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| − | | | + | | Designation = 214th Division [[Level IV|IV]]-eta |
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| − | + | | Nickname = The Red Arrow Division (3062);<br />Arrows of ComStar (3050) | |
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| + | | Parent Command = [[2nd Army (ComStar)|2nd Army]] | ||
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| − | While well-regarded for their actions against [[Clan Jade Falcon]] during the [[Battle of Tukayyid]], the '''214th Division''' is held back by the actions of its outspoken commander. | + | While well-regarded for their actions against [[Clan Jade Falcon]] during the [[Battle of Tukayyid (3052)|Battle of Tukayyid]], the '''214th Division''' is held back by the actions of its outspoken commander. |
==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | Prior to the initial [[Clan Invasion]] the green-rated 214th Division was known by the nickname of ''Arrows of ComStar'' and assigned to the [[11th Army (ComStar)|11th Army]]. Then a IV-kappa based formation, the 214th's headquarters world was [[Fatima]] in the [[Lyran]] side of the [[Federated Commonwealth]].<ref name=20YU-71>''20 | + | Prior to the initial [[Clan Invasion]] the green-rated 214th Division was known by the nickname of ''Arrows of ComStar'' and assigned to the [[11th Army (ComStar)|11th Army]]. Then a IV-kappa based formation, the 214th's headquarters world was [[Fatima]] in the [[Lyran]] side of the [[Federated Commonwealth]].<ref name=20YU-71>''20 Year Update'', p. 71: "11 V-lambda"</ref> |
| − | Along with the rest of the relatively green Eleventh Army, the 214th faced Clan Jade Falcon during the Battle of Tukayyid. Assigned to defend the approaches to Plough Bridge from the advancing | + | Along with the rest of the relatively green Eleventh Army, the 214th faced Clan Jade Falcon during the Battle of Tukayyid. Assigned to defend the approaches to Plough Bridge from the advancing [[305th Assault (Clan Jade Falcon)|305th Assault]] and [[124th Striker (Clan Jade Falcon)|124th Striker Clusters]], the dug-in 214th broke under the massed fire of the 305th's assault OmniMechs. While suffering heavy losses, the Division did succeeded in delaying the Clan's advance long enough for [[Com Guards|Com Guard]] sappers to rig demolition charges to collapse the bridge when they tried to cross, sending a [[Trinary]] and two [[Binary|Binaries]] of the 305th to their deaths in the fast-moving Prezno River.<ref name=T-58>''Tukayyid'', p. 58: "Campaign: Clan Jade Falcon"</ref><ref name=JF-32>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 32: "Battle of Tukayyid"</ref> |
| − | As the bulk of the Eleventh fought to prevent the capture of the target city of Olalla at the hands of [[Falcon Guards]], the withdrawal of [[Clan Ghost Bear]] allowed the [[4th Army (ComStar)|Fourth Army]] to assist the 214th and [[388th Division (ComStar)|388th Divisions]] to launch an assault against Falcon bases at Robyn's Crossing and Plough Bridge. While the [[Delta Galaxy (Clan Jade Falcon)|Delta]] and [[Vau Galaxy (Clan Jade Falcon)|Vau Galaxies]] held their ground against this | + | As the bulk of the Eleventh fought to prevent the capture of the target city of Olalla at the hands of [[Falcon Guards]], the withdrawal of [[Clan Ghost Bear]] allowed the [[4th Army (ComStar)|Fourth Army]] to assist the 214th and [[388th Division (ComStar)|388th Divisions]] to launch an assault against Falcon bases at Robyn's Crossing and Plough Bridge. While the [[Delta Galaxy (Clan Jade Falcon)|Delta]] and [[Vau Galaxy (Clan Jade Falcon)|Vau Galaxies]] held their ground against this counterattack, a Com Guard airstrike succeeded in destroying the [[Gamma Galaxy (Clan Jade Falcon)|Gamma Galaxy]]'s supply depot at Robyn's Crossing, forcing Clan Jade Falcon to withdraw off planet.<ref name=T-58/><ref name=JF-32/> |
