Cratosi

Cratosi, or Cratoasi, was a planet in the War in Heaven where the Battle of Cratosi Fields was fought.

During the war between Sutekh and Horus, Apep was misplaced on the Fields of Cratosi. Thinking that Apep could be a useful weapon against the Great Houses, Mother and Father of the Shadow Spire sent a garrison of skulltroopers, including Intrepid, to the Fields in a supposed training exercise. However, before Apep could be recovered, a small militia of Eighth Wave soldiers arrived and engaged the Faction agents. Due to the resultant clash between timeship weapons and alter-time states, the battle was trapped in a frozen second, abandoned by both sides. The Homeworld fleet abandoned the blue sphere, and it drifted through the Spiral Politic before being recovered and sold at the First Auction in Heaven as a lawn ornament. When the Battle was unfrozen at the auction, one of the soldiers involved was surprised to find themselves on a planet other than Cratosi. (PROSE: Going Once, Going Twice)