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Line 12: ==History== ==History== ===Clan Invasion=== ===Clan Invasion=== − Prior to the [[Battle of Tukayyid (3052)|Battle of Tukayyid]] the elite ranked Sixty-Sixth Division, known by the nickname of ''Obedience Above All'', made its headquarters on the Lyran world of [[Rigil Kent]].<ref name=20YU>''20 Year Update'', p. 71</ref> + Prior to the [[Battle of Tukayyid]] the elite ranked Sixty-Sixth Division, known by the nickname of ''Obedience Above All'', made its headquarters on the Lyran world of [[Rigil Kent]]. <ref name=20YU>''20-Year Update'', p. 71</ref> − One of the very few elite-ranked divisions within the [[Com Guards]], [[Precentor Martial of ComStar|Precentor Martial]] [[Anastasius Focht]] assigned the 66th and other the divisions of the [[10th Army (ComStar)|Tenth Army]] to the defense of [[Clan Wolf]]'s primary target city of Skupo during the [[Battle of Tukayyid (3052)|Battle of Tukayyid]].<ref name=T>''Tukayyid'', p. 90: "Campaign: Clan Wolf"</ref><ref name=CS>''ComStar'', pp. 71–72: "Battle of Tukayyid"</ref><ref name=WC>''Wolf Clan'', pp. 50–51: "Days of Armageddon - Wolf"</ref> + One of the very few elite ranked divisions within the Com Guards, [[Precentor Martial]] [[Anastasius Focht]] assigned the 66th and other the divisions of the [[10th Army (ComStar)|Tenth Army]] to the defence of [[Clan Wolf]]'s primary target city of Skupo during the [[Battle of Tukayyid]]. <ref name=T>''Tukayyid'', p. 90, "Campaign: Clan Wolf"</ref> <ref name=CS>''ComStar'', p. 71-72 "Battle of Tukayyid"</ref> <ref name=WC>''Wolf Clan'', p. 50-51 "Days of Armageddon - Wolf"</ref> − The 66th encountered the Wolves outside the small hamlet of Forest's End alongside its sister unit, the [[283rd Division (ComStar)|283rd Division]]. Taking terrible losses as they harassed the right flank of the advancing [[4th Wolf Guards (Clan Wolf-in-Exile)|Fourth Wolf Guards]], [[3rd Battle (Clan Wolf)|Third]] and [[7th Battle (Clan Wolf)|Seventh Battle Clusters]], when the Wolves continued efforts pushed the [[278th Division (ComStar)|278th]] and [[166th Division (ComStar)|166th Divisions]] back, the 66th and the other Com Guard defenders was ordered to retreat towards the primary target city of Skupo.<ref name=T/><ref name=CS/><ref name=WC/> + The 66th encounted the Wolves outside the small hamlet of Forest's End alongside its sister unit, the [[283rd Division (ComStar)|283rd Division]]. Taking terrible losses as they harassed the right flank of the advancing [[4th Wolf Guards (Clan Wolf-in-Exile)|Fourth Wolf Guards]], [[3rd Battle (Clan Wolf)|Third]] and [[7th Battle (Clan Wolf)|Seventh Battle Clusters]], when the Wolves continued efforts pushed the [[278th Division (ComStar)|278th]] and [[166th Division (ComStar)|166th Divisions]] back, the 66th and the other Com Guard defenders was ordered to retreat towards the primary target city of Skupo. <ref name=T/> <ref name=CS/> <ref name=WC/> − Stationed within the city limits alongside the [[208th Division (ComStar)|208th Division]], when [[Natasha Kerensky]]'s famed [[13th Wolf Guards (Clan Wolf-in-Exile)|Thirteenth Wolf Guards]] overcame the [[138th Division (ComStar)|138th]] and 166th Divisions, and the [[11th Wolf Guards (Clan Wolf)|11th Wolf Guards]] shattered the elite 278th, Precentor Martial Focht ordered both divisions to withdrawal from Skupo, now lacking the troops to necessary to hold it. The 66th attacked the advancing Wolves before retreating in the hopes of luring them away, but the Clan forces did not take the bait and focused on taking Skupo.