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| image = [[File:tauprovisionalgalaxy-bloodspirit.jpg|100px]]
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| image   = [[File:tauprovisionalgalaxy-bloodspirit.jpg|100px]]
| Designation = Tau Provisional Galaxy
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| nickname = ''None''
| Formed =
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| parent formation = [[Clan Blood Spirit Touman]]
| Disbanded = [[3084]]<ref name=wor1557/>
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| formed  =  
| Previous Designation =
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| year    = 3059
| Nickname =  
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| unitname = Tau Provisional Galaxy
| Affiliation = [[Clan Blood Spirit]]
 
| Parent Command = [[Clan Blood Spirit Touman|Clan Blood Spirit ''touman'']]
 
| Sub-Command =  
 
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
'''Tau Galaxy''' was one of only two Galaxies (the other being [[Alpha Galaxy (Clan Blood Spirit)|Alpha]]) to survive the early decades of raiding from other Clans.<ref name=FMCRC35>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 35, "Tau Provisional Galaxy Profile"</ref>
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Was one of only two Galaxies (the other being [[Alpha Galaxy (Clan Blood Spirit)|Alpha]] to survive the early decades of raiding from other Clans.<ref name=FMCRC35>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 35, "Tau Provisional Galaxy Profile"</ref>
  
After the [[Burrock Absorption]], Tau received permission to move against the [[Clan Jade Falcon|Jade Falcon]] enclave on [[York (Clan System)|York]], forcing the defending [[3rd Falcon Velites (Clan Jade Falcon)|Third Falcon Velites]] from the world and taking the enclave.<ref name=FMCRC35/>
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After the [[Burrock Absorption]], Tau received permission to move against the [[Clan Jade Falcon|Jade Falcon]] enclave on [[York]], forcing the defending [[3rd Falcon Velites (Clan Jade Falcon)|Third Falcon Velites]] from the world and taking the enclave.<ref name=FMCRC35/>
 
 
The Galaxy acted as a reserve for [[Alpha Galaxy (Clan Blood Spirit)|Alpha Galaxy]] during the fighting against [[Clan Star Adder]] between [[3060]] and [[3067]], as such its forces have engaged a number of Adder Galaxies. <ref name=FMU41>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 41</ref>
 
 
 
In [[3075]], the Galaxy dropped on to [[Circe]] as part of the multi-Clan force of the [[Clan Steel Viper]] Annihilation. They had taken heavy casualties in the approach by hidden gun batteries and during the ground fighting the Galaxy was overrun and broken by the Vipers' [[Beta Galaxy (Clan Steel Viper)| Beta Galaxy]], but was saved by a counterattack by [[Delta Galaxy (Clan Cloud Cobra)| Delta Galaxy]] of [[Clan Cloud Cobra]].<ref name=wor150>''The Wars of Reaving'', p.150 </ref>
 
 
 
After the Viper annihilation, the Galaxy was rebuilt in [[3082]] and was stationed in the [[Colleen]] system. In [[3083]], they came under attack by forces of both [[Clan Stone Lion]] and [[Clan Coyote]]; taking heavy casualties as they were pushed out of defensive enclaves. They stood at roughly twenty five percent strength in [[3084]] when the [[Clan Star Adder|Star Adders]] called for a [[Trial of Absorption]] and by the end of the year had been destroyed, the 17th Crimson Guards being the last Spirits standing. They were destroyed by orbital bombardment.<ref name=wor1557>''The Wars of Reaving'', p.155-157 </ref>
 
  
 
==Officers==
 
==Officers==
{| class="wikitable"
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As of [[3059]] the commanding officer was [[Galaxy Commander]] [[Amerlin Johns]], the only Aerospace pilot to command a [[Galaxy]] in Clan Blood Spirit.<ref name=FMCRC35/>
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! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank
 
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name
 
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command
 
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the Tau Provisional Galaxy'''
 
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| [[Galaxy Commander]]||[[Amerlin Johns]]||[[3059]]<ref name=FMCRC35/>
 
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| Galaxy Commander||[[Mort Cluff]]||[[3067]]<ref name=FM:Up70/>
 
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|}
 
  
===Other Officers===
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As of [[3067]] the commanding officer was ''Galaxy Commander'' [Mort Cluff], he was aided by [[Star Captain]] Bull Blood Spirit.<ref name=FM:Up70>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 70, "Crusader Clans Deployment Table - [3067]"</ref>
* [[Star Captain]] [[Bull Blood Spirit]] was Galaxy Commander Mort Cluff's aide.<ref name=FM:Up70>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 70, "Crusader Clans Deployment Table - [3067]"</ref>
 
 
 
===Notes===
 
* Galaxy Commander Amerlin Johns was the only aerospace pilot to command a [[Galaxy]] in Clan Blood Spirit in 3059.<ref name=FMCRC35/>
 
  
 
==Tactics==
 
==Tactics==
 
Specializes in combined aerospace and ground attacks.<ref name=FMCRC35/>
 
Specializes in combined aerospace and ground attacks.<ref name=FMCRC35/>
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==Paint Scheme==
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Tau uses a black base with red accents and burnished copper on the upper half of the torso or fuselage.<ref name=FMCRC35/>
  
 
==Composition History==
 
==Composition History==
===3059-3066===
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===3059===
 
* [[17th Crimson Guards (Clan Blood Spirit)|17th Crimson Guards]]<ref name=FMCRC35/>
 
* [[17th Crimson Guards (Clan Blood Spirit)|17th Crimson Guards]]<ref name=FMCRC35/>
 
* [[79th Crimson Guards (Clan Blood Spirit)|79th Crimson Guards]]<ref name=FMCRC35/>
 
* [[79th Crimson Guards (Clan Blood Spirit)|79th Crimson Guards]]<ref name=FMCRC35/>
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* 79th Crimson Guards<ref name=FM:Up70/>
 
* 79th Crimson Guards<ref name=FM:Up70/>
  
===3076-3085===
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==Notes==
* 17th Crimson Guards
 
* 79th Crimson Guards
 
* [[258th Crimson Guards (Clan Blood Spirit)|258th Crimson Guards]]
 
  
==Rules==
 
<div class="gamerules">
 
Fighters of Tau Galaxy receive a -1 to-hit modifier, but if used with ground forces those forces receive a -2 to initiative rolls.<ref name=FM:CC174>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 174</ref>
 
</div>
 
 
==Notes==
 
Tau uses a black base with red accents and burnished copper on the upper half of the torso or fuselage.<ref name=FMCRC35/>
 
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
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*''[[Field Manual: Crusader Clans]]''
 
*''[[Field Manual: Crusader Clans]]''
 
*''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
 
*''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
*''[[The Wars of Reaving]]''
 
  
 
[[Category:Clan Blood Spirit Commands|Tau Provisional Galaxy]]
 
[[Category:Clan Blood Spirit Commands|Tau Provisional Galaxy]]

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