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==History== | ==History== | ||
===Pre-Jihad=== | ===Pre-Jihad=== | ||
| − | + | Alongside the [[10th Division (Word of Blake)|10th Division]], the 9th Division was formed shortly after the election of [[Cameron St. Jamais]] as [[Precentor Martial]]. To give the new division a solid foundation, Jamais transferred the elite ranked Measure of Trust III-Beta in its entirety from the [[6th Division (Word of Blake)|6th Division]] to serve as shepherds for a new green [[Level III]] of academy graduates. Transferring personnel between both Level-IIIs until each consisted of roughly half elite and half green ranked troops, Jamais then appointed fellow [[Toyama Faction|Toyama]] [[Precentor]] [[Alice Phuong]] as the 9th's commanding officer.<ref name=FMCS-59>''Field Manual: ComStar'', p. 59 "Word of Blake - 9th Division: Blinding Light III-Gamma"</ref> | |
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| + | As the new division refined and consolidated its disparate halves into a single whole and awaited additional personnel and equipment to expand, the 9th was relegated to garrison duty on [[Terra]], based out of the Gunnison, Colorado [[Castle Brian]]. Though barely a [[regiment]] in size, under Phuong's dedicated supervision by [[3062]] St. Jamais rated the 9th as veteran.<ref name=FMCS-59/> While expanding with additional academy graduates, the addition of [[Com Guard]] troops defecting after [[Victor Steiner-Davion]] became the secular Precentor Martial allowed the 9th to reach full strength by [[3067]] while retaining its veteran ranking. The "Blinding Light" was among the more elusive pre-Jihad Blake Divisions, with only scattered reports indicating it remained on garrison duty on the North American continent.<ref name=FMU90>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 90, "9th Division (Blinding Light IV-Gamma)"</ref><ref name=JSBD-93>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 93, "9th Division (Blinding Light IV-Gamma)"</ref> | ||
===Jihad=== | ===Jihad=== | ||
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====Units Spreading Out & Scattered Reports==== | ====Units Spreading Out & Scattered Reports==== | ||
| − | The 9th Division was one of the Word of Blake's primary 'shell game' units during the [[Jihad]], using less than full units in order to appear to be in more places of action. During the [[Battle of Luthien (Jihad)|Battle of Luthien]], the unit (led by | + | The 9th Division was one of the Word of Blake's primary 'shell game' units during the [[Jihad]], using less than full units in order to appear to be in more places of action. During the [[Battle of Luthien (Jihad)|Battle of Luthien]], the unit (led by Precentor Alice Phuong) arrived on [[Luthien]] in January [[3068]] with only two [[Level III]] units, though they were reinforced by two [[ROM]] [[Level II]]s (both destroyed by the end of 3068). The Ninth would receive additional reinforcements thru March [[3071]], by which time there were four Level IIIs. Precentor [[William Nikoli]] replaced the recalled Phuong in February [[3072]].<ref name=JTPL_6/> |
The Ninth was confirmed to be the leading assault force (ostensibly against the [[Black Dragon Society]]) on Luthien in January [[3069]], while contemporary intelligence placed the Measure of Trust III-Beta and newly-formed Call to the Faithful III-Delta on [[Demeter]] from the start of hostilities through October 3069, reportedly at the request of [[Vicore Industries]]. The Luthien presence may have been so reported as a propaganda exercise by possible [[ROM]] units present on that world (theorized to have been the Circle of the Holy II). Known Blakist propaganda had the Ninth on Terra in March [[3068]] (during [[Case White (event)|Case White]]) and additional reports came in of Ninth units on [[Royalston]] and [[Atlas (planet)|Atlas]] in 3069 and on Beid in [[3070]].<ref name=JSBD-93/> | The Ninth was confirmed to be the leading assault force (ostensibly against the [[Black Dragon Society]]) on Luthien in January [[3069]], while contemporary intelligence placed the Measure of Trust III-Beta and newly-formed Call to the Faithful III-Delta on [[Demeter]] from the start of hostilities through October 3069, reportedly at the request of [[Vicore Industries]]. The Luthien presence may have been so reported as a propaganda exercise by possible [[ROM]] units present on that world (theorized to have been the Circle of the Holy II). Known Blakist propaganda had the Ninth on Terra in March [[3068]] (during [[Case White (event)|Case White]]) and additional reports came in of Ninth units on [[Royalston]] and [[Atlas (planet)|Atlas]] in 3069 and on Beid in [[3070]].<ref name=JSBD-93/> | ||