<ref name=T/><ref name=CS/><ref name=WC/> + Stationed within the city limits alongside the [[208th Division (ComStar)|208th Division]], when [[Natasha Kerensky]]'s famed [[13th Wolf Guards (Clan Wolf-in-Exile)|Thirteenth Wolf Guards]] overcame the [[138th Division (ComStar)|138th]] and 166th Divisions, and the [[11th Wolf Guards (Clan Wolf)|11th Wolf Guards]] shattered the elite 278th, Precentor Martial Focht ordered both divisions to withdrawal from Skupo, now lacking the troops to necessary to hold it. The 66th attacked the advancing Wolves before retreating in the hopes of luring them away, but the Clan forces did not take the bait and focused on taking Skupo. <ref name=T/> <ref name=CS/> <ref name=WC/> − <ref name=ER3052-31>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 31: "Factions - ComStar - Sixty-Sixth Division (Obedience Above All)"</ref> + <ref name=ER3052-31>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 31 "Factions - ComStar - Sixty-Sixth Division (Obedience Above All)"</ref> − Taking the nickname of ''The Loner Division'', the shattered Sixty-Sixth was transferred to defend the [[HPG]] compound on the Lyran capital of Tharkad to allow it to rebuild.<ref name=CS85>''ComStar'', p. 85: "10th Army V-nu"</ref> After the [[ComStar Schism]] increasing numbers of the Division's members defected to the [[Word of Blake]] in the [[Free Worlds League]], the strain of rebuilding the unit led [[Precentor]] Garron to retire in [[3059]] with Precentor [[Dag Kesselring]] selected as his replacement.<ref<ref name=FMCS1>''Field Manual: ComStar'', p. 39: 10th Army, 66th Division - unit profile</ref> + Taking the nickname of ''The Loner Division'', the shattered Sixty-Sixth was transferred to defend the [[HPG]] compound on the Lyran capital of Tharkad to allow it to rebuild. <ref name=CS85>''ComStar'', p. 85, "10th Army V-nu"</ref> After the [[ComStar Schism]] increasing numbers of the Division's members defected to the [[Word of Blake]] in the [[Free Worlds League]], the strain of rebuilding the unit led [[Precentor]] Garron to retire in [[3059]] with Precentor [[Dag Kesselring]] selected as his replacement. <ref <ref name=FMCS1>''Field Manual: ComStar'' pg 39 - 10th Army / 66th Division - unit profile.</ref> ===FedCom Civil War=== ===FedCom Civil War=== − Remaining on Tharkad,<ref name=FMCS2>''Field Manual: ComStar'', p. 126: Organization and Equipment - 10th Army assignments</ref> while the other divisions of the [[10th Army (ComStar)|Tenth Army]] found themselves increasingly on the outer with the new [[Lyran Alliance]], Kesselring's ties to the Lyran court ensured his division enjoyed cordial relations.<ref name=FMCS1/> + Remaining on Tharkad,<ref name=FMCS2>''Field Manual: ComStar'' page 126 - Organization and Equipment - 10th Army assignments.</ref> while the other divisions of the [[10th Army (ComStar)|Tenth Army]] found themselves increasingly on the outer with the new [[Lyran Alliance]], Kesselring's ties to the Lyran court ensured his division enjoyed cordial relations. <ref name=FMCS1/> − While initially a boon, by [[3062]] Kesselring and his officers had begun to show favoritism towards his old nation with the flow of intelligence to [[ROM]] regarding the Lyran government's activities trailing off, resulting in the unit's reliability being downgraded to questionable.<ref name=FMCS1/> + While initially a boon, by [[3062]] Kesselring and his officers had begun to show favoritism towards his old nation with the flow of intelligence to [[ROM]] regarding the Lyran's government activities trailing off, resulting in the unit's reliability being downgraded to questionable.<ref name=FMCS1/> In [[3066]], in prelude to the invasion of [[Peter Steiner-Davion]]'s Pan-Lyran coalition, Precentor Kesselring swore in public he and his division would defend the capital against outside forces. In [[3066]], in prelude to the invasion of [[Peter Steiner-Davion]]'s Pan-Lyran coalition, Precentor Kesselring swore in public he and his division would defend the capital against outside forces. − The Division was finally deployed in March of [[3067]] as part of reserve force. As part of the reserves, they stayed back as the bulk of Regent [[Nondi Steiner]]'s forces went on the offensive against her nephew's forces in the region of Tharkad known as the Wash. The 66th was pulled into battle when the [[20th Arcturan Guards]] pressed the [[66th Division (ComStar)|66th Com Guards]]. As Lyran Loyalist units were separated, 66th Division held against the 20th Arcturans' superior numbers. However, pan-Lyran allies' aerospace fighters strafed the ComStar unit, helping the 20th shatter the 66th Division.