- Lieutenant Arcturus Mengsk describing Dominion section to Captain Angelina Emillian(src)
Dominion section was an unofficial name for a small Confederate Marine Corps unit, part of the 33rd Ground Assault Division, led by Arcturus Mengsk. He chose the name because he thought it was "appropriately grand".
After a period of time on Pridewater, the unit's first combat action was at Turanga Canyon in August, 2480 (a period where its members were supposed to be on leave) where it was attached to a larger force of neurally resocialized marines under the command of Captain Angelina Emillian. It was to act as a "smart" counterweight to the resocialized troops. On its way to the canyon where the Confederates would attack a Kel-Morian Combine-operated deep core mining operation, the transport carrying them was shot down, severely injuring Emillian and putting nineteen-year-old Lieutenant Mengsk in charge.
Mengsk won the battle, but not without wasting the lives of the resocialized troops.
Over the next several years it continued to steal Kel-Morian mining operations and act as heavily armed backup to local enforcers.
Dominion section took part in the Battle of Noranda Glacier, working with a numerically superior Alpha Squadron company led by Captain Edmund Duke. It also had a complement of 20-25 resocialized marines in its ranks to make up for its small size. Chun Leung and Toby Mercurio were both killed in that action.
Only Mengsk (eventually promoted to colonel), Chuck Horner (eventually promoted to captain) and Dia de Santo survived the Guild Wars.
Membership
References
McNeill, Graham (December 30, 2008). StarCraft: I, Mengsk. Simon & Schuster (Pocket Star). ISBN 1416-55083-6.