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−	The [[111th Concordat Chasseurs]], the [[129th Concordat Chasseurs]], the [[122nd Concordat Chasseurs|122nd]] and the [[17th Concordat Chasseurs]] alongside the '''Second Pleiades Hussars''' were the five [[BattleMech]] regiments assigned to the defense of [[New Vandenberg]]<ref name="H:RWp145">''Historical: Reunification War'', pp. 145–147: "Taurian Concordat Front (2586-2596)"</ref> when the [[Star League]] arrived in January [[2588]]<ref name="H:RWp89">''Historical: Reunification War'', pp. 89–91: "Charon's Express"</ref><ref name="H:RWp145"/> under the overall command of [[Colonel]] [[Alana Bar'Dyness]]. When the [[Star League Defense Force]] launched its assault, [[Field Marshal]] [[Amos Forlough]] was the overall commanding officer, and he was determined to achieve a quick victory and then launch an assault on the [[Hyades Cluster]], the heart of the Concordat. Forlough dispensed with any attempt at demanding the surrender of the government or population, and began his assault with forty days of orbital bombardment by the combined [[WarShip]]s of the [[1st Fleet (Star League)|First]] and [[2nd Fleet (Star League)|Second Fleet]]s and his available [[aerospace fighter]]s, an attack he broadened the scope of after twenty days by ordering the defoliation of the continent of Brittain in an attempt to locate the 111th and the other elements of the Taurian garrison. Forlough was determined to break the spirit of the population, and his attacks incorporated industrial sites and cities intentionally; his aerospace fighters dropped more than 200,000 tons of munitions during the bombardment, mostly incendiary.<ref name="H:RWp89"/>	+	The [[111th Concordat Chasseurs]], the [[129th Concordat Chasseurs]], the [[122nd Concordat Chasseurs|122nd]] and the [[17th Concordat Chasseurs]] alongside the '''Second Pleiades Hussars''' were the five [[BattleMech]] regiments assigned to the defense of [[New Vandenberg]]<ref name="H:RWp145">''Historical: Reunification War'', pp. 145–147: "Taurian Concordat Front (2586-2596)"</ref> when the [[Star League]] arrived in January [[2588]]<ref name="H:RWp89">''Historical: Reunification War'', pp. 89–91: "Charon's Express"</ref><ref name="H:RWp145"/> under the overall command of [[Colonel]] [[Alana Bar'Dyness]]. When the [[Star League Defense Force]] launched its assault, [[Field Marshal]] [[Amos Forlough]] was the overall commanding officer, and he was determined to achieve a quick victory and then launch an assault on the [[Hyades Cluster]], the heart of the Concordat. Forlough dispensed with any attempt at demanding the surrender of the government or population, and began his assault with forty days of orbital bombardment by the combined [[WarShip]]s of the [[1st Fleet (Star League)|First]] and [[2nd Fleet (SLDF)|Second Fleet]]s and his available [[aerospace fighter]]s, an attack he broadened the scope of after twenty days by ordering the defoliation of the continent of Brittain in an attempt to locate the 111th and the other elements of the Taurian garrison. Forlough was determined to break the spirit of the population, and his attacks incorporated industrial sites and cities intentionally; his aerospace fighters dropped more than 200,000 tons of munitions during the bombardment, mostly incendiary.<ref name="H:RWp89"/>
	Forlough's initial efforts were unsuccessful despite their sheer destructiveness, as Colonel Bar'Dyness had ordered the construction of a huge number of underground shelters, both to house the garrison and millions of civilians - bunkers that included hospitals, schools and complete industrial sites. As soon as Forlough began landing forces from [[I Corps (Star League)|I]], [[II Corps (Star League)|II]] and [[IV Corps (Star League)|IV Corps]] - and later [[IX Corps (Star League)|IX Corps]] and the [[Federated Suns Auxiliary Corps]] after they were made available - the 111th and the other garrison units launched attacks on the [[SLDF]] units, frustrating them and offering a much stiffer resistance than expected. Forlough responded with characteristic brutality, ordering the use of chemical weapons and nerve agents on the population and nuclear strikes on selected targets, attacks to which the TDF responded in kind several days later.