Editing Tau Provisional Galaxy (Clan Blood Spirit)

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| Designation = Tau Provisional Galaxy
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| Disbanded = [[3084]]<ref name=wor1557/>
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| Affiliation = [[Clan Blood Spirit]]
| Parent Command = [[Clan Blood Spirit Touman|Clan Blood Spirit ''touman'']]
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==History==
'''Tau Galaxy''' was one of only two Galaxies (the other being [[Alpha Galaxy (Clan Blood Spirit)|Alpha]] to survive the early decades of raiding from other Clans.<ref name=FMCRC35>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 35, "Tau Provisional Galaxy Profile"</ref>

After the [[Burrock Absorption]], Tau received permission to move against the [[Clan Jade Falcon|Jade Falcon]] enclave on [[York (Clan System)|York]], forcing the defending [[3rd Falcon Velites (Clan Jade Falcon)|Third Falcon Velites]] from the world and taking the enclave.<ref name=FMCRC35/>

The Galaxy acted as a reserve for [[Alpha Galaxy (Clan Blood Spirit)|Alpha Galaxy]] during the fighting against [[Clan Star Adder]] between [[3060]] and [[3067]], as such its forces have engaged a number of Adder Galaxies. <ref name=FMU41>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 41</ref>

In [[3075]], the Galaxy dropped on to [[Circe]] as part of the multi-Clan force of the [[Clan Steel Viper]] Annihilation. They had taken heavy casualties in the approach by hidden gun batteries and during the ground fighting the Galaxy was overrun and broken by the Vipers' [[Beta Galaxy (Clan Steel Viper)| Beta Galaxy]], but was saved by a counterattack by [[Delta Galaxy (Clan Cloud Cobra)| Delta Galaxy]] of [[Clan Cloud Cobra]].<ref name=wor150>''The Wars of Reaving'', p.150 </ref>

After the Viper annihilation, the Galaxy was rebuilt in [[3082]] and was stationed in the [[Colleen]] system. In [[3083]], they came under attack by forces of both [[Clan Stone Lion]] and [[Clan Coyote]]; taking heavy casualties as they were pushed out of defensive enclaves. They stood at roughly twenty five percent strength in [[3084]] when the [[Clan Star Adder|Star Adders]] called for a [[Trial of Absorption]] and by the end of the year had been destroyed, the 17th Crimson Guards being the last Spirits standing. They were destroyed by orbital bombardment.<ref name=wor1557>''The Wars of Reaving'', p.155-157 </ref>

==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 Tau Provisional Galaxy'''
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| [[Galaxy Commander]]||[[Amerlin Johns]]||[[3059]]<ref name=FMCRC35/>
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| Galaxy Commander||[[Mort Cluff]]||[[3067]]<ref name=FM:Up70/>
|-
|}

===Other Officers===
* [[Star Captain]] [[Bull Blood Spirit]] was Galaxy Commander Mort Cluff's aide.<ref name=FM:Up70>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 70, "Crusader Clans Deployment Table - [3067]"</ref>

===Notes===
* Galaxy Commander Amerlin Johns was the only aerospace pilot to command a [[Galaxy]] in Clan Blood Spirit in 3059.<ref name=FMCRC35/>

==Tactics==
Specializes in combined aerospace and ground attacks.<ref name=FMCRC35/>

==Composition History==
===3059-3066===
* [[17th Crimson Guards (Clan Blood Spirit)|17th Crimson Guards]]<ref name=FMCRC35/>
* [[79th Crimson Guards (Clan Blood Spirit)|79th Crimson Guards]]<ref name=FMCRC35/>
* [[101st Crimson Guards (Clan Blood Spirit)|101st Crimson Guards]]<ref name=FMCRC35/>

===3067===
* 17th Crimson Guards<ref name=FM:Up70/>
* 79th Crimson Guards<ref name=FM:Up70/>

===3076-3085===
* 17th Crimson Guards
* 79th Crimson Guards
* [[258th Crimson Guards (Clan Blood Spirit)|258th Crimson Guards]]

==Rules==
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Fighters of Tau Galaxy receive a -1 to-hit modifier, but if used with ground forces those forces receive a -2 to initiative rolls.<ref name=FM:CC174>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 174</ref>
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==Notes==
Tau uses a black base with red accents and burnished copper on the upper half of the torso or fuselage.<ref name=FMCRC35/>
==References==
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==Bibliography==
*''[[Field Manual: Crusader Clans]]''
*''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
*''[[The Wars of Reaving]]''

[[Category:Clan Blood Spirit Commands|Tau Provisional Galaxy]]