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Line 1: − {{infoBoxMilitaryCommand + {{infoBoxStateUnit − | image = [[File:8th-Army-(ComStar).jpg|150px]] + | image = [[File:8th-Army-(ComStar).jpg|191px]] − | Designation = 8th Army [[Level V|V]]-pi + | nickname = Stern Defense − | formed = + | parent formation = [[Com Guard]] − | Disbanded = + | formed = Unknown − | Previous Designation = + | year = 3067 − | Nickname = Stern Defense+ | unitname = 8th Army [[Level V|V]]-pi − | Affiliation = [[ComStar]] − | Parent Command = [[Com Guards]] − | Sub-Command = }} }} <onlyinclude> <onlyinclude> − Assigned to the [[Castor]] Theater, 7 to 8 on the [[Inner Sphere Clock]], the '''[[Com Guards|Com Guards 8th Army]]''' is located on the border of [[Lyran]] and [[Marik]] space, making it a prime target for [[Word of Blake|Blakist]] terrorist attacks, being known as ''Stern Defense''. + Assigned to the [[Castor]] Theater, 7 to 8 on the [[Inner Sphere Clock]], the '''ComGuard 8th Army''' is located on the border of [[Lyran]] and [[Marik]] space, making it a prime target for [[Word of Blake|Blakist]] terrorist attacks, being known as ''Stern Defense''. </onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> ==History== ==History== − During the [[Battle of Tukayyid (3052)|Battle of Tukayyid]], the inexperienced Eighth Army was teamed with the remains of the [[2nd Army (ComStar)|Second Army]] and assigned to face [[Clan Diamond Shark]]. While the Eighth suffered heavy losses, [[ROM]]'s intelligence rating the Diamond Sharks as the weakest Clan on Tukayyid proved accurate, with the Sharks totally routed and almost completely destroyed. <ref name=T>''Tukayyid'', p. 69, "Campaign: Clan Diamond Shark"</ref> + During the [[Battle of Tukayyid]], the inexperienced Eighth Army was teamed with the remains of the [[2nd Army (ComStar)|Second Army]] and assigned to face [[Clan Diamond Shark]]. While the Eighth suffered heavy losses, [[ROM]]'s intelligence rating the Diamond Sharks as the weakest Clan on Tukayyid proved accurate, with the Sharks totally routed and almost completely destroyed. <ref name=T>''Tukayyid'', p. 69, "Campaign: Clan Diamond Shark"</ref> With the arrival of the [[Word of Blake]] and the ejection of [[ComStar]] from the [[Free Worlds League]] in [[3052]], the Eighth 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 Eighth moved to garrison worlds in the [[Lyran Alliance]]. <ref name=FMC>''Field Manual: ComStar'', p. 28, "5th Army V-Omicron: The Mountaineers"</ref> With the arrival of the [[Word of Blake]] and the ejection of [[ComStar]] from the [[Free Worlds League]] in [[3052]], the Eighth 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 Eighth moved to garrison worlds in the [[Lyran Alliance]]. <ref name=FMC>''Field Manual: ComStar'', p. 28, "5th Army V-Omicron: The Mountaineers"</ref> − With little opportunity for full combat, the Eighth instead had to weather terrorist attacks from both the Word of Blake and surprisingly [[Loki (Intelligence agency)|Loki]], [[Katherine Steiner-Davion]] seemingly attempting to focus the Com Guards' attentions away from approaching [[FedCom Civil War]].<ref name=FMC/> When the situation burst into open warfare, the Eighth suffered badly with elements fighting alongside and against both the Allied and Loyalist forces, with the actions of 167th earning them expulsion from ComStar but winning the friendship of the [[4th Crucis Lancers]], who absorbed many of their survivors.<ref name=FMU>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 86-87, "8th Army V-Pi (Stern Defense)"</ref> + With little opportunity for full combat, the Eighth instead had to weather terrorist attacks from both the Word of Blake and surprisingly [[Lyran Intelligence Corps|Loki]], [[Katherine Steiner-Davion]] seemingly attempting to focus the Com Guards attentions away from approaching [[FedCom Civil War]].<ref name=FMC/> When the situation burst into open warfare, the Eighth suffered badly with elements fighting alongside and against both the Allied and Loyalist forces, with the actions of 167th earning them expulsion from ComStar but winning the friendship of the [[4th Crucis Lancers]], who absorbed many of their survivors.<ref name=FMU>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 86-87, "8th Army V-Pi (Stern Defense)"</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 8th Army was one of the formations affected.<ref>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 210</ref> + 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 8th Army was one of the formations affected.<ref>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 210</ref> ==Officers== ==Officers== − {| class="wikitable"+ As of [[3050]], the Eighth Army was under the command of [[Precentor]] V [[Maurice Naddeo]].<ref name=20YU>''20 Year Update'', p. 71, "8th V-Omicron"</ref> − |- + − ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank+ As of [[3067]], the Eighth Army was under the command of Precentor XI [[Beeshor Yekel]]. Named CO of the Eighth after commanding the [[6th Division (ComStar)|Sixth Division]] on Tukayyid <ref name=T2>''Tukayyid'', p. 85, "Annihilation of the Sixth"</ref>, Yekel was open in his opinion that [[Victor Steiner-Davion]]'s appointment to the position of [[Precentor Martial]] only increased the public relation problems for the Com Guard, but his loyalty to ComStar is without question and Steiner-Davion tacitly approves of Yekel's stance as "loyal opposition".<ref name=FMC/><ref name=FMU/><ref name=CS>''ComStar'', p. 85, "8th Army V-Pi"</ref> − ! 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 8th Army (ComStar)''' − |- − | [[Precentor]]||[[Maurice Naddeo]]||[[3050]]<ref name=20YU>''20 Year Update'', p. 71, "8th V-Omicron"</ref> − |- − | Precentor||[[Beeshor Yekel]]||[[3067]]<ref name=T2>''Tukayyid'', p. 85, "Annihilation of the Sixth"</ref><ref name=FMC/><ref name=FMU/><ref name=CS>''ComStar'', p. 85, "8th Army V-Pi"</ref> − |- − |} ==Tactics== ==Tactics== Line 61:
