Summary Briefing (Eastern Scatter)

Correct as of 766994.M41
The Eastern Scatter is a loose spread of worlds that define the eastern fringe of the empire. What occupation there was, was focused upon the world of Grettoris, a moderately developed world destroyed and abandoned during the ‘Peasants Revolt’. Some industrial exploitation of the Scatter had been attempted before the revolt, all of which ended with the abandonment of Grettoris. Small-scale ruins of the pre-revolt period, usually the remains of isolated ore processing plants, are not uncommon.

Military activity is confined to a small imperial guard garrison on Hell – a check to the Tau. The Tau occupy the world now known as I-cha. The world was seized during the Third Expansion, and was formally known as Donnogar’s Planet. With naval support, the Nor Sub Sector Authorities took responsibility for raising sufficient imperial guard units to block Tau encroachment, resulting in the major garrison at Bastion (in the Nor sub-sector) and its satellite establishments. Garland's Landing (also in Nor) was also reinforced by a significant naval squadron. Both Hell and Shellack play host to small listening stations, focused on the Tau. There is also a station on Enclave, watching for signs of tyranid activity. Combined with the two listening stations in the Nor sub-sector, these form a five post chain monitoring the eastern approaches in this area, and the garrisons facing I-cha are under the Bastion field command.

Only Enclave maintains any civilian occupation, and is the base for Scott Guilds activity, handling the surveying and ore processing for any successful mineral strikes in the Scatter. Enclave sits outside formal imperial jurisdiction, but the authorities turn a blind eye to this in exchange for the hosting of the Enclave listening station. Enclave also plays part to a small operations base for the Officio Montitarum Mechanicus.

The most eastern worlds are known by their Scott Guilds survey designation. The first letter denotes the difficulty of mineral extraction (‘A’ being the hardest environments to work in), the second the richness of available resources (‘A’ being the poorest). The three digit code that follows gives an outline of the principal mineral groups present.

Hive Fleet Kraken pushed feelers into this area during its incursion, and encounters with isolated groups of tyranids, some of Kraken designation, but others older, are a constant danger. Isolated tyranid groups have been notably more hostile since Hive Fleet Kraken’s appearance in 993.M41.

The Orna were active in this area in their time. Scott Guilds prospectors report traces of Orna structures across the scatter, and out as far as the very edge of the Eastern Emptiness.