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====3075==== | ====3075==== | ||
The remaining units of the 9th Division not present on Luthien were reported to be present in the [[Federated Suns]] operating theater.{{cn}} | The remaining units of the 9th Division not present on Luthien were reported to be present in the [[Federated Suns]] operating theater.{{cn}} | ||
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==Officers== | ==Officers== | ||
| − | As of [[3062]], the commanding officer of the 9th Division was [[Precentor]] XII [[Alice Phuong]]. | + | As of [[3062]], the commanding officer of the 9th Division was [[Precentor]] XII [[Alice Phuong]].<ref name=FMCS-59/> |
As of January [[3068]], the commanding officer of the 9th Division was still Precentor Alice Phuong.<ref name=JTPL_6/> | As of January [[3068]], the commanding officer of the 9th Division was still Precentor Alice Phuong.<ref name=JTPL_6/> | ||
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==Tactics== | ==Tactics== | ||
| − | + | As of 3062 the still relatively new division had no tactical specialities, busy integrating its disparate halves into a solid whole.<ref name=FMCS-59/> | |
==Composition History== | ==Composition History== | ||
| + | ===3062=== | ||
| + | *''Measure of Trust'' III-beta - CO: Precentor XII Alice Phuong<ref name=FMCS-59/> | ||
| + | *''Crushing Reality'' III-delta - CO: Precentor V [[Bruce Lenca]]<ref name=FMCS-59/> | ||
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===3067=== | ===3067=== | ||
*''Measure of Trust'' III-beta - CO: Precentor XVII Alice Phuong<ref name=FMU90/> | *''Measure of Trust'' III-beta - CO: Precentor XVII Alice Phuong<ref name=FMU90/> | ||
| − | *''Crushing Reality'' III-delta - CO: Precentor V | + | *''Crushing Reality'' III-delta - CO: Precentor V Bruce Lenca<ref name=FMU90/> |
*''Grand Illusion III''-gamma - CO: Demi-Precentor ([[Adept]] IX) [[John Majors]]<ref name=FMU90/> | *''Grand Illusion III''-gamma - CO: Demi-Precentor ([[Adept]] IX) [[John Majors]]<ref name=FMU90/> | ||
*''Transfer of Faith'' III-lambda - CO: Demi-Precentor (Precentor II) [[Victor Franks]]<ref name=FMU90/> | *''Transfer of Faith'' III-lambda - CO: Demi-Precentor (Precentor II) [[Victor Franks]]<ref name=FMU90/> | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
| + | *The 9th Division;s insignia is a eight-pointed star surmounted by a crown.<ref name=FMCS-59/> | ||
*Information regarding the Ninth's activities as reported in ''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'' is not necessarily reliable. | *Information regarding the Ninth's activities as reported in ''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'' is not necessarily reliable. | ||
*Information provided in both ''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'' and ''Jihad Turning Point: Luthien'' regarding their presence and role on Luthien in the month of January of both 3068 and 3069 may appear to be contradictory, but as worded in the former title, the division was leading assault maneuvers in 3069, which does not preclude their arrival in 3068. | *Information provided in both ''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'' and ''Jihad Turning Point: Luthien'' regarding their presence and role on Luthien in the month of January of both 3068 and 3069 may appear to be contradictory, but as worded in the former title, the division was leading assault maneuvers in 3069, which does not preclude their arrival in 3068. | ||
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<references/> | <references/> | ||
