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| nickname = The Peltasts (2765)<ref name="FR2765:CCAFp16"/><br>Second Sight
 
| parent formation = [[Confederation Reserve Cavalry]]
 
| parent formation = [[Confederation Reserve Cavalry]]
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| formed   = [[Star League era]]<ref name="FR2765:CCAFp16"/>
| year     = 3067
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| disbanded = 3068<ref name="FM:CCp11"/>
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When the '''2nd Confederation Reserve Cavalry''' formed is not precisely known, as the earliest reference to its existence came in [[3025]] when it was mentioned as being stationed in defense of the planet [[Palos]].<ref>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p.105 Regiment Deployment Table</ref> It was one of the two Reserve Cavalry regiments to survive the [[Fourth Succession War]]<ref name=citation69>''Field Manual: Capellan Confederation'', p. 69,  Confederation Reserve Cavalry</ref>.
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==History==
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===Formation===
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The Capellan Reserve Cavalry formed during the years between the repeal of the [[Star League]] [[Council Edict of 2650]] in [[2572]] and the eruption of the [[Amaris Coup]]. The [[Capellan Confederation Armed Forces]] had expanded rapidly, as did the militaries of the other [[Great House]]s, and the Capellan Reserve Cavalry was the last of the [[CCAF]] [[brigade]]s to form (or re-form) prior to the Coup. Between 2572 and [[2765]] the Reserve Cavalry mustered seven new regiments, with the intention that the Reserve Cavalry would act as rapid reinforcements to other units and as a source of replacement personnel for frontline commands. Like the other regiments within the Reserve Cavalry, the Second was an odd combination of volunteer corps, training cadre and militia, with standing orders for the junior Colonel in charge of the Second to subordinate his command to place it at the full disposal of any frontline command it served alongside. This allowed the Second to act as a synergistic part of the superior formation, free of internal power-struggles or conflicts.<ref name="FR2765:CCAFp16">''Field Report 2765: CCAF'', p. 16, "Confederation Reserve Cavalry"</ref>
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=== Third Succession War ===
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In [[3025]] the Second was stationed in defense of the planet [[Palos]].<ref name=HLp105>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p.105, "Regiment Deployment Table - 3025"</ref> It was one of the two Reserve Cavalry regiments to survive the [[Fourth Succession War]].<ref name=citation69>''Field Manual: Capellan Confederation'', p. 69,  "2nd Confederation Reserve Cavalry Unit Profile"</ref>
  
 
It can be assumed that the unit spent most of the war in defensive rotation among several worlds as did their sister units.<ref name=citation69/>
 
It can be assumed that the unit spent most of the war in defensive rotation among several worlds as did their sister units.<ref name=citation69/>
  
They did fight in defense of [[Palos]] in the [[Fourth Succession War# Wave 6|Sixth Wave]]<ref name=citation53>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p.53 – Palos</ref> and then saw action the [[Capellan-St. Ives War|Xin Sheng Campaign]] and the [[Jihad]].
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They did fight in defense of [[Palos]] in the [[Fourth Succession War# Wave 6|Sixth Wave]]<ref name=citation53>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p.53 – Palos</ref> and then saw action during the [[Capellan-St. Ives War|Xin Sheng Campaign]] and the [[Jihad]].
  
==History==
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===Fourth Succession War===
===4th Succession War===
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In the Sixth Wave of the Fourth Succession War the Gamma and Delta [[Regiment]]s  of the [[Twelfth Vegan Rangers]] made a difficult landing on Palos and were ambushed at the approaches of the capital Xer by the Second.<ref name=citation53/> The next day the Rangers advanced on the city and met a combined force of infantry, tanks, and [['Mech]]s at battalion strength from the Second Reserve. The defenders overextended themselves and, when they refused to surrender, after a publicly recorded refusal on the part of [[Major]] [[Aaron Derfick]], were destroyed. This defeat forced the rest of the Second Reserve from the planet.<ref name=citation53/>  
In the Sixth Wave of the Fourth Succession War the Gamma and Delta [[Regiment]]s  of the [[12th Vegan Rangers]] made a difficult landing on Palos and were ambushed at the approaches of the capital Xer by the 2nd Reserve.<ref name=citation53/>. The next day the Rangers advanced on the city and met a combined force of infantry, tank, and [[‘Mech]]s at battalion strength from the 2nd Reserve. The defenders overextended themselves and, when they refused to surrender, were destroyed. This defeat forced the rest of the 2nd Reserve from the planet.<ref name=citation53/>  
 
  
 
The other two battalions survived the war and spent the next twenty years on the [[Capellan Confederation|Confederation]]-[[St. Ives Compact|Compact]] border launching occasional raids.<ref name=citation70>''Field Manual: Capellan Confederation'', p. 70, 2nd Confederation Reserve Cavalry: Second Site</ref>.
 
