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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 Trinaries, one Combat Vehicle Trinary and one Infantry Trinary.^[1] The only differences they have made in the several centuries since that time is the replacement of conventional infantry and BattleMechs with Elementals and OmniMechs. 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. OmniFighters are held within the Naval Reserve and assigned to units on an as-needed basis.^[2]

Standard Cluster

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Touman structure

The fighting of the mid to late 31st Century was disastrous for the Blood Spirits. They lost five Galaxies, totally destroyed, during the Burrock Absorption of 3059.^[3] Although they did attempt to rebuild and even raised a new Galaxy through a harvest trial, worse was yet to come.^[4] Two Galaxies were wiped out when the Star Adders bombarded York in 3074 ^[5] and lost a further three Galaxies later that year fighting the Adders on Tokasha. ^[6] It was estimated that by 3076 they had lost over half of their warriors ^[7] and could field only ten Clusters. ^[8]

The Spirits were known to often rotate their Clusters between Galaxies in the hope of confusing an enemy to their exact strength. ^[9] Such a "Shell Game" was carried out in 3069 with Clusters moved one at a time from York to other holdings. ^[10]

The Touman stood at six Galaxies in 3060^[11] and by 3067 it had grown to seven Galaxies.^[12] 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.^[13]

Former Galaxies

Clan Command

Command
	3059-3072 Blood Guard Keshik Naval Reserve

Alpha Galaxy (The Blooding)

Alpha Galaxy
	3060 Red Guards 7th Blood Drinkers Cluster 37th Red Assault Cluster 55th Red Vanguard Cluster 72nd Crimson Cuirassiers 112th Scarlet Battle Cluster	3067 Red Guards 7th Blood Drinkers Cluster 55th Red Vanguard Cluster 72nd Crimson Cuirassiers Cluster	3076-3085 Red Guards 7th Blood Drinkers Cluster 66th Blood Hussars

Beta Galaxy (Blood Reavers)

Beta Galaxy
120px	3059 Cerise Guards	3075-3085 55th Red Vanguard Cluster 181st Crimson Guards

Delta Galaxy

Delta Galaxy
120px	3059 72nd Crimson Cuirassiers 112th Scarlet Battle Cluster

Zeta Galaxy

Zeta Galaxy
120px	3068 4 Clusters	3074 6 Clusters

Iota Galaxy (Retribution)

Iota Galaxy
120px	3067 Crimson Guards 42nd Crimson Vanguard Cluster 66th Blood Hussars	3076-3085 88th Crimson Guards 158th Crimson Guards

Kappa Galaxy

Kappa Galaxy
120px	3059 55th Red Vanguard Cluster 271st Crimson Assault Cluster

Mu Provisional Galaxy

Mu Provisional Galaxy
120px	3059 66th Crimson Guards 98th Crimson Guards

Omicron Provisional Galaxy

Omicron Provisional Galaxy
	3060 21st Crimson Guards 73rd Crimson Guards 98th Crimson Guards 171st Crimson Guards	3067 21st Crimson Guards 98th Crimson Guards 171st Crimson Guards	3074 21st Crimson Guards 171st Crimson Guards 1st Blood Cavalry 22nd Blood Cavalry 2 ProtoMech Clusters

Rho Provisional Galaxy

Rho Provisional Galaxy
120px	3059 Unknown

Sigma Provisional Galaxy

Sigma Provisional Galaxy
	3060 42nd Crimson Guards 88th Crimson Guards 158th Crimson Guards 258th Crimson Guards	3067 88th Crimson Guards 158th Crimson Guards 258th Crimson Guards

Tau Provisional Galaxy (York's Revenge)

Tau Provisional Galaxy
	3060 17th Crimson Guards 79th Crimson Guards 101st Crimson Guards	3067 17th Crimson Guards 79th Crimson Guards	3076-3085 17th Crimson Guards 79th Crimson Guards 258th Crimson Guards

