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| Designation = First Shin Legion
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| Affiliation = [[Capellan Confederation]]<br>[[Draconis Combine]]
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The '''1st Shin Legion''' was the lead regiment of the [[Shin Legion (Brigade)|Shin Legion]] [[Brigade]].

==History==
===Formation===
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===In Service of Draconis Combine===
The Shin Legion, along with its sister units had fled from the [[Capellan Confederation|Confederation]] for the [[Draconis Combine]] after the [[Fourth Succession War]], fearing [[Chancellor]] [[Romano Liao]]'s purges. This became a self-fulfilling prophecy when Romano Liao ordered the unit destroyed. The Third Shin Legion was destroyed, the Second got away clear, and the First only survived the exodus because their aerospace wing sacrificed themselves to delay the [[Holdfast Guard]] and [[Maskirovka]]-hired mercenaries that were attacking them.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3039'', p. 206</ref>

Seen as a foreign unit in the Draconis Combine, the First Legion worked hard for its new home. They frequently demonstrated a near-suicidal determination to complete their orders.<ref name=cmkp57>''Combat Manual: Kurita'', p. 57</ref>

===Ronin War===
During the [[Ronin War]] the ''Kanrei'' sent the First Shin Legion to [[Kandis]], which was under attack by mercenary units in the employ of the [[Duke of Tamar]]. There the First Shin Legion faced off against the [[Dragonslayers]] and [[Meriadoc's Malcontents]]. Within four hours the Dragonslayers had surrendered. The Malcontents refused to surrender, and the First and Second Shin Legion destroyed them. After that, the Shin Legions relocated to [[Skandia]] until the Draconis Combine recalled them.<ref name=H:BWp113>''Historical: Brush Wars'', p. 113</ref>

===Clan Invasion===
In late [[3051]] during the [[Clan Invasion]], the unit had received [[Star League]] era BattleMechs. This signaled to then commanding officer ''Tai-sa'' Yanyouan that they were being called to the front lines to face the Clans. The unit was sent to [[Cyrenaica]] where they met forces from [[Clan Nova Cat]] in February of [[3052]]. The battle was lost at the start of the engagement with the Nova Cat forces. The Nova Cats did not provide a ''batchall'' or follow ''zellbrigen'', which confused the Shin Legion commanders. ''Tai-sa'' Yanyouan ordered his troops to engage in a fighting withdrawal. In their fighting retreat from the planet, the Legion's infantry was able to destroy a [[Trinary]]'s worth of Nova Cat [[OmniMech]]s. They left the world when the Combine assigned two armored regiments to the planet.<ref>''Invading Clans'', p. 121</ref>

During [[Operation Bulldog]] the First Shin Legion faced the Clans on [[Cyrenaica]] and [[Caripare]] in the first wave. They spent the rest of the offensive as Cyrenaica's garrison.<ref>''The Dragon Roars'', p. 10</ref>

===Rebuilding===
The Draconis Combine High Command called the unit to [[Luthien]] where they discovered that their sister unit, the Second Shin Legion had been destroyed in the [[Battle of Luthien (3052)|battle]] for the planet. The Legion absorbed the few survivors from the unit.

The unit drafted new personnel to the unit throughout its rebuilding period. Many of these replacements came from warriors who graduated from the proving ground system and were from poorer families.<ref name=cmkp57/> The unit's new commander, ''Tai-sa'' Nguyen, ordered the screening of new candidates for the Legion. This was an effort to preserve the unit's cultural integrity. The warriors of the Legion were held in contempt by the [[Ghost Regiments]] as the ''yakuza'' considered them traitors. Conversely, the Legionnaires considered the Ghosts nothing more than thuggish criminals. As a result, the Draconis High Command kept the two units far away from each other.<ref name=cmkp57/>

By [[3057]], [[Coordinator]] [[Theodore Kurita]] gifted the unit with two companies of the Combine's latest OmniMechs and other advanced equipment. This left the unit indebted to their host nation.<ref name=FMDC111>''Field Manual: Draconis Combine'', p. 111: "First Shin Legion unit profile"</ref>

However, over the years despite their dedication, the unit has not been granted permission by the Coordinator to allow them to add the emblem of Draconis Combine on their units. This request was sent regularly to him up to [[3061]].

''Tai-sa'' Nguyen then received an invitation from Chancellor [[Sun-Tzu Liao]] for the Legion to return to the Confederation.<ref name=FMCC101/> With a chance to return from exile, Nguyen accepted with the endorsement of the rest of the Legion. Prior to returning to the Confederation, the unit gifted the old Second Shin Legion's DropShips to the Combine as payment of its debt to the Combine for its reconstruction.

===Returning to the Service of the Capellan Confederation===
Upon accepting an invitation from [[Sun-Tzu Liao]] the First returned to Capellan service in [[3061]], renaming themselves simply as the '''Shin Legion'''. When it arrived in the Confederation, the unit traded a lance of its Kuritan-made OmniMechs for a lance of ''[[Men Shen]]'' Medium OmniMechs.

