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==History==
 
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===Succession Wars===
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Formed in the lead-up to the [[Second Succession War]], the '''Second Amphigean Light Assault Group''' acquitted itself admirably during the hellish conflict, conducting successful search and destroy missions with its fellow [[1st Amphigean Light Assault Group|First Amphigean LAG]] on [[Strawn]], [[Kessel]] and [[Kobe]]. The Second's destruction of a [[Lyran Commonwealth]] [[regiment]] of heavy and assault [[BattleMech]]s in a series of hit-and-run raids over a course of several weeks in-fact spawned the "Light Assault Group" appellation for the entire Amphigean brigade.<ref name=FMDC-94/>
  
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The '''2nd Amphigean Light Assault Group''' participated in the [[Galtor III|Galtor]] campaign during [[3025]]. They, along with the [[8th Galedon Regulars]], were the last DCMS forces on the world.<ref>''Historical Turning Points: Galtor'', p. 5</ref>
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As of [[3025]], the Second Amphigean was initially stationed alongside the First Amphigean on [[Reisling's Planet]], before both units participated in the [[Galtor III|Galtor]] Campaign, replacing the [[3rd Benjamin Regulars|Third Benjamin Regulars]] who were redeployed to defend [[Tripoli]]. <ref name=TGCp24>''The Galtor Campaign'', p. 24 "History - Phase Two"</ref> The Second advanced with First Amphigean towards the real [[Star League]] depot on Galtor but fell behind as it tried to maintain formation in the rolling hills, the isolated First taking heavy damage before the Second Amphigean could extract them, the Combine units unable to reach the depot to save the now trapped Kismet [[Battalion]] of the [[7th Sword of Light|Seventh Sword of Light]].<ref name=TGCp29>''The Galtor Campaign'', p. 29 "History - The Amphigean Advance - Davion Counterattacks"</ref>
  
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They were effectively destroyed during the [[Clan Invasion]].<ref>''Field Manual: Draconis Combine'', p. 95, 96</ref>
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After the First Amphigean left Galtor, the Second joined with the [[8th Galedon Regulars|Eighth Galedon Regulars]] in the strike against the [[Davion]]-held city of New Derry. Emerging from a sewer tunnel in the middle of the city, the Second's Pollux Battlion took heavy losses including its commander ''[[Chu-sa]]'' Saxton, but with air-support were able to kill the defending Davion commander Sir William Dobson. <ref name=HTPGp14>''Historical Turning Points: Galtor'', p. 14 "Tracks - Dahar No More"</ref> <ref name=TGCp33>''The Galtor Campaign'', pp. 33-34 "History - Fall of New Derry"</ref> After the abrupt withdraw of Warlord Yorioshi's [[6th Benjamin Regulars|Sixth]] and [[17th Benjamin Regulars|Seventeenth Benjamin Regulars]] from Galtor, the arrival of [[4th Crucis Lancers|Fourth Cucis Lancers]] allowed the Davion forces to run roughshod over the remaining Combine units, the Second Amphigean being ordered by Warlord [[Grieg Samsonov]] to retreat off-world. <ref name=HTPGp15>''Historical Turning Points: Galtor'', p. 14 "Tracks - Stand of Defiance"</ref> <ref name=TGCp34>''The Galtor Campaign'', pp. 34-35 "History - Traitor - Disaster"</ref>
  