| − | While less than a [[Level III]] of the 214th survived the hellish fighting on Tukayyid, the division's resilience and fortitude during the battle meant the [[Precentor Martial]] selected to rebuild it around the core of these survivors. Like many Com Guard Divisions, the rebuilt 214th chose a new nickname after that | + | While less than a [[Level III]] of the 214th survived the hellish fighting on Tukayyid, the division's resilience and fortitude during the battle meant the [[Precentor Martial of ComStar|Precentor Martial]] selected to rebuild it around the core of these survivors. Like many Com Guard Divisions, the rebuilt 214th chose a new nickname after that climactic battle, calling itself ''The Red Arrow Division'', being transferred from the 11th Army to the [[7th Army (ComStar)|7th Army]] to recoup the heavy losses that Army suffered against [[Clan Nova Cat]]. Upon this transfer the now IV-eta based 214th made [[Sirius]] its headquarters world<ref name=CS-84>''ComStar'', p. 84: "3rd Army V-lambda"</ref> before the [[Free Worlds League Military]] recaptured this world as part of [[Operation Guerrero]] in [[3057]], the 214th then transferring its headquarters to the [[Lyran Alliance]] world of [[Engadine]].<ref name=FMC-25>''Field Manual: ComStar'', pp. 32–33: "7th Army V-iota: The Dark wave"</ref> |
| − | While well respected for its actions on Tukayyid, the reputation of the 214th was increasingly clouded by its infamous commander, Richard Pettigrew. Openly critical of the Com Guard high command for the horrific loss of life on Tukayyid, the demoted Pettigrew only retained his post thanks to the steadfast loyalty shown by the rebuilt division to him. While not showing any great inclination towards the [[Word of Blake]], this led [[ROM]] to flag the division's loyalties as questionable in the early [[3060]]'s. <ref name=FMC-25/> By [[3067]], only a lack of sufficient [[JumpShip]]s kept the 214th on station on and around Engadine. <ref name=FMU-86>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 86 | + | While well respected for its actions on Tukayyid, the reputation of the 214th was increasingly clouded by its infamous commander, Richard Pettigrew. Openly critical of the Com Guard high command for the horrific loss of life on Tukayyid, the demoted Pettigrew only retained his post thanks to the steadfast loyalty shown by the rebuilt division to him. While not showing any great inclination towards the [[Word of Blake]], this led [[ROM]] to flag the division's loyalties as questionable in the early [[3060]]'s.<ref name=FMC-25/> By [[3067]], only a lack of sufficient [[JumpShip]]s kept the 214th on station on and around Engadine.<ref name=FMU-86>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 86: "7th Army V-iota (The Dark Wave)"</ref> |
| − | After the beginning of the [[Jihad]] the twelve Com Guard Armies were stretched too thin, prompting Precentor Martial Steiner-Davion to disband the 7th-12th Armies, using their divisions to reinforce the 1st-6th Armies. Receiving troops from other divisions such as the [[11th Division (ComStar)|11th Division]], the 214th was transferred into the [[Federated Suns]] based [[2nd Army (ComStar)|2nd Army]]. <ref name=MM-210>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 210</ref> | + | After the beginning of the [[Jihad]] the twelve Com Guard Armies were stretched too thin, prompting Precentor Martial Steiner-Davion to disband the 7th-12th Armies, using their divisions to reinforce the 1st-6th Armies. Receiving troops from other divisions such as the [[11th Division (ComStar)|11th Division]], the 214th was transferred into the [[Federated Suns]] based [[2nd Army (ComStar)|2nd Army]].<ref name=MM-210>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 210</ref> |
| − | As part of the 2nd Army, the 214th helped to liberate [[Word of Blake Protectorate]] worlds on the | + | As part of the 2nd Army, the 214th helped to liberate [[Word of Blake Protectorate]] worlds on the Federated Suns front including [[Hamal]]<ref name=JHST-38-39>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', pp. 38–39: "Snakes Still Snakes"</ref><ref name=FRDCMS-16>''Field Report: DCMS'', p. 16</ref> and [[Fletcher (CC)|Fletcher]] in the last months of [[3077]].<ref name=JHST-39-40>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', pp. 39–40: "Ingress, Fletcher Fall"</ref> After ComStar ROM learned that [[Precentor]] [[Manei Domini]] [[Apollyon]] and his [[52nd Shadow Division|Fifty-second Shadow Division]] were using the supposedly abandoned [[Luyten 68-28]] as a staging base, [[Devlin Stone]] gathered the 2nd and [[3rd Army (ComStar)|Third Armies]] to kill the high-priority target in July [[3078]].<ref name=TC-237>''Total Chaos'', pp. 237–238: "Luyten 68-28"</ref> |