The Twenty-fourth Luthien Light Wing did not accompany the Legion to the Confederation. ''Kong-sao-shao'' of the Red Sun Flight, a distant relative of a member of the 1st Shin Legion who defected to the Combine, requested that his unit be assigned as the Shin Legion's new aerospace support. This request to join the Legion caused the CCAF to downgrade the Red Sun Flight's loyalty rating to Questionable.<ref name=FMCC101/> By [[3067]] the unit had gained a second flight of aerospace fighters and a mixed battalion of [[battle armor]] attached to its parent command.<ref name=FMU28>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 28: "Shin Legion" - unit update in 3067</ref>

===''Xin Sheng'' Campaign===
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===Jihad===
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====Necromo====
The Legion was recovering from the aftereffects of the fighting against House Davion's [[Operation SOVEREIGN JUSTICE]] on [[Necromo]]. In August [[3071]], the Shin Legion and the [[Home Guard (Capellan Confederation)|Home Guard]] were utterly wiped out by the [[Word of Blake|Word of Blake's]] [[47th Shadow Division|Forty-seventh Shadow Division]] days before Blakist sent asteroids to pummel the planet into a barren wasteland.<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 106: "Forty-seventh Shadow Division raids Necromo, while Shin Legion resting and it is killed to the last man"</ref>

==Officers==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command
|-
| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the First Shin Legion (House Liao)'''
|-
| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the First Shin Legion (House Kurita)'''
|-
| ''[[Tai-sa]]''||[[Chou Yanyouan]]||[[3050]] - [[3054]]<ref name=20yup40/><ref name=ORp28/><ref name=FMDC111/>
|-
| ''[[Tai-sa]]''||[[Huang Nguyen]]||[[3059]]<ref name=FMDC111/>
|-
| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the First Shin Legion (House Liao)'''
|-
| ''[[Sang-shao]]''||[[Huang Nguyen]]||[[3063]] - [[3067]]<ref name=FMCC101/><ref name=FMUp33/>
|-
|}

===Other Officers===
* [[Major]] [[Julia Wuang]], [[aerospace fighter]] pilot during the late Succession Wars.<ref name=TRO39p206>''Technical Readout: 3039'', p. 206: "F-90 Stingray - Notable Pilots"</ref>

==Tactics==
The unit is noted for its ability to adapt quickly to fluid situations on the Battlefield. Its members are trained to handle all terrains but specialize in engagements on open terrain. It has been noted from learning from their enemy's actions against them.<ref name=FMDC111/>

After fighting the Nova Cats on Cyrenaica, the Shin Legion adopted new tactics based on those that the Nova Cats used against the legion. The Legion uses its heavy 'Mechs to engage the enemy's main line, using a lighter force to harass the enemy's flanks, while using its aerospace assets to strafe the enemy's rear.<ref name=FMDC111/><ref name=FMCC101/>

==Unit Emblem==
The Unit's original insignia consisted of a black Buddha on a golden disk.<ref name=FMDC110>''Field Manual: Draconis Combine'', p. 110: "First Shin Legion: Colors and Insignia"</ref>

In 3061, the Shin Legion adopted a new insignia of a Buddha on a red disk, replacing the golden disk of its original insignia, to avoid the implication that the unit has the Chancellor's favor.<ref name=FMCC101>''Field Manual: Capellan Confederation'', p. 101: "First Shin Legion profile" - Unit brief history post-Fourth Succession War to rejoining the Confederation</ref>

==Composition History==
===3040===
'''First Shin Legion''' (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=HWo3039p139/>
:Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Ancha]].<ref name=HWo3039p139>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 139</ref>

===3050===
'''First Shin Legion''' (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=20yup40>''20 Year Update'', p. 40</ref>
:*CO: ''Tai-sa'' Chou Yanyuan<ref name=20yup40/>

: Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on Ancha.<ref name=20yup40/>

===3054===
'''First Shin Legion''' (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=ORp28>''Objective Raids'', p. 28</ref>
:*CO: ''Tai-sa'' Chou Yanyuan

===3059===
'''First Shin Legion''' ([[Regiment]]/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=FMDC111/>
*CO: ''Tai-sa'' [[Huang Nguyen]]
**XO: ''[[Chu-sa]]'' [[Li Chang]]
*Second Battalion - CO: ''Chu-sa'' [[Naomi Yang-ming]]
**Third [[Company]]: ''Sho-sa'' [[Hachidu Toroda]]
*Third Battalion - CO: ''Chu-sa'' [[Sui Wen Ti]]

[[24th Luthien Light Aerospace|Twenty-fourth Luthien Light Aerospace]] Wing (2 [[Companies]]/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FMDC111/>
* CO: ''[[Dai-i]]'' [[Carlton Ryuanji]]

===3063===
'''Shin Legion''' (Regiment)<ref name=FMCC101/>
*CO/First Battalion: ''[[Sang-shao]]'' Huang Nguyen
**XO: ''[[Zhong-shao]]'' Li Chang
*Second Battalion: ''Zhong-shao'' Naomi Yang-ming
*Third Battalion: ''Zhong-shao'' Hachidu Toroda

* Capellan Navy Red Sun aerospace fighter flight<ref name=FMCC101/>
** CO/[[Wing Commander]]: ''[[Kong-sao-shao]]'' Sul Wen Tym

===3067===
'''Shin Legion''' (Regiment/Veteran/Questionable)<ref name=FMUp33>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 33: "CCAF Deployment Table - 3067"</ref>
*CO: ''Sang-shao'' Huang Nguyen

[[Capellan Navy Red Sun]] (2 Flights/Regular/Questionable)<ref name=FMUp33/>
*CO: ''Kong-sao-shao'' Sul Wen Tym

'''Shin Mechanized Infantry''' (Green/Questionable)<ref name=FMUp33/>
*CO : ''Zhong-shao'' Noh Ka Du

==References==
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==Bibliography==
<div class="desktop-3-col">
* ''[[20 Year Update]]''
* ''[[Combat Manual: Kurita]]''
* ''[[The Dragon Roars]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Draconis Combine]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Capellan Confederation]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
* ''[[Historical: Brush Wars]]''
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
* ''[[Invading Clans (sourcebook)|Invading Clans]]''
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
* ''[[Objective Raids]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3039]]''
* ''[[With Carrion Men]]''
</div>

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