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|Planetary Image=unknown.jpg
|Name=Minerva
|Segmentum=[[Solar]] {{Fn|33b}}
|Sector=Unknown
|Subsector=[[Armageddon Subsector]] {{Fn|2}}
Over the millennia Minerva has continued to grow as an industrial centre. It now has seven large, sprawling cities, and the industrial capacity to raise an entire [[Tank Legion]] every four years in addition to its other trade commitments. The quality of Minerva's machine shops in second only to those of [[Armageddon]]. This has come at the cost of reducing much of the planet's natural environment to ash. Some Imperial scholars predict that within a few thousand years Minerva will become a productive [[Hive World]], perhaps even rivalling Armageddon for strategic importance.{{Fn|1}}
In 998.[[M41]], Minerva was recorded as being blockaded by [[Ork]] [[Freebooter|pirate]]s.{{Fn|2}} The following year, in 3978999.M41, the Ork hordes on Minerva were decimated by the guns of the [[Armageddon 45th Heavy Artillery Regiment]]. Each artillery shell was inscribed with the name of a martyr of [[Hades Hive]] in the belief that this would give the spirits of the fallen a measure of vengeance.{{Fn|3a}}
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [http://web.archive.org/web/200012122051/http://www.armageddon3.com/English/Campaign/Troops/minervan.html Third War for Armageddon website]
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Armageddon (3rd Edition)]], pg.5
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Codex: Imperial Guard (5th Edition)]], **{{Endn|3a}}: pg.25**{{Endn|3b}}: pg.26
[[Category:Civilized Worlds]]
[[Category:Segmentum Solar]]
