Constantin Mecetti

Constantin Mecetti was an Imperial Navy officer and aristocrat who led a secessionist movement in Segmentum Ultima during the Nova Terra Interregnum. Originally the Lord High Admiral of the Segmentum, Mecetti commanded a vast fleet and took advantage of the instability in the western side of the Galaxy to gain power. He represented the local Imperial high nobility in Segmentum Ultima that sought direct control over the region and believed they deserved independence from Terra. As the scion of the most influential noble house and commander of a large force Mecetti became the leader of this movement. In 898.M34, shortly after the beginning of the Interregnum, the high aristocrats under Mecetti created the Voldrad Alliance and proclaimed their independence.

The Lord High Admiral Mecetti became the leader of the Alliance and convinced large portions of Imperial military units in Segmentum Ultima to join them. The nobles essentially led their troops as private forces and exerted a great amount of control over them, so many were willing to join the mutiny. He consolidated his domain while the Imperium was embroiled in conflict with the Ur-Council of Nova Terra and in 008.M35 was able to defeat a hastily-assembled Imperial crusade force with a scorched earth strategy. Mecetti himself was not a particularly wise commander but had many skilled tacticians and advisers, allowing him to hold the upper hand.

By the time of his death the Voldrad Alliance controlled large swaths of territory in Segmentum Ultima, although its Allied Forces were spread thinly fighting off the Orks and various other threats. These, combined with infighting among the lords of the Alliance, caused the movement he founded to become weaker and lose sectors. His league would last some three centuries before being finally overwhelmed by a large expeditionary fleet from the Imperium.