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formation-fighting
A military tactic where soldiers maintain precise geometric formations to channel exotic effects like heat lances and force shields, dependent on societal adherence to the hexarchate's high calendar.
1 chapter across 1 book
Ninefox Gambit (2016)Yoon Ha Lee
Chapter 3
Captain Kel Cheris leads Heron Company in a failed assault on the heretic Eels' outpost world of Dredge, where a directional storm generator disrupts their formation fighting tactics. The chapter explores the devastating effects of the Eels' heretical technology, the reliance of Kel forces on formation discipline tied to the hexarchate's high calendar, and Cheris's growing realization that her superiors may have withheld critical information about the heretics' capabilities.