History of the Prosperitas Sector

The modern history of the Prosperitas Sector begins in 05.M41, when Jacinta Durovera, a Rogue Trader of modest standing, discovered the Great Crusade charts of the sector deep within the Imperial Astrocartographic Archives on Terra. Inspired by promised riches, the Rogue Trader commissioned an expedition to the Sector and arrived four years later in 09.M41.

What followed, beginning with Jacinta Durovera's sack of what would become the planetary capital of Duroverum, was the beginning of what would become the Prosperitas Crusade as the Imperium sought to reclaim the entire sector for itself.

For the most part, the Imperium framed its invasion of the region as a ‘liberation’ of the population from Regency rule and prioritised their conversion to the Imperial Cult.

However, many populations found that they had replaced one totalitarian government with another, and despite promises, most natives were reduced to being an underclass unless they capitulated and collaborated with the Imperium. Combined with the arrival of Imperial colony ships, loaded with excess populations from Segmentum Solar, this bred a huge level of unrest amongst the natives of the sector, who feel that they are slowly losing control of what was once their own.

Over five hundred years later, the Prosperitas Crusade is still slowly advancing, pushing back the wildspace with the dream of returning the sector to the same shape it had on those ancient charts now held within the Sector Governor's Palace on Duroverum. For the most part, however, it has ground to a halt, trapped in a quagmire of political disputes amongst its leaders, made worse by supply issues caused by waning Imperial interest from the Crusade's lack of recent successes.

The Timeline of the Prosperitas Sector covers in brief a summary of the history of the Prosperitas Sector.

The The Story So Far... offers a summary of plot run prior to the Covid-19 Lockdown in 2021.