Explorator Fleet VX-7743.II

Explorator Fleet VX-7743.II hails from the Forge World of Stygies VIII and is led by Archmagos Explorator Erridan Kraus. The fleet has taken a far more martial approach to its Quest of Knowledge and maintains a large host of Mechanicum ground elements and numerous war ships in its arsenal. This has led to either the destruction or conquering of numerous planets in the name of the Omnissiah, be they xenos, rebel, or chaos held worlds. Dozens of planets have been broken by the Fleet under the ruthless command of Erridan Kraus for the secrets held by its inhabitants. Having scoured the Segmentum Pacificus for decades during its Quest for Knowledge, the fleet has become a battle hardened and welcome addition to Imperial forces. Now operating within the Eressa Sector and acting as the sole voice of authority for the Mechanicum in the region, Archmagos Erridan Kraus seeks to not only further the Mechanicum's agenda in the Sector but to also advance his own personal ambitions in the region.

Notable Personnel
Archmagos Erridan Kraus -

 Logis Lexico Arcanus Quintus Lorren  - Logis Lexico Arcanus Quintus Lorren is the Captain of the Forge Ship X-3915 and is master of Power Station XK-221 upon Stygies VIII which is sworn to supply power, troops, and supplies to Archmagos Erridan Kraus' Forge Temple. Logis Quintus Lorren is a mathematical genius, renowned for his almost supernatural ability to calculate the costs, time, and goods needed for orders from his Forge Ship. Under his leadership, forge ship X-3915 is able to not only supply the Explorator Fleet with weapons, supplies, and war machines but also the Tirithond and the Eressa Sector as a whole (to a certain extent). Lorren is content in his station, seeing his life as merely a cog in the Omnissiah's great machinations for the Mechanicum. Though content, Quintus Lorren is a man who understands that he must leverage what he can from those who would requisition from his Forge Ship and has become quite the political animal over the years, earning favors across the Eressa Sector and aggregating influence amongst the men and women of the Imperium who would call upon X-3915's forges for supplies.

 Admiral Tiberius Sforza  - Charged with command of the Fleet's war ships, Admiral Tiberius Sforza was hired by Archmagos Erridan Kraus after the Archmagos was given the former vice-admiral's combat records and personal recommendation from the Patriarch of the Navigator House Vardan. A dishonorably discharged Vice-Admiral of the Imperial Navy, Tiberius Sforza is a man who was not bested in battle nor thwarted by his own military blunders but court marshaled for insubordination and striking a superior officer. Any man other man would have been executed for such crimes but it was Kraus' intervention alone that spared him the executioner's block. Known for his daring battle plans along with his glory-hounding usage of unpopular close range broadsides and boarding actions, Sforza caught the attention of Kraus after his last engagement against a Greenskin Freebooters fleet. Being charged with command of his Battle-Group's Vanguard, Sforza fought tooth and nail against the Greenskins in devastating close ranged combat in the opening stages of the naval engagement until the full might of both fleets joined the fray and dozens of warships clashed in the cold void. The battle was going neither to the Imperium nor the Greenskins until the Admiral of the Battle-Group called a full retreat after his Flagship had been badly damaged when he exposed his flank to a Greenskin vessel's ramming action. Deciding to ignore his admiral's orders, Tiberius fought on as did the rest of the Vanguard, fighting a desperate rearguard action. Sforza sacrificed his own flagship in a desperate ramming action against the Greenskin Warboss' own vessel after overloading the Void Shield Generators which destroyed both vessels in a massive explosion. Escaping with the surviving members of his crew upon escape pods, Sforza boarded a battered Cruiser and fought on against the Greenskins. His heroism and the sacrifice of his personal ship gave the rest of the Imperial forces renewed courage and what was turning into a full scale route quickly turned into a Pyrrhic Imperial Victory. After the battle, Sforza was summoned onto the deck of his Admiral's flagship where he expected to be praised and lauded for his actions. Instead, Sforza was sentenced to a Court Marshal for disobeying his commanding officer's orders and blamed for the loss of almost a dozen Imperial vessels along with being accused of unnecessarily sacrificing his cruiser for what the Admiral deemed 'fleeting glory'. This tirade of lies angered Sforza to no end but it was the accusation of 'fleeting glory' that snapped his self control. Before anyone else on the deck could react, Sforza's right mechanical fist smashed into the admiral's jaw, shattering bone, and left the man on the floor unconscious. Tiberius stormed off the deck prepared to face his execution but it was the intervention of Archmagos Erridan Kraus that stayed the Admiral's wrath. Tiberius Sforza is now fiercely loyal to Kraus, leading his warships into battle with such courage and daring that few men can claim to be his equal and yet be of such a sound tactical mind.

Secutor Viktor Mikael -

Magos Reductor Xelia Veridan -

Astropath John Wilmington -

Navigator Sarah of House Vardan -