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| image         = [[File:41st_shadow_div.png]]
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| image   = [[File:41st_shadow_div.png]]
| Designation    = 41st Shadow Division
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| nickname = ''Uriel’s Blinding Fire''
| formed        = Late 3060s
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| parent formation = [[Shadow Divisions]]
| Disbanded      = [[3079]]
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| formed  = Late 3060s
| Previous Designation =  
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| year    = 3075
| Nickname      = Uriel's Blinding Fire
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| unitname = 41st Shadow Division
| Affiliation    = Word of Blake
 
| Parent Command = [[Shadow Divisions]]
 
| Sub-Command    =
 
 
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}}
  
 
==Unit Description==
 
==Unit Description==
The '''41st Shadow Division''' was an elite military unit of the [[Word of Blake|Word of Blake's]] [[Manei Domini]] faction during the [[Jihad]].  The Division's warriors were cybernetically enhanced and fanatical to the Word's cause. However, as a Shadow Division, they answered to the Manei Domini's leader Precentor [[Apollyon]] and his master.  
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The '''41st Shadow Division''' was an elite military unit of the [[Word of Blake|Word of Blake's]] [[Manei Domini]] faction during the [[Jihad]].  The Division's warriors were cybernetically enhanced and fanatical to Word's cause. However, as Shadow Division, they answered to the Manei Domini's leader Precentor [[Apollyon]] and his master.  
  
The Division was known for its actions in the Word's Periphery Combat Theater.
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The Division was known for its actions the Word's Periphery Combat Theater.  
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
In 3069, elements of the [[41st Shadow Division]] augmented by elements of the [[13th Division (Word of Blake)|13th Division]] captured Spica, both masquerading as elements of the "[[House Liao]]" offensive. The Avatars raided a Protectorate Militia on planet and then retreated to [[Kittery]].<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents)'', p. 95 - "13th Division unit history" - birth to reduced raiding force in Liao space by 3073</ref> This time the Shadow Division was not identifying itself as such.
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The unit was first seen in action in [[3071]], where the unit arrived on [[Canopus IV]] to aid the [[34th Division (Word of Blake)|34th Division]] in them securing the capital city of [[Magistracy of Canopus]]. The ''Blinding Fire'' set the city on fire ending the struggle for Crimson between Canopian guerrilla forces and Word of Blake forces.  The unit conduct series of raids that year against Canopian worlds to break those worlds resistance.  The raiding forces consisting of one or two of [[Level III]] formations, striking worlds such as [[Adherlwin]], [[Bass]], [[Borgan's Rift]], [[Lindenmarle]], and [[Megarez]].
  
The unit was first seen in action in [[3071]], where the unit arrived on [[Canopus IV]] to aid the [[34th Division (Word of Blake)|34th Division]] in securing the capital city of the [[Magistracy of Canopus]].  The ''Blinding Fire'' set the city on fire ending the struggle for Crimson between Canopian guerrilla forces and Word of Blake forces.  The unit conducted raids that year against Canopian worlds to break those worlds' resistance.  The raiding forces consisted of one or two of [[Level III]] formations, striking at worlds such as [[Adherlwin]], [[Bass]], [[Borgan's Rift]], [[Lindenmarle]], and [[Megarez]].
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In June of [[3073]], the unit staging base on [[Aspropirgos]] was struck by a Canopian-Capellan Task Force.  The Task Force, utilized Capellan chemical munitions that decimated cybernetic warriors by causing their myomer implants detonate. The assault has was reported to have cause destruction of almost all of the 41st Infantry elements and its staging base.  The Division was reportedly spotted withdrawing deeper into the League. Elements of the 41st Division had been reported remaining behind in Canopian space, while majority of the Division (3 level IIIs) returned to [[Gibson]].<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 104, "41st Division unit profile".</ref>
 
 
In June of [[3073]], the unit's staging base on [[Aspropirgos]] was struck by a Canopian-Capellan Task Force.  The Task Force utilized Capellan chemical munitions that destroyed the cybernetic warriors by causing their myomer implants to detonate. The assault was reported to have caused the destruction of almost all of the 41st Infantry elements and its staging base.  The Division was reportedly spotted withdrawing deeper into the League. Elements of the 41st Division had been reported remaining behind in Canopian space, while majority of the Division (3 level IIIs) returned to [[Gibson]].<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 104, "41st Division unit profile".</ref>
 
  
 
The 41st was destroyed in [[3079]] on Gibson.<ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 125, "Shadow Divisions Status"</ref>
 
The 41st was destroyed in [[3079]] on Gibson.<ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 125, "Shadow Divisions Status"</ref>
  
 
==Officers==
 
==Officers==
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! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank
 
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name
 
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command
 
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 41st Shadow Division'''
 
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|}
 
 
 
===Other Unit Officers===
 
* [[Phantom (Manei Domini Rank)|Phantom]] [[Manei_Domini#Manei_Domini_Ranking_.26_Classes|Demi-Precentor Tau]] [[Aria Shannadah]] during the Jihad.<ref name=TRO3075>''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 74</ref><ref name=TROJ>''Technical Readout: Jihad'', p. 90</ref>
 
  
 
==Tactics==
 
==Tactics==
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===3073===
 
===3073===
 
* 3 Level III Formations(?)<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 104, "The strike against Aspropirgos in 3073 has reportedly reduced the Division to 3 Level III formations".</ref>  
 
* 3 Level III Formations(?)<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 104, "The strike against Aspropirgos in 3073 has reportedly reduced the Division to 3 Level III formations".</ref>  
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==Notes==
  
 
==Rules==
 
==Rules==
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Units (Fighters and 'Mechs) that are overheating reduce their movement and to-hit modifier by 1 point. (Including units rolls to avoid shutdown rolls.) The unit receives +4 modifier when any unit attempts to start fires when using PPCs, flamers, lasers, or missiles of any kind.
 
Units (Fighters and 'Mechs) that are overheating reduce their movement and to-hit modifier by 1 point. (Including units rolls to avoid shutdown rolls.) The unit receives +4 modifier when any unit attempts to start fires when using PPCs, flamers, lasers, or missiles of any kind.
  
The 41st also is able to employ the "Berserker Frenzy" ability once a scenario.  This causes the Division's unit to lose the initiative for this round. however they receive -1 to their gunnery and piloting roles for that turn.<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 142 - "Rules Annex", 41st Division special abilities.</ref>
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The 41st also is able to employ once a scenario "Berserker Frenzy" ability once a scenario.  This causes the Division's unit to loose the initiative for this round. however they receive -1 to their gunnery and piloting roles for that turn.<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 142 - "Rules Annex", 41st Division special ablities.</ref>
 
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