Manei Domini

Manei Domini – An elite group of cybernetically-enhanced soldiers which served the Word of Blake from approximately 3060 into the early 3080s.

These soldiers were considered their own sub-group within Word of Blake organization. Public knowledge of them was largely unknown until the Jihad began in 3068.

This warrior-culture only answered to the Manei Domini leadership. The leadership includes the Precentor Manei Domini, an individual named Apollyon. He answers to a only referred individual known only as the Master.

Overview of Manei Domini

Typically, Manei Domini are soldiers who have been selected for their fanatical devotion and dedication to the Word of Blake. Normally soldiers who have grievous injuries which require radical reconstruction and implantation are more preferable for Manei Domini selection.

The Manei Domini utilize their own langauge aptly named High Dominus, which is a mix of ancient Greek and classic Latin. However the Manei Domini regularly intermix High Dominus with more well known languages such as English. This intermixing understandably confuses others not of the Manei Domini who hear it. Usually it is spoke in greetings to fellow Domini as well as in special chants.

Characteristics

Manei Domini soldiers are known for their fierceness, fearlessness, and fanatical devotion to their duty. They are all rated as elite warriors regardless of rank or duty. In addition, they trust their fellow Manei Domini kin without question further compounding their combat capability. Nearly all Manei Domini are massively augmented with Cybernetics. Some had these hidden and could appear to be totally normal from the outside, in a effort to enhance their undercover abilities. Others where augmented with combat attachments to help them dispatch their foes quickly and horrifically, instilling fear in their targets. Many mech pilots and vehicle crews were given cybernetics that allowed them to directly connect with their mech or vehicle allowing them to pilot their charge as if it was part of them.

Manei Domini combat style

Manei Domini in combat where lethal ruthless killers, however they were not berserkers killing all in sight with no regard for tactics or discipline. Manei Domini would regularly engage multi targets at once so as to be efficient as possible, whilst occasionally adding the odd gory or grizzly kill to demoralise opponents. Manei Domini never retreated out of fear but did make withdrawals when the situation proved untenable, unless a last stand was conducive to the will of their superiors. Manei Domini almost never where captured alive, even when this occurred the Manei Domini almost always killed themselves rather than be interrogated, again unless they saw it as furthering their superiors wishes. Manei Domini would kill all Clan opponents that were captured or surrendered, underlining their utter hatred for the Clans.

History

During most of the 3060s the Manei Domini were reportedly operating under spec ops. It was not until the outbreak of the Jihad that the Manei Domini were organized into thirteen “Shadow Divisions”. It appears that at these forces were initially raised, trained and equipped for a genocidal showdown with the Clans, as most of their augmentations are aimed at besting the genetically enhanced Clan warriors. However with the fall of the Second Star league they where unleashed on a unsuspecting Inner Sphere.

Manei Domini Equipment

The Manei Domini employed a vast variety of equipment, weaponry, cyberware and vehicles, all of which were used to terrifying effect, fear being a primary weapon of all Shadow Divisions and Manei Domini. With their initial conseption that of totally erdacating the Clans, the Manei Domini had no qualms about using weapons of mass destruction, whether they be nuclear, chemical or biological weapons. The Manei Domini were also not above using captured enemy equipment against their foes.

Manei Domini Vehicles

The Manei Domini possessed a special array of BattleMechs, Battle Armor, combat vehicles, and Aerospace fighters with most of the designs being enhanced versions of standard vehicles used by armies before. However, some time after that the Manei Domini came into contact with military engineer, Doctor Devon Cortland, who was able to develop many new series of armor, Aerospace fighters, Omni-vehicles, as well as OmniMechs. Cortland designed this technology for exclusive Manei Domini use by implementing cybernetic interface systems in almost all Manei Domini equipment.

Celestial Series of OmniMechs

One of Doctor Cortland's first endeavors, was taking over the failed Grand Crusader II OmniMech project which had floundered. In 3070, the Celestial series' premiere shocked many who expected to see only one 'Mech design but were greeted with six instead. These six designs were each named after angelic beings from various religions and were made to appear menacing to all who opposed them, thus adding merit to the designs' namesakes.

Malak Light OmniMech	Preta Medium OmniMech	Grigori Heavy OmniMech
Deva Heavy OmniMech	Seraph Assault OmniMech	Archangel Assault OmniMech

Demon Series of Battle Armor

Designed to accompany the Celestial Series OmniMechs in battle, the Demon series first appeared in 3070 in various hot-spots on the battlefields of the Jihad. Like the Celestial Series, these Battle Armor seldom appeared outside the ranks of the Manei Domini. And in line with the Celestial Series, the Demon Series of Battle Armor were each named after various demons of ancient lore and were aesthetically designed as such.

Djinn Light Battle Armor	Asura Medium Battle Armor	Se'irim Medium Battle Armor
Tengu Heavy Battle Armor	Nephilim Assault Battle Armor	Shedu (Quad) Assault Battle Armor

Spectral Series of OmniFighters

The Spectral Series of OmniFighters begun to appear on Gibson in late 3071. The three designs share same similar design features which include a small cockpit and collapsible wing structures. The collapsible wings were designed to reduce the fighter's profile in space, thus allowing it to be mistaken for an escape pod or small shuttle. However this was advantage was more accidental than intentional of then Demi-Precentor Vapula. His goal was to improve vector thrust characteristics of the fighters in space.

