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Line 15: ==History== ==History== − Prior to the [[Clan Invasion]], the deployments of the Sixth Army's six [[division]]s in the Procyon Theater covered worlds within the [[Federated Commonwealth]]'s Sarna March, [[Capellan Confederation]] and [[Free Worlds League]]. <ref name=20YU>''20 Year Update'', p. 70: "Com Guards Deployment Table [3050] - 6th V-xi"</ref> + Prior to the [[Clan Invasion]], the deployments of the Sixth Army's six [[division]]s in the Procyon Theater covered worlds within the [[Federated Commonwealth]]'s Sarna March, [[Capellan Confederation]] and [[Free Worlds League]]. <ref name=20YU>''20 Year Update'', pg. 70 "Com Guards Deployment Table [3050] - 6th V-xi"</ref> − Barely arriving on [[Tukayyid]] in time and only bolstered by just two extra divisions, the Sixth was the sole army assigned to combat [[Clan Steel Viper]] during the [[Battle of Tukayyid (3052)|Battle of Tukayyid]]. Considered the least-experience Army to take part in the battle despite its inclusion of the elite First Division, while taking extremely heavy losses during the bitter fighting in the hellish Devil's Bath, the Sixth Army were ultimately able to prevent the Vipers from even approaching either target city.<ref name=T-SV>''Tukayyid'', pp. 79-88 "Campaign: Clan Steel Viper"</ref> <ref name=IC-SV>''Invading Clans'', pp. 86 "Tukayyid"</ref> <ref name=FMWC-SV>''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', p. 136, 143, 145-146</ref> <ref name=BTBoKp87>''BattleTech: Battle of Tukayyid'', p. 87 "Clan Steel Viper Campaign - Combatants"</ref> The Sixth Army's valiant performance saw most of its component divisions either destroyed outright or so battered they had to be disbanded,<ref name=BTBoKp87/> in the wake of Tukayyid the Sixth required divisions transferred from other armies to bring it up even to the reduced post-Tukayyid four division level. <ref name=CS-85>''ComStar'', p. 85, "6th Army V-kappa (Grim Defiance, Procyon Theater, from 6 to 7 on the "Inner Sphere Clock")"</ref>+ Bolstered by just two extra divisions, the Sixth was the sole army assigned to combat [[Clan Steel Viper]] during the [[Battle of Tukayyid (3052)|Battle of Tukayyid]]. While taking extremely heavy losses during the bitter fighting in the hellish Devil's Bath, the 6th Army were ultimately able to prevent the Vipers from even approaching either target city.<ref name=T-SV>''Tukayyid'', pp. 79-88 "Campaign: Clan Steel Viper"</ref> <ref name=IC-SV>''Invading Clans'', pp. 86 "Tukayyid"</ref> <ref name=FMWC-SV>''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', p. 136, 143, 145-146</ref> In the wake of Tukayyid the 6th rebuilt partly with divisions transferred from other armies to bring it up to the new post-Tukayyid four division level. <ref name=CS-85>''ComStar'', p. 85, "6th Army V-kappa (Grim Defiance, Procyon Theater, from 6 to 7 on the "Inner Sphere Clock")"</ref> Pushed out of much of its former deployments in the Free Worlds League after the [[ComStar Schism]] and the Sarna March after the [[Free Worlds League Military]] recaptured the worlds lost in the [[Fourth Succession War]] as part of [[Operation Guerrero]] in [[3057]], the 6th was redeployed to strengthen the Com Guard defenses against the [[Clans]] within the Draconis Combine during [[Operation Bulldog]] in [[3059]]. Relocated to the [[Albiero Prefecture|Albiero]] and [[Irece Prefecture|Irece prefectures]] after the liberation of those regions from [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]], the Sixth Army was intended as a watchdog over the [[Clan Nova Cat|Nova Cats]] and [[Clan Ghost Bear|Ghost Bears]], neither of whom [[ComStar]] entirely trusted. <ref name=FMCO/> Instead rogue [[DCMS]] units triggered a conflict with the Ghost Bears, with elements of the Sixth seeing action during the [[Combine-Ghost Bear War]] in [[3062]]. <ref name=FMU>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 86</ref> Pushed out of much of its former deployments in the Free Worlds League after the [[ComStar Schism]] and the Sarna March after the [[Free Worlds League Military]] recaptured the worlds lost in the [[Fourth Succession War]] as part of [[Operation Guerrero]] in [[3057]], the 6th was redeployed to strengthen the Com Guard defenses against the [[Clans]] within the Draconis Combine during [[Operation Bulldog]] in [[3059]]. Relocated to the [[Albiero Prefecture|Albiero]] and [[Irece Prefecture|Irece prefectures]] after the liberation of those regions from [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]], the Sixth Army was intended as a watchdog over the [[Clan Nova Cat|Nova Cats]] and [[Clan Ghost Bear|Ghost Bears]], neither of whom [[ComStar]] entirely trusted. <ref name=FMCO/> Instead rogue [[DCMS]] units triggered a conflict with the Ghost Bears, with elements of the Sixth seeing action during the [[Combine-Ghost Bear War]] in [[3062]]. <ref name=FMU>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 86</ref> Line 36:
Line 36: | colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 6th Army''' | colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 6th Army''' |- |- − | [[Precentor]]||[[Myke Trijullio]]||[[3050]]<ref name=20YU/><ref name=BTBoKp87/> + | [[Precentor]]||[[Myke Trijullio]]||[[3050]]<ref name=20YU/> |- |- | Precentor||[[Daniel Mueller]]||[[3055]] - [[3067]]<ref name=CS-85/><ref name=FMCO/> <ref name=FMU/> | Precentor||[[Daniel Mueller]]||[[3055]] - [[3067]]<ref name=CS-85/><ref name=FMCO/> <ref name=FMU/> Line 72:
