climate a few degrees cooler than Ancient Terra, and a gravity slightly higher owing to its larger mass. Owing to a particularly stable orbit, seasonal changes in weather are slight, and crops and agriculture are grown steadily throughout the year.
Orbital pict-capt of Calth
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The inhabitants are reknowned for their parsimony and level-headedness, and operated in much the same way for thousands of years before their rediscovery by the Imperium. Slightly shorter than galactic average, and typically endomorphic in build, Calthans exhibit moderate genetic diversity. Most inhabitants have dark, almost black, irises; and have a ruddy, olive skintone. Dark, tightly-curled hair is the norm, though the planet has alos produced an extremely unusual genotype with violet-blue eyes and near-white hair. Beyond this, incidences of mutation are low, and psychic phenomena are virtually unknown.
Typical Calthan complexion
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Roughly seventy per cent of the planet's denizens live in secondary agrarian settlements, while the remaining urbanites drive scientific research; a profession for which many show a particular aptitude. Government has varied, but the great Techniclans dominated pre-Imperial leadership, and their respect for machinery and natural resourcefulness, inventiveness and industry tends to make for excellent recruits for Techmarine aspirants.
The planet is also known for its orbital shipyards, which provide the craft used by the Ultramarines, as well as civil and military craft for wider use in the Imperium. The Techniclans of Calth make excellent and advanced weaponry, their scientific drive matched only by the outputs of their manufactories. Their weapons, armour and equipment make up much of the XIII Legion's materiel for the Great Crusade.
Calth-pattern Bolt Pistol. Note reduced height and weight compared to typical Terran-pattern.
On a broader scale, Calth make an excellent recruitment ground for the Ultramarines legion. Calthan Ultramarines tend to exhibit the same conservatism as their gene-folk, and rarely progress to high leadership positions, unlike the more creative and strategically-minded Iaxians, or the resourceful inhabitants of Parmenio and Espandor.
Nevertheless, numerous excellent line officers and infantrymen have been drawn from Calth, and its soldiery are known for their stubbornness and faith in the Imperial Truth.
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I'm thinking of Calth as a Mediterranean-type climate, which'll let me play around with some Roman skintones.
Calth
Calth is part of Ultramar, the Ultramarines Empire, and one of its most productive worlds. It is a verdant and fairly populous world, its surface covered in rich and varied terrain. It has an overall mild climate a few degrees cooler than Ancient Terra, and a gravity slightly higher owing to its larger mass. Owing to a particularly stable orbit, seasonal changes in weather are slight, and crops and agriculture are grown steadily throughout the year.
Orbital pict-capt of Calth
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The inhabitants are reknowned for their parsimony and level-headedness, and operated in much the same way for thousands of years before their rediscovery by the Imperium. Slightly shorter than galactic average, and typically endomorphic in build, Calthans exhibit moderate genetic diversity. Most inhabitants have dark, almost black, irises; and have a ruddy, olive skintone. Dark, tightly-curled hair is the norm, though the planet has alos produced an extremely unusual genotype with violet-blue eyes and near-white hair. Beyond this, incidences of mutation are low, and psychic phenomena are virtually unknown.
Typical Calthan complexion
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Roughly seventy per cent of the planet's denizens live in secondary agrarian settlements, while the remaining urbanites drive scientific research; a profession for which many show a particular aptitude. Government has varied, but the great Techniclans dominated pre-Imperial leadership, and their respect for machinery and natural resourcefulness, inventiveness and industry tends to make for excellent recruits for Techmarine aspirants.
The planet is also known for its orbital shipyards, which provide the craft used by the Ultramarines, as well as civil and military craft for wider use in the Imperium. The Techniclans of Calth make excellent and advanced weaponry, their scientific drive matched only by the outputs of their manufactories. Their weapons, armour and equipment make up much of the XIII Legion's materiel for the Great Crusade.
Calth-pattern Bolt Pistol. Note reduced height and weight compared to typical Terran-pattern.
On a broader scale, Calth make an excellent recruitment ground for the Ultramarines legion. Calthan Ultramarines tend to exhibit the same conservatism as their gene-folk, and rarely progress to high leadership positions, unlike the more creative and strategically-minded Iaxians, or the resourceful inhabitants of Parmenio and Espandor.
Nevertheless, numerous excellent line officers and infantrymen have been drawn from Calth, and its soldiery are known for their stubbornness and faith in the Imperial Truth.
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I'm thinking of Calth as a Mediterranean-type climate, which'll let me play around with some Roman skintones.