Shade Light OmniFighter

Rusalka Medium OmniFighter

Striga Heavy OmniFighter

Serpentus Series of OmniVehicles

The newest of the Manei Domini's exclusive series of equipment. The Serpentus Series made its first appearance in the early 3070s. Currently, there is only one known design belonging to this series.

Bolla Stealth Tank

Omni Configuration Names

Like all Omni related vehicles/'Mechs/etc, they have number of configurations. However, instead of using common configuration names such as "Primary", "A Config", it uses Latin terms instead. Other follow on OmniVehicles and OmniFighters have use the same configuration naming conventions.

Manei Domini Omni Configuration Names

Conventional Omni Names	Primary Config.	A Config.	B Config.	C Config.	D Config.	E Config.
Manei Domini Names	Invictus	Dominus	Infernus	Comminus	Luminos	Eminus

Manei Domini Cybernetics

This is a brief listing of the array of cybernetics that are offered to the members of Manei Domini. The availablity of various enhancements various to job and rank of individual soldier. The listings below are short name/references to these enhancements and their Level enhancement goes with them. Please note this listing is meant for reference and not replacement of publish sources.

• Cosmetic Enhancements - This is physical alterating enhancement which can make the subject either beautiful for undercover work or grotesque for combat. This modification starts as a Level 0.
  • Cosmetic Beauty Enhancement - enhances RPG play only for seduction and negotiations
  • Cosmetic Horror Enhancement - enhances RPG intimdiation and interrogation

• Prosthetics (Level 0) - This is cybernetic or bionic replacements for hands,foot,arms,legs and foot. These enhancement are similar to Standard Type 4 or Type 5 prosthetic limbs found in the original Technical Readout: 3026. They are typically easy to spot unless the subject has undergone Cosmetic Enhancements.
  • Enhance Prosthetics (Level 1) - This prosthetic is same as regular Prosthetics however, it is design to allow to have to have tool or weapon mounted on or in it. These enhance prosthetics can be equip with grapples or even magent enhancers to allow better swarming during anti-battlemech attacks.
  • Improved Enhanced Prosthetic (Level 3) - This a more advanced limb based on the Enhance Prosthetics. The prosthetics allows for two slots of enhancements (weapons or tools) to be integrated with it. The more advance Manei Domini typical has this type of prosthetic.
  • Prosthetic Leg MASC (Level 3) - The PL MASC Developed by 3072, it is a miniaturized form of BattleMech-style Myomer Accelerator Signal Circuitry (MASC) was added to list of Manei Domini array of cybernetic enhancements. This one, allowing for subject to quick burst of speed during normal combat. Allowing subject using Battletech game rules to +2 movement instead of 1. The legs are designed with safety devices, to prevent the actuators from shutting down from breakage. Allowing move only move once for every 2 (5 second) turns.
  • Secondary Power Source (Level 1) - This is a secondary power source users of Prosthetics. This is reduce the dependancy on biological energy sources such as blood surgar. These secondary power sources charged using power chargers used for energy weaponry and equipment. These devices are installed directly into the limb themselves.

• Pain Shunt (Level 2) - The Pain Shunt is a enplant that allows the person who has it to ignore pain to the body or from cybnetics they have. However, this enhancement causes clumsiness due to deading of subject tactile senses. These enhancements are typically used with for users of Vehicle-DNI enhancement (MechWarriors, Aerospace Pilots, vehicle crews have these) ignore stunning effects (like pain) from hits in combat, but not physical damage.

• Pheromone Effuser (Level 3) - This is a implant designed typical seen as covert device. It is a dispenser hidden either agent's month or nose. This device typical used to reduced the emotional and mental defense of the intended target. Normally dispensed by blowing on their intended target. This devices uses chemicals from the agent's body to make this device fully. This device chemically re-charged by oral or by other means stocking up pheromone supply.
  • Toxic Effuser (Level 4) - The Toxic Effuser uses the same basic principles as the Peromone Effuser. This device commonally used with covert, infliltration operations, also on the battlefield. This device usually dispense deadly chemicals from either nose and mouth which is deadly to anyone whom is inhales or struck in eye. Typically, Manei warrior will have filtation implant when protect themselves from the effects of this device due to its nature.

• Cybernetic Eyes/Ears/Speech Implant (Level 2) - These audio & visual implants range in various models differing with its various ablities. They do not have multiple ablities per implant. Thus to have differient enhancements you must have alternated models which has differient ablity. These implants are common tools to for Manei Domini.
  • Cybernetic Eyes - This implant, usually installed in pairs, comes in infrared, telescopic, and laser sighting. The eyes are able to improve small arms fire and surveillance ablities of the subject.
  • Cybernetic Ears - Models of these implants include enhance audio ranges and radio signal pickup.
  • Speach Implant - Models of the implant include the ablity speak modulate or speak ultrasonic freqencies for enhanced Cybernetic ears only.

