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−	By the beginning of the Succession Wars the Second Light Horse had been re-formed, and the unit saw heavy combat in 3005 during a Capellan invasion into Magistracy territory.  The Second intercepted the invaders on [[Luxen]], sparking a four-day battle that eventually led to the complete destruction of a company of [[St. Cyr's Armored Grenadiers]]. The Second again saw combat with the [[Capellan Confederation]] in 3030, when [[Kyalla Centrella]] decided to invade the Confederation following the [[Fourth Succession War]].  The Second quickly forced [[Kincade's Rangers]] to surrender on the planet [[Repulse]] (though the Rangers deny this ever happening).<ref name=FMP34/>	+	By the beginning of the Succession Wars the Second Light Horse had been reformed, and the unit saw heavy combat in 3005 during a Capellan invasion into Magistracy territory.  The Second intercepted the invaders on [[Luxen]], sparking a four-day battle that eventually led to the complete destruction of a company of [[St. Cyr's Armored Grenadiers]]. The Second again saw combat with the [[Capellan Confederation]] in 3030, when [[Kyalla Centrella]] decided to invade the Confederation following the [[Fourth Succession War]].  The Second quickly forced [[Kincade's Rangers]] to surrender on the planet [[Repulse]] (though the Rangers deny this ever happening).<ref name=FMP34/>
	Because of their success on Repulse, they were granted the honor of wearing the symbol of the Magistracy as their personal standard.<ref name=FMP34/>		Because of their success on Repulse, they were granted the honor of wearing the symbol of the Magistracy as their personal standard.<ref name=FMP34/>

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{{infoBoxMilitaryCommand | image = [[File:2nd Canopian Light Horse.jpg|191px]] | Designation = Second Canopian Light Horse | formed = [[2531]]-[[2577]] | Disbanded = | Previous Designation = | Nickname = Centrella Honor | Affiliation = Magistracy of Canopus | Parent Command = [[Chasseurs á Cheval]] | Sub-Command = }} ==History== ===Formation=== The Second Canopian Light Horse was formed shortly after the creation of the [[1st Canopian Light Horse|First]], making the unit one of the oldest in the [[Magistracy Armed Forces]].<ref name=FMP34/> Prior to the Reunification War, the primary duty of the Second Light Horse had been anti-terrorist operations, but that would soon change.<ref name="H:RWp99">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 99: "Meadowvale (January 2578)"</ref> ===Reunification War=== ==== Granera ==== The MAF commander, [[Colonel]] [[Adam Buquoy]], put together a daring plan to steal the initiative from the SLDF by capitalizing on their long supply chains. Raids were launched at a number of worlds being used as supply depots and staging areas by the [[SLDF]]; while the largest of these raids targeted the world of [[Meadowvale]], the Second Light Horse were given responsibility for attacking [[Granera]]. Saonara was purely an SLDF staging post at this point, and wouldn't become a full-fledged colony until after the war; the Second Light Horse raid was a success but left the Second badly damaged. When the raids were launched, the MAF didn't know that the [[1st Marik Militia|First Marik Militia]] had been moved to Granera, and the elite [[FWLM]] unit brutalized the Second Light Horse, destroying more than a third of the Canopian unit strength, but the raid was far more than just a Pyrrhic victory. The attacks staged inside Free Worlds League space forced a change in SLDF tactics, as it demonstrated that previously safe areas were at risk and that the MAF was a far more dangerous opponent than its relative size would indicate. For several years resources had to be diverted from the front lines to equip and support large garrisons on SLDF supply worlds, hampering combat operations and buying the MAF time.