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−	One of the most elite units in the Com Guards, the Second Division was [[Precentor Martial of ComStar|Precentor Martial]] [[Anastasius Focht]]'s first choice to assign to [[Task Force Serpent]]. While impractical to transport the entire division, Focht sent the bulk of the Second's [[BattleMech]] and [[Combat Vehicle]] sections, the ''Living Word'', ''Hidden Hand'' and ''Dark Regret'', to [[Huntress]].<ref name=FMC>''Field Manual: ComStar'', p. 25</ref><ref name=TOTC1>''Twilight of the Clans'', p. 44</ref><ref>''The Hunters'', p. 114</ref> While the 2nd Division was assigned to Task Force Serpent, Demi-Precentor Regis Grandi held the rank of [[Colonel]].<ref> ''The Hunters'', ch. 20</ref><ref> ''Shadows of War'', ch. 15</ref>	+	One of the most elite units in the Com Guards, the Second Division was [[Precentor Martial of ComStar|Precentor Martial]] [[Anastasius Focht]]'s first choice to assign to [[Task Force Serpent]]. While impractical to transport the entire division, Focht sent the bulk of the Second's [[BattleMech]] and [[Combat Vehicle]] sections, the ''Living Word'', ''Hidden Hand'' and ''Dark Regret'', to [[Huntress]].<ref name=FMC>''Field Manual: ComStar'', p. 25</ref><ref name=TOTC1>''Twilight of the Clans'', p. 44</ref><ref>''The Hunters'', p. 114</ref>
	During the initial assault on Huntress, the Second Division was assigned the relatively easy task of capturing the Mount Szabo command post that was partially crippled by the [[DEST]] force assigned to Serpent, with portions of the Second then attached to assist in the hellish fighting between the [[First Knights of the Inner Sphere]] and [[Kingston's Legionnaires]] against a sizable force of previously unknown [[ProtoMech]]s.<ref name=TOTC2>''Twilight of the Clans'', pp. 10, 25</ref>		During the initial assault on Huntress, the Second Division was assigned the relatively easy task of capturing the Mount Szabo command post that was partially crippled by the [[DEST]] force assigned to Serpent, with portions of the Second then attached to assist in the hellish fighting between the [[First Knights of the Inner Sphere]] and [[Kingston's Legionnaires]] against a sizable force of previously unknown [[ProtoMech]]s.<ref name=TOTC2>''Twilight of the Clans'', pp. 10, 25</ref>

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{{infoBoxMilitaryCommand | image = | Designation = Second Division | formed = | Disbanded = | Previous Designation = | Nickname = ComStar Angels (3050)<br>The Falconeers (3062) | Affiliation = [[ComStar]] | Parent Command = [[3rd Army (ComStar)|Third Army]] | Sub-Command = }} The [[Com Guards|Com Guard]] '''Second Division''' was one of the most elite units among the [[ComStar]] military forces, having fought against [[Clan Steel Viper]] during the [[Battle of Tukayyid (3052)|Battle of Tukayyid]] and serving as ComStar's ground force contribution to [[Task Force Serpent]]. ==History== ===Formation=== One of the earliest Com Guard divisions, the Second was a relatively unknown quantity before the [[Clan Invasion]], being known prior to [[Tukayyid]] by the nickname of the ''ComStar Angels''. [[Wolfnet]] uncovered that the then green unit was assigned to the [[3rd Army (ComStar)|Third Army]] and headquartered on [[Peabody]].<ref name=20Y>''20 Year Update'', p. 70</ref> ===Clan Invasion=== As part of the Third Army, the Second faced multiple [[Clan]]s during the [[Battle of Tukayyid (3052)|Battle of Tukayyid]], primarily fighting against [[Clan Steel Viper]].<ref name=FMC>''Field Manual: ComStar'', p. 25</ref> Like many surviving divisions, the now-tempered and elite Second chose a new nickname based on their experiences, ''The Falconeers'', remaining with the Third Army while moving its headquarters to [[Epsilon Indi]].<ref name=ComStar>''ComStar'', p. 84</ref> ===Task Force Serpent=== One of the most elite units in the Com Guards, the Second Division was [[Precentor Martial of ComStar|Precentor Martial]] [[Anastasius Focht]]'s first choice to assign to [[Task Force Serpent]]. While impractical to transport the entire division, Focht sent the bulk of the Second's [[BattleMech]] and [[Combat Vehicle]] sections, the ''Living Word'', ''Hidden Hand'' and ''Dark Regret'', to [[Huntress]].