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Line 21: Pushed out of much of its former deployments in the Free Worlds League after the [[ComStar Schism]] and the Sarna March after the [[Free Worlds League Military]] recaptured the worlds lost in the [[Fourth Succession War]] as part of [[Operation Guerrero]] in [[3057]], the 6th was redeployed to strengthen the Com Guard defenses against the [[Clans]] within the Draconis Combine during [[Operation Bulldog]] in [[3059]]. Relocated to the [[Albiero Prefecture|Albiero]] and [[Irece Prefecture|Irece prefectures]] after the liberation of those regions from [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]], the Sixth Army was intended as a watchdog over the [[Clan Nova Cat|Nova Cats]] and [[Clan Ghost Bear|Ghost Bears]], neither of whom [[ComStar]] entirely trusted. <ref name=FMCO/> Instead rogue [[DCMS]] units triggered a conflict with the Ghost Bears, with elements of the Sixth seeing action during the [[Combine-Ghost Bear War]] in [[3062]]. <ref name=FMU>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 86</ref> Pushed out of much of its former deployments in the Free Worlds League after the [[ComStar Schism]] and the Sarna March after the [[Free Worlds League Military]] recaptured the worlds lost in the [[Fourth Succession War]] as part of [[Operation Guerrero]] in [[3057]], the 6th was redeployed to strengthen the Com Guard defenses against the [[Clans]] within the Draconis Combine during [[Operation Bulldog]] in [[3059]]. Relocated to the [[Albiero Prefecture|Albiero]] and [[Irece Prefecture|Irece prefectures]] after the liberation of those regions from [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]], the Sixth Army was intended as a watchdog over the [[Clan Nova Cat|Nova Cats]] and [[Clan Ghost Bear|Ghost Bears]], neither of whom [[ComStar]] entirely trusted. <ref name=FMCO/> Instead rogue [[DCMS]] units triggered a conflict with the Ghost Bears, with elements of the Sixth seeing action during the [[Combine-Ghost Bear War]] in [[3062]]. <ref name=FMU>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 86</ref> − With the Com Guards having suffered extremely heavy losses during the early stages of the [[Jihad]] that left its 12 armies stretched too thin, [[Precentor Martial of ComStar|Precentor Martial]] [[Victor Steiner-Davion]] responded by disbanding the 7th-12th Armies, the 6th Army being rebuilt and strengthened to the full six divisions of old. The transformed 6th Army was nominally assigned to cover deployments and actions within the [[Periphery]] nations and other minor powers.<ref>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 210</ref> + With the Com Guards having suffered extremely heavy losses during the early stages of the [[Jihad]] that left its 12 armies stretched too thin, [[Precentor Martial]] [[Victor Steiner-Davion]] responded by disbanding the 7th-12th Armies, the 6th Army being rebuilt and strengthened to the full six divisions of old. The transformed 6th Army was nominally assigned to cover deployments and actions within the [[Periphery]] nations and other minor powers.<ref>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 210</ref> In January [[3077]] the 31st Division was assigned to garrison [[Lyons]] after the [[Sixth Pesht Regulars]] and [[7th Donegal Guards]] started fighting amongst themselves.<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 21</ref> Bolstered by elements of the shattered [[2nd Army (ComStar)|Second]] and [[3rd Army (ComStar)|Third Army]] after the [[Luyten 68-28]] debacle,<ref name=JFR-106>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 106 "What Lies Beneath - The Republic of the Sphere - The Com Guards"</ref> during the assault on [[Terra]] the Sixth Army was placed under [[General]] [[Andrew Redburn]]'s command and assigned to liberate Geneva, <ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 96</ref> suffering heavy losses to Blakist orbital defenses during their combat drop on the city. <ref name=JFR-106/> When the [[Word of Blake]]'s [[4th Division (Word of Blake)|4th Division]] withdrew to Bratislava across a series of bridges, engineers from the Sixth Army prevented the Blakists from destroying them. This allowed Coalition troops to keep pressure on the Fourth Division, eventually destroying most of the units in Bratislava.<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 109</ref> In January [[3077]] the 31st Division was assigned to garrison [[Lyons]] after the [[Sixth Pesht Regulars]] and [[7th Donegal Guards]] started fighting amongst themselves.<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 21</ref> Bolstered by elements of the shattered [[2nd Army (ComStar)|Second]] and [[3rd Army (ComStar)|Third Army]] after the [[Luyten 68-28]] debacle,<ref name=JFR-106>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 106 "What Lies Beneath - The Republic of the Sphere - The Com Guards"</ref> during the assault on [[Terra]] the Sixth Army was placed under [[General]] [[Andrew Redburn]]'s command and assigned to liberate Geneva, <ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 96</ref> suffering heavy losses to Blakist orbital defenses during their combat drop on the city. <ref name=JFR-106/> When the [[Word of Blake]]'s [[4th Division (Word of Blake)|4th Division]] withdrew to Bratislava across a series of bridges, engineers from the Sixth Army prevented the Blakists from destroying them. This allowed Coalition troops to keep pressure on the Fourth Division, eventually destroying most of the units in Bratislava.<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 109</ref>