<ref name="H:RWp99"/><ref name=FMP34/> ==== Eleusis ==== The Second Light Horse had been stationed as the garrison on [[Eleusis]] when war broke out, and had returned to the world in mid-[[2579]] when the SLDF task force assigned the [[57th Brigade]] and the [[61st Royal Brigade|Sixty-first Royal Brigade]] to conquer [[Eleusis]], reinforced by the [[401st Independent Regiment]], the [[35th Royal CAAN Marine Regiment]] — all drawn from [[VII Corps (Star League)|VII Corps]] — the [[5th Marik Militia|Fifth Marik Militia]] and the [[1st Fusiliers of Oriente|First Brigade]] of the [[Fusiliers of Oriente]], drawn from the Marik auxiliaries supporting [[VII Corps (Star League)|VII Corps]].<ref name="H:RWp148">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 148: "Magistracy of Canopus Front (Jump-Off - 2582)"</ref> The SLDF expected to face a couple of [['Mech]] regiments supported by a handful of conventional regiments, but had been outmaneuvered by the MAF; instead, they faced four 'Mech regiments, including the First, Second and [[3rd Canopian Light Horse|Third Canopian Light Horse]] alongside the mercenary unit [[Samuelson's Slaughterers]] along with eighteen conventional regiments.<ref name="H:RWp150">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 150: "Magistracy of Canopus Front (Jump-Off - 2582)"</ref><ref name="H:RWp101">''Historical: Reunification War'', pp. 100–101: "Eleusis, Obrenovac and Bethnolog (March 2579–January 2580)"</ref> The MAF forces turned what should have been a two-week campaign into a six-month campaign, inflicting more damage on the SLDF than they suffered in turn, but slowly losing because the MAF supply chain couldn't keep up with losses due to battlefield attrition as well as the SLDF support network. Orders received from Colonel Buquoy and countersigned by [[Magestrix]] [[Crystalla Centrella]] ordered the various MAF forces to retreat on 19 September; the MAF could have held out for several more months, but only at the cost of all the units being lost.<ref name="H:RWp101"/> ==== Lindenmarle ==== Four months after the First Canopian Light Horse were forced to retreat from the world of [[Royal Foxx]], they joined the Second Light Horse in an almost identical situation on [[Lindenmarle]]. The First and Second faced an invasion in July [[2582]] from the combined forces of the [[SLDF]] [[56th Brigade]] supported by the [[2nd Oriente Hussars|Second Oriente Hussars]] and the [[Juggernaut (Free Worlds League)|Juggernaut regiment]] of the [[Stewart Dragoons]]. Although the two [[Chasseurs á Cheval]] regiments weren't as heavily outnumbered as the First had been on Royal Foxx, the outcome was the same — the Canopian regiments stung the invading forces and contested the invasion, but were forced to retreat off-world within weeks.<ref name="H:RWp148"/><ref name="H:RWp150"/><ref name="H:RWp101"/> ==== Candiear ==== The Second was defending [[Candiear]] along with the Fourth Canopian Light Horse and [[Buquoy's Bandits]] when the SLDF tasked more than a [[division]] of troops to invade the world in [[2585]], a year after the conquest of [[Canopus IV]]. The SLDF landed the [[VII Corps (Star League)|VII Corps]]' 56th Brigade, [[61st Royal Brigade|Sixty-first Royal Brigade]] and [[62nd Royal Brigade]] on Candiear along with the [[4th Marik Militia|Fourth Marik Militia]], Second Oriente Hussars and [[3rd Regulan Hussars|Third Regulan Hussars]] in support. The MAF troops contested the invasion but were forced to retreat.<ref name="H:RWp105">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 105: "Mopping Up (2584-2588)"</ref><ref name="H:RWp149">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 149: "Magistracy of Canopus Front (2583-2588)"</ref><ref name="H:RWp151">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 151: "Magistracy of Canopus Front (2583-2588)"</ref> ==== Harminous ==== After the capture of Candiear, the Second relocated to the world of [[Harminous]] along with Buquoy's Bandits, where in [[2586]] they faced the SLDF 56th Brigade for a third time. Once again, the Canopian troops could only harass the invading forces, lacking the strength to prevent the invasion, and both MAF units were forced to retreat. While the outcome of the war was largely a foregone conclusion by 2586 the Second Light Horse continued to fight, and by the end of the year the Second was the only active regiment left from the ranks of the Chasseurs á Cheval; the Third Canopian Light Horse had been lost in [[2582]] on [[Tetski]], and both the First and Fourth Canopian Light Horse were destroyed on [[Palladix]] in 2586.