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The ComGuard 2nd Division is one of the most elite units among the ComStar military forces, having fought against Clan Steel Viper during the Battle of Tukayyid and serving as ComStar's ground force contribution to Task Force Serpent.
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History
One of the earliest Com Guard divisions, the 2nd 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 ComGuard 3rd Army and headquartered on Peabody. [1]
As part of the 3rd Army, the 2nd faced multiple Clans during the Battle of Tukayyid, primary fighting against Clan Steel Viper. [2] Like many surviving divisions, the now tempered and elite 2nd chose a new nickname based on their experiences, The Falconeers, remaining with the 3rd Army while moving its headquarters to Epsilon Indi. [3]
One of the most elite units in the Com Guard, the 2nd Division was 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 2nd's BattleMech and Combat Vehicle sections, the Living Word, Hidden Hand and Dark Regret, to Huntress. [2] [4]
During the initial assault on Huntress, the 2nd Division was assigned the relatively easy task of capturing Mount Szabo command post that was partial crippled by the DEST force assigned to Serpent, with portions of the 2nd then attached to assist in the hellish fighting between the 1st Knights of the Inner Sphere and Kingston's Legionnaires and a sizable force of then previously unknown ProtoMechs. [5]
During the Smoke Jaguar counter-assault, General Ariana Winston assigned the 2nd Division to the northern army tasked with protecting the Smoke Jaguar genetics repository and Mount Szabo, two sites sacred to the Jaguars, along side the Eridani Light Horse and Second St. Ives Lancers. After facing and repulsing the Clan's initial challenge, the 2nd was assigned to defend or destroy the capital Lootera's spaceport, baring the brunt of the Jaguar assault and slowly being pushed back. [6] Along with the rest of the northern army, the 2nd 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. [7]
Like all members of Task Force Serpent, the 2nd suffer extremely heavy losses on Huntress. Of the eighty 2nd Division BattleMechs assigned to Serpent, only seventeen returned, with even worse losses among the AeroSpace Fighter, combat vehicle and infantry sections. Each of the 2nd Division's forty-two survivors received the highest possible Com Guard decorations from Precentor Martial Focht, making the 2nd the most decorated unit in the Guard. [2]
Unlike other elements of the 3rd Army, the 2nd 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. [8]
The insignia of the 2nd Division is a simple white disc inscribed with the word Remember. [2]
Composition
The 2nd Division consists of a fairly even mix of BattleMechs, AeroSpace Fighters, combat vehicles and infantry.
- Living Word III-nu
- Hidden Hand III-mu
- Dark Regret III-xi
- The Profound III-omicron
- Diogene's Search III-xi
- Madness with Method III-pi