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The flagship Ostfalen (794 UC (485 IC / 3594 CE))
Affiliation: Galactic Empire
Flag officer: Vice Admiral Grimmelshausen
Type: Battleship
Purpose: Flagship (Grimmelshausen Fleet)
Length: 677 metres(FFC6)
Width: 179 metres(FFC6)
Height: 228 metres(FFC6)
Armament: 6 forward neutron beam cannons
22 port cannons
22 starboard cannons
Crew: 726(FFC6)
Status: Active

The Ostfalen (Japanese: オストファーレン) was the Imperial flagship of Vice Admiral Grimmelshausen.

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Service history

The Ostfalen participated in the Imperial expedition campaign into the Van-Fleet Star Zone under the overall Fleet Admiral Gregor von Mückenberger from March to April 794 UC (485 IC / 3594 CE). It engaged in several inconclusive battles with Alliance forces, culminating in the battle Van-Fleet 4-2, where the Ostfalen and the rest of its fleet landed on the surface of the planet and attacked an Alliance logistics base with ground forces. (HBSHBL: 'The Battle of Van-Fleet Starzone' , 'Drei Rot' , 'Bloodshed in April' , 'A Dangerous Man' , 'Chronicle of the Aftermath of the Chaotic War')

Its career following the death of Vice Admiral Grimmelshausen is unknown.

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Appearances

Name variations

  • Ostfalen (DVD subtitles)
  • オストファーレン (DVD subtitles — Japanese)

Background information

Ostfalen is the German name for Eastphalia, a historical region of northern Germany. The territory corresponds with the southeastern part of the present-day state of Lower Saxony and western Saxony-Anhalt.