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| '''Forge World''' is a term associated with [[Warhammer 40,000]]. In-universe, it applies to planets owned by the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] devoted entirely to manufacturing. Out-of-universe, it applies to a division within [[Games Workshop]] that specializes in large and finely-detailed models. | | '''Forge World''' is a term associated with [[Warhammer 40,000]]. In-universe, it applies to planets owned by the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] devoted entirely to manufacturing. Out-of-universe, it applies to a division within [[Games Workshop]] that specializes in large and finely-detailed models. |
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| == Planet ==
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| The second, fluffy, definition is a type of [[Imperial Worlds]] that refers to an entire world converted into a factory; one that runs at high capacity, even for its size. They produce everything from [[laspistol]]s to [[Land Raider]]s to [[Titan]]s, so they are needed to keep the Imperial war machine trundling forward. Because of their nature, the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] highly regard these worlds as holy places, and the Mechanicus owns just about all of them, which is fine since there are only a few of them and the Mechanicus is best at maintaining that shit. Losing a single one is considered an unacceptable loss by the Mechanicus, and the Imperium as well since it'll be harder than fuck to fill in those planet-sized gaps in their industrial sector. In the [[fluff]], there is actually a forgeworld called [[What|'Zpandex']].
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| === A few forge worlds of note are: ===
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| * '''[[Mars]]''' - The big boss of the other forgeworlds and the go-to guy for [[STC|stock patterns]] of weapons. Home to the original three titan legions, the ''Triad Ferrum Morgulus'': Legio Ignatus (Fire Wasps), [[Dark Mechanicus|Legio]] [[Nurgle|Mortis]] (Death's Heads), and another Legion that GW keeps under lock and key (Tempestus?). Has a giant shipyard called the Ring of Iron in orbit, which claims to be one of the largest human constructions in existence.
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| * '''Deimos''' - the one of the moons of Mars, a micro Forgeworld, Deimos is pretty much the size of an asteroid and shaped like a potato, that made the old-school patterns of vehicles that we players refer to as "heresy era". After the Horus Heresy it was displaced and put into orbit around Titan to provide all the goodies to the [[Grey Knights]] instead. So it's now a moon of a moon. Oh, and in case you're wondering about the other one: Phobos in 40k was covered in guns literally as mars' last line of defence but in reality it is expected to slam into mars at some point in the future. No word on why they can't just fly it away and put it somewhere else like they did with Deimos, though to be fair by 'future' we mean about 30 or 50 million years, but that's before you build a shit ton of guns on it so who knows what it's orbit was like. The Beast Arises series seems to hint that it being gone was an accident during a test to try and teleport Mars out of the beast waaugh path as they were testing it on Phobos. Interestingly: Phobos has a [[Monolith]] on it, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phobos_monolith no seriously].
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| * '''Ryza''' - Makes all the coolest plasma stuff because nobody else could keep their act together. Their Titan Legion is the awesomely named Legio Crucius (Warmongers).
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| * '''Agripinaa''' - One of the Forge Worlds in the [[Eye of Terror]], too bad [[Typhus]] turned one of their Agri-Worlds into his own little Daemon World. Will probably be screwed if GeeDubs ever [[Advancing the Storyline|gets its shit together]].
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| * '''Jupiter''' - I know right? Bet you didn't know about this one. It only makes ships. Went totally green though, the hippies.
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| * '''Lucius''' - First colonized by [[Battletech]] players from the late eighties. Maintains the ancient Legio Astorum, better known as the Warp Runners, and supplies Death Korps of Krieg. They have exclusive patterns for some Titans which are cheaper to produce, [[skub|but not as sweet looking as Mars patterns]]. Didn't get super-heavy tank STCs for a while, which is why they were one of the few major Forge Worlds that launched Macharius tank production when it's STC get re-discovered, while most others frowned on it as a "poor man's Baneblade". Unlike most other Mechanicus, they favor white robes for both their priesthood and skitarii, probably because its a color of hot plasma. So yeah, those unusually white-robed engineseers from the Ciaphas Kain novels are probably Lucians.
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| * '''Orestes''' - Supplied the Sabbat Worlds Crusade, but got attacked by Chaos Titans. [[Awesome|''And won.'']] [[Dan Abnett]] wrote [[Titanicus|a book]] about it. Presumably get overrun by Chaos with the rest of segmentum during the Night of Thousand Rebellions.
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| * '''Stygies VIII''' - Makes awesome guns and ammo, as well as the (apparently rare) [[Leman Russ Battle Tank| Leman Russ Vanquisher]]. Cannot keep their act together, losing [[Vance Motherfucking Stubbs|''two whole Titan Legions'']] to [[Chaos]] and having to get another legion [[Fail|transplanted in.]] [[What|Also is a moon.]] Also their tech priests constantly get into fights with Deathwatch killteams due to their intense interest in xenos technology.
