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Line 1: − {{infoBoxMilitaryCommand + {{infoBoxStateUnit − | image = [[Image: 6tharmy-v-kappa (2).jpg|100px]] + | image = [[Image: 6tharmy-v-kappa (2).jpg|100px]] − | Designation = 6th Army [[Level V|V]]-kappa + | nickname = Grim Defiance − | formed = + | parent formation = [[Com Guard]] − | Disbanded = + | formed = Unknown − | Previous Designation = + | year = 3067 − | Nickname = Grim Defiance+ | unitname = 6th Army [[Level V|V]]-kappa − | Affiliation = [[ComStar]] − | Parent Command = [[Com Guards]] − | Sub-Command = }} }} <onlyinclude> <onlyinclude> − Nominally assigned to the [[Procyon]] Theater, 6 to 7 on [[Inner Sphere Clock]], after the collapse of the [[Sarna March]] the '''[[Com Guards|Com Guard]] [[6th Army (ComStar)|Sixth Army]]''' were assigned to the [[Draconis Combine]] theaters, calling themselves ''Grim Defiance''.<ref name=FMCO>''Field Manual: ComStar'', p. 30, "6th Army (ComStar) Profile"</ref> + Nominally assigned to the [[Procyon]] Theater, 6 to 7 on [[Inner Sphere Clock]], after the collapse of the [[Sarna March]] the '''ComGuard 6th Army''' were assigned to the [[Draconis Combine]] theaters, calling themselves ''Grim Defiance''.<ref name=FMCO>''Field Manual: ComStar'', p. 30, "6th Army (ComStar) Profile"</ref> </onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> ==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 6th 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 Deploment 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 6th was the sole army assigned to combat [[Clan Steel Viper]] during the [[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 Theatre, 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> − With the Com Guards having suffered extremely heavy losses during the early stages of the [[Jihad]] that left its 12 armies stretched too thin, [[Precentor Martial of ComStar|Precentor Martial]] [[Victor Steiner-Davion]] responded by disbanding the 7th-12th Armies, the 6th Army being rebuilt and strengthened to the full six divisions of old. The transformed 6th Army was nominally assigned to cover deployments and actions within the [[Periphery]] nations and other minor powers.<ref>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 210</ref> + With the Com Guards having suffered extremely heavy losses during the early stages of the [[Jihad]] that left its 12 armies stretched too thin, [[Precentor Martial]] [[Victor Steiner-Davion]] responded by disbanding the 7th-12th Armies, the 6th Army being rebuilt and strengthened to the full six divisions of old. The transformed 6th Army was nominally assigned to cover deployments and actions within the [[Periphery]] nations and other minor powers.<ref>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 210</ref> − In January [[3077]] the 31st Division was assigned to garrison [[Lyons]] after the [[Sixth Pesht Regulars]] and [[7th Donegal Guards]] started fighting amongst themselves.<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 21</ref> Bolstered by elements of the shattered [[2nd Army (ComStar)|Second]] and [[3rd Army (ComStar)|Third Army]] after the [[Luyten 68-28]] debacle,<ref name=JFR-106>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 106 "What Lies Beneath - The Republic of the Sphere - The Com Guards"</ref> during the assault on [[Terra]] the Sixth Army was placed under [[General]] [[Andrew Redburn]]'s command and assigned to liberate Geneva, <ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 96</ref> suffering heavy losses to Blakist orbital defenses during their combat drop on the city. <ref name=JFR-106/> When the [[Word of Blake]]'s [[4th Division (Word of Blake)|4th Division]] withdrew to Bratislava across a series of bridges, engineers from the Sixth Army prevented the Blakists from destroying them. This allowed Coalition troops to keep pressure on the Fourth Division, eventually destroying most of the units in Bratislava.<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 109</ref> + In January [[3077]] the 31st Division was assigned to garrison [[Lyons]] after the [[6th Pesht Regulars]] and [[7th Donegal Guards]] started fighting amongst themselves.