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===War of 3039===
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As of [[3038]], the Second Amphigean was again stationed alongside the First Amphigean on Reisling's Planet. When the [[War of 3039]] erupted, ''[[Kanrei]]'' [[Theodore Kurita]] held both regiments back until the Combine's massed counterattack during the combined-[[Federated Commonwealth]]'s second invasion wave, ordering them to retake [[New Mendham]]. Landing on 12 July [[3039]], the combined Amphigean force initially threw the defending [[Davion Light Guards]] and [[1st Chisholm's Raiders|First Chisholm's Raiders]] off-balance, but the battle eventually devolved into a costly stalemate before the Davion troops were ordered to withdraw in mid-October. <ref name=Wo3039p94>''Historical: War of 3039'', pp. 94-96 "Wave Two and Counterattack - New Mendham (July-October)"</ref> Having suffered extremely heavy losses, after the conclusion of the conflict, the Second Amphigean joined the First in returning to Reisling's Planet to rebuild. <ref name=Wo3039p139>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 139 "Deployment Table - Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery - Amphigean LAG"</ref>
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===Clan Invasion===
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Stationed on Galtor immediately prior to the [[Clan Invasion]],<ref name=20YUp42/> by the [[Clans]] fifth invasion wave the Second Amphigean had been transferred to defend [[Avon]]. Facing the [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]]'s [[5th Jaguar Regulars (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|Fifth Jaguar Regulars]], [[4th Jaguar Dragoons (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|Fourth Jaguar Dragoons]] and [[214th Jaguar Dragoons (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|214th Jaguar Dragoons]], and [[Clan Nova Cat]]'s [[274th Battle (Clan Nova Cat)|274th Battle Cluster]] and [[449th Assault Cluster (Clan Nova Cat)|449th Assault Cluster]].both [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] and [[Clan Nova Cat]] in November [[3051]], the Second knew it stood little chance of winning a open stand-up engagement and opted to wage a short but fierce guerrilla campaign aimed at destroying as much of the Clans' supplies as possible.  Entire companies of 'Mechs attacked Clan supply depots under the cover of darkness, though in truth their attacks were merely diversions to allow commando units to infiltrate and plant explosives among the supplies. As a result of such "perfidious" tactics, the Smoke Jaguar commander ordered a "[[Elemental (battle armor)#Variants|headhunter]]" [[Star]] to locate and destroy the Second's command post.  The unit succeeded during a ruthlessly brutal strike that killed the entire command staff. Bereft of leadership the Second's efforts began to falter, until finally the Second Amphigean was destroyed just days later at the combined hands of the Smoke Jaguars and Nova Cats.<ref name=ICp59>''Invading Clans (sourcebook)'', p.59-60 "Clan Smoke Jaguar - Fifth Wave: All-out War"</ref> </ref> <ref name=ICp119>''Invading Clans'', p. 119 "Clan Nova Cat - Fifth Wave - Avon (DC)"</ref>
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Though destroyed, the performance of the Second and [[5th Amphigean Light Assault Group|Fifth Amphigean LAG]] against the invaders led the Combine High Command to authorize the creation of the [[7th Amphigean Light Assault Group|Seventh Amphigean Light Assault Group]]<ref name=FMDC-94>''Field Manual: Draconis Combine'', pp. 94-96 "Alternate Paths - Amphigean Light Assault Groups: Pack Mentality"</ref>
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===Dark Age===
 
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The Second Amphigean Light Assault Group joined the [[1st Amphigean Light Assault Group]] in battling the [[Clan Nova Cat|Nova Cat's]] [[Gamma Galaxy (Clan Nova Cat)|Gamma Galaxy]] on [[Avon]] during the Nova Cat Rebellion. Though the two Light Assault Groups were eventually able to destroy the Nova Cats, they sustained heavy losses during the fighting.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3145 Draconis Combine'', p. 36</ref>
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Reformed during the so-called [[Dark Ages]], the Second Amphigean Light Assault Group joined the [[1st Amphigean Light Assault Group]] in battling the [[Clan Nova Cat|Nova Cat's]] [[Gamma Galaxy (Clan Nova Cat)|Gamma Galaxy]] on [[Avon]] during the [[Draconis Combine Civil War|Nova Cat Rebellion]]. Though the two Light Assault Groups were eventually able to destroy the Nova Cats, they sustained heavy losses during the fighting.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3145 Draconis Combine'', p. 36</ref>
  
 
In [[3144]] they also landed on [[Lucerne]] where The Bright Suns, their AeroSpace wing, was critical in forcing the [[Federated Suns]] to withdraw.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3145 Draconis Combine'', p. 50</ref><ref name="FM3145p62">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 62, "Second Amphigean Light Assault Group"</ref>  
 
In [[3144]] they also landed on [[Lucerne]] where The Bright Suns, their AeroSpace wing, was critical in forcing the [[Federated Suns]] to withdraw.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3145 Draconis Combine'', p. 50</ref><ref name="FM3145p62">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 62, "Second Amphigean Light Assault Group"</ref>  
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As of 3025, the commanding officer of the unit was ''[[Brigadier General]]'' Karl Gramenov.<ref>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 137</ref>
 
