Editing Characters of Battlefleet Gothic: Armada (section)

===Imperial Characters===

'''Admiral Venesca Catalia'''

Commander of [[Imperial Navy Cruiser|Cruiser]] task force ''Silver Dawn'', Catalia's fleet arrives above Cadia during the climax of the Battle of Elysion Fields. Initially she was directed by Brother-Captain Garadon to intercept a planetstrike by Chaos forces on the on-world defenders, but once that was done she led her fleet against the [[Vengeful Spirit]]. [[Fail|Guess how ''that'' turned out]].

Admiral Spire encounters her later on, leading a battered fleet back to safe harbor at Nemesis Tessera, in the aftermath of a failed raid on Craftworld Os'Tara.


'''Lord High Admiral Drang'''

The commander of [[Imperial Navy]] assets in Segmentum Obscurus, Drang is Spire's direct superior for the initial part of the campaign. After Spire's fleet experiences one [[Chaos]] ambush too many, he is BLAMMED by Inquisitor Darkhammer, as apparently he was an [[Alpha Legion]] double-agent (this is in fact, confirmed in the Chaos campaign perspective). The latter detail explains ''so much'', especially when one learns that he ordered Catalia's ill-fated raid on Craftworld Os'Tara to begin with.

His rank, and the overall command of the Segmentum forces, is given over to Spire as a result.


'''Inquisitor Darkhammer'''

Probably owning the most meaningful name ''ever'', [[Inquisitor]] [[Grimdark|Dark]][[Warhammer 40,000|hammer]] is the [[Inquisitor]] assigned to monitor Spire after the discovery of Drang's dubious loyalties. Despite having access to records of Spire's heroism during the Gothic War, he has personal doubts that Spire is up to the task of consolidating the scattered Imperial forces in the Segmentum. This doesn't stop him from ordering Spire around anyway.

Despite [[Chaos]] being the most obvious concern after what happened to Cadia, he insists that the [[Eldar]] have to be dealt with first, ignoring the fact that the Lord Commander of the Imperium has an alliance with them. Spire misses Inquisitor Horst as a result, as at least Horst was relatively more ''reasonable''.

Eventually Darkhammer goes full "KILL ALL ELDAR" mode, forcefully takes command of the warship ''Righteous Fury'', takes ''half of your fleet'', and leads an attack on Craftworld Os'Tara. Depending on your choice, Spire can either aid the Eldar in the defense of the Craftworld (probably the obvious choice), or join the nutty inquisitor in the attack (earning the wrath of the Ynnari in return).

Given his hard-on for dealing with the [[Eldar]], and a off-handed comment about Inquisitor Valeria (penpal of Trazyn the Infinite), it can be inferred that Darkhammer is part of the [[Ordo Xenos]].


'''Colonel Maxson'''

Commander of the Naval marines of Spire's ship. Any Boarding Action care of Lightning Strike or Boarding Torpedoes is assumed to be led by him. Eventually gets killed when he boards a booby-trapped [[Thousand Sons]] ship in search of the Spirit Gate, an Eldar artifact that the Ynnari needed.


'''Magos Numerian'''

A [[Tech Priest Dominus|Magos Dominus]] who pledged to join Spire's attack on the Dark Throne World Engine. Due to warpstorms his fleet arrives late to the party, but still contributes its numbers in trying to hold back Phaeron Kheprekh's warships.