Editing Herman von Strab (section)

==The Second War of Armageddon: von Strab repeatedly fucks up==

In 941.M41, the planet of Armageddon was subject to one of the biggest ork invasions an imperial planet had ever seen since the days of [[The Beast]]. This WAAAAAGH! showed signs of its imminent danger and destructive power very early on, almost years before the invasion in fact. However, von Strab ignored all of the warning signs of this impending danger, which ranged from sightings of hulks getting closer to the system to a statue of the Emperor [[wat|crying tears of blood]]. He kept silencing all military personnel that warned him about the potential danger of the xenos, not wanting to inform the Administratum [[Fail|to keep the glory of defeating the orks all for himself]]. Only when a [[Commissar Yarrick|commissar]] went against orders and sent a distress call to the wider Imperium, he started recognizing the possible threat, while also banishing Yarrick to the relatively unimportant hive Hades.

The arrival of Thraka himself to the planet proved too much for von Strab's tactical abilities, taking catastrophic casualties, from tens of thousands of PDF troops, to most of the air forces of the planet, to the Iron Skulls [[Titan (Warhammer 40,000)|Titan Legion]]. One of his most stupid opinions was his insistence that the equatorial jungles would block the orks from ever reaching the other Hives of Armaggedon. Losing a Titan is a very shameful and career-ending casualty for most officers ([[grimdark|even if they lost it in a justified action]]) so losing a full legion of them in a more or less pointless action against orks was practically a death sentence. This was also happening while Commissar Yarrick was making a name for himself, bravely defending Hive Hades and becoming a hero and a beacon of hope to the defenders, which probably turned von Strab a shade green of envy that could give the orks a run for their teef. In an act of desperation, von Strab scrambled a couple of virus bombs that were hidden in the planet centuries ago against the orks, but in typical von Strab fashion, [[Not As Planned|this ploy failed due to the bad maintenance of this devices]]. Humiliated, surrounded by orks, and with his authority completely evaporated, von Strab hid himself in his bunker to sulk and waited for the war to be over.

Yet once the warp storms that cut off Armageddon from the rest of the galaxy receded and allowed for reinforcements to arrive, it was the [[Space Marine|Space Marines]] of the [[Blood Angels]], [[Salamanders]] and [[Ultramarines]] who answered the call. [[Dante]] took over command, and put the now-relieved overlord of the planet under house arrest (much to the chagrin of von Strab). After Imperial reinforcements helped Armageddon's defenders push back the green invaders, von Strab was reportedly MIA after he escaped in a stolen Land Speeder (how he did that remains unknown), which made the Imperial authorities think he tried to escape and was killed by orks, a fitting end for him. However, this assumption would be proven wrong years later...