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| Designation    = Cardinal Sins
| formed         = [[2771]]<ref name=FSW-36>''First Succession War'', p. 36, "Those Left Behind - Became Mercenary"</ref>
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| Affiliation    = Mercenary
| Parent Command = Independent 
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The '''Cardinal Sins''' were a [[mercenary unit]] operating during the [[First Succession War|First]] and [[Second Succession War]]s.<ref name=FSW-140>''First Succession War (sourcebook)'', p. 140, "First Succession War Deployment Table - Uncontracted Mercenaries"</ref><ref name=SSW-100>''Second Succession War'', p. 100 "Second Succession War Deployment Table - Major Periphery States - Mercenary Combat Commands (TDF)"</ref>

==History==
The origins of the Cardinal Sins stem from the [[Star League Defense Force]]s [[428th BattleMech Division]], part of the [[20th Army (Star League)|Twentieth Army's]] [[LXVII Corps (Star League)|LXVII Corps]]. Suffering heavy losses during the [[New Vandenberg Uprising|Periphery Uprising]] in [[2765]], the 428th [[division]] was disbanded as a result; some elements of the division chose to joined the Periphery rebellion,<ref name="SLp158">''The Star League'', p. 158</ref> with at least one regiments worth of these troops becoming the Cardinal Sins in [[2771]].<ref name=FSW-36/>

At the start of the First Succession War in [[2786]] the Cardinals Sins were located on the [[Taurian Concordat]] world of [[Dumassas]], however they were never formally contracted to the Concordat. The Sins would call Dumassas their home through the horrors of the First Succession War, losing over half their number by the conclusion of the conflict in [[2821]].<ref name=FSW-140/> Recouping most of their strength during the lull between the First and Second Succession War, the seasoned Cardinal Sins accepted a contract to aid the [[Taurian Defense Force]]s defend Dumassas prior to the Second Succession War. In a mirror image of their involvement in the First war, the Sins would remain on station on Dumassas and suffer heavy losses by the time the Second Succession War drew to a close in [[2864]].<ref name=SSW-100/>

==Officers==
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of Cardinal Sins'''
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==Tactics==
Unknown.

==Composition History==
===2786===	
Medium Regiment (100% strength) - Regular/Questionable.<ref name=FSW-140/>
===2821===	
Medium Regiment (45% strength) - Regular/Questionable.<ref name=FSW-140/>
===2830===
Medium Regiment (94% strength) - Veteran/Reliable.<ref name=SSW-100/>
===2864===
Medium Regiment (32% strength) - Elite/Reliable.<ref name=SSW-100/>

==References==
<references />

==Bibliography==
* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)]]''
* ''[[Second Succession War (sourcebook)]]''
*''[[The Star League]]''

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