As of 3025, the commanding officer of the unit was ''[[Brigadier General]]'' Karl Gramenov.<ref>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 137</ref>
  
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As of 3050, the commanding officer of the unit was ''[[Tai-sa]]'' Pho Lashjui<ref name=20YUp42/>
  
 
As of 3145, the commanding officer of the unit was ''Tai-sa'' Mitchell "Eagle Eye" Stonethrower<ref>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 62, Draconis Combine - Alternate Paths.</ref>
 
As of 3145, the commanding officer of the unit was ''Tai-sa'' Mitchell "Eagle Eye" Stonethrower<ref>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 62, Draconis Combine - Alternate Paths.</ref>
  
 
==Tactics==
 
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Equipped with light 'Mechs, the 2nd Amphigean Light Assault Group favors "dishonorable" tactics like massed fire.<ref>''Historical Turning Points: Galtor'', p. 8</ref>
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Equipped with light 'Mechs, the Second Amphigean Light Assault Group favors "dishonorable" tactics like massed fire.<ref>''Historical Turning Points: Galtor'', p. 8</ref>
  
 
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History

Succession Wars

Formed in the lead-up to the Second Succession War, the Second Amphigean Light Assault Group acquitted itself admirably during the hellish conflict, conducting successful search and destroy missions with its fellow First Amphigean LAG on Strawn, Kessel and Kobe. The Second's destruction of a Lyran Commonwealth regiment of heavy and assault BattleMechs in a series of hit-and-run raids over a course of several weeks in-fact spawned the "Light Assault Group" appellation for the entire Amphigean brigade.[1]

As of 3025, the Second Amphigean was initially stationed alongside the First Amphigean on Reisling's Planet, before both units participated in the Galtor Campaign, replacing the Third Benjamin Regulars who were redeployed to defend Tripoli. [2] The Second advanced with First Amphigean towards the real Star League depot on Galtor but fell behind as it tried to maintain formation in the rolling hills, the isolated First taking heavy damage before the Second Amphigean could extract them, the Combine units unable to reach the depot to save the now trapped Kismet Battalion of the Seventh Sword of Light.[3]

After the First Amphigean left Galtor, the Second joined with the Eighth Galedon Regulars in the strike against the Davion-held city of New Derry. Emerging from a sewer tunnel in the middle of the city, the Second's Pollux Battlion took heavy losses including its commander Chu-sa Saxton, but with air-support were able to kill the defending Davion commander Sir William Dobson. [4] [5] After the abrupt withdraw of Warlord Yorioshi's Sixth and Seventeenth Benjamin Regulars from Galtor, the arrival of Fourth Cucis Lancers allowed the Davion forces to run roughshod over the remaining Combine units, the Second Amphigean being ordered by Warlord Grieg Samsonov to retreat off-world. [6] [7]

War of 3039

As of 3038, the Second Amphigean was again stationed alongside the First Amphigean on Reisling's Planet. When the War of 3039 erupted, Kanrei Theodore Kurita held both regiments back until the Combine's massed counterattack during the combined-Federated Commonwealth's second invasion wave, ordering them to retake New Mendham. Landing on 12 July 3039, the combined Amphigean force initially threw the defending Davion Light Guards and First Chisholm's Raiders off-balance, but the battle eventually devolved into a costly stalemate before the Davion troops were ordered to withdraw in mid-October. [8] Having suffered extremely heavy losses, after the conclusion of the conflict, the Second Amphigean joined the First in returning to Reisling's Planet to rebuild. [9]

Clan Invasion

Stationed on Galtor immediately prior to the Clan Invasion,[10] by the Clans fifth invasion wave the Second Amphigean had been transferred to defend Avon. Facing the Clan Smoke Jaguar's Fifth Jaguar Regulars, Fourth Jaguar Dragoons and 214th Jaguar Dragoons, and Clan Nova Cat's 274th Battle Cluster and 449th Assault Cluster.both Clan Smoke Jaguar and Clan Nova Cat in November 3051, the Second knew it stood little chance of winning a open stand-up engagement and opted to wage a short but fierce guerrilla campaign aimed at destroying as much of the Clans' supplies as possible. Entire companies of 'Mechs attacked Clan supply depots under the cover of darkness, though in truth their attacks were merely diversions to allow commando units to infiltrate and plant explosives among the supplies. As a result of such "perfidious" tactics, the Smoke Jaguar commander ordered a "headhunter" Star to locate and destroy the Second's command post. The unit succeeded during a ruthlessly brutal strike that killed the entire command staff. Bereft of leadership the Second's efforts began to falter, until finally the Second Amphigean was destroyed just days later at the combined hands of the Smoke Jaguars and Nova Cats.[11] </ref> [12]