The other two battalions survived the war and spent the next twenty years on the [[Capellan Confederation|Confederation]]-[[St. Ives Compact|Compact]] border launching occasional raids.<ref name=citation70>''Field Manual: Capellan Confederation'', p. 70, 2nd Confederation Reserve Cavalry: Second Site</ref>.
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During the Capellan-St. Ives War [[3060]] to [[3063]] the unit recaptured [[Ambergrist]] in conjunction with the [[6th Confederation Reserve Cavalry|Hustaing Warriors]]. They had several other operations in the war before taking garrison duty on [[Denbar]].<ref name=citation70/>
 
During the Capellan-St. Ives War [[3060]] to [[3063]] the unit recaptured [[Ambergrist]] in conjunction with the [[6th Confederation Reserve Cavalry|Hustaing Warriors]]. They had several other operations in the war before taking garrison duty on [[Denbar]].<ref name=citation70/>
 
   
 
   
===Jihad===
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===FedCom Civil War===
During the [[FedCom Civil War]] the 2nd Reserve first rotated to [[Purvo]] and then after that to their home world of [[Necromo]] in anticipation of action spilling over the border. On at least two occasions the 2nd Reserve prepared for an assault, alerted by troop movements in Commonwealth space, but it neither incident resulted in conflict.<ref name=citation22>''Field Manual: Update'', p. 22, 2nd Confederation Reserve Cavalry</ref>
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During the [[FedCom Civil War]] the Second Reserve first rotated to [[Purvo]] and then after that to their home world of [[Necromo]] in anticipation of action spilling over the border. On at least two occasions the Second Reserve prepared for an assault, alerted by troop movements in Commonwealth space, but neither incident resulted in conflict.<ref name=citation22>''Field Manual: Update'', p. 22, "2nd Confederation Reserve Cavalry"</ref>
  
In early [[3067]] the [[WarShip]] Ilsa Hyung was nearly destroyed by sabotage. As a result, the 2nd Reserve requested a year on ''Necromo'' to see the Ilsa Hyung through her second attempt at launch.<ref name=citation22/>
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=== The Jihad ===
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In early [[3067]] the ''[[Feng Huang]]''-class cruiser ''[[Ilsa Hyung]]'' was nearly destroyed by sabotage. As a result, the Second Reserve requested a year on Necromo to see the ''Ilsa Hyung'' through her second attempt at launch.<ref name=citation22/> The Second was still on Necromo when the planet was attacked by the [[Word of Blake]] in November [[3068]]; the Second fought to the last man against the Blakist-employed mercenary unit [[Khorsakhov's Cossacks]], but was unable to prevent the shipyards being destroyed.<ref name="FM:CCp11">''Field Manual: CCAF'', p. 11, "Confederation Reserve Cavalry"</ref>
  
 
==Officers==
 
==Officers==
As of [[3063]] the Commanding Officer was ''[[Sang-shao]]'' Mai Tee Phyn.
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 2nd Confederation Reserve Cavalry'''
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| [[Colonel]]||[[Daniel Lovitt]]||[[3050]]<ref name=20Yp62>''20 Year Update'', p. 62, "CCAF Deployment Table - 3050"</ref>
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| Colonel||[[Katherine Schmidt]]||[[3054]]<ref name=ORp41>''Objective Raids'', p. 41, "CCAF Deployment Table - 3054"</ref>
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| ''[[Sang-shao]]''||[[Mai Tee Phyn]]||[[3063]] - [[3067]]<ref name=citation70/><ref name=FMUp32>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 32, "CCAF Deployment Table - 3067"</ref>
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|-
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|}
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===Other Officers===
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* [[Major]] [[Aaron Derfick]] in the [[Fourth Succession War]].<ref name=citation53/>
  
 
==Tactics==
 
==Tactics==
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=== Star League Era ===
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The Second served the Confederation as skirmishers, and many of the light [[BattleMech]]s within the Second had been modified to carry [[LRM]]s.<ref name="FR2765:CCAFp16"/>
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=== Succession Wars ===
 
