L-87

L-87 is a temperate planet located in the Eastern Fringe. This once noble planet of the Imperium fell silent during the age of strife. The great cities are now ruined and silent. The name of the planet has long since been forgotten.

An Adeptus Mechanicus explorator team, off course and caught in a violent warpstorm were forced to drop out of the warp. They happened upon the planet they designated L-87. They made planet fall and discovered the ruins of Imperial cities. In one particular city they discovered something disturbing. A servitor conducting a sweep of the lower levels of the city fell through the floor, down a deep shaft into a black abyss. The explorers traveled deep into the darkness and found ancient foundations that predated the Imperium of Man. The team, marveling at this discovery began a scanner sweep. The hum of the scanner reverberated in the darkness and soon triggered a mechanism of some kind. The dark corridors shook and rumbled. Masonry and rubble fell from the roof and cracks appeared in the walls. The team was forced abandoned their sweep as the tunnels collapsed around them.

When the team returned to the surface and contacted their ship they found, to their amazement that the warp storms had abated, navigators reported that they'd never seen the warp so calm before. The light of the Astronomican was clear and bright. The device beneath the surface had somehow calmed the warp around the system.

This stable warp allowed for a safe trade and travel route through the system. L-87 was found to have rich deposits of promethium and other valuable minerals. Greedy rogue traders and settlers quickly arrived and in turn attracted pirates, orks and other criminals. The chaotic situation was rectified when Black Scorpions Legion arrived, who's home planet is but a few light years away. They have taken control of the system much to the chagrin of local governers and avarice filled bureaucrats. These fools know little of the true reasons for the Legion's presence. The ancient ruins hide secrets... powerful secrets.

It has barely been a year since L-87 was re-discovered. With a recent Tyranid fleet defeated and pirate activity halted, the Space Marines of the Black Scorpions can finally find the answers they seek. However, across the gulf of space, immeasurably ancient minds regard L-87 with envious eyes... and slowly...surely they draw their plans against the Legion.