<ref name=FMC>''Field Manual: ComStar'', p. 25</ref><ref name=TOTC1>''Twilight of the Clans'', p. 44</ref><ref>''The Hunters'', p. 114</ref> During the initial assault on Huntress, the Second Division was assigned the relatively easy task of capturing the Mount Szabo command post that was partially crippled by the [[DEST]] force assigned to Serpent, with portions of the Second then attached to assist in the hellish fighting between the [[First Knights of the Inner Sphere]] and [[Kingston's Legionnaires]] against a sizable force of previously unknown [[ProtoMech]]s.<ref name=TOTC2>''Twilight of the Clans'', pp. 10, 25</ref> During the [[Smoke Jaguar]] counterassault, General [[Ariana Winston]] assigned the Second Division to the northern army tasked with protecting the Smoke Jaguar genetics repository and Mount Szabo, two sites sacred to the Jaguars, alongside the [[Eridani Light Horse]] and [[Second St. Ives Lancers]]. After facing and repulsing the Clan's initial challenge, the Second was assigned to defend or destroy the capital Lootera's spaceport, bearing the brunt of the Jaguar assault and slowly being pushed back.<ref name=TOTC3>''Twilight of the Clans'', pp. 12, 35</ref> Along with the rest of the northern army, the Second was pressed back into the Jaguar's Fang mountains, suffering heavy losses until the [[Victor Steiner-Davion]]-led relief force arrived to carry the day.<ref name=TOTC4>''Twilight of the Clans'', p. 13</ref> Like all members of Task Force Serpent, the Second suffered extremely heavy losses on Huntress. Of the eighty Second Division BattleMechs assigned to Serpent, only seventeen returned, with even worse losses among the [[aerospace fighter]], combat vehicle and infantry sections. Each of the Second Division's forty-two survivors received the highest possible Com Guard decorations from Precentor Martial Focht, making the Second the most decorated unit in the Guards.<ref name=FMC>''Field Manual: ComStar'', p. 25</ref> Unlike other elements of the Third Army, the Second Division remained steadfastly loyal when Victor Steiner-Davion accepted the post of Precentor Martial, due in part because of their shared history on Huntress, and finally returned to full strength in [[3066]].<ref name=FMU>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 85</ref> While stationed on [[Epsilon Indi]] in 3067, elements of the Second attacked the independently-contracted mercenary unit [[Tooth of Ymir]]. They destroyed four companies of the merc unit, until the Tooth's commanding officer sent scathing interrogative messages to Precentor Regis Grandi. Grandi denied authorizing the attacks, and halted the assaults on the mercenary unit.<ref>''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 113: "Possible WoB ROM tricks Second Division to attack Tooth of Ymir".</ref> The Second Division contracted [[Arc-Royal]] based repair group [[Skibinski's Salvage]] to rebuild the nearly destroyed command.<ref>''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 107: "2nd Division contracts Skibinski's Salvage to rebuild the Tooth of Ymir".</ref> While relations between the Tooth and the Second Division had been strained since the Tooth's arrival, Precentor Grandi had to concede that there was no tangible evidence linking the Tooth to the [[Word of Blake]], and it was reported in January [[3068]] that the Tooth had been forced to withdraw to [[Arc-Royal]] because its strength had been reduced below the minimum level stipulated in their contract.<ref name="BAp35">''Blake Ascending'', p. 35: "Mercenary Treachery"</ref><ref name="DOTJp35">''Dawn of the Jihad'', p. 35: "Mercenary Treachery"</ref> === The Jihad === In the opening stages of the Jihad the Second was attacked directly by the Word of Blake. The Second requested assistance from the [[Langendorf Lancers]], who were under contract to the [[Capellan Confederation Armed Forces]] and stationed on Epsilon Indi at the time, but the Lancers instead broke their contract, forced their way into the nearby spaceport, seized a number of DropShips and fled.<ref name="MSUp82">''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 82: "Langendorf Lancers"</ref> The Com Guard unit attacked and crippled the [[Tooth of Ymir]] in October [[3067]] for unknown reasons.