==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
| + | *''[[Field Manual: ComStar]]'' | ||
*''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' | *''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' | ||
*''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' | *''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' | ||
Revision as of 00:30, 29 July 2011
Contents
History
Pre-Jihad
Alongside the 10th Division, the 9th Division was formed shortly after the election of Cameron St. Jamais as Precentor Martial. To give the new division a solid foundation, Jamais transferred the elite ranked Measure of Trust III-Beta in its entirety from the 6th Division to serve as shepherds for a new green Level III of academy graduates. Transferring personnel between both Level-IIIs until each consisted of roughly half elite and half green ranked troops, Jamais then appointed fellow Toyama Precentor Alice Phuong as the 9th's commanding officer.[1]
As the new division refined and consolidated its disparate halves into a single whole and awaited additional personnel and equipment to expand, the 9th was relegated to garrison duty on Terra, based out of the Gunnison, Colorado Castle Brian. Though barely a regiment in size, under Phuong's dedicated supervision by 3062 St. Jamais rated the 9th as veteran.[1] While expanding with additional academy graduates, the addition of Com Guard troops defecting after Victor Steiner-Davion became the secular Precentor Martial allowed the 9th to reach full strength by 3067 while retaining its veteran ranking. The "Blinding Light" was among the more elusive pre-Jihad Blake Divisions, with only scattered reports indicating it remained on garrison duty on the North American continent.[2][3]
Jihad
After the outbreak of war, the unit's size increased with the addition of more Level III units.[3]
Units Spreading Out & Scattered Reports
The 9th Division was one of the Word of Blake's primary 'shell game' units during the Jihad, using less than full units in order to appear to be in more places of action. During the Battle of Luthien, the unit (led by Precentor Alice Phuong) arrived on Luthien in January 3068 with only two Level III units, though they were reinforced by two ROM Level IIs (both destroyed by the end of 3068). The Ninth would receive additional reinforcements thru March 3071, by which time there were four Level IIIs. Precentor William Nikoli replaced the recalled Phuong in February 3072.[4]
The Ninth was confirmed to be the leading assault force (ostensibly against the Black Dragon Society) on Luthien in January 3069, while contemporary intelligence placed the Measure of Trust III-Beta and newly-formed Call to the Faithful III-Delta on Demeter from the start of hostilities through October 3069, reportedly at the request of Vicore Industries. The Luthien presence may have been so reported as a propaganda exercise by possible ROM units present on that world (theorized to have been the Circle of the Holy II). Known Blakist propaganda had the Ninth on Terra in March 3068 (during Case White) and additional reports came in of Ninth units on Royalston and Atlas in 3069 and on Beid in 3070.[3]
Battle for Luthien
In July 3069, a 9th Division salvage team dispatched to the ruins of LAW City's Tokyo Island area was destroyed during a six-hour back-and-forth battle by 1st Genyosha elements fighting the Black Dragon's mercenary Sathen's Snipers, Kokuryu-kai faction of the Second Sword of Light and the 40th Dieron Regulars. [5]
The 9th Division captured and then enlisted the Sathen's Snipers and in May 3071 received reinforcements in the form of the 42nd Shadow Division (which provided support and security assistance).[6] It had also brought in two additional Level III units to replace the ROM Level IIIs that had accompanied the unit's two initial Level IIIs. The unit -fighting alongside it's allies- fought the Black Dragon-controlled 32nd & 40th Dieron Regulars as well as combined forces of the 1st Genyosha and other loyalist Kurita forces.[citation needed]
The division's allied 42nd was the target of Clan Nova Cat's 3072 invasion. The 9th was spared the Cat's vengeance against the 42nd. The Xi Galaxy was shattered by the heavily damaged Shadow Division's tactical nuclear weaponry.[7]