<ref>''FedCom Civil War'', pp. 175–176: Seventh Wave - Tharkad - 66th Com Guard Division joins the Katrina Steiner-Davion's Loyalist and is annihilated</ref> + The Division was finally deployed in March of [[3067]] as part of reserve force. As part of the reserves, they stayed back as the bulk of Regent [[Nondi Steiner]]'s forces went on the offensive against her nephew's forces in the region of Tharkad known as the Wash. The 66th was pulled into battle when the [[20th Arcturan Guards]] pressed the 66th Com Guards As Lyran Loyalist units were separated, 66th Division held against the 20th Arcturans' superior numbers. However, pan-Lyran allies Aerospace Fighters strafed the ComStar unit, helping the 20th shatter the 66th Division.<ref>''FedCom Civil War (Sourcebook'' page 175-176 - Seventh Wave - Tharkad - 66th ComGuard Division joins the Katrina Steiner-Davion's Loyalist and is annihilated.</ref> − ===Jihad===+ ==Jihad== − The survivors of the 66th were released after the conclusion of the Civil War, remaining on Tharkad in the months leading up to the fateful [[Fourth Whitting Conference]]. When the Word of Blake forces struck Tharkad as the [[Jihad]] erupted, the few remaining [[Level II]]s of the 66th Division joined the Lyran defenders in unsuccessfully attempting to repel the Blakist invaders, likely leading to their final destruction.<ref name=TRO3050U-190>''Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade'', p. 190: "HER-3S ''Hermes''"</ref> + The survivors of the 66th were released after the conclusion of the Civil War, remaining on Tharkad in the months leading up to the fateful [[Fourth Whitting Conference]]. When the Word of Blake forces struck Tharkad as the [[Jihad]] erupted, the few remaining [[Level II]]s of the 66th Division joined the Lyran defenders in unsuccessfully attempting to repel the Blakist invaders, likely leading to their final destruction.<ref name=TRO3050U-190>''Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade'', p. 190 "HER-3S ''Hermes''"</ref> ==Officers== ==Officers== − {| class="wikitable"+ *As of [[3050]] the Sixty-Sixth was commanded by Precentor [[Lucynda Glemzu]]. <ref name=20YU/> − |-+ − ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank+ *As of [[3052]] the commanding officer of the 66th was Precentor Gustuv Garron. − ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name+ **Taking command of the unit after Tukayyid, the strain of rebuilding the unit as more and more of his troops defected to the Blakists led him to retire in 3059. <ref name=CS/> − ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command+ − |-+ *As of [[3067]] the 66th was under the command of Precentor Dag Kesselring. − | colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 66th Division (ComStar)'''+ **A scion of minor Lyran noble house, after replacing Garron it was hoped Kesselring's ties would improve relations between 10th Army and the Lyran Alliance. Unfortunately the division went over to the Alliance, providing ComStar intelligence to the Loyalist forces and fighting on behalf of the Loyalist forces in the final defense of Tharkad. While believed killed during the fighting on Tharkad, Kesselring's body was never found. After the destruction of the Sixty-Sixth, increasing evidence came to light that apart from leaking to the Alliance, Kesselring was also passing information to Word of Blake. <ref name=TRPP>''Technical Readout: Project Phoenix'', pg. 71</ref> − |- − | [[Precentor]]||[[Lucynda Glemzu]]||[[3050]]<ref name=20YU/> − |- − | Precentor||[[Gustuv Garron]]||[[3052]] - [[3059]]<ref name=CS/> − |- − | Precentor||[[Dag Kesselring]]||3059 - [[3067]]<ref name=TRPP>''Technical Readout: Project Phoenix'', p. 71</ref> − |- − |} ==Tactics== ==Tactics== − Unknown.