ComGuard

The ComGuard is the military arm of ComStar, kept hidden until the Battle of Tukayyid. A military on par with the militaries of the Successor States, the ComGuards have been most recently serving as Inner Sphere defenders and garrison troops on planets believed to be potentially dangerous (e.g. Solaris VII.

Origins and History

The ComGuard were founded in the wake of the collapse of the Star League by Jerome Blake, who created them as a source of order for the Inner Sphere should the Successor States attempt to attack Terra or any HPG stations across the Sphere. The ComGuards were kept hidden by Blake and his successors far from the prying eyes of the Successor State militaries, and, due to this, escaped much of the technological downgrades that said militaries suffered over the course of four Succession Wars.

The presence of the ComGuards was revealed to the Inner Sphere during the Clan Invasion, when the then-Precentor Martial Anastasius Focht struck a deal with the Clans to fight his ComGuards on the planet of Tukayyid for control of the Inner Sphere. The ComGuards won, and bound the Clans to a 15-year truce. In the aftermath of the battle of Tukayyid, the ComGuards were deployed extensively throughout the remnants of the Free Rasalhague Republic as a safeguard should the Clans break their truce.

Under the leadership of Precentor Martial Victor Steiner-Davion, the ComGuards began to take a much more active role across the Inner Sphere. ComGuard units were deployed on trouble worlds and throughout the St. Ives Compact during the latter's war with the Capellan Confederation. At least one ComGuard unit served in Prince Victor's armies during the FedCom Civil War.

Technology

The ComGuards, having officially been non-existent for three centuries, have many vintage Star League-era 'Mechs not normally found in the armies of the Successor States. The ComGuards also were the only Inner Sphere entity to maintain a fleet of WarShips up until the recovery of an old Star League memory core, as the respective Successor State navies had destroyed theirs in the Second Succession War.

Because the ComGuards use mainly Star League-era 'Mechs, they have access to much lostech that the rest of the Inner Sphere had forgotten about. This served the Guards well during the Tukayyid battles, as their more advanced weapons proved to work better against the Clanners.

Military Ranks

The ComGuard utilize the same ranking system as the civilian branch of ComStar, with regiments led by Precentors , battalions led by Demi-Precentors, and so forth. The leader of the ComGuard is the Precentor Martial, who is appointed by the ComStar Primus to command all aspects of the ComGuard.