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===Dusk Raiders===
The base [[gene-seed]] stock of the Dusk Raiders, originally known as the XIVth Legion, came from [[Terra]] or more specifically the warlike and tough clans of [[Albia]]. In the [[Unification Wars]] the XIVth Legion quickly developed the use of tactics and methods of warfare that their ironside fore-bearers would have found familiar. Operating in the role of heavy infantry, they were experts at survival, endurance, and stubborn defense. Their grey [[Power ArmorArmour]] began to carry battle decorations as well as the modified imagery of Albia. As the Unification Wars came to an end and the [[Great Crusade]] began, the [[Emperor]] gave them the title of the '''Dusk Raiders''', a nod to their use of the ancient Albian tactic of conducting major ground attacks at twilight when the shift of light confused an enemy's watch and gathering shadow would advance across open ground.{{Fn|16a}}