2nd NAIS Cadet Cadre

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Insignia of the NAIS Cadet Cadre
Second NAIS Cadet Cadre
Nickname Warriors of Skill
Affiliation Federated Suns
Parent Command College of Martial Sciences Cadet Cadre

The Second NAIS Cadet Cadre for many years focused on taking new graduates and providing them with the skills they needed to survive on the battlefield.[1]

History[edit]

First Succession War[edit]

The Second New Avalon Military Academy Training Battalion or First NAMA was one of three regiments of troops mustered from the cadet classes of the New Avalon Military Academy during the First Succession War. Formed at some point after 2786, the Second saw combat on at least one world during the war.[2]

Fourth Succession War[edit]

The Second NAIS Cadet Cadre specialized in producing medium 'Mech pilots.[3] In 3025, they were stationed on Beten Kaitos.[4]

Civil War[edit]

In 3062, the Second was attacked by the 8th FedCom RCT, as it tried to gain the strategic upper hand over the Kathil Capellan March Militia on its homeworld, Kathil.[5] After being pushed out of place by the Eighth's armor brigade, the cadre was absorbed into the Kathil CMM in December 3062. This gave the militia a much larger 'Mech force.[6]

After the end of the FedCom Civil War, the Second was rebuilt on New Avalon.[7] In 3067, they were at 55% of their nominal strength[7] and rebuilding with equipment taken out of storage.[8]

Jihad[edit]

In the early years of the Jihad, the Second NAIS Cadre was operating alongside the survivors of the Fifth Donegal Guards. Both units were heavily damaged by the Word of Blake's Thirty-first Division. The soldiers who remained were used to fill holes in the First Davion Guards, essentially deactivating the unit until the period following the Jihad.[9]

In 3078, Princess-Regent Yvonne Steiner-Davion signed the Academy Appropriations War Powers Act. This conscripted the training cadres of several schools into the AFFS. As a result, the Second Cadre was disbanded and integrated into the Davion Brigade of Guards. The future of the cadre was unknown but, if reconstituted, considered likely to follow the LCT model.[10]

Post-Jihad[edit]

The Second NAIS Cadet Cadre was the first of the NAIS Cadres to enter service after the Jihad, having been reconstituted earlier than originally planned. The focus of the Second Cadre had changed; just as the First NAIS Cadet Cadre had become a cavalry formation, the organization and doctrine of the Second had been changed to that of a fire support cadre, dominated by heavy and assault designs. Less than five years old by 3085, the Second had seen combat twice as a result of its posting to the new Periphery March, with several cadets already posted on to command companies within frontline units.[11]

The Second continued the tradition of the NAIS Cadres fielding preproduction equipment developed by the NAIS; intelligence agencies were studying reports in 3085 indicating that the Second was undergoing field testing of a new super-heavy tank named "Destrier" as a part of their deployment in the Periphery March.[11]

Dark Age[edit]

During the Victoria War the Second NAIS and Second Syrtis Fusiliers were attacking a position held by Warrior House Kamata. The Warrior House was reinforced by Thompson's August Warriors, who used several FS9-M2 Firestarters to ignite the factory that formed the core of the position. The August Warriors and Warrior House troops withdrew from the factory just as Capellan artillery leveled the building.[12] The Second NAIS was on Victoria, trying to hold the Trellis Electronics factory. The Second was heavily damaged, possibly destroyed, by the Warrior House troops before they left the planet.[13]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 2nd New Avalon Military Academy Training Battalion
Commanding Officers of the 2nd NAIS Cadet Cadre
Major General Quentin Drathers 3025[4]
Leftenant General Helen Sanderson 3050-3062[14][15][16]
Leftenant General Trish Hokum 3067[7][17]
Unit deactivated 3078[10]
Leftenant General Otis 3085[18]
Major General Herbert Weldon 3145[19]

Tactics[edit]

They were mainly equipped with fast medium 'Mechs and tanks and specialized in surprise attacks, as well as other fast cavalry tactics.[16]

Composition History[edit]

2821[edit]

2nd NAMA (Regiment/Green/Questionable)[2]

- At this point in time the Second NAMA was a light-weight unit operating at just above half-strength, and was based on New Aberdeen alongside the Thirty-third Avalon Hussars. In 2821 the command was reduced to 56 percent of its strength and was deployed on New Aberdeen.[2]

