That's it. Thanks! 
Where is the Jericho Reach webway gate in the Calixis Sector/Koronus Expanse?
Nobody?! Wow! 
I've seen it mentioned as being between the Calixis Sector and the Koronus Expanse, so the only reasonable place for it is somewhere along the Koronus Passage.
What you're looking for is on page 252 of Into the Storm. The gate is located near to one of the Stations of the Passage (number 5) in the Maw, a "Barren and unremarkable" star system.
It's currently blockaded by a task force of the Battlefleet Calixis, who have noticed a large number of vanishing Imperial ships and suddenly appearing Xenos (Kroot) vessels in this region, though they've yet to work out why.
Yes, it seems there's potential for RT Player Characters to be the ones who discover the Jericho Reach and start the whole Deathwatch RPG Crusade.
Interesting, so that makes the MAW even more perilious.
Tantavalist said:
It's currently blockaded by a task force of the Battlefleet Calixis, who have noticed a large number of vanishing Imperial ships and suddenly appearing Xenos (Kroot) vessels in this region, though they've yet to work out why.
I have a slightly different understanding of "Zone 15". The battlefleet is guarding the gate to the Jericho Reach. The heavy traffic is for the Crusade that is under way in the Jericho Reach. Most interesting is that some RT vessels have been granted permission to travel through the gate. I suspect that once DW gets fully under way FFG will advance the current time line, and the Calixs sector will be tasked fully supporting the crusade.
Nope, the chances of the timeline advancing are slim to none, from what I've heard said. That's not the sort of thing FFG are going for.
@Tantavalist: Unlikely, since the date for Deathwatch and Rogue Trader are the same, and the Crusade in the Jericho Reach has been going for about 30 years or so by now.
**re-reads the section**
OK, it does seem to say that. Which begs another question...
How is an Imperial Crusade being kept a secret?
A war to reclaim an entire Sector from multiple threats would require an immense amount of troops and supplies, even by Imperial standards. With the Calixis Sector the closest to the gate, a large number of these troops and supplies should be coming from there. To say that nobody notices is like saying the sort of mobilisation the major combatants of WWII conducted could be undertaken, with the armies going off to fight in an unknown location and the general population not knowing a war is on.
Or are we to believe that the troops and supplies all come from elsewhere, and for some reason nobody told the people of the Calixis Sector? (To continue the above WWII examples, the USA decides not to involve Britain in the Normandy Landing and sends the fleets direct from the East Coast of America. The population at large in Britain somehow fails to notice this armada passing through the English Channel.)
Even in a regime as draconian as the Imperium of Man, there's a limit to how much can be kept secret. I think that the FFG people have really dropped the ball on this one.
Tantavalist said:
Even in a regime as draconian as the Imperium of Man, there's a limit to how much can be kept secret. I think that the FFG people have really dropped the ball on this one.
Alternatively, FFG have a perfectly reasonable explanation printed in Deathwatch.
Most of the people fighting the crusade have no idea they are on the opposite side of the galaxy. The only people who know they are fighting on the other side of an ancient stargate are the high-level commanders, navigators, astropaths, and others who need to know or who cannot have the truth hidden from them.
Attila-IV said:
Most of the people fighting the crusade have no idea they are on the opposite side of the galaxy. The only people who know they are fighting on the other side of an ancient stargate are the high-level commanders, navigators, astropaths, and others who need to know or who cannot have the truth hidden from them.
That makes sense as most troops just go to the field, fight and hopefully win.
I love the potential for inter-Imperium strife as major powers in the Calixis Sector are angered that higher-powers begin to drain their resources for a war across the galaxy. Word soon gets out and profiteers begin to exploit the situation. The influence and connections of the characters could be impacted in so many ways, from aiding the Imperial Navy to losing mineral rights to a moon because the ore is needed for this **** war-effort in the ass-end of the Empire. So many plot hooks that stop at the Koronus Gate, but are impacted by what's happening beyond. FFG has done a very good job linking all three titles while keeping the tone and feel of the individual lines.
According to some spoilers, they've been told that all these men and materials are going to the Margin Crusade, which actually disapeered about 20 years prior.
Blood Pact said:
According to some spoilers, they've been told that all these men and materials are going to the Margin Crusade, which actually disapeered about 20 years prior.
Yep, the Margin Crusade stalled out. But the Administratum and the Ecclesiarchy have kept it alive on paper to feed resources into the Jericho campaign. Said resources are coming from the Calixis, Ixaniad and Scarus sectors. At least as far as things go from Segmentum Obscurus.
-=Brother Praetus=-
I'll also point out that the gate between Jericho and Calixis/Koronus isn't a webway gate, and has nothing to do with the Eldar. It's a warpgate, which have been found around the galaxy before, but it's unknown who built them, or how. Warpgates are covered in Deathwatch a little, and I think there's some info on them on Lexicanum.
MILLANDSON said:
I'll also point out that the gate between Jericho and Calixis/Koronus isn't a webway gate, and has nothing to do with the Eldar. It's a warpgate, which have been found around the galaxy before, but it's unknown who built them, or how. Warpgates are covered in Deathwatch a little, and I think there's some info on them on Lexicanum.
This thread has just given me the best idea for a Dark Heresy campaign... The acolytes tasked with dealing with those that know too much and can't keep their mouths shut... but at the same time not being told what it is they are keeping secret. Brilliant 
Personally, I followed the thread that explored this redirected crusade idea on the Deathwatch forums. I find it to be perfectly plausible. Those that don't get it seem to put their all knowing level of knowledge into the general population of 40k - which is not the case. These people really are very deliberately the dumbest of the dumb. Ignorance is Bliss, curiosity is frowned upon. The Inquisition is watching. People live their lives with the narrowest focus possible - secrecy is the norm. If you can hide the specifics of the ruinous powers from the general population (think people know the chaos gods names?), you can easily misdirect their belief in where a crusade is being fought. After all, if it's not on your planet does it matter if it's 10 or 10,000,000,000 light years away? It's all still the Emperors realm.... And at the end of the day, the materials are going to fight a war in His Glorious Name. Who cares where the fight is? The gate works both ways, right? Better fight those nasty xenos on the other side before they start knocking on our door. Better to provide the tithe the administrum is looking for in the hopes that war stays away from our system then have to devote all our resources to fighting the xenos here.
The keeping of the warp gates function and stuff would be more difficult - but hey, those crazy Adeptus Mechanus guys can do all sorts, can't they?
I like your idea about eliminating the people who know too much and should be removed. I find it pretty interesting that one of the inquisitors from Ordos Xenos came to the Calixis sector to watch for the arrival of the Tyranids, and low and behold there is a uncontrolled gate that would allow them to move from the Eastern Fringe if it is not controlled. The question is does he know of the gate? Another interesting Dark Heresy campaign would be if he did not know of the gate or the crusade and his alcolytes become involved in an investigation dealing with the disappearances of millions of troops and billion of credits in equipment. Perhaps it is brought to there attention on the Scraver's Star. As they get closer to the truth they are in turn labeled as radicals and hunted down.
Salcor