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Line 1: − {{infoBoxMilitaryCommand + {{infoBoxStateUnit − | image = [[File:50th_shadow_div.png|150px]] + | image = [[File:50th_shadow_div.png]] − | Designation = 50th Shadow Division + | nickname = Eligos' Hell Knights − | formed = + | parent formation = [[Shadow Divisions]] − | Disbanded = + | formed = ???? − | Previous Designation = + | year = 3074 − | Nickname = Eligos' Hell Knights+ | unitname = 50th Shadow Division − | Affiliation = Word of Blake − | Parent Command = [[Shadow Divisions]] − | Sub-Command = }} }} ==Unit Description== ==Unit Description== − The '''Fiftieth Shadow Division''' first appeared a few years after the [[Jihad]] began. The unit was rumored to have been formed to fight the [[Clans]]. The unit's soldiers are cybernetically enhanced soldiers of the Word of Blake known as [[Manei Domini]]. + The '''Fiftieth Shadow Division''' first appeared few years after the [[Jihad]] began. The unit was rumored to have been formed to fight the [[Clans]]. The unit's soldiers are cybernetically enhanced soldiers of the Word of Blake known as [[Manei Domini]]. ==History== ==History== ===3071=== ===3071=== − The 50th conducted lightning raids against the worlds of [[Son Hoa]] and [[Khon Kaen]], focusing on capturing equipment and causing chaos in their strikes. The unit mysteriously avoided damaging the local factories.<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 107, "Unit Profile"</ref> In the raid against Son Hoa they engaged the [[Devil's Brigade]] and routed them. That action granted them three months of [[StarCorps]]' factory output.<ref name=50thShadow>''BattleCorps: INN Newscast (MilSpec section), news item published [08/06/3072]: "Unknown Forces Scatter Defenders on Son Hoa, Khon Kaen"''</ref> + The 50th conducted lightning raids against the worlds of [[Son Hoa]] and [[Khon Kaen]], focusing on capturing equipment and causing chaos in their strikes. The unit mysteriously avoided damaging the local factories.<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 107, "Unit Profile"</ref> ===3072=== ===3072=== ====Donegal==== ====Donegal==== − The division was sent to reinforce the captured [[Lyran]] world of [[Donegal]], taking over for the [[2nd Division (Word of Blake)|2nd Division]] when information leaked that Allied forces would attempt to retake it.<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 24, "Operation: Steel Hammer"</ref> ''The Hell Knights'' focused their attacks against both [[Precentor Martial of ComStar|Precentor Martial]] [[Victor Steiner-Davion]]'s [[ComStar]] and the [[Clan]] forces, ComStar's [[116th Division (ComStar)|116th Division]] and the [[1st Wolf Legion (Clan Wolf-in-Exile)|1st Wolf Legion]],<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3072'', p. 85, "Corporate Ties" - Allied units named.</ref> inflicting heavy damage. However, after the [[18th Division (Word of Blake)|18th Division]] suffered increasing losses from Lyran units, and because the Fiftieth division fixated solely on [[Com Guards|Com Guard]] and [[Clans|Clan]] targets first, the Fiftieth were forced onto the defensive and pushed back, eventually withdrawing from the world.<ref name="TCp110">''Total Chaos'', p. 110-112, "DONEGAL"</ref> + The division was sent to reinforce the captured [[Lyran]] world of [[Donegal]], taking over for the [[2nd Division (Word of Blake)|2nd Division]] when information leaked that Allied forces would attempt to retake it.<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 24, "Operation: Steel Hammer"</ref> ''The Hell Knights'' focused their attacks against both [[Precentor Martial]] [[Victor Steiner-Davion]]'s [[ComStar]] and the [[Clan]] forces (consisting of ComStar's [[116th Division (ComStar)|116th Division]] and [[1st Wolf Legion (Clan Wolf-in-Exile)|1st Wolf Legion]])<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3072'', p. 85, "Corporate Ties" - Allied units named.</ref>, inflicting heavy damage. However, after the [[18th Division (Word of Blake)|18th Division]] suffered increasing losses from Lyran units, the Fiftieth were forced onto the defensive and pushed back, eventually withdrawing from the world. ====Raiding to Resupply==== ====Raiding to Resupply==== − Two weeks after losing control of Donegal, the Fiftieth arrived on the semi-secured world of [[Coventry]]. From here, the unit conducted further raids to resupply their matériel needs. The units raided Lyran worlds of [[Guatavita]] and [[Krievci]]. + Two weeks after losing control of Donegal, the Fiftieth arrived on the semi-secured world of [[Coventry]]. From here, the unit conducted further raids to resupply their material needs. The units raided Lyran worlds of [[Guatavita]] and [[Krievci]]. ===3073=== ===3073=== − The Division conducted a series of raids against a number of Lyran worlds, inflicting heavy losses on the Lyran forces on [[Atocongo]] and staging a devastating assault against the [[1st Kell Hounds|1st Kell Hounds Regiment]] on [[New Exford]]. After first smashing through the Hounds' ad hoc aerospace defenses, the Fiftieth completely destroyed the Hound's 2nd Battalion as it attempted to out flank the Blakist unit. The Fiftieth sent its "head hunter" units behind the Hounds' lines and killed the regiment's acting commanding officer, [[Christian Kell]], with the demoralized mercenaries suffering 70% casualties after the loss of their commander.<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 37, "Kell Hounds Attacked on New Exford".