Luna
From Warhammer 40k
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[edit] Overview
Luna is Terra's moon, Humanity first landed on Luna in the year 969.M2. Since then it had been colonized.
[edit] Birthplace of the Primarchs
The Emperor conquered Earth and later Luna. It was in the Lunar gene-laboratories, that he started the processes necessary to create the Primarchs. From the Primarchs' genes, were created the Space Marine legions.
[edit] Luna's Strategic Importance
Luna is home to immense planetary defense lasers charged with protecting Terra from invasion. These defenses inflicted savage losses on the invading rebel fleets of Warmaster Horus, during the latter stages of the Horus Heresy.
[edit] The Imperial Shipyard
It is the greatest shipyard and navel base in the Imperium of Man at the time of the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy. Luna also gives its name to a class of Imperial Cruiser called the Lunar Class.
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