Hessian
Quote from: CJvR on April 13, 2009, 08:24:09 AM
IIRC the Shin Legions were formed by the remnants of CCAF units cut off from the Confederation and who crossed into the DC to continue the war from there as DCMS mercenaries so they would not exist until SW4.
Nope.
Both FM's describe the First Shin Legion, which is the sole surviving unit(remnant) of an organization that numbered three regiments at the time Romano Liao assumed the throne.
FM:CC p101 tells us that "the three Shin regiments fled the Confederation for the Draconis Combine after the Fourth Succession War. Two made it and were accepted by House Kurita as line regiments".
FM:DC p110 tells us that "The(1st) Shin Legion is actually the remnants of an expatriate Capellan unit that fled the Capellan Confederation shortly after Romano Liao assumed the throne. During the final years of Chancellor Maximilian Liao's reign, the unit's members frequently and publicly commented on his obvious mental instability.
When Romano assumed the throne , the legion's warriors grew concerned that they might fall prey to Romano's ruthless purge of those she perceived as threats to her realm and authority. When a unit commander died in a mysterious off-planet automobile accident during the second year of Romano's reign, the unit members immediately suspected the hand of the chancellor and her Maskirovka.
The original three Shin Legions the began to plan their defection from the Confederation. Although the Third Legion later learned that their commander had simply fallen victim to a drunk driver, all the Shin Legion members realized that they no longer felt safe in the Confederation and realized that they would spend Romano's reign continually lloking over their shoulders. As a result they, they decided to carry out their plan to flee the Capellan Confederation.
The Legions' paranoia proved well founded , however, when Maskirovka agents in the First and Third Regiments betrayed the units to port authorities, who launched immediate efforts to detain or destroy the Legions. The First Shin managed to fight its way free and escape Capellan space; the second eliminated the spies in its midst before the Maskirovka could do any damage. The Third Shin, however, fell in afirefight that nearly destroyed another Capellan regiment and the spaceport from which the Third was attempting to launch."
On p 111 of FM:DC we are told that "the Second Shin Legion had fallen to Clan Smoke Jaguar" and that "the First absorbed the survivors of the Second Shin".
So the Shin Legions were clearly a formation numbering three regiments(at the time Romano Liao assumed the throne).
Page 139 of Historical War of 3039 also lists the first and second Shin Legions in the Draconis Combine deployment table(obviously after their defection from the Capellan Confederation).
The real question, in my opinion, though, is: did they already exist in 2785? Since they do not appear in the original House Liao SB it will be interesting to see if the Shin Legions will be included and if so in what form and shape. But thats for Takiro to decide.
Just my two € cents
Ciao
Hessian
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