</ref> + + The Division conducted a series of raids against a number of Lyran worlds, inflicting heavy losses on the Lyran forces on [[Atocongo]] and staging a devastating assault against the [[1st Kell Hounds|1st Kell Hounds Regiment]] on [[New Exford]]. After first smashing through the Hound's ad-hoc aerospace defenses, the Fiftieth completely destroyed the Hound's 2nd Battalion as it attempted to out flank the Blakist unit. The Fiftieth sent its "head hunter" units behind the Hound's lines and killed the regiment's acting commanding officer, [[Christian Kell]], with the demoralized mercenaries suffering 70% causalities after the loss of their commander. <ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 37, "Kell Hounds Attacked on New Exford".</ref> In December, the division took heavy damage on [[Bountiful Harvest]] while fighting [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]] forces.<ref name="JHS3076p38">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 38, "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp52">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 52, "The Jihad In Review"</ref> In December, the division took heavy damage on [[Bountiful Harvest]] while fighting [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]] forces.<ref name="JHS3076p38">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 38, "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp52">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 52, "The Jihad In Review"</ref> Line 35:
Line 33: ===3075=== ===3075=== The 50th began [[3075]] by raiding the Lyran world of [[Aur]] on the 27th of January, shattering the [[Edasich Motors]] factory located there.<ref name="J:FRp53"/><ref name="JHS:Tp14">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 14, "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref> The 50th began [[3075]] by raiding the Lyran world of [[Aur]] on the 27th of January, shattering the [[Edasich Motors]] factory located there.<ref name="J:FRp53"/><ref name="JHS:Tp14">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 14, "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref> − − On 6 June [[3075]], the unit raided [[New Hume]] masquerading as Lyran forces and with carefully staged massacres purged the unreliable elements from the [[New Home Protectorate Militia]], though it weakened the world's defenses.<ref name="TCp232">''Total Chaos'', p. 232-233, "NEW HOME"</ref> ===3076=== ===3076=== − When Precentor Manei Domini [[Apollyon]] delivered a message to Prince [[Titus Cameron-Jones]] on [[Regulus]] on the 30th of March [[3076]] advising the Prince against any form of "military adventurism", the 50th were with Apollyon.<ref name="JHS:Tp21">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 21, "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp55">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 55, "The Jihad In Review"</ref> + When Precentor Manei Dominei [[Apollyon]] delivered a message to Prince [[Titus Cameron-Jones]] on [[Regulus]] on the 30th of March [[3076]] advising the Prince against any form of "military adventurism", the 50th were with Apollyon.<ref name="JHS:Tp21">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 21, "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp55">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 55, "The Jihad In Review"</ref> The last known location of the 50th was [[New Earth]], but the Division is reported as Missing in Action during the end of the Jihad.<ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 125, "Shadow Divisions Status"</ref> The last known location of the 50th was [[New Earth]], but the Division is reported as Missing in Action during the end of the Jihad.<ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 125, "Shadow Divisions Status"</ref> ==Officers== ==Officers== − {| class="wikitable"+ Unknown. − |- − ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank − ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name − ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command − |- − | colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 50th Division''' − |- − | [[Precentor]] Omega||[[Eligos]]||[[3073]]<ref>''Record Sheets: 3075'', p. 13 "SCENARIO 2: PAYING DEBTS (OBJECTIVE RAID)"</ref> − |- − |} ==Tactics== ==Tactics== Line 69:
Line 55: ==Bibliography== ==Bibliography== − * ''[[List of MilSpecs articles#Unknown Forces Scatter Defenders on Son Hoa.2C Khon Kaen|BattleCorps MilSpecs, 08/06/3072: "Unknown Forces Scatter Defenders on Son Hoa, Khon Kaen"]]'' * ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' * ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' * ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3072]]'' * ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3072]]'' Line 75:
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==Unit Description== | ==Unit Description== | ||
| − | The '''Fiftieth Shadow Division''' first appeared | + | The '''Fiftieth Shadow Division''' first appeared few years after the [[Jihad]] began. The unit was rumored to have been formed to fight the [[Clans]]. The unit's soldiers are cybernetically enhanced soldiers of the Word of Blake known as [[Manei Domini]]. |
==History== | ==History== | ||
===3071=== | ===3071=== | ||
| − | The 50th conducted lightning raids against the worlds of [[Son Hoa]] and [[Khon Kaen]], focusing on capturing equipment and causing chaos in their strikes. The unit mysteriously avoided damaging the local factories.<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 107, "Unit Profile" | + | The 50th conducted lightning raids against the worlds of [[Son Hoa]] and [[Khon Kaen]], focusing on capturing equipment and causing chaos in their strikes. The unit mysteriously avoided damaging the local factories.<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 107, "Unit Profile"</ref> |
===3072=== | ===3072=== | ||
====Donegal==== | ====Donegal==== | ||
