Tyutho
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Name: | Tyutho | 
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| Segmentum: | Tempestus | ||
| Sector: | Eternum | ||
| Subsector: | Kalibras | ||
| System: | Tyurant | ||
| Population: | ~20,000,000 | ||
| Affiliation: | Imperial | ||
| Class: | Void Station | ||
| Tithe Grade: | Adeptus Non | ||
Overview
Port Tyutho is a massive void station on the edge of the civilized worlds of the Kalibras Old Worlds. A place of desperate hopes and vain dreams, Port Tyutho teems with a transitory population of traders, spies, merchant factors, pilgrims, and missionaries amongst which move Adeptus Administratum functionaries and minions of the Adeptus Mechanicus, all feeding on the riches that flow from the myriad of worlds in the Old and New of Kalibras.
History
Port Tyutho was founded by the Imperial Navy in 903.M40 as a staging ground to investigate the loss of many vessels on the fringes of Kalibras. With the discovery of the Specelo Passage into the Kalibras New Worlds in the late 40th Millennium, the space station grew in importance owing to its close proximity to the Passage. Its original role as a base for Imperial military operations was slowly forgotten, and Port Tyutho became a way station for those daring passage into the New Worlds. Merchants and mercenaries began to choke the once-deserted corridors of the station, and strangers shook the dust of distant stars from their boots while trading wondrous things from beyond the Great Warp Storms that block most travel to and from the New Worlds. Located at the very fringes of the sector, Port Tyutho is often dismissed as a barely-lawful outpost, and never mentioned as one of the more impressive or honored installations of the Imperial Navy and Battlefleet Eternum. Though technically a Navy station, Port Tyutho would not exist without the support and trade of various other Imperial Adepta, Chartist Captains, and Rogue Traders, a point that rankles many prideful naval officers. Those assigned there frequently view their posting as a punishment or an attempt by political enemies in the service to drydock their careers, and they typically serve with resentment bordering on bitterness. In addition, the station is filled with swaggering civilian captains, merchants fat of purse and jowl, and interfering factions of every sort, from supercilious Administratum functionaries to scheming Inquisitorial Acolytes. Port Tyutho is far more than a simple military base. Despite its poor (if well-deserved) reputation, however, Port Tyutho is one of the more important facilities of the Kalibras Sub-Sector. It guards the entrance to a largely-unexplored section of space, rich with exploitable resources, powerful artefacts, lost souls to recover, and potentially unimaginable wealth. Also, though undisciplined when compared to a proper naval vessel, it is a veritable ideal of the Emperor's Law when compared to what lies beyond it. Here there is rightful law, though it is often tempered by gelt and influence. On the other side there is no law other than what can be enforced with Bolter and Lance. This void station is one of the last true outposts of both the Kalibras Sub-Sector and the Emperor's Light. Beyond it there is only what law a captain imposes on his crew and his fiefdoms, or that which is imposed on him by cruel xenos or crueler fate. Though smaller than many Imperial Naval void stations, it is large enough to handle Battlecruisers and other huge vessels. Organized upkeep tends to be spotty, though, given its distance both physical and political from the sector's subfleet headquarters, and much of the constant refurbishment was done as needed to better deal with the variety of vessels used by Rogue Traders. Over time, entire new modules and battlements were installed, and whole subsections became layered over with new construction such that little of the original voidfacing hull is visible. Deep inside the station whole decks were simply lost to poor planning, and only those well-versed in the ancient blueprints can find their ways through the mazelike passageways. As the area grew in importance due to successful voyages to the New Worlds and back, the station grew as well, attracting the attention of many Imperial agencies throughout the sector. What was a standard Navy-operated void station became overrun with Rogue Traders, commerce shipping agents, merchant guilds, Administratum functionaries, Inquisitorial spies, Adeptus Mechanicus Tech-adepts and Adeptus Ministorum Preachers, and more, all vying for control. With more and more passages through Specelo and increased trade in exotic (and profitable) goods to be found on the other side, the original role of naval station began to wane and Port Tyutho began to become more of a transportation hub for Rogue Traders and others dedicated to transporting products into and out of the New Worlds. With less military and more commercial functions occurring and constant years of pressure, the Imperial Navy was forced under Imperial Palace decree in the early 41st Millennium to cede authority over the station to a consortium of Administratum functionaries, heavily influenced by factions of Rogue Traders, merchants, and guilds. Imperial Commanders nominally led the station, but proved too easily swayed by outside interests or too inept to maintain their power. This, of course, was paradise to many, and with little or no oversight or regulation to counter them the merchant guilds and Rogue Traders became exceedingly wealthy. The lack of order spread wildly and the port quickly gained a reputation for lawless anarchy where Imperial law is merely an afterthought to the fortunes awaiting. Rival commercial guilds took to outright combat inside and outside the port, and the station possessed little functioning defenses against external attacks. After a dozen solar decades including long stretches of disorder and zealous excesses, even the Rogue Traders realized only the Imperial Navy could stabilize the port at a level where profits could be dependably made. They petitioned the Terracotta Palace on the sector capital world of Tetuanis for a solution in the mid-41st Millennium, lest more reliable access to the New Worlds be squandered and lost. The so-called "Grand Dictation" imposed by the Sector Governor heralded the return of the Imperial Navy to operational control over Port Tyutho. While the void station returned to Imperial Navy control, the charter also granted some areas of authority to other agencies, and imposed limits on Naval authority. The Inquisition and Adeptus Ministorum were of course granted official status as agencies of interest and special spheres of control, and the Administratum given an unofficial but important oversight role. While still not recognizing their rights over the Specelo Passage, the Adeptus Mechanicus gained rights to several areas of the void station for their own research. The merchant guilds kept much of their shops and trading halls, and continue to exert considerable political influence on the station's activities. The Adeptus Arbites were officially relegated to a lesser role than normal, but still required to police the "civilian" side of the Port's population. The Navy works closely with all of these organizations where possible, as they free its personnel to concentrate on matters of military operations and station defense, areas that went unforgivably lax while it was not in control. Port Tyutho has since re-established itself as a mostly lawful outpost, though its location on the edge of the Kalibras Sub-Sector ensures it will never be at the levels of other naval installations or even established Imperial planets. It is at the demarcation from the Rule of the Imperium to the Rule of the Void and will always be a struggle between the two, making the port a site of constant pressure and tension.