Recently the 2nd Reserve has taken a more flippant attitude to combat possibly because of their actions with the notoriously undisciplined Hustaing Warriors.<ref name=citation70/>
 
Recently the 2nd Reserve has taken a more flippant attitude to combat possibly because of their actions with the notoriously undisciplined Hustaing Warriors.<ref name=citation70/>
  
 
The unit was plagued for many years by equipment failures to communication and targeting systems and has trained extensively without such gear. This training gives the unit excellent gunnery skills even when fighting with limited visibility.<ref name=citation70/>
 
The unit was plagued for many years by equipment failures to communication and targeting systems and has trained extensively without such gear. This training gives the unit excellent gunnery skills even when fighting with limited visibility.<ref name=citation70/>
  
==Composition==
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==Composition History==
===3063===
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=== 2765 ===
'''2nd Confederation Reserve Cavalry (Capella's Bright Edge)''' ([[Regiment]]/Veteran/Reliable)
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'''Second Confederation Reserve Cavalry''' (Regiment/Green/Reliable)<ref name="FR2765:CCAFp16"/>
* 1st Battalion: [[Zhong-shao]] Ichobod Vale
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:- At this point in time the Second was stationed on [[Sakhalin (CC)|Sakhalin]].<ref name="FR2765:CCAFp16"/>
** 3rd Company: [[Sao-shao]] Tamara "T" Cross
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* 2nd Battalion: Zhong-shao Cameron Davidson
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=== 2786 ===
* 3rd Battalion: Zhong-shao Kray Haveld
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'''Second Confederation Reserve Cavalry''' (Regiment/Green/Reliable)<ref name="FSWp135">''Second Succession War (Source Book)'', p. 135, "Capellan Confederation Armed Forces (CCAF) - Deployment Table"</ref>
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:- At this point in time the Second was a medium-weight regiment operating at full strength and were stationed on Sakhalin.<ref name="FSWp135"/>
  
'''Capellan Navy 9-11''' (2 [[Flight]]s/Regular/Reliable)
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=== 2821 ===
* Wing Commander: [[Kong-zhong-shao]] Gavin Darkseer
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'''Second Confederation Reserve Cavalry''' (Regiment/Green/Reliable)<ref name="FSWp135"/>
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:- At this point in time the Second was a medium-weight regiment operating at just above half-strength, and were stationed on [[Mesartim]].<ref name="FSWp135"/>
  
'''45th Armored Cavalry''' (1 Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)
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=== 2830 ===
* Armor Commander: Zhong-shao Carl Nardan
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'''2nd Confederation Reserve Cavalry''' (Regiment/Green/Fanatical) <ref name=2ndSSp95>’’ Second Succession War’’, p. 95 </ref>
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: Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on [[Almach]] with an operational readiness of 96 percent. <ref name=2ndSSp95/>
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=== 2864 ===
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'''2nd Confederation Reserve Cavalry''' (Regiment/Green/Fanatical) <ref name=2ndSSp95/>
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: Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on [[Almach]] with an operational readiness of 52 percent. <ref name=2ndSSp95/>
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===3025===
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'''Second Confederation Reserve Cavalry''' ([[Regiment]]/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=HLp105/>
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:Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Palos]]. <ref name=HLp105/>
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=== 3028 ===
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'''2nd Confederation Reserve Cavalry''' (2 Battalions/Regular/Reliable)<ref name =HBSp88/>
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:Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Palos]].  <ref name =HBSp88>''Historical: Brush Wars'', p.88</ref>
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===3050===
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'''Second Confederation Reserve Cavalry''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name=20Yp62/>
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* CO: Colonel Daniel Lovitt
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===3054===
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'''Second Confederation Reserve Cavalry''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name=ORp41/>
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* CO: Colonel Katherine Schmidt
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===3063-3067===
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'''Second Confederation Reserve Cavalry (Capella's Bright Edge)''' (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=citation70/><ref name=FMUp32/>
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* CO: ''Sang-shao'' Mai Tee Phyn
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* 1st [[Battalion]]: ''[[Zhong-shao]]'' Ichobod Vale
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** 3rd Company: ''[[Sao-shao]]'' Tamara "T" Cross
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* 2nd Battalion: ''Zhong-shao'' Cameron Davidson
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* 3rd Battalion: ''Zhong-shao'' Kray Haveld
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'''Capellan Navy 9-11''' (Two [[Flight]]s/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=citation70/><ref name=FMUp32/>
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* Wing Commander: ''[[Kong-zhong-shao]]'' Gavin Darkseer
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'''Forty-fifth Armored Cavalry''' (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=citation70/><ref name=FMUp32/>
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* Armor Commander: ''Zhong-shao'' Carl Nardan
 
