Working in tandem with the Macharius, Ramas and Semper co-ordinated their fire, with the Macharius ' broadsides stripping the enemy ships of their Void Shields before the Drachenfels ' Lances gutted them. Working alongside Flag-Captain Leoten Semper's Lord Solar Macharius and three other Cruisers and their accompanying Escorts, Ramas managed to put to rout the an invading Chaos warfleet, destroying or severely damaging a half-dozen enemy capital ships while only losing one of his own. His first notable action was in command of the fleet charged to defend the planet of Helia IV.
When the Gothic War broke out, Ramas was quickly reassigned to front-line duties. This, combined with his own tactical genius, allowed him to pull manoeuvers and tricks that left his allies in awe, and usually resulted in the fiery death of the Emperor's enemies. The major advantage for Ramas was that he could commune with his ship directly, receiving data and assessing situations much quicker than through the normal chain-of-command of a starship. Instead, Ramas acted more like a centralised hub to which all information derived from the ship's sensors went, and from which all decisions flowed.
Unlike a Titan Princeps or the Astartes pilot of a Dreadnought, Ramas had virtually no direct control over any of his ship's systems, as the sheer size of the Gothic-class Cruiser made this impossible for a single human mind to accomplish. This so-called "Strategium" was then cybernetically connected directly to the Drachenfels ' Machine Spirit, allowing Ramas to literally become one with his warship. The extent of the damage done to Ramas' body made any reconstruction through the use of augmetics almost impossible, so the magi of the Adeptus Mechanicus did the next best thing: they rewired what remained of Ramas' central nervous system and installed him in an armoured amniotic tank, similar to that of a Titan Legion Princeps. When relief parties finally reached the bridge hours later, they found their captain pinned through the hip to one of the bridge stanchions, visage and limbs charred, yet Ramas was still alive. The Aeldari then contemptuously spurned to finish off the blinded human Cruiser, and went to slaughter the convoy it was protecting instead.
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The Aeldari's Holo-field technology played havoc with the humans' Auspex sensor technology, and allowed one of the Aeldari starships to close in with the Drachenfels unmolested.Īppearing seemingly out of the void, the Aeldari warship released a full spread of Sonic Torpedoes at the Gothic-class Cruiser, gutting its command tower and taking it out of the fight. Ramas' career would almost come to an end approximately 20 standard years before the start of the Gothic War, when one of Ramas' convoys was unexpectedly attacked by the Aeldari. His tactical acumen served him well, and his success rate in escorting vulnerable cargo ships and troop transports to safety was one of the best in the history of Battlefleet Gothic. Ramas spent the next few years on convoy duty, protecting vulnerable Imperial Navy supply runs from opportunistic Ork and Chaos raiders. An officer with a knack for tactics and outmaneuvering his opponents, he quickly rose trough the ranks, first becoming Flag-Lieutenant, then Captain of his own Escort.Īpproximately 30 Terran years before the start of the Gothic War, the position of Flag-Captain of the Gothic-class Cruiser Drachenfels became vacant and Ramas was given command of the great warship.
Like most officers in Battlefleet Gothic, Erwin Ramas hailed from the world of Cypra Mundi in the Gothic Sector. Erwin Ramas was the Flag-Captain of the Imperial Navy Gothic-class Cruiser Drachenfels during the Gothic War at the beginning of the 41st Millennium.Ī naval commander of legendary renown amongst his peers, he captained the Drachenfels for over 50 standard years and won victory after victory against Ork, Aeldari and Chaos opponents.Ī tactical genius in his own right, Ramas was nevertheless most renowed for the fact that he had been entombed in a Dreadnought-like life support system and cybernetically linked to his beloved warship after being mortally wounded in an engagement.
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