<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 21</ref> Bolstered by elements of the shattered [[2nd Army (ComStar)|Second]] and [[3rd Army (ComStar)|Third Army]] after the [[Luyten 68-28]] debacle,<ref name=JFR-106>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 106 "What Lies Beneath - The Republic of the Sphere - The Com Guards"</ref> during the assault on [[Terra]] the Sixth Army was placed under [[General]] [[Andrew Redburn]]'s command and assigned to liberate Geneva, <ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 96</ref> suffering heavy losses to Blakist orbital defenses during their combat drop on the city. <ref name=JFR-106/> When the [[Word of Blake]]'s [[4th Division (Word of Blake)|4th Division]] withdrew to Bratislava across a series of bridges, engineers from the Sixth Army prevented the Blakists from destroying them. This allowed Coalition troops to keep pressure on the Fourth Division, eventually destroying most of the units in Bratislava.<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 109</ref> The surviving elements of Sixth were rolled into the newly forming [[Republic of the Sphere]]'s [[Republic Armed Forces|armed forces]], the Sixth Army effectively disbanded. <ref name=JFR-104>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 104 "What Lies Beneath - The Republic of the Sphere - Forces gifted to the Republic"</ref> The surviving elements of Sixth were rolled into the newly forming [[Republic of the Sphere]]'s [[Republic Armed Forces|armed forces]], the Sixth Army effectively disbanded. <ref name=JFR-104>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 104 "What Lies Beneath - The Republic of the Sphere - Forces gifted to the Republic"</ref> ==Officers== ==Officers== − {| class="wikitable"+ As of [[3050]], the Sixth was commanded by [[Precentor]] V Myke Trijullio. <ref name=20YU/> − |- − ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank − ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name − ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command − |- − | colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 6th Army''' − |- − | [[Precentor]]||[[Myke Trijullio]]||[[3050]]<ref name=20YU/><ref name=BTBoKp87/> − |- − | Precentor||[[Daniel Mueller]]||[[3055]] - [[3067]]<ref name=CS-85/><ref name=FMCO/> <ref name=FMU/> − |} − ==Tactics== + As of [[3067]], the 6th Army was under the command of Precentor XII Daniel Mueller, who had held the post since at least [[3055].<ref name=CS-85/> Formerly in command of the 31st Division prior to Tukayyid, the authoritarian and no-nonsense Mueller took command of the remains of the Sixth after that battle. <ref name=FMCO/> <ref name=FMU/> − Unknown. ==Composition History== ==Composition History== Line 58:
Line 43: *[[102nd Division (ComStar)|102nd Division]] (''Focht's Knights'' IV-omicron) *[[102nd Division (ComStar)|102nd Division]] (''Focht's Knights'' IV-omicron) *[[1st Division (ComStar)|1st Division]] (''McGillaray's Legion'' IV-xi) *[[1st Division (ComStar)|1st Division]] (''McGillaray's Legion'' IV-xi) − − ==Gallery== − <gallery> − Com Guards 6th Army original.png|Original unit insignia used during the Battle of Tukayyid − </gallery> ==Notes== ==Notes== Line 71:
Line 51: ==Bibliography== ==Bibliography== − * ''[[20 Year Update]]'' + *''[[20-Year Update]]'' − * ''[[BattleTech: Battle of Tukayyid]]''+ *''[[ComStar (sourcebook)]]'' − * ''[[ComStar (sourcebook)]]'' + *''[[Field Manual: ComStar]]'' − * ''[[Field Manual: ComStar]]'' + *''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' − * ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' + *''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]'' − * ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' + *''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' − * ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]'' + *''[[Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers]]'' − * ''[[Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers]]'' [[Category:ComStar Commands|Army, 06th]] [[Category:ComStar Commands|Army, 06th]]
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| − | Nominally assigned to the [[Procyon]] Theater, 6 to 7 on [[Inner Sphere Clock]], after the collapse of the [[Sarna March]] the ''' | + | Nominally assigned to the [[Procyon]] Theater, 6 to 7 on [[Inner Sphere Clock]], after the collapse of the [[Sarna March]] the '''ComGuard 6th Army''' were assigned to the [[Draconis Combine]] theaters, calling themselves ''Grim Defiance''.<ref name=FMCO>''Field Manual: ComStar'', p. 30, "6th Army (ComStar) Profile"</ref> |