<ref name="H:RWp89"/>		Forlough's initial efforts were unsuccessful despite their sheer destructiveness, as Colonel Bar'Dyness had ordered the construction of a huge number of underground shelters, both to house the garrison and millions of civilians - bunkers that included hospitals, schools and complete industrial sites. As soon as Forlough began landing forces from [[I Corps (Star League)|I]], [[II Corps (Star League)|II]] and [[IV Corps (Star League)|IV Corps]] - and later [[IX Corps (Star League)|IX Corps]] and the [[Federated Suns Auxiliary Corps]] after they were made available - the 111th and the other garrison units launched attacks on the [[SLDF]] units, frustrating them and offering a much stiffer resistance than expected. Forlough responded with characteristic brutality, ordering the use of chemical weapons and nerve agents on the population and nuclear strikes on selected targets, attacks to which the TDF responded in kind several days later.<ref name="H:RWp89"/>

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{{infoBoxMilitaryCommand | image = | Designation = Second Pleiades Hussars | formed = | Disbanded = | Previous Designation = | Nickname = | Affiliation = [[Taurian Concordat]] | Parent Command = [[TDF]] | Sub-Command = }} The '''Second Pleiades Hussars''' were a [[BattleMech]] [[regiment]] in the [[Taurian Defense Force]] during the [[First Succession War]]. ==History== ===Reunification War=== The [[111th Concordat Chasseurs]], the [[129th Concordat Chasseurs]], the [[122nd Concordat Chasseurs|122nd]] and the [[17th Concordat Chasseurs]] alongside the '''Second Pleiades Hussars''' were the five [[BattleMech]] regiments assigned to the defense of [[New Vandenberg]]<ref name="H:RWp145">''Historical: Reunification War'', pp. 145–147: "Taurian Concordat Front (2586-2596)"</ref> when the [[Star League]] arrived in January [[2588]]<ref name="H:RWp89">''Historical: Reunification War'', pp. 89–91: "Charon's Express"</ref><ref name="H:RWp145"/> under the overall command of [[Colonel]] [[Alana Bar'Dyness]]. When the [[Star League Defense Force]] launched its assault, [[Field Marshal]] [[Amos Forlough]] was the overall commanding officer, and he was determined to achieve a quick victory and then launch an assault on the [[Hyades Cluster]], the heart of the Concordat. Forlough dispensed with any attempt at demanding the surrender of the government or population, and began his assault with forty days of orbital bombardment by the combined [[WarShip]]s of the [[1st Fleet (Star League)|First]] and [[2nd Fleet (SLDF)|Second Fleet]]s and his available [[aerospace fighter]]s, an attack he broadened the scope of after twenty days by ordering the defoliation of the continent of Brittain in an attempt to locate the 111th and the other elements of the Taurian garrison. Forlough was determined to break the spirit of the population, and his attacks incorporated industrial sites and cities intentionally; his aerospace fighters dropped more than 200,000 tons of munitions during the bombardment, mostly incendiary.<ref name="H:RWp89"/> Forlough's initial efforts were unsuccessful despite their sheer destructiveness, as Colonel Bar'Dyness had ordered the construction of a huge number of underground shelters, both to house the garrison and millions of civilians - bunkers that included hospitals, schools and complete industrial sites. As soon as Forlough began landing forces from [[I Corps (Star League)|I]], [[II Corps (Star League)|II]] and [[IV Corps (Star League)|IV Corps]] - and later [[IX Corps (Star League)|IX Corps]] and the [[Federated Suns Auxiliary Corps]] after they were made available - the 111th and the other garrison units launched attacks on the [[SLDF]] units, frustrating them and offering a much stiffer resistance than expected. Forlough responded with characteristic brutality, ordering the use of chemical weapons and nerve agents on the population and nuclear strikes on selected targets, attacks to which the TDF responded in kind several days later.