<ref name="H:RWp105"/><ref name="H:RWp149">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 149: "Magistracy of Canopus Front (2583-2588)"</ref><ref name="H:RWp151"/> ==== Wildwood ==== The SLDF landed the [[59th Brigade]] and [[401st Independent Regiment]] on Wildwood in [[2587]] with the Second Oriente Hussars in support. Despite being outnumbered almost three to one the Second Light Horse and Buquoy's Bandits contested the invasion, but were forced to retreat to the world of [[Kossandra's Memory]]; with the capture of [[Cate's Hold]] and the defeat of the garrison there in April 2587, the Second Light Horse and Buquoy's Bandits were the only major units from the Magistracy Armed Forces still active within the remains of the Magistracy.<ref name="H:RWp105"/><ref name="H:RWp149">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 149: "Magistracy of Canopus Front (2583-2588)"</ref><ref name="H:RWp151"/> ==== Kossandra's Memory ==== The outback world of [[Kossandra's Memory]] had been settled shortly before the outbreak of the war as a redoubt for the MAF and as a base of operations for use after the fall of Canopus IV. The MAF managed to keep the existence of Kossandra's Memory secret for much of the war, and it was the world that the Second Light Horse and Buquoy's Bandits operated from after the fall of Wildwood. When [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Marion Marik]] finally invaded Kossandra's Memory in [[2588]] the Second and the Bandits were the only surviving major MAF units and were both on the world. Numbering just a few mismatched battalions, the MAF units still contested the landing, under the command of [[Colonel]] [[Adam Buquoy]] himself; Marik landed the Sixty-second Royal Brigade on Kossandra's Memory, along with the First Marik Militia and the Third Regulan Hussars, in what would be the final campaign of the war against the Magistracy.<ref name="H:RWp105"/><ref name="H:RWp149">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 149: "Magistracy of Canopus Front (2583-2588)"</ref> Marik led three regiments personally in the battle against Buquoy's Forces; Buquoy tried to trick Marik into making rash attacks that he could capitalize on, but Marik kept her cool and used her superior numbers to grind the Canopian forces down. With the last of the Magistracy forces finally defeated after eleven years of campaigning, the war between the Magistracy and the Star League finally ended when Marik accepted Buquoy's surrender with a firm handshake. The Second Canopian Light Horse had fought for the entire war, the only regular MAF unit to operate for as long, and had faced the First Marik Militia in both their first and last major engagements of the war.<ref name="H:RWp105"/> === Star League Era === In 2765 the Second had been rebuilt. They were stationed on [[Schmitt]] to monitor the [[SLDF]] and [[Department of Mega-Engineering]] teams on that world. This was a dramatic change from their usual assignments of hunting down pirates and bandits. To support them in their rapid response duties, the Second had the usual complement of JumpShips and DropShips, and was supported by a permanently assigned ''[[Pinto (WarShip class)|Pinto]]''-class WarShip.<ref>''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 14</ref> The Second was evidently destroyed or badly damaged during the [[Periphery Uprising]]; in [[2785]] the First and Second Canopian Light Horse regiments were both reactivated, using personnel from the [[Twenty-ninth CAAN Marine Regiment]], one of five SLDF regiments to defect to the Magistracy of Canopus during the Uprising and the only one of those five regiments to survive beyond [[2767]].