Editing Badab (section)

==Astral Claws==
After the most influential system of the Maelstrom ([[Cygnax]]) was annihilated by civil war with [[Chaos]] factions, the [[Adeptus Terra]] realised that they were very stretched in the Maelstrom now causing supply chains to collapse and communication lines to weaken. In a rare instance of the Imperium getting its shit together, they decided to bolster the Imperial hold on the Maelstrom by reinforcing existing systems and settling new ones in a massive operation involving the creation of several [[Space Marine Chapter]]s. Badab was the center of this as both a forward base and a focus. The Astral Claws were assigned it as there home world and huge ring of orbital stations was established to protect the system called the [[Ring of Steel]]. Once this was completed, the Badab sector was one of the most heavily defended in the segment. Boy did that come to bite them on the butt.

The Astral Claws originally didn't reside on the surface of Badab 2, instead living in the "High Guard" orbital station and recruiting from the sector. It wasn't until shortly before the war began that they took direct control after a failed takeover of the planet was launched by a different political party.