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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 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 [[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>
−	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 Com Guards 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==
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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]]''
	[[Category:ComStar Commands|Army, 08th]]		[[Category:ComStar Commands|Army, 08th]]

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{{infoBoxMilitaryCommand | image = [[File:8th-Army-(ComStar).jpg|150px]] | Designation = 8th Army [[Level V|V]]-pi | formed = | Disbanded = | Previous Designation = | Nickname = Stern Defense | Affiliation = [[ComStar]] | Parent Command = [[Com Guards]] | Sub-Command = }} <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''. </onlyinclude> ==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> 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> After the beginning of the [[Jihad]] the Com Guards 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== {| class="wikitable" |- ! 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 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== Unknown. ==Composition History== ===3050=== *[[31st Division (ComStar)|31st Division]] (''Static Hurlers'' [[Level IV|IV]]-kappa, on [[Alula Australis]])<ref name=20YU/> *[[56th Division (ComStar)|56th Division]] (''Eyes of ComStar'' IV-upsilon, on [[Sterling]])<ref name=20YU/> *[[182nd Division (ComStar)|182nd Division]] (''Standing Waves'' IV-zeta, on [[Loric]])<ref name=20YU/> *[[85th Division (ComStar)|85th Division]] (''Lions of the Periphery'' IV-kappa, on [[Tamarind]])<ref name=20YU/> *[[143rd Division (ComStar)|143rd Division]] (''The Grace of Thought'' IV-xi, on [[Poulsbo]])<ref name=20YU/> *[[79th Division (ComStar)|79th Division]] (''Straight Words'' IV-epsilon, on [[Zdice]])<ref name=20YU/> ===3055=== *[[182nd Division (ComStar)|182nd Division]] (''The Steel Cavalry'' IV-kappa, on [[Castor]])<ref name=CS/> *[[85th Division (ComStar)|85th Division]] (''Mack the Knife Division'' IV-omicron, on [[Callison]])<ref name=CS/> *[[56th Division (ComStar)|56th Division]] (''The Martial's Sword'' IV-iota, on [[Solaris]])<ref name=CS/> *[[167th Division (ComStar)|167th Division]] (''The Green Mountain Boys'' IV-xi, on Loric)<ref name=CS/> ===3062 to 3067=== *[[182nd Division (ComStar)|182nd Division]] (''The Steel Cavalry'' IV-kappa, on [[Cavanaugh II]])<ref name=FMC/><ref name=FMU/> *[[85th Division (ComStar)|85th Division]] (''Mack the Knife Division'' IV-omicron, on [[Aberystwyth]])<ref name=FMC/><ref name=FMU/> *[[56th Division (ComStar)|56th Division]] (''The Martial's Sword'' IV-iota, on [[Solaris]])<ref name=FMC/><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== <gallery> Com Guards 8th Army original.png|Original unit insignia used during the Battle of Tukayyid </gallery> ==References== <references /> ==Bibliography== *''[[20 Year Update]]'' *''[[ComStar (sourcebook)|ComStar]]'' *''[[Field Manual: ComStar]]'' *''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' *''[[Tukayyid (scenario pack)|Tukayyid]]'' [[Category:ComStar Commands|Army, 08th]]

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