| − | The division was sent to reinforce the captured [[Lyran]] world of [[Donegal]], taking over for the [[2nd Division (Word of Blake)|2nd Division]] when information leaked that Allied forces would attempt to retake it.<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 24, "Operation: Steel Hammer"</ref> ''The Hell Knights'' focused their attacks against both [[ | + | The division was sent to reinforce the captured [[Lyran]] world of [[Donegal]], taking over for the [[2nd Division (Word of Blake)|2nd Division]] when information leaked that Allied forces would attempt to retake it.<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 24, "Operation: Steel Hammer"</ref> ''The Hell Knights'' focused their attacks against both [[Precentor Martial]] [[Victor Steiner-Davion]]'s [[ComStar]] and the [[Clan]] forces (consisting of ComStar's [[116th Division (ComStar)|116th Division]] and [[1st Wolf Legion (Clan Wolf-in-Exile)|1st Wolf Legion]])<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3072'', p. 85, "Corporate Ties" - Allied units named.</ref>, inflicting heavy damage. However, after the [[18th Division (Word of Blake)|18th Division]] suffered increasing losses from Lyran units, the Fiftieth were forced onto the defensive and pushed back, eventually withdrawing from the world. |
====Raiding to Resupply==== | ====Raiding to Resupply==== | ||
| − | Two weeks after losing control of Donegal, the Fiftieth arrived on the semi-secured world of [[Coventry]]. From here, the unit conducted further raids to resupply their | + | Two weeks after losing control of Donegal, the Fiftieth arrived on the semi-secured world of [[Coventry]]. From here, the unit conducted further raids to resupply their material needs. The units raided Lyran worlds of [[Guatavita]] and [[Krievci]]. |
===3073=== | ===3073=== | ||
| − | The Division conducted a series of raids against a number of Lyran worlds, inflicting heavy losses on the Lyran forces on [[Atocongo]] and staging a devastating assault against the [[1st Kell Hounds|1st Kell Hounds Regiment]] on [[New Exford]]. After first smashing through the | + | |
| + | The Division conducted a series of raids against a number of Lyran worlds, inflicting heavy losses on the Lyran forces on [[Atocongo]] and staging a devastating assault against the [[1st Kell Hounds|1st Kell Hounds Regiment]] on [[New Exford]]. After first smashing through the Hound's ad-hoc aerospace defenses, the Fiftieth completely destroyed the Hound's 2nd Battalion as it attempted to out flank the Blakist unit. The Fiftieth sent its "head hunter" units behind the Hound's lines and killed the regiment's acting commanding officer, [[Christian Kell]], with the demoralized mercenaries suffering 70% causalities after the loss of their commander. <ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 37, "Kell Hounds Attacked on New Exford".</ref> | ||
In December, the division took heavy damage on [[Bountiful Harvest]] while fighting [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]] forces.<ref name="JHS3076p38">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 38, "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp52">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 52, "The Jihad In Review"</ref> | In December, the division took heavy damage on [[Bountiful Harvest]] while fighting [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]] forces.<ref name="JHS3076p38">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 38, "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp52">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 52, "The Jihad In Review"</ref> | ||
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===3075=== | ===3075=== | ||
The 50th began [[3075]] by raiding the Lyran world of [[Aur]] on the 27th of January, shattering the [[Edasich Motors]] factory located there.<ref name="J:FRp53"/><ref name="JHS:Tp14">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 14, "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref> | The 50th began [[3075]] by raiding the Lyran world of [[Aur]] on the 27th of January, shattering the [[Edasich Motors]] factory located there.<ref name="J:FRp53"/><ref name="JHS:Tp14">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 14, "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref> | ||
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| − | When Precentor Manei | + | When Precentor Manei Dominei [[Apollyon]] delivered a message to Prince [[Titus Cameron-Jones]] on [[Regulus]] on the 30th of March [[3076]] advising the Prince against any form of "military adventurism", the 50th were with Apollyon.<ref name="JHS:Tp21">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 21, "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp55">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 55, "The Jihad In Review"</ref> |
The last known location of the 50th was [[New Earth]], but the Division is reported as Missing in Action during the end of the Jihad.<ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 125, "Shadow Divisions Status"</ref> | The last known location of the 50th was [[New Earth]], but the Division is reported as Missing in Action during the end of the Jihad.<ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 125, "Shadow Divisions Status"</ref> | ||
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* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3072]]'' | * ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3072]]'' | ||
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* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]'' | * ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]'' | ||
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' | * ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' | ||
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