Event · M41
Golgotha Campaign
The Golgotha Campaign was an Imperial war of the forty-first millennium against Ork forces on and around the world of Golgotha. It is remembered chiefly because of the part Commissar Yarrick is recorded as playing in it, and it is usually placed among the Ork wars that established his reputation before the better-documented wars for Armageddon. The campaign belongs to the long series of Ork incursions that the Imperium has faced in the forty-first millennium, and on the Orrery map it is anchored to Golgotha, the world on which the fighting is held to have centred. As with most Ork invasions, the cause is recorded as the arrival of a warband large enough to threaten a populated world, and the stake was the loss of Golgotha to Ork occupation and the use of that world as a base for further raiding. The Imperial response, in the usual pattern, drew on planetary defence forces and Astra Militarum regiments, with commissarial officers such as Yarrick tasked with holding the line and maintaining discipline. The exact size of the opposing forces, the identity of the Ork warlord in command, and the sequence of engagements are not settled in the material reflected on this site, and accounts differ on some particulars. This entry therefore records only what is broadly attested: Imperial forces opposed an Ork invasion, and Yarrick took part. The aftermath is likewise recorded in general terms. Golgotha is held to have remained within the Imperium, and the campaign is later cited as part of the experience that shaped Yarrick’s approach to fighting Orks. On the timeline the event sits within the forty-first millennium as a contemporary of other Ork conflicts and precedes the wars for Armageddon in the tradition that links Yarrick to them. Readers should follow the links to Golgotha, Commissar Yarrick and the Orks for the surrounding context, and should treat any finer detail as unconfirmed until the site’s canon coverage is extended.
See where Golgotha Campaign occurred on the galactic map in the 41st Millennium.