Difference between revisions of "51st Shadow Division"

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Since the [[Comstar]] landings, the unit has remained  garrisoned on Terra. It has dispatched [[Level II]] formations to local inhabited settlements of the Terran star system. These include Titan, Io, [[Mars]], Luna and Venus. <ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 107 - "The 51st Shadow Divisions unit brief".</ref>  
 
Since the [[Comstar]] landings, the unit has remained  garrisoned on Terra. It has dispatched [[Level II]] formations to local inhabited settlements of the Terran star system. These include Titan, Io, [[Mars]], Luna and Venus. <ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 107 - "The 51st Shadow Divisions unit brief".</ref>  
  
The 41st was destroyed in [[3078]] on Terra.<ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 125, "Shadow Divisions Status"</ref>
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The 51st was destroyed in [[3078]] on Terra.<ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 125, "Shadow Divisions Status"</ref>
  
 
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Unit Description

The 51st Shadow Division was an elite Word of Blake military formation that didn't appear until after the Jihad broke out. The unit is staffed by the mysterious group of cybernetically augmented warriors known as the Manei Domini, solely answerable to Precentor Apollyon. The unit was one first of the Shadow Divisions to see combat.

History

Case White

The unit was among the last of the Shadow Divisions to have been formed for the Manei Domini. It first saw combat in March 3068 on Terra. The Division was rushed to action ahead of schedule to deal with the coming Case White invasion. They ravaged the few Com Guard units that survived their landings in Northern Europe.

Since the Comstar landings, the unit has remained garrisoned on Terra. It has dispatched Level II formations to local inhabited settlements of the Terran star system. These include Titan, Io, Mars, Luna and Venus. [1]

The 51st was destroyed in 3078 on Terra.[2]

Officers

As of 3068, the Commanding Officer of the unit was Precentor Azrael.

Tactics

The unit specialized in operations in its home Terran system.

Composition

  • Unknown*

Notes

Rules

Game Rules

The unit posses the common Shadow Divisions Force Specific abilities when using advanced rules in a scenario. When unit is being used on a planet or base within Terran star system, it presence negates all of the opposing special abilities. It also can use Forcing the Initiative and Overrun Combat abilities in a scenario. If the unit is deployed in combat scenario outside of the Terran solar system, it loses its ability to negate an opposing forces special abilities. [3]

Reference

  1. Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 107 - "The 51st Shadow Divisions unit brief".
  2. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 125, "Shadow Divisions Status"
  3. Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 143 "Rules" Annex - Special Rules for the 51st Shadow Division.

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