Upsilon Provisional Galaxy

Upsilon Provisional Galaxy
	3060-3066 77th Crimson Guards 181st Crimson Guards 221st Crimson Guards	3067-3072 77th Crimson Guards 181st Crimson Guards

Omega Galaxy

Omega Galaxy
	3060-3066 Scarlet Guards 33rd Red Battle Cluster 79th Blood Hussars 91st Crimson Vanguard Cluster 71st Crimson Assault Cluster 271st Crimson Assault Cluster	3067-3074 Scarlet Guards 79th Blood Hussars 91st Crimson Vanguard Cluster

Naval Reserve

3050

Carmine Justice - unspecified class - Destroyed 3059 ^[14]
Exsanguine Aegis- class Heavy Cruiser
Stooping Kite York-class Carrier
Blood Fury Lola III-class Destroyer
Rocinante Black Lion-class Battle Cruiser
Unnamed - unspecified class - Destroyed 3059 ^[14]

3060

Exsanguine Aegis- class Heavy Cruiser
Stooping Kite York-class Carrier
Blood Fury Lola III-class Destroyer - Destroyed 3064 ^[15]

Rocinante Black Lion-class Battle Cruiser - Destroyed 3072 ^[16]

3080

Exsanguine Aegis- class Heavy Cruiser - Destroyed 3082 ^[8]
Stooping Kite York-class Carrier - Destroyed 3084 ^[8]
Karianna Schmitt Carrack-class Transport - Destroyed 3084 ^[8]

Uniforms and Rank Insignia

Clan Blood Spirit Military Rank Insignia
Rank	Insignia
Point Commander
Star Commander
Star Captain
Star Colonel
Galaxy Commander
saKhan
Khan

Clan Blood Spirit Military Rank Insignia
Point positions
Point 1	Point 2	Point 3	Point 4	Point 5

References

↑ Field Manual:Crusader Clans, p. 26
↑ Field Manual:Crusader Clans, p. 27
↑ Field Manual: Crusader Clans, p. 25
↑ The Wars of Reaving, p. 35
↑ The Wars of Reaving, p. 104-105
↑ The Wars of Reaving, p.139
↑ The Wars of Reaving, p.155
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 ^8.3 The Wars of Reaving, p.156
↑ Field Manual: Crusader Clans, p. 35
↑ The Wars of Reaving, p. 44
↑ Field Manual: Crusader Clans, p. 30-36
↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 41,70
↑ The Wars of Reaving, p. 157
↑ ^14.0 ^14.1 Field Manual: Crusader Clans, p. 30
↑ Wars of Reaving, p. 15
↑ The Wars of Reaving, p.83

Bibliography

[1] Field Manual:Crusader Clans, p. 26

[2] Field Manual:Crusader Clans, p. 27

[FMCRC25-3] Field Manual: Crusader Clans, p. 25

[wor35-4] The Wars of Reaving, p. 35

[5] The Wars of Reaving, p. 104-105

[wor139-6] The Wars of Reaving, p.139

[wor155-7] The Wars of Reaving, p.155

[wor156-8] 8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 ^8.3 The Wars of Reaving, p.156

[FMCRC35-9] Field Manual: Crusader Clans, p. 35

[10] The Wars of Reaving, p. 44

[11] Field Manual: Crusader Clans, p. 30-36

[12] Field Manual: Updates, p. 41,70

[13] The Wars of Reaving, p. 157

[FM:CRCp30-14] 14.0 ^14.1 Field Manual: Crusader Clans, p. 30

[WORp15-15] Wars of Reaving, p. 15

[wor83-16] The Wars of Reaving, p.83

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 ==Unit Structure==
-As set forth by [[Nicholas Kerensky]], Clan Blood Spirit has maintained practically the same [[Cluster]] format since the doctrine's inception: Five [[Trinary|Trinaries]] of three [[BattleMechs]], one [[Combat Vehicle]] and one [[Infantry]].<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>
+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>
 ===Standard Cluster===
 [[File:Clanbloodspiritstandard.png|500px]]

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