13th Division (ComStar)

13th Division ( IV-psi)
Formed 3040s
Nickname Comprehension is All
Affiliation ComStar
Parent Command 7th Army V-Kappa


Unit Brief[edit]

The 13th Division was a mid thirty-first century Combined Arms Division of ComStar's Com Guard 7th Army.[1]

History[edit]

The 13th Division first appeared in the third decade of the thirty-first century, where it was stationed in Free Worlds League on the world of New Olympia to defend its HPG Station.[2]

In 3052, the Division would redeployed to Tukayyid with the rest of its parent Army. There it would engage the Clans in massive Trial of Possession for Terra. The 7th Army would be assigned to fight Clan Nova Cat with elements of the 12th Army, while the Division itself would used as a reserve unit. On May 3rd, the 7th Army's would be engage in battle with Clan Nova Cat's Alpha and Gamma Galaxies prevent them from taking the city of Joje. As the Nova Cat Galaxies struggled, reinforcements were called and attempted to come to their aid. The Division with the 432st would ambush and destroy the Beta Galaxy's 44th Nova Cat Cavaliers.[3][4][5]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 13th Division
Precentor Arne Wakazuru 3050[6]

Tactics[edit]

Unspecified

Composition History[edit]

3050[edit]

13th Division (Division/Veteran )[7]

Note: At this point in time the 13th Division was stationed on New Olympia.[7]

[8][9]

Notes[edit]

  • As of this writing, there is little written of the 13th Division or its component Level III units. The Division also disappeared from sourcebook listings after Tukayyid, with no mentioning if the unit had been destroyed, demobilized or had defected to the Word of Blake.[10]

Reference[edit]

  1. Field Manual: ComStar, p. 14: Makeup of units deployed Tukayyid highlight they were combined arms formation which included the 13th Division.
  2. ComStar, p. 59: Com Guards began their deployment of Divisions in beginning of the 3030s
  3. Tukayyid, p. 40: Campaign: Clan Nova Cat - Actions of the 13th Division Battle for cities of Joje and Tost.
  4. ComStar, p. 70: Battle of Tukayyid - Detailed action of 13th Division's only significant action of the Battle of Tukayyid illustrated.
  5. Invading Clans, p. 117: 13th Division noted in action against the 44th Nova Cat Cavaliers.
  6. 20 Year Update, p. 71: 7th V-Kappa's component forces includes the 13th Division and its commanding officer.
  7. 7.0 7.1 20 Year Update, p. 71
  8. 20 Year Update, p. 71: 7th V-Kappa's Talitha Theater listing shows the 13th Division in its ranks.
  9. Tukayyid, p. 18: Deployment - Typical makeup of Division includes 2 'Mech Battalions, Aerospace Fighter Battalion, 2 Tank Battalions and single Infantry Battalion.
  10. ComStar, pp. 82, 85, 94: 13th Division does not appear in ComStar's deployment roster nor is there any mention of the unit's elements defecting. Word of Blake section does not mention any defections of the 13th Division.

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