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| Disbanded = [[3077]] | | Disbanded = [[3077]] | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
===Pre-Jihad=== | ===Pre-Jihad=== | ||
| − | Alongside the [[10th Division (Word of Blake)| | + | Alongside the [[10th Division (Word of Blake)|Tenth Division]], the '''Ninth Division''' was formed shortly after the election of [[Cameron St. Jamais]] as [[Precentor Martial of the Word of Blake|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)|Sixth Division]] to serve as shepherds for a new green [[Level III]] of academy graduates. Transferring personnel between the two 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 Ninth's commanding officer.<ref name=FMCS-59>''Field Manual: ComStar'', p. 59: "Word of Blake - 9th Division: Blinding Light III-Gamma"</ref> |
| − | As the new division refined and consolidated its disparate halves into a single whole and awaited additional personnel and equipment to expand, the | + | As the new division refined and consolidated its disparate halves into a single whole and awaited additional personnel and equipment to expand, the Ninth was relegated to garrison duty on [[Terra]], based out of the [[Gunnison Castle Brian|Gunnison, Colorado]] [[Castle Brian]]. Though barely a [[regiment]] in size, under Phuong's dedicated supervision by [[3062]] St. Jamais rated the Ninth as veteran.<ref name=FMCS-59/> While expanding with additional academy graduates, the addition of [[Com Guards|Com Guard]] troops defecting after [[Victor Steiner-Davion]] became the secular Precentor Martial allowed the Ninth 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 | + | The Ninth 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 through 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]],<ref name=JSBD-93/> with elements of the | + | The Ninth was confirmed to be the leading assault force (ostensibly against the [[Black Dragon Society]]) on Luthien in January [[3069]],<ref name=JSBD-93/> with elements of the Ninth Division apparently landing and seizing the Kagashima Commercial District along with the planetary [[HPG]] and several arms complexes,<ref name="MSUp31"/><ref>''Eye of the Beholder''</ref> 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]]).<ref name=JSBD-93/> |
| − | In [[3069]] and [[3070]] elements of the | + | In [[3069]] and [[3070]] elements of the Ninth Division were also active around [[Kittery]]; working alongside the mercenary [[Black Angus Boys]] the ''Heart of Stone'' III-beta effectively destroyed resistance on [[Atlas (planet)|Atlas]],<ref name=JSBD-93/><ref name="MSUp31"/> [[Royalston]]<ref name=JSBD-93/><ref name="MSUp31"/> and [[Scituate]].<ref name="MSUp31"/> Then in late 3070 a lance of the Twentieth Hussars led by [[Leftenant]] [[David McKinnon]] had been stranded on the world of [[Beid]] by a [[DropShip]] malfunction along with a number of walking wounded being repatriated to rear areas of the Suns; they collectively found themselves suddenly in the middle of a raid on [[Beid]] launched by a [[company]] from the Black Angus Boys and a detachment from the ''Transfer of Faith'' III-lambda. The commander of the mercenary forces, Captain [[Rico Iglesias]], expected an easy fight against the Beid planetary militia, who were poorly equipped and not expecting an attack. However, as the mercenaries struck at the city of Newport, they found themselves under attack from a short company of 'Mechs based around McKinnon's lance from the Twentieth Hussars and a contingent of walking wounded, many piloting already damaged 'Mechs. Fighting in and around Newport, the actions of the hastily assembled short company combined with opportunity sniping from the Beid Militia quickly mowed down the Blakist mercenaries.<ref name="MSUp31">''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 31: "Black Angus Boys"</ref> |
====Battle for Luthien==== | ====Battle for Luthien==== | ||
| − | In July [[3069]], a | + | In July [[3069]], a Ninth Division salvage team dispatched to the ruins of [[Luthien Armor Works|LAW]] City's [[Tokyo Island]] area was destroyed during a six-hour back-and-forth battle by [[1st Genyosha|First Genyosha]] elements fighting the Black Dragons' mercenary [[Sathen's Snipers]], ''Kokuryu-kai'' faction of the [[2nd Sword of Light|Second Sword of Light]] and the [[40th Dieron Regulars|Fortieth Dieron Regulars]].<ref>''Jihad Turning Points: Luthien'', pp. 8–9: "Bullet in the Blue Sky"</ref> |
