Classification: Unclassified Frontier World
System: Zel System, Drusus Marches, Calixis Sector, Segmentum Obscurus ultima-tectum.com+9calixipedia.fandom.com+9calixipedia.fandom.com+9
🌍 Planetary Overview
- Zel Tertius serves as a model colony on the edge of Imperial-controlled space, offering a foothold in the largely untamed Zel System scribd.com.
- It forms the third planet of the system—alongside the uncharted Zel Primus and the death world Zel Secundus—supporting the frontier presence of the Imperium tabletopterrain.com+12calixipedia.fandom.com+12wh40k.lexicanum.com+12.
🛡️ Population & Infrastructure
- Initial settlements include hydroelectric labs and small hive-complexes, usually built along major rivers, supporting fledgling industry and colonist needs ffg-forum-archive.entropicdreams.com.
- Zel Tertius hosts a modest Imperial Guard presence, deployed to maintain control, suppress local threats, and oversee frontier development calixipedia.fandom.com+7calixipedia.fandom.com+7ffg-forum-archive.entropicdreams.com+7.
⚠️ Recent Mutant Incursion
- The planet has recently suffered a mutant outbreak tied to the bio-heretical work of Arch-Heretic Sar Resque.
- Biologis labs deep within caverns have been discovered, infested with mutated experiments and corrupted Servitors wh40k.lexicanum.com+6calixipedia.fandom.com+6ffg-forum-archive.entropicdreams.com+6.
- Settlements are found abandoned or desecrated, with mutant “Transfigured twins” rumored to oversee dark ceremonies beneath the world’s surface calixipedia.fandom.com+1ffg-forum-archive.entropicdreams.com+1.
🌐 Imperial Context
- Zel Tertius acts as both a gateway and buffer on the frontier of the Drusus Marches.
- Development and stability here directly impact nearby systems and the wider exploration edge of the sector scribd.com+8ultima-tectum.com+8calixipedia.fandom.com+8.