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| * '''Accatran''' - Makes all the wargear for the Elysian Drop Troops. Their Titan Legion, the Legio Destructor is the largest of all the Titan legions and their constant battles against Orks have made the Legio Destructor increasingly unorthodox in its outlook and behavior (read: Orky), and they have the awesome battlecry, 'big death, Big Death, BIG DEATH!'
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| * '''Tigrus''' - Overrun by [[Orks]]. Originally made/discovered the Vanquisher Cannon, the Fellblade and several other Great Crusade-Era vehicles. Most players generally consider the Orkish takeover a good thing, seeing as this world now makes the Kill Tanks from IA8.
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| * '''Voss Prime''' - A ''prime'' example of [[Imperium|Imperial]] [[fail]], has no idea [[what]] to do with [[Plasma|plasma.]] Still manages to maintain the goofily-named Legio Invigilata though. Makes Vulture gunships and Lightning Strike Fighters. Supplies several patterns of ship with a distinctive eagle prow design (notably to the [[Armageddon]] fleets), though ''additional'' [[fail]] on Games' Workshop's part means that three of those were produced for all of two weeks before getting their molds permanently shitcanned.
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| * '''Gryphonne IV''' - Got wrecked by the [[Tyranids]], although some pretty cool artillery made from there still rolls with the [[Imperial Guard|IG]].
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| * '''Anvilus''' - Prime maker of the [[Land Raider]] before the Heresy, as well as the main guns of everone's favorite [[Dreadnought#Deredeo_Pattern|Legboat]]. Taken over by Horus's forces during the heresy and presumably destroyed afterwards.
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| * '''Sarum''' - Forge World closely alligned with the [[World Eaters]]. Purged after they turned traitor.
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| * '''Metalica''' - Home to the Legio Metalica. Also known as Metalicus due to GW not wanting to get sued. They maintain the only known [[Titans_40k#Imperial_Titans|Imperial Titans]] capable of out-rocking the [[Gargant]]s made by the [[Ork#Rokkas|Goff Rokkas]]. They also provide most of the adeptus mechanicus forces fighting on armageddon at any given time.
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| * '''Graia''' - The last known makers of the Rapier Laser Destroyer, and incur misfortune (like getting attacked by [[Orks]] in [[Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine]] and then eaten by the [[Tyranids]]) because GW ''hates'' the Rapier. Poetically, [http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/Imperial_Guard/Death-Korps-of-Krieg/GRAIA-PATTERN-RAPIER-LASER-DESTROYER.html Forge World loves Rapiers.]
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| * '''Urdesh''' - A Forge World in the Sabbat Worlds Sector, and contested heavily during the Sabbat World's Crusade. It was a more general-purpose Forge World, in that it produced all sorts of munitions, from Lascarbines to Autocannons to APCs and much, much more. Its specialty, however, was a large number of tank designs, most notably the AT-70 ''Reaver'' and the AT-80 ''Brigand''. While not quite as useful as Leman Russes, they were capable enough for the PDF in the sector. It remained under control of the Blood Pact army of Chaos until sometime towards the end of the Crusade. The [[Tanith First (And Only)]] face off against a lot of production from this world.
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| * '''Phaeton''' - Used to be where the standard Leman Russ, Chimaera and Basilisk patterns came from, before GW changed the models to the Mars pattern. Home to the Legio Osedax (Cockatrices).
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| * '''[[Tolkien|Tolkhan]]''' - [[Imperial Armour|IA Vol. 1]] gave us this gem. Oh [[Rogue Trader]], how you haunt [[Games Workshop|GW]] to this day. [[/tg/|We]] love you so. Incidentally, it is home to the best named Titan Legion ever: Legio Pallidus Mor.
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| * '''Incaladion''' - A Forgeworld on the fringes of Imperial Space and constantly raided during the Age of Strife, it was home to the Legio Fureans 'Tiger Eyes'.
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| * '''Kai''' - Once relatively close to Eye Of Terror. Due to [[Just as planned|an unfortunate flux]], the Eye expanded and engulfed it. Managed to maintain an Imperial presence for a time, considering that their weapons didn't have to obey the laws of physics. Eventually, they had to barter their services (and guns) to various daemons and Chaos Legions inside the Eye in return for protection. Made the legendary [[Bolter#Kai_Gun|Kai Guns]] during this time. Chaos being Chaos, the Machine Smiths of Kai got eradicated in the battle between daemons wanting their [[dakka]] fix. GW being GW, the hundreds of other strange and mystical weapons forged on Kai during its time in the Warp will never be elaborated upon.
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| * '''Xana''' - A neutral Forgeworld that tried to play both sides during the Heresy, only for the Loyalists to fuck their shit up. Taken over by a hardcore motherfucker named Anacharis Scoria and became the first of the Dark Mechanicum Hellforges. Now drifts through the warp, selling Hellblades, Hell Talons and Harbinger Bombers to Chaos Warbands.
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