• Multi-Modal Cybernetic Eye/Ear/Speech Implants (Level 3) - The multi-module type of Audio-Visual implant which allows for two ablities per implant verse the one in the Standard Cybernetic Eyes/Ears/Speech Implants. These have the ablities of standard eyes/ears/speech but also electromagnetic ablities. The Multi-Modal is enhances the ablities of Domini Warriors whom have the Vechice DNI implant. They are less common among the lower rank Manei Domini warriors.
  • Enhanced Multi-Modal Cybernetic Eye/Ear/Speech Implants (Level 5) - The Enhanced models are highest grade of audio-visual cybernetic implants. They are reserved for the most elite of Manei Domini warriors. These allow for three ablities per implant.

• Recorder/Transmitter/Receiver/Communications Implants (Level 2) - These implants are designed to interact with Cybernetic Eyes/Ears/Speach implants. They allow to for record, transmit, receive, and two-way communications for its user. Maximum of two these implants are allow per user.
  • Boosted Recorder/Transmitter/Receiver/Communications Implants (Level 4) - Improved version of the Standard implants. They are usually found on the more enhanced Warriors of the Manei Domini. Infantry or Battle Armor unit whose soldiers all have the Boosted Communication Implant with the Multi-Modal Eye or Ears implants can join C3i Network as a unit.

• Filtration Liver/Lung Implants (Level 3) - The Filitration implants for both the Lungs and the Liver allows for the Manei Domini warrior safely survive in tainted atmosphere environment. Allows them to eat or breath in chemical warfare environment.

• Vehicular Direct Neural Interface (Level 3) - Also known as the VDNL, cybernetic implant that allow a warrior to "plug-in" into their respective vehicle ('Mech, Battle Armor, Vehicle, & Battle Armor). The implant allows a single VDNL warrior to acts multiple crew as long they have correct skill to drive/pilot and Gunner for that type of vehicle. The technology is similar to the Clan's Enhanced Imaging implants, which has known to have bad effects on mind after length of time. The VDNL have an improve safety system and with addition of chemicals; This allows the user to survive up to 10 years with before terminal brain damage accrues. The VDNL implants allow users to receive -1 modifier to their to-hit roll. However, with every internal hit, the controlling player must roll 2D6, and take 1 point of damage to warrior on result of 8 or higher. This roll is negated if the warrior has Pain Shunt implant. On vehicles, for purposes of recording, the same VDNL implant warrior would same hits for multiple position (Gunner, Commander, Driver hits etc.).
  • Buffered VDNI (Level 5) - This is upgraded version of the VNDI implant, which protects warrior some of the neuological side-effects standard VDNI implant suffers from. The implant allows for the user continus use for 15 years until terminal brain death accures. The Buffered VNDI allows for the user to use vehicles, 'Mechs, Aerospace Fighters which have small cockpits without penalties. The Buffered VDNI receives same benifits and pentalties as the standard one when receiving a internal hit to vehicle they are using unless a Pain Shunt implant is used.

• Myomer Full-Body Implants (Level 4) - The Myomer based implants (Demeral armor & TSM based myomer muscules maybe implanted together or seperately.
  • Dermal Myomer Armor Implant - Is external based armor which causes the user gives the person pain resistence, however are given the ugly trait.
  • Triple-Strength Myomer Implant - TSM based Myomer implants have been used give operatives with incredible strength, but have been known to cause pain. Individuals must take medication to endure the constant headaches. Field opeartives of the Manei Domini have known use these ablities horrific effect against opponents. It should be noted that TSM implants can not be used with PL-MASC implant. When TSM enhanced warriors are used in platoon strength, these give force increase speed by 1 and allows to deliver .14 damage (non-battle Armor).

Manei Domini Ranking & Classes

Manei Domini’s ranking system uses both standard Word of Blake ranking system and their own. Also the Domini have a different classification of their soldiers. Rank seniority goes by seven characters from the greek alphabet, with the first lowest rank. Also occuption of the various members of the Domini are given in their full rank as well.

Example: A soldier's birth name is Sarah Marshal and the her occupation is a MechWarrior. If being addressed to, she could answer to as Adept Marshal or as Phantom Adept Beta Marshal.

Word of Blake Manei Domini Officer Ranks

ComStar Rank	Adept	Adept	Adept	Adept	Demi-Precentor	Precentor	Precentor
Manei Domin Rank	Alpha	Beta	Omega	Tau	Delta	Sigma	Omicron

Word of Blake Manei Domini Classes

Class Designator	Primary Function	Cybernetic Implants Required
Ghost	Reconnaissance	Ear or Eye implant
Wraith	Infiltrator	Cosmetic Implants (non-horror type)
Banshee	Defense	Full-Body Myomer implants
Zombie	Assault	Enhanced Prosthetic
Phantom	Vehicular Pilot	Vehicular DNI Implant
Specter	Command	Communication implant
Poltergeist	Special Operative	Any Implants

References

• Jihad Hot Spots: 3072
• Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents
• Technical Readout: 3075