| − | Instead Stone's task force discovered the intel was designed to lure him to Luyten where the [[46th Shadow Division|46th]], [[48th Shadow Division|48th]] and [[54th Shadow Division]]s lay in wait at the Station 24 command post specifically to kill Stone. Losing their [[DropShip]]s and suffering extremely heavy losses to the fanatical ''Manei Domini'' troops, the Com Guard forces headed deeper into the Toyama Highlands while the 214th Division pushed out to the scorching wastelands to the west. Staging a brutal forced march south that claimed over half the division back towards the now lightly defended Station 24, the 214th caught the Forty-Sixth Shadow | + | Instead Stone's task force discovered the intel was designed to lure him to Luyten where the [[46th Shadow Division|46th]], [[48th Shadow Division|48th]] and [[54th Shadow Division]]s lay in wait at the Station 24 command post specifically to kill Stone. Losing their [[DropShip]]s and suffering extremely heavy losses to the fanatical ''Manei Domini'' troops, the Com Guard forces headed deeper into the Toyama Highlands while the 214th Division pushed out to the scorching wastelands to the west. Staging a brutal forced march south that claimed over half the division back towards the now lightly defended Station 24, the 214th caught the Forty-Sixth Shadow Division by surprise, capturing several [[DropShip]]s including a [[Nuclear Weapons|tactical nuclear]] missile equipped ''[[Excalibur (DropShip class)|Excalibur]]''-class [[Pocket WarShip]].<ref name=TC-237/> |
| − | Flying toward the besieged Stone, the 214th's CO Precentor Sharron Tang would use the ''Excalibur'' in a strike on Forty-Eighth Shadow Division, allowing the surviving Com Guard troops to head for an evacuation point. Despite the best efforts of the remaining Third Army were unable to prevent the Forty-Sixth from breaching their lines, attacking Stone's command [[lance]] and inflicting heavy losses. A desperate Tang would launch another tactical nuclear strike against the Forty-Sixth. Unfortunately while blunting the Blakist assault and allowing Stone and the survivors to finally escape, several Com Guards and Tang's DropShip were caught in the blast. <ref name=TC-237/> | + | Flying toward the besieged Stone, the 214th's CO Precentor Sharron Tang would use the ''Excalibur'' in a strike on Forty-Eighth Shadow Division, allowing the surviving Com Guard troops to head for an evacuation point. Despite the best efforts of the remaining Third Army were unable to prevent the Forty-Sixth from breaching their lines, attacking Stone's command [[lance]] and inflicting heavy losses. A desperate Tang would launch another tactical nuclear strike against the Forty-Sixth. Unfortunately while blunting the Blakist assault and allowing Stone and the survivors to finally escape, several Com Guards and Tang's DropShip were caught in the blast.<ref name=TC-237/> |
==Officers== | ==Officers== | ||
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| + | ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank | ||
| + | ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name | ||
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| + | | colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 214th Division (ComStar)''' | ||
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| + | | [[Precentor]]||[[Richard Pettigrew]]||[[3049]] - Until demotion in [[3052]]<ref name=20YU-71/> | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | [[Demi-Precentor]]||Richard Pettigrew||3052 - [[3067]]<ref name=CS-84/><ref name=FMC-25/><ref name=FMU-86/> | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | Precentor||[[Sharron Tang]]||[[3078]]<ref name=TC-237/> | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |} | ||
| − | + | ==Tactics== | |
| + | Unknown. | ||
==Composition History== | ==Composition History== | ||
===3050=== | ===3050=== | ||
| − | 214th Division | + | '''214th Division''' (Division/Green)<ref name=20yup71>''20 Year Update'', p. 71</ref> |
| + | : Note: At this point in time the 214th Division was stationed on Fatima.<ref name=20yup71/> | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===3055=== | ||
| + | '''214th Division''' (Division/Regular)<ref name=CSSp85">''ComStar'', p. 85</ref> | ||
| + | : Note: At this point in time the 214th Division was stationed on [[Sirius]].<ref name=CSSp85"/> | ||
===3055-3067=== | ===3055-3067=== | ||
| − | * Solid Foundation | + | * Solid Foundation III-eta: Demi-Precentor IV [[Yan Zhang]]<ref name=CS-84/><ref name=FMC-25/><ref name=FMU-86/> |
| − | * Lightning Strike | + | * Lightning Strike III-epsilon: Demi-Precentor VI [[Karl Haviland]]<ref name=CS-84/><ref name=FMC-25/><ref name=FMU-86/> |
