The Prosperitas Sector
Welcome, Servant, to the Prosperitas Sector. You will have navigated the Sol-Prosperitas Passage through the unusual warp tides that make that approach so dangerous, or perhaps you have navigated the Cadian Trade Corridor with all its dangers of Archenemy and Xenos pirates. Both these narrow points make entry the Prosperitas Sector difficult, and renders it one of the most isolated regions in the entire Imperium. This is the frontier: far from civilisation, far from home, and on the very edge of Imperial civilisation. Perhaps you were born here, and know that fact very well...
The poor treatment of local populations, the presence of heretic cults that survived the initial invasion, the looming threat of the Archenemy, and the ongoing military operations of the Prosperitas Crusade ensure that the sector is one of the Imperium’s most volatile and difficult to control regions. To make matters worse, the slaughter of many in the Ordos Prosperitas several years ago has spread the Inquisition thin, leaving critical blind spots in its vigilant watch against the enemies of mankind.
History and Current State
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.
Following a period of loss of Warp Travel known as The Silence, the Prosperitas Sector has entered a new Era by the declaration of Jacinta Durovera's Ancestor, Sector Governor Hermione Durovera, who has declared this the Era Imperium Prosperitas - one marked by rising social tensions, and increased conflict with the enemies of the Imperium.
Further Reading
- Era Imperium Prosperitas - Covering the current era starting in 596.M41
- Timeline of the Prosperitas Sector - Covering a Summarised History from M.25 to the current Imperial date.
- The Story So Far... - offering a summary of the plots of the first six events and all plot run prior prior to the Covid-19 Lockdown in 2021.
Geography
Located spinward (galactic east) of the Cadia Sector, and rimwards (galactic north) towards space unclaimed by the Imperium, the Prosperitas Sector sits right upon the edge of the huge spatial anomaly known as the Eye of Terror. It is strategically important, as it represents one of the few resource heavy sectors able to supply the defences around the Eye to protect the Imperium from the Dark Forces that dwell within that twisted space.
- Map of the Prosperitas Sector
- Worlds of the Prosperitas Sector
- Astronavigational Information
- Void Hazards
- Planetary Hazards
- Warp Hazards
Ethnicity
The descendants of the original Imperial colonists exist today in the form of the Annwfyn ethnic group, found on the spinward planets of Subsector Secundus and the rimward planets of Subsector Primus, and the Ruwwad ethnic group, found primarily on worlds in the trailing (west) region of Subsector Secundus and the rimward parts of Subsector Tertius.
It is easy to tell an Imperial Settler from a native; the majority of settlers speak Low Gothic, and perhaps High if they are educated, but are familiar with no other tongues. Most have names that originate in pre-Imperial Germanic and Latin-speaking cultures. Natives are much more likely to have Annwfyn or Ruwwadi names, and may speak one of the (forbidden) languages of those cultures.
Culture
- Prayer and Liturgy in the Prosperitas Sector
- Songs and Hymns of the Prosperitas Sector