| − | The | + | The Ninth Division captured and then enlisted the Sathen's Snipers and in May [[3071]] received reinforcements in the form of the [[42nd Shadow Division|Forty-second Shadow Division]] (which provided support and security assistance).<ref name=JTPL_42nd>''Jihad Turning Points: Luthien'', p. 7: "42nd Division [Word of Blake]"</ref> 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 its allies - fought the Black Dragon–controlled [[32nd Dieron Regulars|Thirty-second]] & Fortieth Dieron Regulars as well as combined forces of the First Genyosha and other loyalist Kurita forces.{{cn}} |
| − | The division's allied | + | The division's allied Forty-second was the target of [[Clan Nova Cat]]'s [[3072]] invasion. The Ninth was spared the Cat's vengeance against the Forty-second. The [[Xi Galaxy (Clan Nova Cat)|Xi Galaxy]] was shattered by the heavily damaged Shadow Division's tactical nuclear weaponry.<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 104: "42nd Shadow Division"</ref> |
| − | Continuous fighting between the three factions had exhausted the | + | Continuous fighting between the three factions had exhausted the Ninth's mercenary unit, Sathen's Snipers, forcing it to withdraw in early [[3073]].<ref>''Jihad Turning Points: Luthien'', p. 6: "Sathen's Snipers"</ref> The [[32nd Division (Word of Blake)|Thirty-second Division]] arrived in February to replace the mercenaries and help the Ninth and heavily-damaged Forty-second garrison the Combine capital city.<ref name=JTPL_7_32nd>''Jihad Turning Points: Luthien'', p. 7: "32nd Division [Word of Blake]"</ref> |
| − | On March 14th [[3074]], the Word of Blake [[ROM]] had leaked information regarding the presence of [[Buda Weapons]] Chief Researcher [[Hideoshi Yamika]] and his prototype [[Large X-Pulse Laser]] to the ''[[Kokuryu-kai]]'' as a means of wearing down Loyalist defenders in [[Skytower City]]. The resulting [[Battle of Skytower City|battle]] ended with Yamika and his prototypes being hustled aboard a Blakist [[DropShip]].<ref name=JTPL-10/11>''Jihad Turning Points: Luthien'', pp. 10–11: "Light Machine"</ref> | + | On March 14th, [[3074]], the Word of Blake [[ROM]] had leaked information regarding the presence of [[Buda Weapons]] Chief Researcher [[Hideoshi Yamika]] and his prototype [[Large X-Pulse Laser]] to the ''[[Kokuryu-kai]]'' as a means of wearing down Loyalist defenders in [[Skytower City]]. The resulting [[Battle of Skytower City|battle]] ended with Yamika and his prototypes being hustled aboard a Blakist [[DropShip]].<ref name=JTPL-10/11>''Jihad Turning Points: Luthien'', pp. 10–11: "Light Machine"</ref> |
In December [[3074]], two [[Clan Ghost Bear]] Galaxies assaulted Luthien, with Ghost Bear's [[Alpha Galaxy (Clan Ghost Bear)|Alpha Galaxy]] focusing and reportedly wiping out all Word of Blake forces, leaving no survivors.<ref name=JSBD-93/> | In December [[3074]], two [[Clan Ghost Bear]] Galaxies assaulted Luthien, with Ghost Bear's [[Alpha Galaxy (Clan Ghost Bear)|Alpha Galaxy]] focusing and reportedly wiping out all Word of Blake forces, leaving no survivors.<ref name=JSBD-93/> | ||
====3075==== | ====3075==== | ||
| − | The remaining units of the | + | The remaining units of the Ninth Division not present on Luthien were reported to be present in the [[Federated Suns]] operating theater.{{cn}} |
====3077==== | ====3077==== | ||
| − | The Demeter Free Press reported that ''Measure of Trust'' and ''Call to the Faithful'' were defending [[Demeter]] alongside the local Protectorate Militia when allied coalition forces attacked the world as a part of [[Operation SCOUR]]. If the report is accurate, the two Level IIIs initially held off the [[5th Crucis Lancers]] and the [[15th Arcturan Guards]] around the [[Vicore Industries]] complex before driving them back towards their drop zone, only to then have to fall back when the [[3rd Free Worlds Legionnaires]] joined the battle via an orbital drop.<ref name="JHS:Tp36">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 36: "Tragedy On Demeter"</ref> | + | The Demeter Free Press reported that ''Measure of Trust'' and ''Call to the Faithful'' were defending [[Demeter]] alongside the local Protectorate Militia when allied coalition forces attacked the world as a part of [[Operation SCOUR]]. If the report is accurate, the two Level IIIs initially held off the [[5th Crucis Lancers|Fifth Crucis Lancers]] and the [[15th Arcturan Guards|Fifteenth Arcturan Guards]] around the [[Vicore Industries]] complex before driving them back towards their drop zone, only to then have to fall back when the [[3rd Free Worlds Legionnaires|Third Free Worlds Legionnaires]] joined the battle via an orbital drop.<ref name="JHS:Tp36">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 36: "Tragedy On Demeter"</ref> |