| − | * Guiding Light | + | * Guiding Light III-theta: Demi-Precentor III [[Bass Deike]]<ref name=CS-84/><ref name=FMC-25/><ref name=FMU-86/> |
| − | * River Raiders | + | * River Raiders III-iota: [[Adept]] X [[Anthony Lux]]<ref name=CS-84/><ref name=FMC-25/><ref name=FMU-86/> |
| − | * Steadfast Survivors | + | * Steadfast Survivors III-eta: Demi-Precentor VIII [[Jason Neace]]<ref name=CS-84/><ref name=FMC-25/><ref name=FMU-86/> |
| − | * The Breakout | + | * The Breakout III-zeta: Demi-Precentor IX [[Bong Ro]]<ref name=CS-84/><ref name=FMC-25/><ref name=FMU-86/> |
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
<references /> | <references /> | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
| − | *''[[20 | + | * ''[[20 Year Update]]'' |
| − | *''[[ComStar (sourcebook)]]'' | + | * ''[[ComStar (sourcebook)|ComStar]]'' |
| − | *''[[Field Manual: ComStar]]'' | + | * ''[[Field Manual: ComStar]]'' |
| − | *''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' | + | * ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' |
| − | *''[[Jade Falcon Sourcebook]]'' | + | * ''[[Jade Falcon Sourcebook]]'' |
| − | *''[[Total Chaos]]'' | + | * ''[[Total Chaos]]'' |
| − | *''[[Tukayyid (scenario pack)]]'' | + | * ''[[Tukayyid (scenario pack)|Tukayyid]]'' |
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[[Category:ComStar Division Commands|Division, 214th]] | [[Category:ComStar Division Commands|Division, 214th]] | ||
Latest revision as of 20:19, 2 December 2023
| 214th Division IV-eta | |
| Nickname | The Red Arrow Division (3062); Arrows of ComStar (3050) |
| Affiliation | ComStar |
| Parent Command | 2nd Army |
While well-regarded for their actions against Clan Jade Falcon during the Battle of Tukayyid, the 214th Division is held back by the actions of its outspoken commander.
Contents
History[edit]
Prior to the initial Clan Invasion the green-rated 214th Division was known by the nickname of Arrows of ComStar and assigned to the 11th Army. Then a IV-kappa based formation, the 214th's headquarters world was Fatima in the Lyran side of the Federated Commonwealth.[1]
Along with the rest of the relatively green Eleventh Army, the 214th faced Clan Jade Falcon during the Battle of Tukayyid. Assigned to defend the approaches to Plough Bridge from the advancing 305th Assault and 124th Striker Clusters, the dug-in 214th broke under the massed fire of the 305th's assault OmniMechs. While suffering heavy losses, the Division did succeeded in delaying the Clan's advance long enough for Com Guard sappers to rig demolition charges to collapse the bridge when they tried to cross, sending a Trinary and two Binaries of the 305th to their deaths in the fast-moving Prezno River.[2][3]
As the bulk of the Eleventh fought to prevent the capture of the target city of Olalla at the hands of Falcon Guards, the withdrawal of Clan Ghost Bear allowed the Fourth Army to assist the 214th and 388th Divisions to launch an assault against Falcon bases at Robyn's Crossing and Plough Bridge. While the Delta and Vau Galaxies held their ground against this counterattack, a Com Guard airstrike succeeded in destroying the Gamma Galaxy's supply depot at Robyn's Crossing, forcing Clan Jade Falcon to withdraw off planet.[2][3]
While less than a Level III of the 214th survived the hellish fighting on Tukayyid, the division's resilience and fortitude during the battle meant the Precentor Martial selected to rebuild it around the core of these survivors. Like many Com Guard Divisions, the rebuilt 214th chose a new nickname after that climactic battle, calling itself The Red Arrow Division, being transferred from the 11th Army to the 7th Army to recoup the heavy losses that Army suffered against Clan Nova Cat. Upon this transfer the now IV-eta based 214th made Sirius its headquarters world[4] before the Free Worlds League Military recaptured this world as part of Operation Guerrero in 3057, the 214th then transferring its headquarters to the Lyran Alliance world of Engadine.[5]
While well respected for its actions on Tukayyid, the reputation of the 214th was increasingly clouded by its infamous commander, Richard Pettigrew. Openly critical of the Com Guard high command for the horrific loss of life on Tukayyid, the demoted Pettigrew only retained his post thanks to the steadfast loyalty shown by the rebuilt division to him. While not showing any great inclination towards the Word of Blake, this led ROM to flag the division's loyalties as questionable in the early 3060's.[5] By 3067, only a lack of sufficient JumpShips kept the 214th on station on and around Engadine.[6]
