Editing /tg/ Heresy Timeline (section)

==mid-M30: The Unification Wars==
{{Main|Unification Wars (Hektor Heresy)}}

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After the '''Fall of the Eldar''' and the '''Birth of Slaanesh''', the long Warp Storms that had blighted the [[Galaxy (Hektor Heresy)|Galaxy]] receded.  The Emperor began to unfurl His plans to unify the human race and extend its dominion to the stars, beginning by conquering Terra itself.  In this period the last Terran church was eliminated, making way for the Imperial Truth's doctrine of rationalism and atheism.  The Emperor's forces would also overcome the forces of the '''Techno-Barbarian''' states that had long warred over humanity's cradle.

Much of the fighting was undertaken by the doomed '''Thunder Warriors''', but the Emperor also implemented the great '''Primarch Project''' to craft super-human generals and statesmen to spearhead his Great Crusade.  When all but one of the Primarchs was lost, the Emperor improvised the Space Marines from the genome of his lost creations.  This new generation of enhanced warriors formed the [[Sacred Band]] of Hektor Cincinnatus.  As their numbers swelled, the Space Marines were divided into the [[Legiones Astartes (Hektor Heresy)|Legiones Astartes]].

In the last years of the Unification Wars, the fighting spread to Luna.  The conquest of the sophisticated gene-forges of the moon allowed for a great increase in the number of Space Marines.