Line 72: ==Bibliography== ==Bibliography== * ''[[20 Year Update]]'' * ''[[20 Year Update]]'' − * ''[[BattleTech: Battle of Tukayyid]]'' * ''[[ComStar (sourcebook)]]'' * ''[[ComStar (sourcebook)]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: ComStar]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: ComStar]]''
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| Nickname = Grim Defiance | | Nickname = Grim Defiance | ||
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| Parent Command = [[Com Guards]] | | Parent Command = [[Com Guards]] | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | Prior to the [[Clan Invasion]], the deployments of the Sixth Army's six [[division]]s in the Procyon Theater covered worlds within the [[Federated Commonwealth]]'s Sarna March, [[Capellan Confederation]] and [[Free Worlds League]]. <ref name=20YU>''20 Year Update'', | + | Prior to the [[Clan Invasion]], the deployments of the Sixth Army's six [[division]]s in the Procyon Theater covered worlds within the [[Federated Commonwealth]]'s Sarna March, [[Capellan Confederation]] and [[Free Worlds League]]. <ref name=20YU>''20 Year Update'', pg. 70 "Com Guards Deployment Table [3050] - 6th V-xi"</ref> |
| − | + | Bolstered by just two extra divisions, the Sixth was the sole army assigned to combat [[Clan Steel Viper]] during the [[Battle of Tukayyid (3052)|Battle of Tukayyid]]. While taking extremely heavy losses during the bitter fighting in the hellish Devil's Bath, the 6th Army were ultimately able to prevent the Vipers from even approaching either target city.<ref name=T-SV>''Tukayyid'', pp. 79-88 "Campaign: Clan Steel Viper"</ref> <ref name=IC-SV>''Invading Clans'', pp. 86 "Tukayyid"</ref> <ref name=FMWC-SV>''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', p. 136, 143, 145-146</ref> In the wake of Tukayyid the 6th rebuilt partly with divisions transferred from other armies to bring it up to the new post-Tukayyid four division level. <ref name=CS-85>''ComStar'', p. 85, "6th Army V-kappa (Grim Defiance, Procyon Theater, from 6 to 7 on the "Inner Sphere Clock")"</ref> | |
Pushed out of much of its former deployments in the Free Worlds League after the [[ComStar Schism]] and the Sarna March after the [[Free Worlds League Military]] recaptured the worlds lost in the [[Fourth Succession War]] as part of [[Operation Guerrero]] in [[3057]], the 6th was redeployed to strengthen the Com Guard defenses against the [[Clans]] within the Draconis Combine during [[Operation Bulldog]] in [[3059]]. Relocated to the [[Albiero Prefecture|Albiero]] and [[Irece Prefecture|Irece prefectures]] after the liberation of those regions from [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]], the Sixth Army was intended as a watchdog over the [[Clan Nova Cat|Nova Cats]] and [[Clan Ghost Bear|Ghost Bears]], neither of whom [[ComStar]] entirely trusted. <ref name=FMCO/> Instead rogue [[DCMS]] units triggered a conflict with the Ghost Bears, with elements of the Sixth seeing action during the [[Combine-Ghost Bear War]] in [[3062]]. <ref name=FMU>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 86</ref> | Pushed out of much of its former deployments in the Free Worlds League after the [[ComStar Schism]] and the Sarna March after the [[Free Worlds League Military]] recaptured the worlds lost in the [[Fourth Succession War]] as part of [[Operation Guerrero]] in [[3057]], the 6th was redeployed to strengthen the Com Guard defenses against the [[Clans]] within the Draconis Combine during [[Operation Bulldog]] in [[3059]]. Relocated to the [[Albiero Prefecture|Albiero]] and [[Irece Prefecture|Irece prefectures]] after the liberation of those regions from [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]], the Sixth Army was intended as a watchdog over the [[Clan Nova Cat|Nova Cats]] and [[Clan Ghost Bear|Ghost Bears]], neither of whom [[ComStar]] entirely trusted. <ref name=FMCO/> Instead rogue [[DCMS]] units triggered a conflict with the Ghost Bears, with elements of the Sixth seeing action during the [[Combine-Ghost Bear War]] in [[3062]]. <ref name=FMU>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 86</ref> | ||
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 6th Army''' | | colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 6th Army''' | ||
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| − | | [[Precentor]]||[[Myke Trijullio]]||[[3050]]<ref name=20YU | + | | [[Precentor]]||[[Myke Trijullio]]||[[3050]]<ref name=20YU/> |
|- | |- | ||
| Precentor||[[Daniel Mueller]]||[[3055]] - [[3067]]<ref name=CS-85/><ref name=FMCO/> <ref name=FMU/> | | Precentor||[[Daniel Mueller]]||[[3055]] - [[3067]]<ref name=CS-85/><ref name=FMCO/> <ref name=FMU/> | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
* ''[[20 Year Update]]'' | * ''[[20 Year Update]]'' | ||
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* ''[[ComStar (sourcebook)]]'' | * ''[[ComStar (sourcebook)]]'' | ||
* ''[[Field Manual: ComStar]]'' | * ''[[Field Manual: ComStar]]'' | ||