After the beginning of the Jihad the twelve Com Guard Armies were stretched too thin, prompting Precentor Martial Steiner-Davion to disband the 7th-12th Armies, using their divisions to reinforce the 1st-6th Armies. Receiving troops from other divisions such as the 11th Division, the 214th was transferred into the Federated Suns based 2nd Army.[7]
As part of the 2nd Army, the 214th helped to liberate Word of Blake Protectorate worlds on the Federated Suns front including Hamal[8][9] and Fletcher in the last months of 3077.[10] After ComStar ROM learned that Precentor Manei Domini Apollyon and his Fifty-second Shadow Division were using the supposedly abandoned Luyten 68-28 as a staging base, Devlin Stone gathered the 2nd and Third Armies to kill the high-priority target in July 3078.[11]
Instead Stone's task force discovered the intel was designed to lure him to Luyten where the 46th, 48th and 54th Shadow Divisions lay in wait at the Station 24 command post specifically to kill Stone. Losing their DropShips and suffering extremely heavy losses to the fanatical Manei Domini troops, the Com Guard forces headed deeper into the Toyama Highlands while the 214th Division pushed out to the scorching wastelands to the west. Staging a brutal forced march south that claimed over half the division back towards the now lightly defended Station 24, the 214th caught the Forty-Sixth Shadow Division by surprise, capturing several DropShips including a tactical nuclear missile equipped Excalibur-class Pocket WarShip.[11]
Flying toward the besieged Stone, the 214th's CO Precentor Sharron Tang would use the Excalibur in a strike on Forty-Eighth Shadow Division, allowing the surviving Com Guard troops to head for an evacuation point. Despite the best efforts of the remaining Third Army were unable to prevent the Forty-Sixth from breaching their lines, attacking Stone's command lance and inflicting heavy losses. A desperate Tang would launch another tactical nuclear strike against the Forty-Sixth. Unfortunately while blunting the Blakist assault and allowing Stone and the survivors to finally escape, several Com Guards and Tang's DropShip were caught in the blast.[11]
Officers[edit]
| Rank | Name | Command | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commanding Officers of the 214th Division (ComStar) | |||
| Precentor | Richard Pettigrew | 3049 - Until demotion in 3052[1] | |
| Demi-Precentor | Richard Pettigrew | 3052 - 3067[4][5][6] | |
| Precentor | Sharron Tang | 3078[11] | |
Tactics[edit]
Unknown.
Composition History[edit]
3050[edit]
214th Division (Division/Green)[12]
- Note: At this point in time the 214th Division was stationed on Fatima.[12]
3055[edit]
214th Division (Division/Regular)[13]
3055-3067[edit]
- Solid Foundation III-eta: Demi-Precentor IV Yan Zhang[4][5][6]
- Lightning Strike III-epsilon: Demi-Precentor VI Karl Haviland[4][5][6]
- Guiding Light III-theta: Demi-Precentor III Bass Deike[4][5][6]
- River Raiders III-iota: Adept X Anthony Lux[4][5][6]
- Steadfast Survivors III-eta: Demi-Precentor VIII Jason Neace[4][5][6]
- The Breakout III-zeta: Demi-Precentor IX Bong Ro[4][5][6]
Notes[edit]
- The post-Tukayyid insignia of the 214th is flight of arrows, centered on a large red shaft.[5]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 20 Year Update, p. 71: "11 V-lambda"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tukayyid, p. 58: "Campaign: Clan Jade Falcon"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jade Falcon Sourcebook, p. 32: "Battle of Tukayyid"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 ComStar, p. 84: "3rd Army V-lambda"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 Field Manual: ComStar, pp. 32–33: "7th Army V-iota: The Dark wave"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 Field Manual: Updates, p. 86: "7th Army V-iota (The Dark Wave)"
- ↑ Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers, p. 210
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, pp. 38–39: "Snakes Still Snakes"
- ↑ Field Report: DCMS, p. 16
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, pp. 39–40: "Ingress, Fletcher Fall"
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Total Chaos, pp. 237–238: "Luyten 68-28"
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 20 Year Update, p. 71
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 ComStar, p. 85