<ref name="H:RWp89"/> By August, all elements of the garrison had been destroyed, but the toll exacted was immense. For the SLDF, the conquest of New Vandenberg was the single costliest operation of the war to date; more than five thousand troops had died in direct combat against the TDF, with many more dying as a result of attacks using weapons of mass destruction, and more than five times as many had suffered wounds so severe and debilitating as to prevent them ever returning to combat duty, and many died from wounds during the following months. I, II, IV and XI Corps could only muster approximately forty percent of their preconquest combat strength, while the AFFS Auxiliary Corps was at approximately sixty percent strength, having joined the battle later.<ref name="H:RWp91">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 91: "The Reaper Is Relieved"</ref> The Second Pleiades Hussars was reconstructed after this. ===First Succession War=== ====Taurian-Canopian War==== During the First Succession War the unit was tasked with the invasion of [[Herotitus]] as part of the [[Taurian-Canopian War]]. The '''Second Pleiades Hussars''' were assigned to the invasion of Herotitus, supported by conventional forces and under the overall command of [[Comptroller]] [[Augustin Shapiro]]. From the outset, the invasion was marred by Shapiro's arrogance; the TDF task force arrived at the system zenith jump point and seized the recharge station there. Shapiro didn't bother to interdict or disrupt the station's communications, possibly in the belief that the arrival of his force represented an overwhelming display of strength that would intimidate the defenders. Comptroller Shapiro's decision was one of psychological warfare, in clearly announcing the superior might of his 'Mech regiment and its supporting [[Combat Vehicle|armor]] and [[infantry]], he hoped to demoralize the MAF troops into surrendering and avoid a protracted fight.<ref name=P-61>''The Periphery, First Edition'', pp. 61–62: "First Succession War and the Periphery - Concordat-Magistracy War - A Separate War"</ref><ref name=FSW-101>''First Succession War'', pp. 101–103: "The Succession War (2786-2821) - Hard Times: The Decline of the Periphery - The Taurian-Canopian War (2813-2814)"</ref> He was proved wrong and the results were deadly for the task force.<ref name="FSWp102">''First Succession War'', p. 102: "Herotitus"</ref> In truth the intelligence reports Shapiro had received were flawed, while the [[MAF]] garrison indeed had a relatively small [['Mech]] element, the Taurian scouts had failed to uncover that this lack was compensated by a significant volume of aerospace assets. Thus with eight days to prepare, a large mix of Canopian [[aerospace fighter]]s, [[Small Craft]] and low-flying [[DropShip]]s swarmed the shocked Taurians as they entered planet's atmosphere, savaging the inbound forces, destroying some and forcing others to crash land. The aerial interdiction was so effective that barely two companies of Hussar 'Mechs made it to the surface, along with half a mixed regiment of conventional forces. Shapiro was one of those killed during the approach to the planet, and the highest-ranking officer to survive the landing was [[Subaltern]] [[Josiah Brandamas]] of the [[19th New Vandenberg BattleMech Company|Nineteenth New Vandenberg BattleMech Company]]. The catastrophic losses suffered during the approach rendered Brandamas' situation hopeless, and the surviving TDF personnel surrendered to the local garrison.<ref name="FSWp102"/> That decision would earn him decorations after he and his troops eventually returned to Taurian space.<ref name=P-61/><ref name=FSW-101/> The swift Canopian retaliation for the invasion, along with news of the disastrous battle for Herotitus, resulted in a quickly-negotiated truce and an agreement that Detroit, Herotitus and Spencer should all be reaffirmed as demilitarized system. The prisoners captured on the various worlds involved were repatriated, and [[Semyon Calderon]] was widely scorned by the media of both nations.<ref name="FSWp103">''First Succession War'', p. 103: "Aftermath"</ref> The Second was not reconstructed after this. ==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="3" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the Second Pleiades Hussars''' |- |} ==Tactics== Unknown. ==Composition History== Unknown. ==References== <references/> ==Bibliography== * ''[[First Succession War]]'' * ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]'' * ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)]]'' [[Category: Taurian Concordat Commands|Pleiades Hussars, 002nd]]

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