Editing Clan Blood Spirit Touman

The '''Clan Blood Spirit ''touman''''' is the military arm of [[Clan Blood Spirit]].

==Unit Structure==
As set forth by [[Nicholas Kerensky]], Clan Blood Spirit has maintained practically the same [[Cluster]] format since the doctrine's inception: Five Clusters of three [[BattleMech]] [[Trinary|Trinaries]], one [[Combat Vehicle]] [[Trinary]] and one [[Infantry]] [[Trinary]].<ref>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 26</ref>  The only differences they have made in the several centuries since that time is the replacement of conventional infantry and BattleMechs with [[Elemental]]s and [[OmniMech]]s.  They maintain this organization for both front-line and second-line Clusters, and will not hesitate to downgrade or disband one if it no longer adheres to that structure.  They look at the other Clans with disdain for abandoning this doctrine, and for introducing new Cluster variants, as a sign they have turned their backs upon Kerensky's mandate.  [[OmniFighter]]s are held within the [[Naval Reserve (Clan Blood Spirit)|Naval Reserve]] and assigned to units on an as-needed basis.<ref>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 27</ref>

==''Touman'' structure==
The fighting of the mid to late [[thirty-first century]], particularly the [[Burrock Absorption]] of 3059, was utterly disastrous for the Blood Spirits. Prior to the Absorption, the Clan fielded five front-line Galaxies (Alpha, Beta, Delta, Kappa and Omega), along with six second-line Galaxies (Mu, Rho, Omicron, Sigma, Tau and Upsilon). The Absorption cost them three front-line and two second-line Galaxies, while gaining them nothing except a powerful foe in Clan Star Adder.<ref name=FMCRC25>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 25</ref> Although the Spirits did attempt to rebuild and even raised a new Galaxy through a Harvest Trial, worse was yet to come.<ref name=wor35>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 35</ref> Two Galaxies were wiped out when the [[Clan Star Adder|Star Adders]] bombarded [[York (Clan System)|York]] in 3074<ref>''The Wars of Reaving'', pp. 104–105</ref> and lost a further three Galaxies later that year fighting the Adders on [[Tokasha]].<ref name=wor139>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 139</ref> It was estimated that by 3076 they had lost over half of their warriors<ref name=wor155>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 155</ref> and could field only ten Clusters.<ref name=wor156>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 156</ref>

The Spirits were known to often rotate their Clusters between Galaxies in the hope of confusing an enemy to their exact strength.<ref name=FMCRC35>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 35</ref> Such a "Shell Game" was carried out in 3069 with Clusters moved one at a time from York to other holdings.<ref>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 44</ref>

The ''touman'' stood at six Galaxies in 3060<ref>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', pp. 30–36</ref> and by 3067 it had grown to seven Galaxies.<ref>''Field Manual: Updates'', pp. 41, 70</ref> By [[3084]] it was reduced to four Galaxies, and by the end of that year had been completely destroyed. During the last few desperate months of the Clan it raised several poorly armed civilian Clusters, although these were quickly destroyed in combat.<ref>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 157</ref>

===Former Galaxies===

====Clan Command====

{|class="wikitable" width='800px' style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
! colspan="2" style="border-bottom:2px solid black"|Command
|-
|width='200px'|[[File:Blood Guard Keshik.jpg]]
|width='300px'|'''3059-3072'''<br />[[Blood Guard Keshik (Clan Blood Spirit)|Blood Guard Keshik]]<br />[[Naval Reserve (Clan Blood Spirit)|Naval Reserve]]
|}

====Alpha Galaxy (The Blooding)====
{{main|Alpha Galaxy (Clan Blood Spirit)}}

{|class="wikitable" width='800px' style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
! colspan="4" style="border-bottom:2px solid black"|Alpha Galaxy
|-
|width='200px'|[[File:Alpha Galaxy (Clan Blood Spirit).jpg]]
|width='300px'|'''3060'''<br />[[Red Guards (Clan Blood Spirit)|Red Guards]]<br />[[Seventh Blood Drinkers (Clan Blood Spirit)|Seventh Blood Drinkers Cluster]]<br />[[Thirty-seventh Red Assault (Clan Blood Spirit)|Thirty-seventh Red Assault Cluster]]<br />[[Fifty-fifth Red Vanguard (Clan Blood Spirit)|Fifty-fifth Red Vanguard Cluster]]<br />[[Seventy-second Crimson Cuirassiers (Clan Blood Spirit)|Seventy-second Crimson Cuirassiers]]<br />[[112th Scarlet Battle (Clan Blood Spirit)|112th Scarlet Battle Cluster]]
|width='300px'|'''3067'''<br />Red Guards<br />Seventh Blood Drinkers Cluster<br />Fifty-fifth Red Vanguard Cluster<br />Seventy-second Crimson Cuirassiers Cluster
|width='300px'|'''3076-3085'''<br />Red Guards<br />Seventh Blood Drinkers Cluster<br />[[Sixty-sixth Blood Hussars (Clan Blood Spirit)|Sixty-sixth Blood Hussars]]
|}