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Pushed out of much of its former deployments in the Free Worlds League after the [[ComStar Schism]] and the Sarna March after the [[Free Worlds League Military]] recaptured the worlds lost in the [[Fourth Succession War]] as part of [[Operation Guerrero]] in [[3057]], the 6th was redeployed to strengthen the Com Guard defenses against the [[Clans]] within the Draconis Combine during [[Operation Bulldog]] in [[3059]]. Relocated to the [[Albiero Prefecture|Albiero]] and [[Irece Prefecture|Irece prefectures]] after the liberation of those regions from [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]], the Sixth Army was intended as a watchdog over the [[Clan Nova Cat|Nova Cats]] and [[Clan Ghost Bear|Ghost Bears]], neither of whom [[ComStar]] entirely trusted. <ref name=FMCO/> Instead rogue [[DCMS]] units triggered a conflict with the Ghost Bears, with elements of the Sixth seeing action during the [[Combine-Ghost Bear War]] in [[3062]]. <ref name=FMU>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 86</ref> | Pushed out of much of its former deployments in the Free Worlds League after the [[ComStar Schism]] and the Sarna March after the [[Free Worlds League Military]] recaptured the worlds lost in the [[Fourth Succession War]] as part of [[Operation Guerrero]] in [[3057]], the 6th was redeployed to strengthen the Com Guard defenses against the [[Clans]] within the Draconis Combine during [[Operation Bulldog]] in [[3059]]. Relocated to the [[Albiero Prefecture|Albiero]] and [[Irece Prefecture|Irece prefectures]] after the liberation of those regions from [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]], the Sixth Army was intended as a watchdog over the [[Clan Nova Cat|Nova Cats]] and [[Clan Ghost Bear|Ghost Bears]], neither of whom [[ComStar]] entirely trusted. <ref name=FMCO/> Instead rogue [[DCMS]] units triggered a conflict with the Ghost Bears, with elements of the Sixth seeing action during the [[Combine-Ghost Bear War]] in [[3062]]. <ref name=FMU>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 86</ref> | ||
| − | With the Com Guards having suffered extremely heavy losses during the early stages of the [[Jihad]] that left its 12 armies stretched too thin, [[ | + | With the Com Guards having suffered extremely heavy losses during the early stages of the [[Jihad]] that left its 12 armies stretched too thin, [[Precentor Martial]] [[Victor Steiner-Davion]] responded by disbanding the 7th-12th Armies, the 6th Army being rebuilt and strengthened to the full six divisions of old. The transformed 6th Army was nominally assigned to cover deployments and actions within the [[Periphery]] nations and other minor powers.<ref>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 210</ref> |
In January [[3077]] the 31st Division was assigned to garrison [[Lyons]] after the [[Sixth Pesht Regulars]] and [[7th Donegal Guards]] started fighting amongst themselves.<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 21</ref> Bolstered by elements of the shattered [[2nd Army (ComStar)|Second]] and [[3rd Army (ComStar)|Third Army]] after the [[Luyten 68-28]] debacle,<ref name=JFR-106>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 106 "What Lies Beneath - The Republic of the Sphere - The Com Guards"</ref> during the assault on [[Terra]] the Sixth Army was placed under [[General]] [[Andrew Redburn]]'s command and assigned to liberate Geneva, <ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 96</ref> suffering heavy losses to Blakist orbital defenses during their combat drop on the city. <ref name=JFR-106/> When the [[Word of Blake]]'s [[4th Division (Word of Blake)|4th Division]] withdrew to Bratislava across a series of bridges, engineers from the Sixth Army prevented the Blakists from destroying them. This allowed Coalition troops to keep pressure on the Fourth Division, eventually destroying most of the units in Bratislava.<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 109</ref> | In January [[3077]] the 31st Division was assigned to garrison [[Lyons]] after the [[Sixth Pesht Regulars]] and [[7th Donegal Guards]] started fighting amongst themselves.<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 21</ref> Bolstered by elements of the shattered [[2nd Army (ComStar)|Second]] and [[3rd Army (ComStar)|Third Army]] after the [[Luyten 68-28]] debacle,<ref name=JFR-106>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 106 "What Lies Beneath - The Republic of the Sphere - The Com Guards"</ref> during the assault on [[Terra]] the Sixth Army was placed under [[General]] [[Andrew Redburn]]'s command and assigned to liberate Geneva, <ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 96</ref> suffering heavy losses to Blakist orbital defenses during their combat drop on the city. <ref name=JFR-106/> When the [[Word of Blake]]'s [[4th Division (Word of Blake)|4th Division]] withdrew to Bratislava across a series of bridges, engineers from the Sixth Army prevented the Blakists from destroying them. This allowed Coalition troops to keep pressure on the Fourth Division, eventually destroying most of the units in Bratislava.<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 109</ref> | ||