Though destroyed, the performance of the Second and Fifth Amphigean LAG against the invaders led the Combine High Command to authorize the creation of the Seventh Amphigean Light Assault Group[1]

Dark Age

Reformed during the so-called Dark Ages, the Second Amphigean Light Assault Group joined the 1st Amphigean Light Assault Group in battling the Nova Cat's Gamma Galaxy on Avon during the Nova Cat Rebellion. Though the two Light Assault Groups were eventually able to destroy the Nova Cats, they sustained heavy losses during the fighting.[13]

In 3144 they also landed on Lucerne where The Bright Suns, their AeroSpace wing, was critical in forcing the Federated Suns to withdraw.[14][15]

Officers

As of 3025, the commanding officer of the unit was Brigadier General Karl Gramenov.[16]

As of 3050, the commanding officer of the unit was Tai-sa Pho Lashjui[10]

As of 3145, the commanding officer of the unit was Tai-sa Mitchell "Eagle Eye" Stonethrower[17]

Tactics

Equipped with light 'Mechs, the Second Amphigean Light Assault Group favors "dishonorable" tactics like massed fire.[18]

Composition History

3025

2nd Amphigean Light Assault Group (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable) [19]

  • CO: Brigadier General Karl Gramenov [19]

3040

2nd Amphigean Light Assault Group (Regiment/Veteran/Questionble)[9]

3050

2nd Amphigean Light Assault Group (Regiment/Veteran/Questionble) [10]

  • CO: Tai-sa Pho Lashjui

3145

2nd Amphigean Light Assault Group (2 Battalions/Veteran/Reliable) (105% Strength)[20]

  • CO: Tai-sa Mitchell “Eagle Eye” Stonethrower

Bright Suns (Wing/Elite/Fanatical) (100% Strength)[20]

  • CO: Sho-sa Quincy Terrell

17th Lucerne Recon (Veteran/Questionable) (100% Strength) [20]

  • CO: Tai-sa Tammy Houston

19th Light Scouts (Veteran/Reliable) (90% Strength)[20]

  • CO: Tai-sa Hikozaemon Igarashi

Notes:

The unit had a "B" Equipment Rating.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Field Manual: Draconis Combine, pp. 94-96 "Alternate Paths - Amphigean Light Assault Groups: Pack Mentality"
  2. ↑ The Galtor Campaign, p. 24 "History - Phase Two"
  3. ↑ The Galtor Campaign, p. 29 "History - The Amphigean Advance - Davion Counterattacks"
  4. ↑ Historical Turning Points: Galtor, p. 14 "Tracks - Dahar No More"
  5. ↑ The Galtor Campaign, pp. 33-34 "History - Fall of New Derry"
  6. ↑ Historical Turning Points: Galtor, p. 14 "Tracks - Stand of Defiance"
  7. ↑ The Galtor Campaign, pp. 34-35 "History - Traitor - Disaster"
  8. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, pp. 94-96 "Wave Two and Counterattack - New Mendham (July-October)"
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Historical: War of 3039, p. 139 "Deployment Table - Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery - Amphigean LAG"
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 20 Year Update, p.42 "Draconis Combine - Deployment Table"
  11. ↑ Invading Clans (sourcebook), p.59-60 "Clan Smoke Jaguar - Fifth Wave: All-out War"
  12. ↑ Invading Clans, p. 119 "Clan Nova Cat - Fifth Wave - Avon (DC)"
  13. ↑ Technical Readout: 3145 Draconis Combine, p. 36
  14. ↑ Technical Readout: 3145 Draconis Combine, p. 50
  15. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 62, "Second Amphigean Light Assault Group"
  16. ↑ House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 137
  17. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 62, Draconis Combine - Alternate Paths.
  18. ↑ Historical Turning Points: Galtor, p. 8
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 House Kurita (The Draconis Combine),p. 137
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 Field Manual: 3145, p. 66, Draconis Combine - Deployment Table continued

Bibliography

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