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The Minotaurs of M41, whilst appearing more at home within the bounds of the Imperium and seemingly enjoying the patronage of the High Lords, have still managed to acquire an unsavoury reputation amongst some of their fellow Adeptus Astartes, The [[Ultramarines]] and their allied [[Successor Chapters]] in particular have refused to fight alongside the Minotaurs as a result of both the [[Euxcine Incident]] (in which Minotaurs almost completely eradicated the [[Inceptors]] chapter and took several of their relics and their flagship for their own armoury), which some saw as an over-reaction, as well as their public insulting of [[Marneus Calgar]] and the provocation given to the [[Genesis Chapter]] during the fourteenth siege of [[Antagonis]].{{Fn|1b}}
The Minotaurs entered the [[Badab War]], at the request of [[Legate Inquisitor ]] [[Frain]] on the side of the loyalist Imperial forces as part of the wave of reinforcements that arrived in the [[Maelstrom Zone]] in 907.[[M41]]. The Minotaurs committed their entire chapter-strength to the campaign, and operated as a largely-independent raiding and harassment force for much of it. They achieved fame for their cold-blooded and merciless attacks on the Secessionists, and were considered the pre-eminent close-combat and shock-assault troops in the war until the arrival of the [[Carcharodons]]. Their most lauded achievement during the war was their complete defeat and forced surrender of the [[Lamenters]] Secessionist Chapter, which took the form of a 17 hour battle made up of vicious boarding-actions and close-quarter battles. While victorious, this battle did result in significant casualties for the Minotaurs and they spent most of the rest of the war on interdiction duties in the space-lanes, as well as carrying out punitive actions against previously rebel worlds. They were present at the end of the war in some small capacity due to their expertise in siegecraft, and at the war's end departed with several vessels of the Lamenters' fleet as prizes.{{Fn|1b}}
In the closing decade of [[M41]], the Minotaurs were extremely active, with forces of unknown strength aiding in the early stages of the retaking of [[Rynn's World]]{{fn|5}} and harrowing the excommunicated [[Night Reapers]] Chapter alongside the [[Red Templars]] and [[Grey Knights]]{{fn|3b}}. Almost immediately after the conclusion of the campaign against the Night Reapers, the entire Chapter was deployed in the [[Orphean War]]. Despite their efforts, the [[Orpheus Sector]] was formally disbanded and the Minotaurs were charged with purging it with the aid of the former [[Battlefleet Orpheus]].{{fn|3a}}
