Editing Parthorum Xenocide (section)

===The Imperium===

Due to the limitations of calculated jumps through the Warp, the first decade of Imperial campaigns following the [[Unification Wars (Hektor Heresy)|Unification Wars]] created a fairly small interstellar state centered on Sol.  The Emperor's construction of the ''Astronomican'' on Terra increased the practical Warp jump distance one hundred fold and allowed the Imperium's [[Great Crusade (Hektor Heresy)|Great Crusade]] to reach vast territories, among them the Parthorum Stream.  [[Rogue Traders (Hektor Heresy)|Rogue Traders Militant]] were quick to move into the area and investigate.  Their reports on a stable Xenos-ruled empire in the sector caused considerable disagreement in the War Council, with [[Hektor Cincinnatus]] constantly lobbying for the permission, men, and ships to attack as soon as possible.  After months of acrimony, the Emperor issued a decree permitting the heads of individual Expedition Fleets the right to select and pursue their own objectives.

Ever confident, Hektor had begun preparing for the conquest of the Parthorum Stream while the matter was still in dispute.  His planning drew on the reports of Rogue Traders, especially Adela Exard's navigational and cultural records.  Hektor was so impressed by these records that Exard and her Cruiser ''Black Joke'' were among the Rogue Trader forces hired on to augment [[Heralds of Hektor|First Legion]] during the campaign. The Primarch also began requisitioning [[Imperial Army (Hektor Heresy)|Imperial Army]] forces to garrison his future conquests, and pressed the tech priests of [[Mars (Hektor Heresy)|Mars]] to deliver new warships.  When the Mechanicum reached the limit of their patience (or capabilities), Hektor went to Fabricator General [[Kalkas Tygian]] himself for assistance.  Tygian responded that his forges had already assigned their production, but that if the First Legion required additional warships during their forthcoming campaign that Mars would be happy to loan out their own vessels and crews.  The fulfillment of this pledge would play an important role in the Imperial victory.