====Beta Galaxy (Blood Reavers)====
{{main|Beta Galaxy (Clan Blood Spirit)}}

{|class="wikitable" width='800px' style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
! colspan="4" style="border-bottom:2px solid black"|Beta Galaxy
|-
|width='200px'|[[File:Clan Blood Spirit.jpg|120px]]
|'''3059'''<br />[[Cerise Guards (Clan Blood Spirit)|Cerise Guards]]<br/>
|'''3075'''<br />[[258th Crimson Guards (Clan Blood Spirit)|258th Crimson Guards]]<br/>
|'''3085'''<br />[[Fifty-fifth Red Vanguard (Clan Blood Spirit)|Fifty-fifth Red Vanguard Cluster]]<br />[[181st Crimson Guards (Clan Blood Spirit)|181st Crimson Guards]]
|}

====Delta Galaxy====
{{main|Delta Galaxy (Clan Blood Spirit)}}

{|class="wikitable" width='800px' style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
! colspan="2" style="border-bottom:2px solid black"|Delta Galaxy
|-
|width='200px'|[[File:Clan Blood Spirit.jpg|120px]]
|width='300px'|'''3059'''<br />[[Seventy-second Crimson Cuirassiers (Clan Blood Spirit)|Seventy-second Crimson Cuirassiers]]<br/>[[112th Scarlet Battle (Clan Blood Spirit)|112th Scarlet Battle Cluster]]
|}

====Zeta Galaxy====
{{main|Zeta Galaxy (Clan Blood Spirit)}}

{|class="wikitable" width='800px' style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
! colspan="3" style="border-bottom:2px solid black"|Zeta Galaxy
|-
|width='200px'|[[File:Clan Blood Spirit.jpg|120px]]
|width='300px'|'''3068'''<br /> 4 Clusters
|width='300px'|'''3074'''<br /> 6 Clusters
|}

====Iota Galaxy (Retribution)====
{{main|Iota Galaxy (Clan Blood Spirit)}}

{|class="wikitable" width='800px' style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
! colspan="3" style="border-bottom:2px solid black"|Iota Galaxy
|-
|width='200px'|[[File:Clan Blood Spirit.jpg|120px]]
|width='300px'|'''3067'''<br />[[Crimson Guards (Clan Blood Spirit)|Crimson Guards]]<br />[[Forty-second Crimson Vanguard (Clan Blood Spirit)|Forty-second Crimson Vanguard Cluster]]<br />[[Sixty-sixth Blood Hussars (Clan Blood Spirit)|Sixty-sixth Blood Hussars]]
|width='300px'|'''3076-3085'''<br />[[Eighty-eighth Crimson Guards (Clan Blood Spirit)|Eighty-eighth Crimson Guards]]<br />[[158th Crimson Guards (Clan Blood Spirit)|158th Crimson Guards]]
|}

====Kappa Galaxy====
{{main|Kappa Galaxy (Clan Blood Spirit)}}

{|class="wikitable" width='800px' style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
! colspan="2" style="border-bottom:2px solid black"|Kappa Galaxy
|-
|width='200px'|[[File:Clan Blood Spirit.jpg|120px]]
|width='300px'|'''3059'''<br />[[Fifty-fifth Red Vanguard (Clan Blood Spirit)|Fifty-fifth Red Vanguard Cluster]]<br />[[271st Crimson Assault (Clan Blood Spirit)|271st Crimson Assault Cluster]]
|}

====Mu Provisional Galaxy====
{{main|Mu Provisional Galaxy (Clan Blood Spirit)}}

{|class="wikitable" width='800px' style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
! colspan="2" style="border-bottom:2px solid black"|Mu Provisional Galaxy
|-
|width='200px'|[[File:Clan Blood Spirit.jpg|120px]]
|width='300px'|'''3059'''<br />[[Sixty-sixth Crimson Guards (Clan Blood Spirit)|Sixty-sixth Crimson Guards]]<br/>[[Ninety-eighth Crimson Guards (Clan Blood Spirit)|Ninety-eighth Crimson Guards]]
|}

====Omicron Provisional Galaxy====
{{main|Omicron Provisional Galaxy (Clan Blood Spirit)}}