| − | Following the initial assaults, the campaign for Demeter evidently bogged down for some three weeks before the Federated Suns front task force commander called in [[WarShip]] support to break the stalemate. Directing the Protectorate Militia to defend New Demeter City, ''Measure of Trust'' and ''Call to the Faithful'' fell back to the Vicore Industries plant and were promptly encircled by the | + | Following the initial assaults, the campaign for Demeter evidently bogged down for some three weeks before the Federated Suns front task force commander called in [[WarShip]] support to break the stalemate. Directing the Protectorate Militia to defend New Demeter City, ''Measure of Trust'' and ''Call to the Faithful'' fell back to the Vicore Industries plant and were promptly encircled by the Third Legionnaires, but the Legionnaires were unable to force the two Blakist units out of the complex. As a result, the Vicore complex and the defending units were destroyed by orbital bombardment.<ref name="JHS:Tp36"/> |
====Destruction==== | ====Destruction==== | ||
| − | The | + | The Ninth was destroyed on [[Rio]] in [[3077]].<ref name="J:FRp126">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 126: "Word Of Blake Militia"</ref> |
==Officers== | ==Officers== | ||
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| [[Precentor|Precentor XII]]||[[Alice Phuong]]||[[3062]] - [[3068]]<ref name=FMCS-59/><ref name=JTPL_6/> | | [[Precentor|Precentor XII]]||[[Alice Phuong]]||[[3062]] - [[3068]]<ref name=FMCS-59/><ref name=JTPL_6/> | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
| − | *The | + | *The Ninth Division's insignia is an 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 Points: 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 Points: 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, errata 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 | + | *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, errata 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 Ninth Division article, due to their assumption of the Snipers' contract.) |
==Rules== | ==Rules== | ||
<div class="gamerules"> | <div class="gamerules"> | ||
===Game Rules=== | ===Game Rules=== | ||
| − | In [[3062]] soldiers of the | + | In [[3062]] soldiers of the Ninth had a reputation of being overly aggressive - this gives them the capability to overrun the enemy, but if assigned as the defender in a scenario suffered -1 to Initiative.<ref>''Field Manual: ComStar'', p. 142</ref> |
| − | During the [[Jihad]] the | + | During the [[Jihad]] the Ninth Division has the Overrun Combat special ability during the Battle of Luthien; it also receives a negative modifier for Initiative when defending.<ref name=JTPL_6/> |
</div> | </div> | ||
Revision as of 17:51, 25 February 2023
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| Ninth Division IV-Gamma | |
| Formed | Early 3060s |
| Disbanded | 3077 |
| Nickname | Blinding Light |
| Affiliation | Word of Blake |
| Parent Command | Word of Blake Militia |
Contents
History
Pre-Jihad
Alongside the Tenth Division, the Ninth 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 Sixth Division to serve as shepherds for a new green Level III of academy graduates. Transferring personnel between the two Level-IIIs until each consisted of roughly half elite and half green ranked troops, Jamais then appointed fellow Toyama Precentor Alice Phuong as the Ninth'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 Ninth 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 Ninth 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 Ninth 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 Ninth 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 through 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,[3] with elements of the Ninth Division apparently landing and seizing the Kagashima Commercial District along with the planetary HPG and several arms complexes,[5][6] 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).[3]
In 3069 and 3070 elements of the Ninth Division were also active around Kittery; working alongside the mercenary Black Angus Boys the Heart of Stone III-beta effectively destroyed resistance on Atlas,[3][5] Royalston[3][5] and Scituate.[5] Then in late 3070 a lance of the Twentieth Hussars led by Leftenant David McKinnon had been stranded on the world of Beid by a DropShip malfunction along with a number of walking wounded being repatriated to rear areas of the Suns; they collectively found themselves suddenly in the middle of a raid on Beid launched by a company from the Black Angus Boys and a detachment from the Transfer of Faith III-lambda. The commander of the mercenary forces, Captain Rico Iglesias, expected an easy fight against the Beid planetary militia, who were poorly equipped and not expecting an attack. However, as the mercenaries struck at the city of Newport, they found themselves under attack from a short company of 'Mechs based around McKinnon's lance from the Twentieth Hussars and a contingent of walking wounded, many piloting already damaged 'Mechs. Fighting in and around Newport, the actions of the hastily assembled short company combined with opportunity sniping from the Beid Militia quickly mowed down the Blakist mercenaries.[5]