2830[edit]

2nd NAMA (Regiment/Green/Reliable) [20]

Note: At this point in time the light-weight unit was stationed on New Aberdeen with an operational readiness of 99 percent. [20]

2864[edit]

2nd NAMA (Regiment/Green/Fanatical) [20]

Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on Hoff with an operational readiness of 28 percent.[20]

3025[edit]

2nd NAIS Cadet Cadre (Regiment/Green/Fanatical)[4]

  • CO: Major General Quentin Drathers [4]
Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on Beten Kaitos.[4]

3040[edit]

2nd NAIS Cadet Cadre (Regiment/Green/Fanatical)[21]

Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on Beten Kaitos.[21]

3050[edit]

2nd NAIS Cadet Cadre (Regiment/Green/Fanatical)[22]

Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on Beten Kaitos.[22]

3054[edit]

2nd NAIS Cadet Cadre (Regiment/Green/Fanatical) [23]

  • CO: Leftenant General Helen Sanderson [23]
Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on Kathil.[23]

3062[edit]

2nd NAIS Cadet BattleMech Regiment (1 Regiment/Green/Fanatical)[16]

2nd NAIS Cadet Wing (1 Wing/Green/Fanatical)[16]

2nd NAIS Cadet Cavalry Regiment (1 Regiment/Green/Fanatical)[16]

2nd NAIS Cadet Armored Infantry Battalion (1 Battalion/Green/Fanatical)

3067[edit]

2nd NAIS Cadet Cadre (Elite/Fanatical)[7]

2nd NAIS Cadet Cadre Air (Wing/Elite/Fanatical)[7]

2nd NAIS Cadet Cadre Armored Infantry (Battalion/Veteran/Fanatical)[7]

2nd NAIS Cadet Cadre Cavalry Regiment (Veteran/Fanatical)[7]

3079[edit]

The few machines and other equipment held by the Second Cadre were mothballed since there were no cadets to crew it.[10]

3085[edit]

2nd NAIS Cadet Cadre (Green/Fanatical)[18]

  • CO: Leftenant General Otis

2nd NAIS Cadet Cadre Air (Wing/Green/Fanatical)[18]

2nd NAIS Cadet Cadre Armored Infantry (Battalion/Regular/Fanatical)[18]

2nd NAIS Cadet Cadre Cavalry Regiment (Green/Fanatical)[18]

3145[edit]

2nd NAIS Cadet Cadre (Regular/Fanatical)[19]

2nd Air Wing (Regular/Fanatical)[19]

2nd Cavalry Regiment (Regular/Reliable)[19]

2nd Armored Infantry Regiment (Green/Regular)[19]

Reference[edit]

  1. ↑ Field Manual: Federated Suns, p. 127
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 First Succession War, p. 134: "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns (AFFS)"
  3. ↑ House Davion (The Federated Suns), p. 147 (PDF version)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 House Davion (The Federated Suns), p. 137 (PDF version): "Valexa PDZ"
  5. ↑ Flashpoint[citation needed]
  6. ↑ FedCom Civil War, p. 25
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 Field Manual: Updates, p. 139: "AFFS Deployment Table - 3067"
  8. ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 136
  9. ↑ Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon, p. 6: "Second NAIS Cadre" & "Fifth Donegal Guards"
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Field Report: AFFS, p. 19
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Field Manual: 3085, p. 68: "Academy and Training Units"
  12. ↑ Technical Readout: 3145 Lyran Commonwealth, p. 26
  13. ↑ Historical: Wars of the Republic Era, p. 54
  14. ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 21: "AFFC Deployment Table - 3050"
  15. ↑ Objective Raids, p. 14: "AFFC Deployment Table - 3050"
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 Field Manual: Federated Suns, p. 128: "2nd NAIS Cadet Cadre Unit Profile"
  17. ↑ Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon, p. 6: "Combatants"
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 Field Manual: 3085, p. 73: "AFFS Deployment Table - 3085"
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 Field Manual: 3145, p. 92
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 Second Succession War, p. 95
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Historical: War of 3039, p. 137
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 20 Year Update, p. 21
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 Objective Raids, p. 14

Bibliography[edit]

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