- Only Tracked Vehicles, with long-range weapons and heavy armor
 
- Only Tracked Vehicles, with long-range weapons and heavy armor
  
'''[[Purvo]] 7th District Home Guard''' ([[Battalion]]/Regular/Reliable)
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'''Purvo Seventh District Home Guard''' (Battalion/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=citation70/><ref name=FMUp32/>
* Infantry Commander: Sao-shao Lawry Jung
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* Infantry Commander (3063): ''Sao-shao'' Lawry Jung
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* Infantry Commander (3067): ''Sao-shao'' Brittney James
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- Includes 1 [[Squad]] of [[Battle Armor]] attached to unit
 
- Includes 1 [[Squad]] of [[Battle Armor]] attached to unit
  
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
*''[[Field Manual: Capellan Confederation]]''
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* ''[[20 Year Update]]''
*''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''  
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* ''[[Field Manual: Capellan Confederation]]''
*''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
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* ''[[Field Report: CCAF]]''
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* ''[[Field Report 2765: Capellan Confederation]]''
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* ''[[First Succession War (Source Book)|First Succession War]]''
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* ''[[House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)]]''
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* ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2]]''
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* ''[[Objective Raids]]''
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* ''[[Second Succession War (Sourcebook)|Second Succession War]]''
  
[[Category:Capellan Confederation Commands|Confederation Reserve Cavalry, 2nd]]
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[[Category:Capellan Confederation Commands|Confederation Reserve Cavalry, 02nd]]

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History

Formation

The Capellan Reserve Cavalry formed during the years between the repeal of the Star League Council Edict of 2650 in 2572 and the eruption of the Amaris Coup. The Capellan Confederation Armed Forces had expanded rapidly, as did the militaries of the other Great Houses, and the Capellan Reserve Cavalry was the last of the CCAF brigades to form (or re-form) prior to the Coup. Between 2572 and 2765 the Reserve Cavalry mustered seven new regiments, with the intention that the Reserve Cavalry would act as rapid reinforcements to other units and as a source of replacement personnel for frontline commands. Like the other regiments within the Reserve Cavalry, the Second was an odd combination of volunteer corps, training cadre and militia, with standing orders for the junior Colonel in charge of the Second to subordinate his command to place it at the full disposal of any frontline command it served alongside. This allowed the Second to act as a synergistic part of the superior formation, free of internal power-struggles or conflicts.[1]

Third Succession War

In 3025 the Second was stationed in defense of the planet Palos.[2] It was one of the two Reserve Cavalry regiments to survive the Fourth Succession War.[3]

It can be assumed that the unit spent most of the war in defensive rotation among several worlds as did their sister units.[3]

They did fight in defense of Palos in the Sixth Wave[4] and then saw action during the Xin Sheng Campaign and the Jihad.

Fourth Succession War

In the Sixth Wave of the Fourth Succession War the Gamma and Delta Regiments of the Twelfth Vegan Rangers made a difficult landing on Palos and were ambushed at the approaches of the capital Xer by the Second.[4] The next day the Rangers advanced on the city and met a combined force of infantry, tanks, and 'Mechs at battalion strength from the Second Reserve. The defenders overextended themselves and, when they refused to surrender, after a publicly recorded refusal on the part of Major Aaron Derfick, were destroyed. This defeat forced the rest of the Second Reserve from the planet.[4]

The other two battalions survived the war and spent the next twenty years on the Confederation-Compact border launching occasional raids.[5].

Xin Sheng Campaign

During the Capellan-St. Ives War 3060 to 3063 the unit recaptured Ambergrist in conjunction with the Hustaing Warriors. They had several other operations in the war before taking garrison duty on Denbar.[5]

FedCom Civil War

During the FedCom Civil War the Second Reserve first rotated to Purvo and then after that to their home world of Necromo in anticipation of action spilling over the border. On at least two occasions the Second Reserve prepared for an assault, alerted by troop movements in Commonwealth space, but neither incident resulted in conflict.[6]