Battle for Luthien
In July 3069, a Ninth 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 First Genyosha elements fighting the Black Dragons' mercenary Sathen's Snipers, Kokuryu-kai faction of the Second Sword of Light and the Fortieth Dieron Regulars.[7]
The Ninth Division captured and then enlisted the Sathen's Snipers and in May 3071 received reinforcements in the form of the Forty-second Shadow Division (which provided support and security assistance).[8] 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 its allies - fought the Black Dragon–controlled Thirty-second & Fortieth Dieron Regulars as well as combined forces of the First Genyosha and other loyalist Kurita forces.[citation needed]
The division's allied Forty-second was the target of Clan Nova Cat's 3072 invasion. The Ninth was spared the Cat's vengeance against the Forty-second. The Xi Galaxy was shattered by the heavily damaged Shadow Division's tactical nuclear weaponry.[9]
Continuous fighting between the three factions had exhausted the Ninth's mercenary unit, Sathen's Snipers, forcing it to withdraw in early 3073.[10] The Thirty-second Division arrived in February to replace the mercenaries and help the Ninth and heavily-damaged Forty-second garrison the Combine capital city.[11]
On March 14th, 3074, the Word of Blake ROM had leaked information regarding the presence of Buda Weapons Chief Researcher Hideoshi Yamika and his prototype Large X-Pulse Laser to the Kokuryu-kai as a means of wearing down Loyalist defenders in Skytower City. The resulting battle ended with Yamika and his prototypes being hustled aboard a Blakist DropShip.[12]
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 Ninth Division not present on Luthien were reported to be present in the Federated Suns operating theater.[citation needed]
3077
The Demeter Free Press reported that Measure of Trust and Call to the Faithful were defending Demeter alongside the local Protectorate Militia when allied coalition forces attacked the world as a part of Operation SCOUR. If the report is accurate, the two Level IIIs initially held off the Fifth Crucis Lancers and the Fifteenth Arcturan Guards around the Vicore Industries complex before driving them back towards their drop zone, only to then have to fall back when the Third Free Worlds Legionnaires joined the battle via an orbital drop.[13]
Following the initial assaults, the campaign for Demeter evidently bogged down for some three weeks before the Federated Suns front task force commander called in WarShip support to break the stalemate. Directing the Protectorate Militia to defend New Demeter City, Measure of Trust and Call to the Faithful fell back to the Vicore Industries plant and were promptly encircled by the Third Legionnaires, but the Legionnaires were unable to force the two Blakist units out of the complex. As a result, the Vicore complex and the defending units were destroyed by orbital bombardment.[13]
Destruction
The Ninth was destroyed on Rio in 3077.[14]
Officers
| Rank | Name | Command |
|---|---|---|
| Commanding Officers of the Ninth Division | ||
| Precentor XII | Alice Phuong | 3062 - 3068[1][4] |
| Precentor | William Nikoli | February 3072.[4] |
Tactics
As of 3062 the still relatively new division had no tactical specialties, 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 Ninth Division's insignia is an 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 Points: 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, errata 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 Ninth Division article, due to their assumption of the Snipers' contract.)
Rules
Game Rules
In 3062 soldiers of the Ninth had a reputation of being overly aggressive - this gives them the capability to overrun the enemy, but if assigned as the defender in a scenario suffered -1 to Initiative.[15]
During the Jihad the Ninth 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 3.4 3.5 3.6 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]"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Mercenaries Supplemental Update, p. 31: "Black Angus Boys"
- ↑ Eye of the Beholder
- ↑ 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]"
- ↑ Jihad Turning Points: Luthien, pp. 10–11: "Light Machine"
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 36: "Tragedy On Demeter"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 126: "Word Of Blake Militia"
- ↑ Field Manual: ComStar, p. 142