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9th Shock Troops Battalion

9th Shock Troops Battalion
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Affiliation:

United Nations Space Command

Branch:

UNSC Marine Corps

Type:

Shock infantry

Size:

Between 500-1,000 troopers

Engagements:

 

The 9th Shock Troops Battalion is an Orbital Drop Shock Trooper battalion of the UNSC Marine Corps.[1] At least a part of this battalion served aboard the UNSC Spirit of Fire.

HistoryEdit

Elements of the battalion witnessed or participated in the Harvest Campaign, Battle for Arcadia, and Battle of Trove in early 2531 before entering cryosleep following the loss of the Spirit of Fire's Slipspace drive.

They awoke twenty-eight years later at the Ark, and went on to participate in several operations against the Banished on the installation, including Operation: SPEARBREAKER and the defense of Fort Jordan.

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