+ {{Sectionstub}} ==Composition History== ==Composition History== − ===3050=== − '''66th Division''' (Division/Elite)<ref name=20yup71>''20 Year Update'', p. 71</ref> − : Note: At this point in time the 66th Division was stationed on Rigil Kent.<ref name=20yup71/> − − ===3055=== − '''66th Division''' (Division/Green)<ref name=CSSp85">''ComStar'', p. 85</ref> − : Note: At this point in time the 283rd Division was stationed on Tharkad.<ref name=CSSp85"/> − ===3062=== ===3062=== − *The Harassers [[Level III|III]]-tau - CO: [[Demi-Precentor]] IX [[Florence Lichwa]] + *The Harassers [[Level III|III]]-tau - CO: [[Demi-Precentor]] IX Florence Lichwa − *Deadly Decoys III-chi - CO: Demi-Precentor V [[Allan Murzyn]] + *Deadly Decoys III-chi - CO: Demi-Precentor Allan Murzyn − *The Charioteers III-upsilon - CO: Demi-Precentor III [[Raymond Ruggerio]] + *The Charioteers III-upsilon - CO: Demi-Precentor Raymond Ruggerio − *Storm Clouds III-phi - CO: Demi-Precentor V [[Alan Kearns]] + *Storm Clouds III-phi - CO: Demi-Precentor V Alan Kearns − *Wondrous Foresight III-upsilon - CO: Demi-Precentor VII [[Pegeen Holtane]] + *Wondrous Foresight III-upsilon - CO: Demi-Precentor VII Pegeeen Holtane − *Golden Wraiths III-sigma - CO: Demi-Precentor II [[Frank Posch]] + *Golden Wraiths III-sigma - CO: Demi-Precentor II Frank Posch ==Notes== ==Notes== Line 81:
Line 62: <div class="gamerules"> <div class="gamerules"> ===Game Rules=== ===Game Rules=== − The 66th Division being trained with the LAAF forces. The unit gain +1 to its initiative when it operating with the LAAF forces. However, it suffers from –1 to its initiative when facing Lyran associated forces. During the battle, there risk of units of the 66th defecting to Word of Blake forces, when in a scenario together. A controlling player, once in the scenario, must roll 1D6 per unit ('Mech, BA squad, vehicle, etc.); on a result of 1 that unit is considered to be part of the WoB opposing force.<ref>''Field Manual: ComStar'', p. 144: Force abilities - 66th gains/loses initiative with Lyran forces and risks losing units during scenario when facing the [[WoB]]</ref> + The 66th Division being trained with the LAAF forces. The unit gain +1 to its initiative when it operating with the LAAF forces. However, its suffers from -1 to its initiative when facing Lyran associated forces. During the battle, there risk of units of the 66th defecting to Word of Blake forces, when in a scenario together. A controlling player, once in the scenario, must rolls 1D6 per unit (mech, BA Squad, vehicle, etc), on result of a 1 that unit is consisted to be part of the WoB opposing force.<ref>''Field Manual: ComStar'' page 144 - Force abilities - 66th gains/loses initiative with Lyran forces and risks losing units during scenario when facing the [[WoB]].</ref> </div> </div> Line 88:
Line 69: ==Bibliography== ==Bibliography== − * ''[[20 Year Update]]'' + *''[[20-Year Update]]'' − * ''[[ComStar (sourcebook)|ComStar]]'' + *[[ComStar (sourcebook)|''ComStar'']] − * ''[[Era Report: 3052]]'' + *''[[Era Report: 3052]]'' − * ''[[FedCom Civil War (sourcebook)|FedCom Civil War]]'' + *''[[FedCom Civil War (sourcebook)]]'' − * ''[[Field Manual: ComStar]]'' + *''[[Field Manual: ComStar]]'' − * ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' + *''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' − * ''[[Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade]]'' + *''[[Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade]]'' − * ''[[Technical Readout: Project Phoenix]]'' + *''[[Technical Readout: Project Phoenix]]'' − * ''[[Tukayyid (scenario pack)|Tukayyid]]'' + *[[Tukayyid (scenario pack)|''Tukayyid'']] − * ''[[Wolf Clan Sourcebook]]'' + *''[[Wolf Clan Sourcebook]]'' − [[Category:ComStar Division Commands|Division, 066th]] [[Category:ComStar Division Commands|Division, 066th]]
