BLADE

BLADE (Builders of a Legacy after the Destruction of Earth) is the central human organization in Xenoblade Chronicles X, as well as a designation for the people that work in the organization. This organization was formed by Kentaro Nagi shortly after his interstellar ark, the White Whale, arrived on the planet Mira.

The main missions of BLADE are to recover the Lifeholds scattered across Mira, defend the city of New Los Angeles, and provide support for the people within by completing Missions for them.

History
During the events of Forging BLADE, prior to the organization's creation, Kentaro Nagi established three Skell-centered squads as part of an initiative to protect their Habitat unit, which would later become New Los Angeles. These squads would become the Reclaimers, Interceptors, and Pathfinders. The Harriers and the Outfitters were established soon after, and their expertise allowed for Tyrants to be defeated and technology to be made to restore power to the new city.

Once power was restored, Nagi considered the Coalition forces obsolete due to the destruction of Earth, and establishes both a provisional government for New Los Angeles and an organization to run the city's military called BLADE.

Bio (Enemy Index)
''An organization formed after the crash landing on Mira. BLADE is charged with a multitude of tasks, including securing food and water, planetary exploration, and keeping the peace in New LA. Its most important duty, however, is searching for the Lifehold.''

As the organization was formed from the remains of the Coalition forces, most BLADE members have at least some amount of military experience.

Organization
The organization is commanded by Commander Jack Vandham, with Secretary Kentaro Nagi acting as its military chief. NLA's Director General Maurice Chausson also works from the BLADE Tower to give orders to BLADE.

The main headquarters is the BLADE Tower in the middle of the Administrative District. Armory Alley is commonly used as a place to buy supplies and work with Arms Manufacturers, and the BLADE Barracks provide housing for all BLADEs.

There are eight BLADE Divisions: Pathfinders, Interceptors, Harriers, Reclaimers, Curators, Prospectors, Outfitters, and Mediators. While these eight Divisions exist to give roles to BLADE members, BLADEs are generally free to do any task they see fit; the divisions exist so BLADEs know which actions will give them more Division Points to increase their BLADE levels and earn their daily Division Rewards.

Members
Most of the members of BLADE, or BLADEs, are former Coalition soldiers, like Doug Barrett, Lao Huang, Irina Akulov, and Gwin Evans. However, there are lots of people, including xenoforms, who eventually come to work for BLADE in various ways from mechanical work to joining up to fight indigens and the Ganglion.

Generally, BLADEs that travel outside the city work in teams, which usually include people from many different Divisions (for example, Elma, a Reclaimer, leads a team with Lin, an Outfitter).

Enemy units
Although the playable characters are all BLADEs, there are some BLADEs who decide to instead fight Cross and their team for various reasons including training exercises, greed, and simple betrayal. As a result, BLADEs only appear as enemies during Missions, rather than being Tyrants or common enemies throughout Mira.

Due to being mimeosomes, BLADEs are considered Mechanoids instead of Humanoids. Typically, they have 0% resistance in all attributes except for Beam (-25%) and Ether (10%). They typically will use Physical and Thermal arts in battle.