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{{InfoBoxFiction
| name = The Blood of Man
| image =
| author = [[Craig A. Reed, Jr.]]
| pub_date = 22 December 2010
| product =
| type = Short story
| publisher = [[BattleCorps]]
| illustrations =
| pages = 45
| era = [[Jihad era]]
| startdate = 13 August [[3078]]
| enddate = 17 September 3078
| series = [[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra tie-in (series)|Jihad Hot Spots: Terra tie-in series]]
| precededby = ''[[Lyran Fire]]''
| followedby =
}}
'''''The Blood of Man''''' is a short story by [[Craig A. Reed, Jr.]] that was published online on [[BattleCorps]] on 22 December 2010. It is the fifth and final [[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra tie-in (series)|tie-in story]] published as part of the new release of ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]''.

== Teaser Text ==
{{quote|''In our final [[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]-linked story, Craig Reed show us that the [[Jihad]] was one of those great conflicts, where one side was easily painted as evil and the other side painted as righteous. Even in such a tableau, of course, black and white are not so clearly cut...''}}

== Plot Summary ==
{{No plot|section}}

== Featured Characters ==
* Adept XXIII/Demi-Precentor [[Nigel Smyth]], senior field commander of the five [[TerraSec]] task forces in the British Isles and spouse of Alicia Richmond
* Adept IX/Demi-Precentor [[Alicia Richmond]], XO and commander of TerraSec's Beta task force in the British Isles and spouse of Nigel Smyth
* Adept V-Epsilon/Demi-Precentor [[Nicole Farah|Miranda Goodman]], the persona of a [[Word of Blake]] [[ROM]] operative and commander of TerraSec's Epsilon task force
* Precentor XXI [[Graham Carswell]], Head of [[TerraSec]] in the British Isles
* Adept VII/Demi-Precentor [[Gale Hoffman]], commander of TerraSec's Gamma task force
* Adept VII/Demi-Precentor [[Don Bailey]], commander of TerraSec's Delta task force
* General [[Alys Rousset-Marik]], commander of [[Stone's Coalition]] forces in the British Isles
* Precentor [[Geryon]], commander of the [[51st Shadow Division|Fifty-first Shadow Division]] (mentioned)
* [[Devlin Stone]] (mentioned)
* Chief Notts, chief technician assigned to the TerraSec task forces
* "Dagget", hacker and trusted associate of Smyth and Richmond
* Precentor Yardly, an officer of the [[Word of Blake Militia]]
* Doc Vittner, a TerraSec doctor

== Featured Units ==
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* [[TerraSec]]
* [[12th Atrean Dragoons|Twelfth Atrean Dragoons]]
* [[5th Army (ComStar)|ComStar Fifth Army]]
* [[7th Donegal Guards|Seventh Donegal Guards]]
* [[Devil's Brigade]] (mentioned)
* [[2nd Division (Word of Blake)|Second Division Word of Blake Militia]] (mentioned)
* [[51st Shadow Division|Fifty-first Shadow Division]] (mentioned)
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== Featured Places ==
* [[Terra]]
* [[Tukayyid]] (mentioned)
* [[Campbelton]] (mentioned)

== Featured BattleTech ==
=== BattleMechs ===
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* ''[[Highlander]]''
* ''[[Flashman]]''
* [[Black Knight|BL-9-KNT ''Black Knight'']]
* ''[[Orion]]''
* ''[[Griffin]]''
* ''[[Hermes II]]''
* ''[[Spider]]''
* ''[[Crab]]''
* ''[[Shadow Hawk]]''
* ''[[Crusader]]''
* ''[[Champion]]''
* ''[[Assassin]]''
* ''[[Kintaro]]''
* ''[[Thorn (BattleMech)|Thorn]]''
* ''[[Trebuchet]]''
* ''[[Lancelot]]''
* ''[[Guillotine]]'' (mentioned)
* ''[[Kit Fox (Uller)|Uller]]'' (mentioned)
* ''[[Stalker]]'' (mentioned)
* ''[[Thunderbolt]]'' (mentioned)
* ''[[Archer]]'' (mentioned)
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=== Vehicles ===
* [[Beagle (Combat Vehicle)|Beagle Tank]]
* [[Lightning (Combat Vehicle)|Lightning Hovercraft]]
* [[Patton|Patton Tank]]
* [[Pike (Combat Vehicle)|Pike Support Vehicle]]

[[Category:BattleCorps publications|Blood of Man, The]]
[[Category:Short Stories|Blood of Man, The]]
[[Category:Works by Craig A. Reed|Blood of Man, The]]

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