Battlefleet Minerva, Third War for Armageddon. M41.998
Segmentum Solar – Battlefleet Minerva – Third Armageddon War Taskforce
Third War for Armageddon – 998.M41
CO: Admiral Josef von Osterkamp
Flagship: Gloria Minervae, Emperor-Class Battleship, SS-BFM-EB 4311
The House of Osterkamp is a noble family of respectable and lengthy standing within the Segmentum Solar, tracing its roots to the hive world of Armageddon and its offshoot colony of Minerva. While not counted among the planetary governance elite, the Osterkamps maintain entrenched prestige within the military, navy, and industrial infrastructure of both worlds, on Armageddon they reside in Hive Death Mire.
A veteran of the Armageddon PDF's air-force, Josef von Osterkamp was a flight leader in the when the Orks first came during the Second War for Armageddon, being one of a handful of survivors of his wing and changed greatly from the experience, he would determine to prepare for any further eventualities and be ready for the next Ork blow, which he felt certain would come. Utilising familial connections of the Minervan branch he would join the Imperial Navy and begin his voidborn career, establishing himself as a competent naval commander, his rise assisted by his patron and cousin Lucan von Osterkamp
When the Orks returned to Armageddon, the Minervans were quick to dispatch a relief force to join the massive Imperial effort, the Third Armageddon War Taskforce commanded by now Admiral von Osterkamp would be the first response to the call, whilst High Admiral Lucan von Osterkamp mustered the rest of the Minervan Battlefleet to follow as soon as they were able, returning to Armageddon from the void and ready to descend upon the Ork invasion Josef determined to apply the lessons from that first war, and now experience in combating them through his rise to command, so that the Orks may never recover from their attempt to take Armageddon again.