The origins of Phalanx are contested in the background material, of which there are two accounts: For much of the Horus Heresy, the Phalanx was stationed over Terra and used as the command base of Dorn. We have no idea of how large the "orbital plates" are (other than "they're large). Tidally locked against its dying star, perpetual darkness soaks one side of the planet, faded sunlight the other.

[12a], Phalanx is gigantic, the size of a small moon and is said to shine like a star. The warriors of Inwit are raised to endure and survive.

[12], There are various descriptions on the general shape and exterior character of the ship. Most of its vast docking bays were deserted, and the Imperium's inability to replicate its ancient technologies resulted in even minor damage creating significant operational troubles. It's not too much of a stretch to argue that under Rogal Dorn's direction that something much greater could be achieved. Both ships are massively powerful, and currently in a stalemate. In an act of solidarity, the Shadowkeepers of the Adeptus Custodes opened one of their Dark Cells and provided the Fists with secret technology, giving the sons of Dorn a chance to restore the station.

The world that bears them teaches them to never relent and that the price of weakness is death, for them and the rest of their kin. Inwit is an Imperial Ice World and the capital world of the Inwit Cluster of the Segmentum Solar. 2 T-70 X-Wings (Canon) vs 1 Fury Interceptor. [9], The Phalanx later appeared during the Thirteenth Black Crusade over Cadia, destroying the Blackstone Fortress Will of Eternity after its shields were disabled by Space Wolves under Sven Bloodhowl. The Phalanx has two accounts of its origin: Honestly, I think both sources of its origin are probably correct. However as Horus' advance to Terra drew near, Dorn eventually moved to the Bhab Bastion of the Imperial Palace. https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Inwit?oldid=366688. Unknown [9] The vessel now stands vigil over Terra on the orders of the reborn Roboute Guilliman. [3a] It is also described as a ship that is "many kilometers long, triangular in cross-section with its upper surface bristling with weapons and sensorium domes. [3a] Of course, the ship continues to house Chapter honors and relics. Samus and his Daemonic hordes were on the verge of capturing the Phalanx and Dorn was about to order its self-destruction until Oliton committed suicide, banishing the Daemons through the same portal from which they had come. Phalanx is gigantic, the size of a small moon and is said to shine like a star. Its star is old and withered, bleeding the last of its heat as cold, red light. So it was, and so it is now. ISD I (EU) vs Cobra Class Destroyer. Far above this desolation, great and ancient space stations and orbital shipyards look down on the cold-shrouded worlds through perpetual auroras -- created in a lost past, these citadels of the void have looked down on Inwit since before any records or tales can recall. The Phalanx was damaged during the battle, and with traitor forces closing in around them Dorn ordered Imperial Army Admiral Niora Su-Kassen to take the Phalanx into the outer reaches of the Sol System in order to both save it and wage war on the traitor rear lines.

Much of the world's population is nomadic, moving between the subterranean ice hives to trade in weapons, fuel and technology. On every world they took, they assimilated, realigned and reinforced.

Officially, the homeworld of the Imperial Fists is Terra, but in functional terms the Chapter has been fleet based and used Phalanx as its primary base of operations throughout its entire history.[1]. Unknown Under the ice crust, thick seas flow in sluggish tides and pale and sightless creatures swim the waters, hunting by vibration and a preternatural taste for blood. The chamber held a black, circular table and a finely crafted statue of a Space Marine in the center of the room. The world's population was said to inhabit massive ice-hives and its actual level of technological advancement remains unclear. Temperature / Climate Captain Tor Garadon is commanding 3rd Company's defense of Phalanx. His forces have inflicted extreme casualties on the attackers and maneuvered Phalanx into the warp in order to protect Holy Terra should they fail in repelling the assault.