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==History== | ==History== | ||
===Clan Invasion=== | ===Clan Invasion=== | ||
| − | Prior to the [[ | + | Prior to the [[Battle of Tukayyid]] the elite ranked Sixty-Sixth Division, known by the nickname of ''Obedience Above All'', made its headquarters on the Lyran world of [[Rigil Kent]]. <ref name=20YU>''20-Year Update'', p. 71</ref> |
| − | One of the very few elite | + | One of the very few elite ranked divisions within the Com Guards, [[Precentor Martial]] [[Anastasius Focht]] assigned the 66th and other the divisions of the [[10th Army (ComStar)|Tenth Army]] to the defence of [[Clan Wolf]]'s primary target city of Skupo during the [[Battle of Tukayyid]]. <ref name=T>''Tukayyid'', p. 90, "Campaign: Clan Wolf"</ref> <ref name=CS>''ComStar'', p. 71-72 "Battle of Tukayyid"</ref> <ref name=WC>''Wolf Clan'', p. 50-51 "Days of Armageddon - Wolf"</ref> |
| − | The 66th | + | The 66th encounted the Wolves outside the small hamlet of Forest's End alongside its sister unit, the [[283rd Division (ComStar)|283rd Division]]. Taking terrible losses as they harassed the right flank of the advancing [[4th Wolf Guards (Clan Wolf-in-Exile)|Fourth Wolf Guards]], [[3rd Battle (Clan Wolf)|Third]] and [[7th Battle (Clan Wolf)|Seventh Battle Clusters]], when the Wolves continued efforts pushed the [[278th Division (ComStar)|278th]] and [[166th Division (ComStar)|166th Divisions]] back, the 66th and the other Com Guard defenders was ordered to retreat towards the primary target city of Skupo. <ref name=T/> <ref name=CS/> <ref name=WC/> |
| − | Stationed within the city limits alongside the [[208th Division (ComStar)|208th Division]], when [[Natasha Kerensky]]'s famed [[13th Wolf Guards (Clan Wolf-in-Exile)|Thirteenth Wolf Guards]] overcame the [[138th Division (ComStar)|138th]] and 166th Divisions, and the [[11th Wolf Guards (Clan Wolf)|11th Wolf Guards]] shattered the elite 278th, Precentor Martial Focht ordered both divisions to withdrawal from Skupo, now lacking the troops to necessary to hold it. The 66th attacked the advancing Wolves before retreating in the hopes of luring them away, but the Clan forces did not take the bait and focused on taking Skupo.<ref name=T/><ref name=CS/><ref name=WC/> | + | Stationed within the city limits alongside the [[208th Division (ComStar)|208th Division]], when [[Natasha Kerensky]]'s famed [[13th Wolf Guards (Clan Wolf-in-Exile)|Thirteenth Wolf Guards]] overcame the [[138th Division (ComStar)|138th]] and 166th Divisions, and the [[11th Wolf Guards (Clan Wolf)|11th Wolf Guards]] shattered the elite 278th, Precentor Martial Focht ordered both divisions to withdrawal from Skupo, now lacking the troops to necessary to hold it. The 66th attacked the advancing Wolves before retreating in the hopes of luring them away, but the Clan forces did not take the bait and focused on taking Skupo. <ref name=T/> <ref name=CS/> <ref name=WC/> |
| − | <ref name=ER3052-31>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 31 | + | <ref name=ER3052-31>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 31 "Factions - ComStar - Sixty-Sixth Division (Obedience Above All)"</ref> |
| − | Taking the nickname of ''The Loner Division'', the shattered Sixty-Sixth was transferred to defend the [[HPG]] compound on the Lyran capital of Tharkad to allow it to rebuild.<ref name=CS85>''ComStar'', p. 85 | + | Taking the nickname of ''The Loner Division'', the shattered Sixty-Sixth was transferred to defend the [[HPG]] compound on the Lyran capital of Tharkad to allow it to rebuild. <ref name=CS85>''ComStar'', p. 85, "10th Army V-nu"</ref> After the [[ComStar Schism]] increasing numbers of the Division's members defected to the [[Word of Blake]] in the [[Free Worlds League]], the strain of rebuilding the unit led [[Precentor]] Garron to retire in [[3059]] with Precentor [[Dag Kesselring]] selected as his replacement. <ref <ref name=FMCS1>''Field Manual: ComStar'' pg 39 - 10th Army / 66th Division - unit profile.</ref> |