Apologist - October 29, 2008 02:30 PM (GMT)
Talassar
The tempestuous ocean world of Talassar is a mass of vast seas. It has a single continent named Glaudor, which is ringed with rocky islands created by volcanic activity and reef formation.
Mean temperature is low, and even this meagre temperature is merely due to the level of precipitation and cloud activity – stirred up by Talassar's eccentric day cycle – that prevents the whole storm-tossed world from being blanketed by thick mists that would reflect much of the world's sunlight and plunge the planet into a permanent ice age.
orbital pict-capture of Talassar
Despite the planet's size (roughly three times the diameter of Ancient Terra), the population is relatively sparse. It has remained stable at approximately one and a quarter billion members for the duration of the Great Crusade, though the low technology base of the planet pre-discovery meant that the lost human settlers suffered acutely from internecine warfare and disease.
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Unification with the pale inhabitants of Glaudor proved fruitful, the denizens of the continent and dominant political groups welcoming their long-lost cousins. The eventual pacification of the planet required armed forces from Calth and Macragge to be deployed agains the recalcitrant and fierce island-hopping nomadic kin-grupps. Piratical raiders and corsairs have preyed on the island-folk since time immemorial, which has bred a stern and unremitting distrust of strangers.
Typical Talassarian complexion
Tall and with a high level of type II muscle fibres, Talassarians tend to be extremely pale. Albinism and flavistism is common, and Talassarians are almost universally blond/e and blue-eyed.
Vigorous, adaptable and intelligent, the kin-grupps proved an excellent recruitment base for the XIII legion during the Great Crusade, as life on Talassar is hard at best. Marines from Talassar are fierce, aggressive and have a high sense of personal ownership. Couple with these traits are comradeship, protectiveness and a warm (if irreverent) sense of humour. Commonly impressed by brutal appearances (Talassarians have a long and proud artistic history), Mark III armour is popular amongst such Astartes.
Mark III Armorum Ferrum helm, with gold devotional banding.
A low technology base coupled with arguing political groups has hampered Glaudor's development, but Guilliman is happy with this state of affairs for the moment, as such conditions breeds tough and dependable marines – and a strong Planetary Defence Force.
The tempestuous ocean world of Talassar is a mass of vast seas. It has a single continent named Glaudor, which is ringed with rocky islands created by volcanic activity and reef formation.
Mean temperature is low, and even this meagre temperature is merely due to the level of precipitation and cloud activity – stirred up by Talassar's eccentric day cycle – that prevents the whole storm-tossed world from being blanketed by thick mists that would reflect much of the world's sunlight and plunge the planet into a permanent ice age.
orbital pict-capture of Talassar
Despite the planet's size (roughly three times the diameter of Ancient Terra), the population is relatively sparse. It has remained stable at approximately one and a quarter billion members for the duration of the Great Crusade, though the low technology base of the planet pre-discovery meant that the lost human settlers suffered acutely from internecine warfare and disease.
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Unification with the pale inhabitants of Glaudor proved fruitful, the denizens of the continent and dominant political groups welcoming their long-lost cousins. The eventual pacification of the planet required armed forces from Calth and Macragge to be deployed agains the recalcitrant and fierce island-hopping nomadic kin-grupps. Piratical raiders and corsairs have preyed on the island-folk since time immemorial, which has bred a stern and unremitting distrust of strangers.
Typical Talassarian complexion
Tall and with a high level of type II muscle fibres, Talassarians tend to be extremely pale. Albinism and flavistism is common, and Talassarians are almost universally blond/e and blue-eyed.
Vigorous, adaptable and intelligent, the kin-grupps proved an excellent recruitment base for the XIII legion during the Great Crusade, as life on Talassar is hard at best. Marines from Talassar are fierce, aggressive and have a high sense of personal ownership. Couple with these traits are comradeship, protectiveness and a warm (if irreverent) sense of humour. Commonly impressed by brutal appearances (Talassarians have a long and proud artistic history), Mark III armour is popular amongst such Astartes.
Mark III Armorum Ferrum helm, with gold devotional banding.
A low technology base coupled with arguing political groups has hampered Glaudor's development, but Guilliman is happy with this state of affairs for the moment, as such conditions breeds tough and dependable marines – and a strong Planetary Defence Force.
malika - April 2, 2009 09:40 PM (GMT)
Here some more on Calth. It mentions that the population is forced to live underground. Is this due to the Word Bearers' bombardment of the local star?