{|class="wikitable" width='800px' style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
! colspan="4" style="border-bottom:2px solid black"|Omicron Provisional Galaxy
|-
|width='200px'|[[File:Omicron Provisional Galaxy.jpg]]
|width='300px'|'''3060'''<br />[[Twenty-first Crimson Guards (Clan Blood Spirit)|Twenty-first Crimson Guards]]<br />[[Seventy-third Crimson Guards (Clan Blood Spirit)|Seventy-third Crimson Guards]]<br />[[Ninety-eighth Crimson Guards (Clan Blood Spirit)|Ninety-eighth Crimson Guards]]<br />[[171st Crimson Guards (Clan Blood Spirit)|171st Crimson Guards]]
|width='300px'|'''3067'''<br />Twenty-first Crimson Guards<br />Ninety-eighth Crimson Guards<br />171st Crimson Guards
|width='300px'|'''3074'''<br />Twenty-first Crimson Guards<br />171st Crimson Guards<br/>[[First Blood Cavalry (Clan Blood Spirit)|First Blood Cavalry]]<br/>[[22nd Blood Cavalry (Clan Blood Spirit)|22nd Blood Cavalry]]<br/> 2 ProtoMech Clusters
|}

====Pi Galaxy====
{{main|Pi Galaxy (Clan Blood Spirit)}}

{|class="wikitable" width='800px' style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
! colspan="2" style="border-bottom:2px solid black"|Rho Provisional Galaxy
|-
|width='200px'|[[File:Clan Blood Spirit.jpg|120px]]
|width='300px'|'''3059'''<br />Unknown
|}

====Rho Provisional Galaxy====
{{main|Rho Provisional Galaxy (Clan Blood Spirit)}}

{|class="wikitable" width='800px' style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
! colspan="2" style="border-bottom:2px solid black"|Rho Provisional Galaxy
|-
|width='200px'|[[File:Clan Blood Spirit.jpg|120px]]
|width='300px'|'''3059'''<br />Unknown
|}

====Sigma Provisional Galaxy====
{{main|Sigma Provisional Galaxy (Clan Blood Spirit)}}

{|class="wikitable" width='800px' style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
! colspan="3" style="border-bottom:2px solid black"|Sigma Provisional Galaxy
|-
|[[File:Sigma Provisional Galaxy.jpg]]
|'''3060'''<br />[[Forty-second Crimson Guards (Clan Blood Spirit)|Forty-second Crimson Guards]]<br />[[Eighty-eighth Crimson Guards (Clan Blood Spirit)|Eighty-eighth Crimson Guards]]<br />[[158th Crimson Guards (Clan Blood Spirit)|158th Crimson Guards]]<br />[[258th Crimson Guards (Clan Blood Spirit)|258th Crimson Guards]]
|'''3067'''<br />Eighty-eighth Crimson Guards<br />158th Crimson Guards<br />258th Crimson Guards
|}

====Tau Provisional Galaxy (York's Revenge)====
{{main|Tau Provisional Galaxy (Clan Blood Spirit)}}

{|class="wikitable" width='800px' style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
! colspan="4" style="border-bottom:2px solid black"|Tau Provisional Galaxy
|-
|width='200px'|[[File:tauprovisionalgalaxy-bloodspirit.jpg|100px]]
|width='300px'|'''3060'''<br />[[Seventeenth Crimson Guards (Clan Blood Spirit)|Seventeenth Crimson Guards]]<br />[[Seventy-ninth Crimson Guards (Clan Blood Spirit)|Seventy-ninth Crimson Guards]]<br />[[101st Crimson Guards (Clan Blood Spirit)|101st Crimson Guards]]
|width='300px'|'''3067'''<br />Seventeenth Crimson Guards<br />Seventy-ninth Crimson Guards
|width='300px'|'''3076-3085'''<br />Seventeenth Crimson Guards<br />Seventy-ninth Crimson Guards<br />[[258th Crimson Guards (Clan Blood Spirit)|258th Crimson Guards]]
|}

====Upsilon Provisional Galaxy====
{{main|Upsilon Provisional Galaxy (Clan Blood Spirit)}}

{|class="wikitable" width='800px' style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
! colspan="3" style="border-bottom:2px solid black"|Upsilon Provisional Galaxy
|-
|width='200px'|[[File:upsilonprovisionalgalaxy (2).jpg|150px]]
|width='300px'|'''3060-3066'''<br />[[Seventy-seventh Crimson Guards (Clan Blood Spirit)|Seventy-seventh Crimson Guards]]<br />[[181st Crimson Guards (Clan Blood Spirit)|181st Crimson Guards]]<br />[[221st Crimson Guards (Clan Blood Spirit)|221st Crimson Guards]]
|width='300px'|'''3067-3072'''<br />Seventy-seventh Crimson Guards<br />181st Crimson Guards
|}