<ref name="FSWp34">''First Succession War'', p. 34: "Those Left Behind (Continued)"</ref> === Succession Wars === By the beginning of the Succession Wars the Second Light Horse had been reformed, and the unit saw heavy combat in 3005 during a Capellan invasion into Magistracy territory. The Second intercepted the invaders on [[Luxen]], sparking a four-day battle that eventually led to the complete destruction of a company of [[St. Cyr's Armored Grenadiers]]. The Second again saw combat with the [[Capellan Confederation]] in 3030, when [[Kyalla Centrella]] decided to invade the Confederation following the [[Fourth Succession War]]. The Second quickly forced [[Kincade's Rangers]] to surrender on the planet [[Repulse]] (though the Rangers deny this ever happening).<ref name=FMP34/> Because of their success on Repulse, they were granted the honor of wearing the symbol of the Magistracy as their personal standard.<ref name=FMP34/> The Second Canopian Light Horse garrisoned [[Borgan's Rift]] in [[3064]].<ref name=FMU201/> After the [[Jihad]] ended, the Light Horse was assigned to garrison [[Joppa]].<ref>''Field Report: Periphery'', p. 10</ref> During the Jihad the Blakists seized control of Borgan's Rift and drove the Second into the countryside. The [[41st Shadow Division|Forty-first Shadow Division]] inflicted serious losses on the Second before the Magestrix and returning MAF forces could rescue the Second. The Shadow Division's attacks reduced the Second by a battalion. The MAF High Command stationed them on [[Gallis]] to keep watch over the former [[Free Worlds League]]. Instead of waiting passively, the Second used their posting to conduct intelligence gathering raids on several former League systems. These raids also served to provide training for the new members of the Second.<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 138</ref> === The Dark Age === The Second Light Horse were stationed on the world of [[Gallis]] during the Dark Age, remaining there until at least [[3145]]. The Second wasn't idle, however; Gallis was used by the Second as a springboard for raids into the former Free Worlds League region of space; when the [[Duchy of Andurien]] allied itself with the [[Capellan Confederation]] and the Magistracy, the Second continued their raiding habits, but redirected their raids towards those independent former League worlds near the Duchy's border. Ostensibly, the Second's raids were launched for the purpose of gathering intelligence, but Magestrix [[Ilsa Centrella]] had another goal in mind in the mid-thirty-second century; she hoped that the raids could force three of the independent worlds, Eleusis, [[Obrenovac]] and [[Scheuerheck]] into aligning themselves with the Duchy.<ref name="FM:3145p192">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 192: "Chasseurs á Cheval"</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 Second Canopian Light Horse''' |- | [[Major]]||[[Sharon Lasonpiri]]||[[3025]] - [[3030]]<ref name=TPp99>''The Periphery, First Edition'', p. 99: "MAF Deployment Table - 3025"</ref><ref name=BWp54>''Historical: Brush Wars'', p. 54: "Repulse"</ref> |- | Major||[[Ardie Germaine]]||[[3050]] - [[3054]]<ref name=20Yp78>''20 Year Update'', p. 78: "MAF Deployment Table - 3050"</ref><ref name=ORp47>''Objective Raids'', p. 47: "MAF Deployment Table - 3054"</ref> |- | [[Colonel]]||Ardie Germaine||[[3064]] - [[3067]]<ref name=FMP34>''Field Manual: Periphery'', p. 34: "2nd Canopian Light Horse Unit Profile"</ref><ref name=FMU201>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 201: "MAF Deployment Table - 3067"</ref> |- | Colonel||[[Karen Heldt]]||[[3085]]<ref name=FM3085p149>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 149: "MAF Deployment Table - 3085"</ref> |- | Colonel||[[Effie McReynolds]]||[[3145]]<ref name=FM:3145p200>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 200: "Chasseurs á Cheval"</ref> |- |} ==Tactics== The Second is popular for their blitzkrieg dives into enemy forces.<ref name=FMP34/> ==Composition History== ===2765=== '''Second Canopian Light Horse''' (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=FR:2765Pp14>''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 14: "Chasseurs á Cheval - Regimental Status"</ref> :- At this point in time the Second Light Horse was stationed on [[Schmitt]].