Continuous fighting between the three factions had exhausted the 9th's mercenary unit, Sathen's Snipers, forcing it to withdraw in early 3073.[8] The 32nd Division arrived in February to replace the mercenaries and help the 9th and heavily-damaged 42nd garrison the Combine capital city.[9]
In December 3074, two Clan Ghost Bear Galaxies assaulted Luthien, with Ghost Bear's Alpha Galaxy focusing and reportedly wiping out all Word of Blake forces, leaving no survivors.[3]
3075
The remaining units of the 9th Division not present on Luthien were reported to be present in the Federated Suns operating theater.[citation needed]
Officers
As of 3062, the commanding officer of the 9th Division was Precentor XII Alice Phuong.[1]
As of January 3068, the commanding officer of the 9th Division was still Precentor Alice Phuong.[4]
As of February 3072, the commanding officer of the 9th Division was Precentor William Nikoli.[4]
Tactics
As of 3062 the still relatively new division had no tactical specialities, busy integrating its disparate halves into a solid whole.[1]
Composition History
3062
- Measure of Trust III-beta - CO: Precentor XII Alice Phuong[1]
- Crushing Reality III-delta - CO: Precentor V Bruce Lenca[1]
3067
- Measure of Trust III-beta - CO: Precentor XVII Alice Phuong[2]
- Crushing Reality III-delta - CO: Precentor V Bruce Lenca[2]
- Grand Illusion III-gamma - CO: Demi-Precentor (Adept IX) John Majors[2]
- Transfer of Faith III-lambda - CO: Demi-Precentor (Precentor II) Victor Franks[2]
3072
- Measure of Trust III-beta - CO: Precentor William Nikoli
- Crushing Reality III-delta - CO: Precentor V Bruce Lenca
- Grand Illusion III-gamma - CO: Demi-Precentor (Adept IX) John Majors
- Transfer of Faith III-lambda - CO: Demi-Precentor (Precentor II) Victor Franks
- Call to the Faithful III-Delta - CO: Unknown
Notes
- The 9th Division;s insignia is a eight-pointed star surmounted by a crown.[1]
- Information regarding the Ninth's activities as reported in Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents is not necessarily reliable.
- Information provided in both Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents and Jihad Turning Point: Luthien regarding their presence and role on Luthien in the month of January of both 3068 and 3069 may appear to be contradictory, but as worded in the former title, the division was leading assault maneuvers in 3069, which does not preclude their arrival in 3068.
- The inclusion of Sathan's Snipers in the "Bullet In the Blue Sky" scenario of Jihad Turning Points: Luthien may be in error, as the Snipers were not under a recognized Word contract until early 3071 (per their "Combatants" entry). At the time of this note, an errata correction called for removing Sathen's Snipers from the "Defender/Recommended Forces" and removing the "including Sathen’s Snipers, now under a Word contract" line from the Defender write-up; the suggestion has not yet been endorsed. (This is relevant to this 9th Division article, due to their assumption of the Snipers' contract.)
Rules
Game Rules
The 9th Division has the Overrun Combat special ability during the Battle of Luthien; it also receives a negative modifier for Initiative when defending.[4]
Reference
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Field Manual: ComStar, p. 59 "Word of Blake - 9th Division: Blinding Light III-Gamma"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Field Manual: Updates, p. 90, "9th Division (Blinding Light IV-Gamma)"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 93, "9th Division (Blinding Light IV-Gamma)"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Jihad Turning Points: Luthien, p. 6, "9th Division [Word of Blake]"
- ↑ Jihad Turning Points: Luthien, pp. 8-9, "Bullet in the Blue Sky"
- ↑ Jihad Turning Points: Luthien, p. 7, "42nd Division [Word of Blake]"
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 104, "42nd Shadow Division"
- ↑ Jihad Turning Points: Luthien, p. 6, "Sathen's Snipers"
- ↑ Jihad Turning Points: Luthien, p. 7, "32nd Division [Word of Blake]"