====Omega Galaxy (The Sanguine Reavers)====
{{main|Omega Galaxy (Clan Blood Spirit)}}

{|class="wikitable" width='800px' style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
! colspan="3" style="border-bottom:2px solid black"|Omega Galaxy
|-
|width='200px'|[[File:Omega Galaxy (Clan Blood Spirit).jpg]]
|width='300px'|'''3060-3066'''<br />[[Scarlet Guards (Clan Blood Spirit)|Scarlet Guards]]<br />[[Thirty-third Red Battle (Clan Blood Spirit)|Thirty-third Red Battle Cluster]]<br />[[Seventy-ninth Blood Hussars (Clan Blood Spirit)|Seventy-ninth Blood Hussars]]<br />[[Ninety-first Crimson Vanguard (Clan Blood Spirit)|Ninety-first Crimson Vanguard Cluster]]<br />[[Seventy-first Crimson Assault (Clan Blood Spirit)|Seventy-first Crimson Assault Cluster]]<br />[[271st Crimson Assault (Clan Blood Spirit)|271st Crimson Assault Cluster]]
|width='300px'|'''3067-3074'''<br />Scarlet Guards<br />Seventy-ninth Blood Hussars<br />Ninety-first Crimson Vanguard Cluster
|}

===Blood Galaxy (Naval Reserve)===
{{main|Clan Blood Spirit Naval Forces}}

Three Blood Spirit WarShips survived to see the end of the Clan.

====ca. 3080====
* ''[[Exsanguine]]'' ''Aegis''-class heavy cruiser 
* ''[[Stooping Kite]]'' ''York''-class carrier 
* ''[[Karianna Schmitt (Individual Carrack-class WarShip)|Karianna Schmitt]]'' ''Carrack''-class transport
<ref name=wor156>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 156</ref>

== Uniforms and Rank Insignia ==

'''Field Uniform'''

The field uniform is black with red padded ribbing on the outside of each forearm and outside of the ribcage. Impact resistant polymer molded into a semihard shell completely surrounds the neck and shoulders, and flows into a V-shape just below the sternum. A full-head helmet with a retractable visor attaches to the shell. Sturdy black boots complete the uniform.<ref name=FMCCp27f>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', pp. 27–28: Blood Spirit Uniforms</ref>

'''Dress Uniform'''

A tight-fitting blood-red bodysuit sheaths the warrior from banded neck to the glossy knee-high black boots. A liquid-like red strip runs from the neck down to the left side of the body. A reversible black and red half-cape attaches to the shoulders. Only trueborns can wear the cape.<ref name=FMCCp27f />

'''Ceremonial Uniform'''

The ceremonial uniform is a loose-fitting, blood-red jumpsuit, tucked into calf-high red boots. A large cloak encases the torso and opens up to the waist. Voluminous sleeves flow down the arms. A deep cowl is worn on the wearer's head with a blood-red glass mask covers the face from brow to chin. Only Bloodnamed warriors can wear the uniform.<ref name=FMCCp27f />

{|class="wikitable" width="400"
|+ [[Clan Blood Spirit]] Military Rank Insignia
! Rank !! Insignia
|-
! [[Point Commander]]
|align="center"|[[File:Blood-Spirits-Point-Commander.png|70px]]
|-
! [[Star Commander]]
|align="center"|[[File:Blood-Spirits-Star-Commander.png|70px]]
|-
! [[Star Captain]]
|align="center"|[[File:Blood-Spirits-Star-Captain.png|70px]]
|-
! [[Star Colonel]]
|align="center"|[[File:Blood-Spirits-Star-Colonel.png|70px]]
|-
! [[Galaxy Commander]]
|align="center"|[[File:Blood-Spirits-Galaxy-Commander.png|70px]]
|-
! [[saKhan]]
|align="center"|[[File:Blood-Spirits-saKhan.png|70px]]
|-
! [[Khan]]
|align="center"|[[File:Blood-Spirits-Khan.png|70px]]
|}

{|class="wikitable"
|+ [[Clan Blood Spirit]] Military Rank Insignia
!colspan=10| Point positions
|-
! Point 1
! Point 2
! Point 3
! Point 4
! Point 5
|-
|align="center"|[[File:Blood-Spirits-Point1.png|70px]]
|align="center"|[[File:Blood-Spirits-Point2.png|70px]]
|align="center"|[[File:Blood-Spirits-Point3.png|70px]]
|align="center"|[[File:Blood-Spirits-Point4.png|70px]]
|align="center"|[[File:Blood-Spirits-Point5.png|70px]]
|}

== References ==
<references/>

==Bibliography==
* ''[[Field Manual: Crusader Clans]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
* ''[[The Wars of Reaving]]''


[[Category:Military Organizations]]