<ref name=FR:2765Pp14/> ===3025=== '''Second Canopian Light Horse''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name=TPp99/> * CO: Major [[Sharon Lasonpiri]] === 3028 === '''Second Canopian Light Horse''' (Regiment/Regular/Fanatical)<ref name=HBSp87/> :Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Fanardir]].<ref name=HBSp87>''Historical: Brush Wars'', p. 87</ref> ===3050-3054=== '''Second Canopian Light Horse''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name=20Yp78/><ref name=ORp47/> * CO: Major Ardie Germaine ===3064=== '''Second Canopian Light Horse''' (1 [[Regiment]]/Veteran/Fanatical)<ref name=FMP34/> * CO: Colonel Ardie Germaine :* XO/First [[Battalion]]: [[Force Major]] Darlene Ishora - The 'Mech unit has a 40% upgrade technology level. '''Second Light Horse Air Guard''' (1 Air [[Lance]]/Elite/Fanatical)<ref name=FMP34/> * Wing Commander: [[Captain#Magistracy of Canopus|Commander]] Roger Dent '''Second Light Horse Armor Guard''' (2 Battalions/Veteran/Fanatical)<ref name=FMP34/> * Armor Commander: Force Major Lester Inman - The Second Armor is equipped with a full company of ''[[Mantis (Combat Vehicle)|Mantis]]'' and ''[[Hawk Moth]]'' [[VTOL]]s. '''Second Light Horse Infantry Guard''' (1 Battalion/Regular/Fanatical)<ref name=FMP34/> * Infantry Commander: Major Joe Milanovich ===3067=== '''Second Canopian Light Horse''' (1 Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical)<ref name=FMU201/> * CO: Colonel Ardie Germaine '''Second Light Horse Air Guard''' (2 Air Lances/Elite/Fanatical)<ref name=FMU201/> * Wing Commander: Commander Mary Carlyle '''Second Light Horse Armor Guard''' (1 Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical)<ref name=FMU201/> * Armor Commander: Force Major Lester Inman '''Second Light Horse Infantry Guard''' (1 Battalion/Regular/Questionable)<ref name=FMU201/> * Infantry Commander: Major Joe Milanovich ===3085=== '''Second Canopian Light Horse''' (Veteran/Fanatical)<ref name=FM3085p149/> * CO: Colonel Karen Heldt '''Second Light Horse Air Guard''' (Veteran/Fanatical)<ref name=FM3085p149/> * CO: [[Air Master]] Narcisse Kovar '''Second Light Horse Armor Guard''' (Elite/Fanatical)<ref name=FM3085p149/> * CO: Colonel Sakurako Kagome '''Second Light Horse Infantry Guard''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FM3085p149/> * CO: Valdis Yilmaz ===3145=== '''Second Canopian Light Horse''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FM:3145p200/> * CO: Colonel [[Effie McReynolds]] '''Second Light Horse Air Guard''' (Regular/Questionable)<ref name=FM:3145p200/> * CO: Major [[Zane Motti]] '''Second Light Horse Armor Guard''' (Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=FM:3145p200/> * CO: Colonel [[Chelsey Archer]] '''Second Light Horse Infantry Guard''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FM:3145p200/> * CO: Colonel [[Cristolbal Rosen]] :- At this point in time the Second was stationed on Gallis and was operating at between seventy-five and ninety percent of full strength. ==Rules== <div class="gamerules"> ===Reunification War=== * Chasseurs á Cheval units gain a +1 bonus to Initiative Rolls.<ref name="H:RWp183">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 183: "Chasseurs à Cheval"</ref> * Chasseurs á Cheval units may use Off-Map movement<ref name="H:RWp183"/> </div> ==References== <references /> ==Bibliography== * ''[[20 Year Update]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: Periphery]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' * ''[[Field Report: Periphery]]'' * ''[[Field Report 2765: Periphery]]'' * ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]'' * ''[[Historical: Brush Wars]]'' * ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]'' * ''[[Objective Raids]]'' * ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)|The Periphery, First Edition]]'' [[Category:Magistracy of Canopus Commands|Canopian Light Horse, 2nd]]

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