===FedCom Civil War=== | ===FedCom Civil War=== | ||
| − | Remaining on Tharkad,<ref name=FMCS2>''Field Manual: ComStar'' | + | Remaining on Tharkad,<ref name=FMCS2>''Field Manual: ComStar'' page 126 - Organization and Equipment - 10th Army assignments.</ref> while the other divisions of the [[10th Army (ComStar)|Tenth Army]] found themselves increasingly on the outer with the new [[Lyran Alliance]], Kesselring's ties to the Lyran court ensured his division enjoyed cordial relations. <ref name=FMCS1/> |
| − | While initially a boon, by [[3062]] Kesselring and his officers had begun to show favoritism towards his old nation with the flow of intelligence to [[ROM]] regarding the Lyran | + | While initially a boon, by [[3062]] Kesselring and his officers had begun to show favoritism towards his old nation with the flow of intelligence to [[ROM]] regarding the Lyran's government activities trailing off, resulting in the unit's reliability being downgraded to questionable.<ref name=FMCS1/> |
In [[3066]], in prelude to the invasion of [[Peter Steiner-Davion]]'s Pan-Lyran coalition, Precentor Kesselring swore in public he and his division would defend the capital against outside forces. | In [[3066]], in prelude to the invasion of [[Peter Steiner-Davion]]'s Pan-Lyran coalition, Precentor Kesselring swore in public he and his division would defend the capital against outside forces. | ||
| − | The Division was finally deployed in March of [[3067]] as part of reserve force. As part of the reserves, they stayed back as the bulk of Regent [[Nondi Steiner]]'s forces went on the offensive against her nephew's forces in the region of Tharkad known as the Wash. The 66th was pulled into battle when the [[20th Arcturan Guards]] pressed the | + | The Division was finally deployed in March of [[3067]] as part of reserve force. As part of the reserves, they stayed back as the bulk of Regent [[Nondi Steiner]]'s forces went on the offensive against her nephew's forces in the region of Tharkad known as the Wash. The 66th was pulled into battle when the [[20th Arcturan Guards]] pressed the 66th Com Guards As Lyran Loyalist units were separated, 66th Division held against the 20th Arcturans' superior numbers. However, pan-Lyran allies Aerospace Fighters strafed the ComStar unit, helping the 20th shatter the 66th Division.<ref>''FedCom Civil War (Sourcebook'' page 175-176 - Seventh Wave - Tharkad - 66th ComGuard Division joins the Katrina Steiner-Davion's Loyalist and is annihilated.</ref> |
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| − | The survivors of the 66th were released after the conclusion of the Civil War, remaining on Tharkad in the months leading up to the fateful [[Fourth Whitting Conference]]. When the Word of Blake forces struck Tharkad as the [[Jihad]] erupted, the few remaining [[Level II]]s of the 66th Division joined the Lyran defenders in unsuccessfully attempting to repel the Blakist invaders, likely leading to their final destruction.<ref name=TRO3050U-190>''Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade'', p. 190 | + | The survivors of the 66th were released after the conclusion of the Civil War, remaining on Tharkad in the months leading up to the fateful [[Fourth Whitting Conference]]. When the Word of Blake forces struck Tharkad as the [[Jihad]] erupted, the few remaining [[Level II]]s of the 66th Division joined the Lyran defenders in unsuccessfully attempting to repel the Blakist invaders, likely leading to their final destruction.<ref name=TRO3050U-190>''Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade'', p. 190 "HER-3S ''Hermes''"</ref> |
==Officers== | ==Officers== | ||
| − | + | *As of [[3050]] the Sixty-Sixth was commanded by Precentor [[Lucynda Glemzu]]. <ref name=20YU/> | |
