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| image         = [[File:7th-Army-(ComStar) (2).jpg|center]]
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| image   = [[File:7th-Army-(ComStar) (2).jpg|center]]
| Designation    = 7th Army [[Level V|V]]-iota
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| nickname = "The Dark Wave"
| formed         =  
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| parent formation = [[Com Guard]]
| Disbanded      =  
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| formed   = Unknown
| Previous Designation =
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| year    = 3067
| Nickname      = The Dark Wave
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| unitname = 7th Army [[Level V|V]]-iota
| Affiliation    = ComStar
 
| Parent Command = [[Com Guards]]
 
| Sub-Command    =
 
 
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Nominally assigned to the [[Talitha]] Theater, from 7 to 8 on the ''[[Inner Sphere Clock]]'', the [[Com Guards|Com Guard]] '''7th Army''' inflicted heavy losses against [[Clan Nova Cat]] on [[Tukayyid]], being now known as ''The Dark Wave''.
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Nominally assigned to the [[Talitha]] Theater, from 7 to 8 on the ''[[Inner Sphere Clock]]'', the [[Com Guard]] '''7th Army''' inflicted heavy losses against [[Clan Nova Cat]] on [[Tukayyid]], being now known as ''The Dark Wave''.
 
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==History==
 
==History==
During the [[Battle of Tukayyid (3052)|Battle of Tukayyid]], the veteran rated Seventh Army were the primary defender of Joje and Tost against capture by Clan Nova Cat. While the Nova Cat forces inflicted far heavier losses than what they sustained, the Seventh carried the day and neither target city was under threat. <ref name=T>''Tukayyid'', p. 40, "Campaign: Clan Nova Cat"</ref>
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During the [[Battle of Tukayyid]], the veteran rated Seventh Army were the primary defender of Joje and Tost against capture by Clan Nova Cat. While the Nova Cat forces inflicted far heavier losses than what they sustained, the Seventh carried the day and neither target city was under threat. <ref name=T>''Tukayyid'', p. 40, "Campaign: Clan Nova Cat"</ref>
  
With the arrival of the [[Word of Blake]] and the ejection of [[ComStar]] from the [[Free Worlds League]] in [[3052]], the Seventh Army was moved to station planets on the [[FedCom]]-League Border. With the [[FWLM]]'s recapture of League worlds lost to the [[Federated Commonwealth]] in the [[Fourth Succession War]] in [[3057]], the Seventh was redeployed along the coreward edge of the [[Lyran Alliance]] to bolster defenses against a repeat of the [[Clan Jade Falcon|Jade Falcons']] [[Jade Falcon Incursion (3058)|Coventry campaign]]. <ref name=FMC>''Field Manual: ComStar'', p. 28, "5th Army V-Omicron: The Mountaineers"</ref>
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With the arrival of the [[Word of Blake]] and the ejection of [[ComStar]] from the [[Free Worlds League]] in [[3052]], the Seventh Army was moved to station planets on the [[FedCom]]-League Border. With the [[FWLM]]'s recapture of League worlds lost to the [[Federated Commonwealth]] in the [[Fourth Succession War]] in [[3057]], the Seventh was redeployed along the coreward edge of the [[Lyran Alliance]] to bolster defenses against a repeat of the [[Clan Jade Falcon|Jade Falcons']] [[Battle of Coventry|Coventry campaign]]. <ref name=FMC>''Field Manual: ComStar'', p. 28, "5th Army V-Omicron: The Mountaineers"</ref>
  
Unfortunately the Seventh was one of the Armies most negatively effected by the promotion of [[Victor Steiner-Davion]] to the position of [[Precentor Martial of ComStar|Precentor Martial]], with the Seventh's commanding officer and a large number of troops choosing to defect to the Word of Blake rather than serve under him. <ref name=FMC/> Between a succession of unidentified raiders nibbling at the Lyran border, the Jade Falcon incursion during the [[FedCom Civil War]] and the defection and excommunication of the 244th Division, the Seventh's position is seriously weakened, with calls for reinforcements not yet heeded.  <ref name=FMU>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 86, "7th Army V-Iota (The Dark Wave)"</ref>
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Unfortunately the Seventh was one of the Armies most negatively effected by the promotion of [[Victor Steiner-Davion]] to the position of [[Precentor Martial]], with the Seventh's commanding officer and a large number of troops choosing to defect to the Word of Blake rather than serve under him. <ref name=FMC/> Between a succession of unidentified raiders nibbling at the Lyran border, the Jade Falcon incursion during the [[FedCom Civil War]] and the defection and excommunication of the 244th Division, the Seventh's position is seriously weakened, with calls for reinforcements not yet heeded.  <ref name=FMU>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 86, "7th Army V-Iota (The Dark Wave)"</ref>
  
After the beginning of the [[Jihad]] the Com Guard Armies were stretched too thin. To counteract this, the 7th-12th Armies were disbanded and used to reinforce the 1st-6th Armies. This gave each of the newly-reinforced Armies a full six Divisions. The 7th Army was one of the formations affected.<ref>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 210</ref>
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After the beginning of the [[Jihad]] the ComGuard Armies were stretched too thin. To counteract this, the 7th-12th Armies were disbanded and used to reinforce the 1st-6th Armies. This gave each of the newly-reinforced Armies a full six Divisions. The 7th Army was one of the formations affected.<ref>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 210</ref>
  
 
==Officers==
 
==Officers==
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*[[222nd Division (ComStar)|222nd Division]] (''The Banished Few'' IV-xi, on [[Kowloon]])<ref name=FMU/>
 
*[[222nd Division (ComStar)|222nd Division]] (''The Banished Few'' IV-xi, on [[Kowloon]])<ref name=FMU/>
 
*[[214th Division (ComStar)|214th Division]] (''The Red Arrow Division'' IV-eta, [[Engadine]])<ref name=FMU/>
 
*[[214th Division (ComStar)|214th Division]] (''The Red Arrow Division'' IV-eta, [[Engadine]])<ref name=FMU/>
 
==Gallery==
 
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Com Guards 7th Army original.png|Original unit insignia used during the Battle of Tukayyid
 
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==References==
 
==References==
 
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
* ''[[20 Year Update]]''
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* ''[[20-Year Update]]''
 
* ''[[ComStar (sourcebook)|ComStar]]''
 
* ''[[ComStar (sourcebook)|ComStar]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: ComStar]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: ComStar]]''

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