The Jihad

In early 3067 the Feng Huang-class cruiser Ilsa Hyung was nearly destroyed by sabotage. As a result, the Second Reserve requested a year on Necromo to see the Ilsa Hyung through her second attempt at launch.[6] The Second was still on Necromo when the planet was attacked by the Word of Blake in November 3068; the Second fought to the last man against the Blakist-employed mercenary unit Khorsakhov's Cossacks, but was unable to prevent the shipyards being destroyed.[7]

Officers

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 2nd Confederation Reserve Cavalry
Colonel Daniel Lovitt 3050[8]
Colonel Katherine Schmidt 3054[9]
Sang-shao Mai Tee Phyn 3063 - 3067[5][10]

Other Officers

Tactics

Star League Era

The Second served the Confederation as skirmishers, and many of the light BattleMechs within the Second had been modified to carry LRMs.[1]

Succession Wars

Recently the 2nd Reserve has taken a more flippant attitude to combat possibly because of their actions with the notoriously undisciplined Hustaing Warriors.[5]

The unit was plagued for many years by equipment failures to communication and targeting systems and has trained extensively without such gear. This training gives the unit excellent gunnery skills even when fighting with limited visibility.[5]

Composition History

2765

Second Confederation Reserve Cavalry (Regiment/Green/Reliable)[1]

- At this point in time the Second was stationed on Sakhalin.[1]

2786

Second Confederation Reserve Cavalry (Regiment/Green/Reliable)[11]

- At this point in time the Second was a medium-weight regiment operating at full strength and were stationed on Sakhalin.[11]

2821

Second Confederation Reserve Cavalry (Regiment/Green/Reliable)[11]

- At this point in time the Second was a medium-weight regiment operating at just above half-strength, and were stationed on Mesartim.[11]

2830

2nd Confederation Reserve Cavalry (Regiment/Green/Fanatical) [12]

Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on Almach with an operational readiness of 96 percent. [12]

2864

2nd Confederation Reserve Cavalry (Regiment/Green/Fanatical) [12]

Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on Almach with an operational readiness of 52 percent. [12]

3025

Second Confederation Reserve Cavalry (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)[2]

Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on Palos. [2]

3028

2nd Confederation Reserve Cavalry (2 Battalions/Regular/Reliable)[13]

Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on Palos. [13]

3050

Second Confederation Reserve Cavalry (Regular/Reliable)[8]

  • CO: Colonel Daniel Lovitt

3054

Second Confederation Reserve Cavalry (Regular/Reliable)[9]

  • CO: Colonel Katherine Schmidt

3063-3067

Second Confederation Reserve Cavalry (Capella's Bright Edge) (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)[5][10]

  • CO: Sang-shao Mai Tee Phyn
  • 1st Battalion: Zhong-shao Ichobod Vale
  • 2nd Battalion: Zhong-shao Cameron Davidson
  • 3rd Battalion: Zhong-shao Kray Haveld

Capellan Navy 9-11 (Two Flights/Regular/Reliable)[5][10]

Forty-fifth Armored Cavalry (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)[5][10]

  • Armor Commander: Zhong-shao Carl Nardan

- Only Tracked Vehicles, with long-range weapons and heavy armor

Purvo Seventh District Home Guard (Battalion/Regular/Reliable)[5][10]

  • Infantry Commander (3063): Sao-shao Lawry Jung
  • Infantry Commander (3067): Sao-shao Brittney James

- Includes 1 Squad of Battle Armor attached to unit

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Field Report 2765: CCAF, p. 16, "Confederation Reserve Cavalry"
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p.105, "Regiment Deployment Table - 3025"
  3. 3.0 3.1 Field Manual: Capellan Confederation, p. 69, "2nd Confederation Reserve Cavalry Unit Profile"
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2, p.53 – Palos
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 Field Manual: Capellan Confederation, p. 70, 2nd Confederation Reserve Cavalry: Second Site
  6. 6.0 6.1 Field Manual: Update, p. 22, "2nd Confederation Reserve Cavalry"
  7. Field Manual: CCAF, p. 11, "Confederation Reserve Cavalry"
  8. 8.0 8.1 20 Year Update, p. 62, "CCAF Deployment Table - 3050"
  9. 9.0 9.1 Objective Raids, p. 41, "CCAF Deployment Table - 3054"
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 Field Manual: Updates, p. 32, "CCAF Deployment Table - 3067"
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Second Succession War (Source Book), p. 135, "Capellan Confederation Armed Forces (CCAF) - Deployment Table"
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 ’’ Second Succession War’’, p. 95
  13. 13.0 13.1 Historical: Brush Wars, p.88

Bibliography