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==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | Prior to the [[Clan Invasion]], the deployments of the | + | Prior to the [[Clan Invasion]], the deployments of the 6th 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 Deploment Table [3050] - 6th V-xi"</ref> |
| − | + | Bolstered by just two extra divisions, the 6th was the sole army assigned to combat [[Clan Steel Viper]] during the [[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 Theatre, 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> | ||
| − | With the Com Guards having suffered extremely heavy losses during the early stages of the [[Jihad]] that left its 12 armies stretched too thin, [[ | + | With the Com Guards having suffered extremely heavy losses during the early stages of the [[Jihad]] that left its 12 armies stretched too thin, [[Precentor Martial]] [[Victor Steiner-Davion]] responded by disbanding the 7th-12th Armies, the 6th Army being rebuilt and strengthened to the full six divisions of old. The transformed 6th Army was nominally assigned to cover deployments and actions within the [[Periphery]] nations and other minor powers.<ref>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 210</ref> |
| − | In January [[3077]] the 31st Division was assigned to garrison [[Lyons]] after the [[ | + | In January [[3077]] the 31st Division was assigned to garrison [[Lyons]] after the [[6th Pesht Regulars]] and [[7th Donegal Guards]] started fighting amongst themselves.<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 21</ref> Bolstered by elements of the shattered [[2nd Army (ComStar)|Second]] and [[3rd Army (ComStar)|Third Army]] after the [[Luyten 68-28]] debacle,<ref name=JFR-106>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 106 "What Lies Beneath - The Republic of the Sphere - The Com Guards"</ref> during the assault on [[Terra]] the Sixth Army was placed under [[General]] [[Andrew Redburn]]'s command and assigned to liberate Geneva, <ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 96</ref> suffering heavy losses to Blakist orbital defenses during their combat drop on the city. <ref name=JFR-106/> When the [[Word of Blake]]'s [[4th Division (Word of Blake)|4th Division]] withdrew to Bratislava across a series of bridges, engineers from the Sixth Army prevented the Blakists from destroying them. This allowed Coalition troops to keep pressure on the Fourth Division, eventually destroying most of the units in Bratislava.<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 109</ref> |
The surviving elements of Sixth were rolled into the newly forming [[Republic of the Sphere]]'s [[Republic Armed Forces|armed forces]], the Sixth Army effectively disbanded. <ref name=JFR-104>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 104 "What Lies Beneath - The Republic of the Sphere - Forces gifted to the Republic"</ref> | The surviving elements of Sixth were rolled into the newly forming [[Republic of the Sphere]]'s [[Republic Armed Forces|armed forces]], the Sixth Army effectively disbanded. <ref name=JFR-104>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 104 "What Lies Beneath - The Republic of the Sphere - Forces gifted to the Republic"</ref> | ||
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*[[1st Division (ComStar)|1st Division]] (''McGillaray's Legion'' IV-xi) | *[[1st Division (ComStar)|1st Division]] (''McGillaray's Legion'' IV-xi) | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
| − | * ''[[20 Year Update | + | *''[[20-Year Update]]'' |
| − | + | *''[[ComStar (sourcebook)]]'' | |
| − | * ''[[ComStar (sourcebook)]]'' | + | *''[[Field Manual: ComStar]]'' |
| − | * ''[[Field Manual: ComStar]]'' | + | *''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' |
| − | * ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' | + | *''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]'' |
| − | * ''[[Jihad: | + | *''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' |
| − | * ''[[Jihad | + | *''[[Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers]]'' |
| − | * ''[[Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers]]'' | ||
[[Category:ComStar Commands|Army, 06th]] | [[Category:ComStar Commands|Army, 06th]] | ||