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| − | + | **Taking command of the unit after Tukayyid, the strain of rebuilding the unit as more and more of his troops defected to the Blakists led him to retire in 3059. <ref name=CS/> | |
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| − | + | *As of [[3067]] the 66th was under the command of Precentor Dag Kesselring. | |
| − | + | **A scion of minor Lyran noble house, after replacing Garron it was hoped Kesselring's ties would improve relations between 10th Army and the Lyran Alliance. Unfortunately the division went over to the Alliance, providing ComStar intelligence to the Loyalist forces and fighting on behalf of the Loyalist forces in the final defense of Tharkad. While believed killed during the fighting on Tharkad, Kesselring's body was never found. After the destruction of the Sixty-Sixth, increasing evidence came to light that apart from leaking to the Alliance, Kesselring was also passing information to Word of Blake. <ref name=TRPP>''Technical Readout: Project Phoenix'', pg. 71</ref> | |
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| − | *The Harassers [[Level III|III]]-tau - CO: [[Demi-Precentor]] IX | + | *The Harassers [[Level III|III]]-tau - CO: [[Demi-Precentor]] IX Florence Lichwa |
| − | *Deadly Decoys III-chi - CO: Demi-Precentor | + | *Deadly Decoys III-chi - CO: Demi-Precentor Allan Murzyn |
| − | *The Charioteers III-upsilon - CO: Demi-Precentor | + | *The Charioteers III-upsilon - CO: Demi-Precentor Raymond Ruggerio |
| − | *Storm Clouds III-phi - CO: Demi-Precentor V | + | *Storm Clouds III-phi - CO: Demi-Precentor V Alan Kearns |
| − | *Wondrous Foresight III-upsilon - CO: Demi-Precentor VII | + | *Wondrous Foresight III-upsilon - CO: Demi-Precentor VII Pegeeen Holtane |
| − | *Golden Wraiths III-sigma - CO: Demi-Precentor II | + | *Golden Wraiths III-sigma - CO: Demi-Precentor II Frank Posch |
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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===Game Rules=== | ===Game Rules=== | ||
| − | The 66th Division being trained with the LAAF forces. The unit gain +1 to its initiative when it operating with the LAAF forces. However, | + | The 66th Division being trained with the LAAF forces. The unit gain +1 to its initiative when it operating with the LAAF forces. However, its suffers from -1 to its initiative when facing Lyran associated forces. During the battle, there risk of units of the 66th defecting to Word of Blake forces, when in a scenario together. A controlling player, once in the scenario, must rolls 1D6 per unit (mech, BA Squad, vehicle, etc), on result of a 1 that unit is consisted to be part of the WoB opposing force.<ref>''Field Manual: ComStar'' page 144 - Force abilities - 66th gains/loses initiative with Lyran forces and risks losing units during scenario when facing the [[WoB]].</ref> |
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
| − | * ''[[20 Year Update]]'' | + | *''[[20-Year Update]]'' |
| − | * | + | *[[ComStar (sourcebook)|''ComStar'']] |
| − | * ''[[Era Report: 3052]]'' | + | *''[[Era Report: 3052]]'' |
| − | * ''[[FedCom Civil War (sourcebook) | + | *''[[FedCom Civil War (sourcebook)]]'' |
| − | * ''[[Field Manual: ComStar]]'' | + | *''[[Field Manual: ComStar]]'' |
| − | * ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' | + | *''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' |
| − | * ''[[Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade]]'' | + | *''[[Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade]]'' |
| − | * ''[[Technical Readout: Project Phoenix]]'' | + | *''[[Technical Readout: Project Phoenix]]'' |
| − | * | + | *[[Tukayyid (scenario pack)|''Tukayyid'']] |
| − | * ''[[Wolf Clan Sourcebook]]'' | + | *''[[Wolf Clan Sourcebook]]'' |
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[[Category:ComStar Division Commands|Division, 066th]] | [[Category:ComStar Division Commands|Division, 066th]] | ||