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Baran Siege Masters

GW canon

Baran-Belagerungsmeister in einer befestigten Siedlung mit Erdwällen, gestaffelten Verteidigungslinien, schweren Stellungen und Artillerie.

Category

Regiment

Description

The Baran Siege Masters are the regiments of the world of Baran in the Zypher Sub-sector, a former Eldar Exodite world that was later ruled by Orks and finally conquered by the Imperium. Their roots lie in the campaign of 224.M41: General Von Paulus secured the steppes of Baran with the Krieg 127th Infantry Regiment — the only regiment of that crusade — but lacked the troops to attack one region without exposing another. Instead of exterminating the feral Orks he therefore contained them within an extensive fortress system, and the regiment received the right of settlement over the world.

Over the generations these fortifications grew into civil-military towns, the seeds of Imperial settlement. The original Krieg regiment faded over time and was replaced by local Planetary Defence Force troops, who inherited the siegecraft of their predecessors. From these troops Imperial Guard regiments were eventually raised, known as the Baran Siege Masters.

In the constant low-level war against the contained Orks the Siege Masters became exceptionally effective defenders of Baran's scattered settlements and of the capital Enderra. The Baran War, which began in 914.M40, cost the world heavy losses; besides the Orks, the Eldar of Biel-Tan also threatened the ancient Exodite world. The Siege Masters are known from “Swordwind”, the Eldar supplement for Epic Armageddon, which describes the war for Baran.

Arm of service

Siege and underground warfare

Additional Information

Homeworld

Baran in the Zypher Sub-sector, capital Enderra; originally an Eldar Exodite world, later ruled by Orks, settled by the Imperium since 224.M41

Specialisation

Siege defence: protecting Baran's many settlements against Ork sieges; fortress and positional warfare, grown out of the containment fortress system of the Death Korps of Krieg

Notable members

From other formations: General Von Paulus (Krieg 127th Infantry Regiment) — founder of the fortress system on Baran and thus of the tradition from which the Siege Masters emerged. Superior (not part of the regiment): Governor Asberra, Imperial commander in the Baran War

Battles and events

Baran War (914.M40–224.M41 and subsequent conflicts) with heavy losses; defence of the settlements and the capital Enderra against Orks and Eldar (Biel-Tan); Imperial reconquest campaign from 204.M41, completed in 224.M41 with the containment of the feral Orks by the fortress system of the Krieg 127th

Known from

Epic: Swordwind (supplement for Epic Armageddon, p. 59)

Im Baran War brandet ein Ork-Sturm gegen die gestaffelten Festungssiedlungen der Baran-Belagerungsmeister, die zuletzt Enderra verteidigen.
Baran War: an Ork assault on the fortified settlements and the defence of Enderra

Sources

Epic: Swordwind, p. 59; Lexicanum

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