Line 48: *[[167th Division (ComStar)|167th Division]] (''The Green Mountain Boys'' IV-xi, on Loric)<ref name=FMC/> - Destroyed during FedCom Civil War <ref name=FMU/> *[[167th Division (ComStar)|167th Division]] (''The Green Mountain Boys'' IV-xi, on Loric)<ref name=FMC/> - Destroyed during FedCom Civil War <ref name=FMU/> − ==Gallery== + ==Notes== − <gallery> − Com Guards 8th Army original.png|Original unit insignia used during the Battle of Tukayyid − </gallery> ==References== ==References== Line 70:
Line 54: ==Bibliography== ==Bibliography== − * ''[[20 Year Update]]'' + *''[[20-Year Update]]'' − * ''[[ComStar (sourcebook)|ComStar]]'' + *''[[ComStar (sourcebook)|ComStar]]'' − * ''[[Field Manual: ComStar]]'' + *''[[Field Manual: ComStar]]'' − * ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' + *''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' − * ''[[Tukayyid (scenario pack)|Tukayyid]]'' + *''[[Tukayyid (scenario pack)|Tukayyid]]'' + + [[Category:ComStar Commands|Army, 08th]] [[Category:ComStar Commands|Army, 08th]]
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| − | Assigned to the [[Castor]] Theater, 7 to 8 on the [[Inner Sphere Clock]], the ''' | + | Assigned to the [[Castor]] Theater, 7 to 8 on the [[Inner Sphere Clock]], the '''ComGuard 8th Army''' is located on the border of [[Lyran]] and [[Marik]] space, making it a prime target for [[Word of Blake|Blakist]] terrorist attacks, being known as ''Stern Defense''. |
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==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | During the [[ | + | During the [[Battle of Tukayyid]], the inexperienced Eighth Army was teamed with the remains of the [[2nd Army (ComStar)|Second Army]] and assigned to face [[Clan Diamond Shark]]. While the Eighth suffered heavy losses, [[ROM]]'s intelligence rating the Diamond Sharks as the weakest Clan on Tukayyid proved accurate, with the Sharks totally routed and almost completely destroyed. <ref name=T>''Tukayyid'', p. 69, "Campaign: Clan Diamond Shark"</ref> |
With the arrival of the [[Word of Blake]] and the ejection of [[ComStar]] from the [[Free Worlds League]] in [[3052]], the Eighth 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 Eighth moved to garrison worlds in the [[Lyran Alliance]]. <ref name=FMC>''Field Manual: ComStar'', p. 28, "5th Army V-Omicron: The Mountaineers"</ref> | With the arrival of the [[Word of Blake]] and the ejection of [[ComStar]] from the [[Free Worlds League]] in [[3052]], the Eighth 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 Eighth moved to garrison worlds in the [[Lyran Alliance]]. <ref name=FMC>''Field Manual: ComStar'', p. 28, "5th Army V-Omicron: The Mountaineers"</ref> | ||
| − | With little opportunity for full combat, the Eighth instead had to weather terrorist attacks from both the Word of Blake and surprisingly [[ | + | With little opportunity for full combat, the Eighth instead had to weather terrorist attacks from both the Word of Blake and surprisingly [[Lyran Intelligence Corps|Loki]], [[Katherine Steiner-Davion]] seemingly attempting to focus the Com Guards attentions away from approaching [[FedCom Civil War]].<ref name=FMC/> When the situation burst into open warfare, the Eighth suffered badly with elements fighting alongside and against both the Allied and Loyalist forces, with the actions of 167th earning them expulsion from ComStar but winning the friendship of the [[4th Crucis Lancers]], who absorbed many of their survivors.<ref name=FMU>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 86-87, "8th Army V-Pi (Stern Defense)"</ref> |
| − | After the beginning of the [[Jihad]] the | + | 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 8th Army was one of the formations affected.<ref>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 210</ref> |
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| − | + | As of [[3050]], the Eighth Army was under the command of [[Precentor]] V [[Maurice Naddeo]].<ref name=20YU>''20 Year Update'', p. 71, "8th V-Omicron"</ref> | |
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*[[167th Division (ComStar)|167th Division]] (''The Green Mountain Boys'' IV-xi, on Loric)<ref name=FMC/> - Destroyed during FedCom Civil War <ref name=FMU/> | *[[167th Division (ComStar)|167th Division]] (''The Green Mountain Boys'' IV-xi, on Loric)<ref name=FMC/> - Destroyed during FedCom Civil War <ref name=FMU/> | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
| − | * ''[[20 Year Update]]'' | + | *''[[20-Year Update]]'' |
| − | * ''[[ComStar (sourcebook)|ComStar]]'' | + | *''[[ComStar (sourcebook)|ComStar]]'' |
| − | * ''[[Field Manual: ComStar]]'' | + | *''[[Field Manual: ComStar]]'' |
| − | * ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' | + | *''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' |
| − | * ''[[Tukayyid (scenario pack)|Tukayyid]]'' | + | *''[[Tukayyid (scenario pack)|Tukayyid]]'' |
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[[Category:ComStar Commands|Army, 08th]] | [[Category:ComStar Commands|Army, 08th]] | ||