<ref name=WoBSEIF>''BattleCorps: INN Newscast (Solaris Broadcasting Co. section), news item published [04/01/3068]: "Word of Blake Seizes Epsilon Indi, Fletcher"''</ref> Then came the WoB invasion,<ref name=WoBSEIF/> which started with the destruction of the Second Division's command post at the hands of Blakist battle armor - including ''[[Manei Domini]]'' troopers using [[Purifier]] and [[Phalanx (Battle Armor)|Phalanx]] - was broadcast in graphic detail on the 26th of December 3067 by [[Joseph Lawson]], a journalist from [[INN]] who had the misfortune to be in the command post when the Blakist troops forced their way in and literally tore the people inside apart.<ref name="BAp85">''Blake Ascending'', pp. 85–86: "Slaughter!"</ref><ref name="DOTJp85">''Dawn of the Jhad'', pp. 85–86: "Slaughter!"</ref> By the 14th of January 3068 reports were already circulating of the Second Division and other Com Guard forces having taken heavy casualties.<ref name="BAp86">''Blake Ascending'', pp. 86–87: "Com Guards Shattered"</ref><ref name="DOTJp86">''Dawn of the Jihad'', pp. 86–87: "Com Guards Shattered"</ref> During the Blakist invasion of Epsilon Indi, one of the pilots from the Second Division earned a considerable degree of notoriety within the invading forces; Adept [[Valerie Heron]] savaged a Blakist [[Level II]] of ''[[Cheetah]]'' fighters in the first wave of the invasion, using her light [[Rogue (Aerospace Fighter class)|LX-pattern ''Rogue'']] aerospace fighter to earn her ace status in a single engagement and leading the one Blakist survivor of the battle to claim that the Second had brought back a ghost from [[Huntress]] to fight for them. One of Precentor Grandi's final acts during the battle on Epsilon Indi was to request that ComStar award its highest honors to Heron, who had gone into battle for a second time, against two Level IIs of upgraded ''[[Stingray]]''-class fighters, and managed to destroy three before being killed in action.<ref name="TRO:3050Up232">''Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade'', p. 232: "RGU-133E Rogue"</ref> ==Officers== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command |- | colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 2nd Division (ComStar)''' |- | [[Precentor]]||[[Regis Grandi]]||[[3058]] - late [[3067]]/early [[3068]]<ref name="SaFp060">''Sword and Fire'', p. 60</ref><ref name="BAp35"/> |- |} ==Tactics== Unknown. ==Composition history== ===3050=== '''2nd Division''' (Division/Green)<ref name=20yup70>''20 Year Update'', p. 70</ref> : Note: At this point in time the 2nd Division was stationed on Peabody.<ref name=20yup70/> ===3055=== '''2nd Division''' (Division/Elite)<ref name=CSSp84">''ComStar'', p. 84</ref> : Note: At this point in time the 2nd Division was stationed on [[Epsilon Indi]].<ref name=CSSp84"/> ===3062=== The Second Division consists of a fairly even mix of BattleMechs, AeroSpace Fighters, combat vehicles and infantry. * ''Living Word'' [[Level III|III]]-nu: [[Demi-Precentor]] VII [[Hector Machabanski]] * ''Hidden Hand'' III-mu: Demi-Precentor IV [[Sam Pulciani]] * ''Dark Regret'' III-xi: Demi-Precentor X [[Judy Gerambia]] * ''The Profound'' III-omicron: Demi-Precentor IX [[Karen Victor]] * ''Diogene's Search'' III-xi: Demi-Precentor III [[Carmen Schmidt]] * ''Madness with Method'' III-pi: Demi-Precentor IX [[Ashraf Abdulhadi]] ==Notes== *The insignia of the Second Division is a simple white disc inscribed with the word ''Remember''.<ref name=FMC>''Field Manual: ComStar'', p. 25</ref> ==References== <references /> ==Bibliography== {{div col|colwidth=25em}} * ''[[20 Year Update]]'' * ''[[List of Solaris Broadcasting Co. articles#Word of Blake Seizes Epsilon Indi.2C Fletcher|BattleCorps Solaris Broadcasting Co., 04/01/3068: "Word of Blake Seizes Epsilon Indi, Fletcher"]]'' * ''[[Blake Ascending]]'' * ''[[ComStar (sourcebook)|ComStar]]'' * ''[[Dawn of the Jihad]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: ComStar]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' * ''[[The Hunters]]'' (novel) * ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental Update]]'' * ''[[Sword and Fire]]'' (Novel) * ''[[Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade]]'' * ''[[Twilight of the Clans]]'' {{div col end}} [[Category:ComStar Division Commands|Division, 002nd]]

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