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{{infoBoxMilitaryCommand
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{{infoBoxStateUnit
| image         = [[Image:Star League Logo.png|150px]]
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| image    =  
| Designation   = 131st BattleMech Division
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| nickname = The Hercules Division
| formed        = unknown
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| parent formation = [[XIX Corps (Star League)|XIX Corps]]
| Disbanded      =  
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| formed  = unknown
| Previous Designation =  
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| year    = 2764
| Nickname      = "Hercules Division"<ref name=FM:SLDFp111>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 111</ref>
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| unitname = 131st BattleMech Division
| Affiliation    = [[Star League Defense Force]]
 
| Parent Command = [[XIX Corps (Star League)|XIX Corps]]
 
| Sub-Command    =  
 
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
==Overview==
 
==Overview==
The '''131st BattleMech Division''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] Regular Army.
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The '''One Hundred Thirty-First BattleMech Division''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] Regular Army.
  
 
== History ==
 
== History ==
In [[2762]], elements of the [[Second Fusiliers of Oriente|Second Brigade]] of the [[Fusiliers of Oriente]] were training with the [[First Orloff Grenadiers]] on [[New Delos]] when they discovered a pirate raid.<ref name="FR:2765FWLMp14"/> The Second Fusiliers attempted to engage the pirate force, which [[Grand Duke]] [[Cedro Allison]] of the [[Duchy of Oriente]] believed to be under [[Maskirovka]] direction, when elements of the 131st BattleMech Division intervened and engaged the pirates directly.<ref name="FR:2765FWLMp5"/> The troops from the 131st - which were from the [[1333rd Brigade]] - ended up having to surround the Second Fusiliers and order them to stand down after frustrated elements within the Fusiliers fired warning shots on the lead [[BattleMech]] [[company]] from the 1333rd.<ref name="FR:2765FWLMp14"/>
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In [[2762]] elements of the [[2nd Fusiliers of Oriente|Second Brigade]] of the [[Fusiliers of Oriente]] were training with the [[1st Orloff Grenadiers|First Orloff Grenadiers]] on [[New Delos]] when they discovered a pirate raid.<ref name="FR:2765FWLMp14"/> The Second Fusiliers attempted to engage the pirate force, which [[Grand Duke]] [[Cedro Allison]] of the [[Duchy of Oriente]] believed to be under [[Maskirovka]] direction, when elements of the 131st BattleMech Division intervened and engaged the pirates directly.<ref name="FR:2765FWLMp5"/> The troops from the 131st - which were from the [[1333rd Brigade]] - ended up having to surround the Second Fusiliers and order them to stand down after frustrated elements within the Fusiliers fired warning shots on the lead [[BattleMech]] [[company]] from the 1333rd.<ref name="FR:2765FWLMp14"/>
  
The news that battlefield control had been removed from [[Major]] Mykonos of the Fusiliers by the 131st on the grounds that the pirate raid was [[Star League]] business, rather than internal [[Free Worlds League]] business, infuriated the Grand Duke, in part because of the SLDF refusing to intervene in the earlier [[Marik Civil War (28th c.)|Marik Civil War]] on the grounds that the Civil War was internal FWL business.<ref name="FR:2765FWLMp5">''Field Report 2765: FWLM'', p. 5: "Internal Matters"</ref><ref name="FR:2765FWLMp14">''Field Report 2765: FWLM'', p. 14: "Fusiliers of Oriente"</ref>
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The news that battlefield control had been removed from [[Major]] Mykonos of the Fusiliers by the 131st on the grounds that the pirate raid was [[Star League]] business, rather than internal [[Free Worlds League]] business, infuriated the Grand Duke, in part because of the SLDF refusing to intervene in the earlier [[Marik Civil War (28th c.)|Marik Civil War]] on the grounds that the Civil War was internal FWL business.<ref name="FR:2765FWLMp5">''Field Report 2765: FWLM'', p. 5, "Internal Matters"</ref><ref name="FR:2765FWLMp14">''Field Report 2765: FWLM'', p. 14, "Fusiliers of Oriente"</ref>
  
In [[2764]], the unit was assigned, as a part of the [[XIX Corps (Star League)|XIX Corps]], [[Eighth Army (Star League)|Eighth Army]], to District 1 of the [[Free Worlds League Military Region]] and then transferred to District 3 by [[2765]].<ref name=SL141>''The Star League'', p. 141: "Eighth"</ref> The 131st survived the [[Periphery Uprising]], the [[Hegemony Campaign]], and followed General [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] on the [[Operation Exodus|Exodus]] in [[2784]].<ref name=SL141/>
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In [[2764]], the unit was assigned, as a part of the [[XIX Corps (Star League)|XIX Corps]], [[8th Army (Star League)|Eighth Army]], to Destrict 1 of the [[Free Worlds League Military Region]] and then transferred to District 3 by [[2765]].<ref name=SL141>''The Star League'', p. 141, "Eighth"</ref> The 131th survived the [[Periphery Uprising]] and the [[Hegemony Campaign]], and followed General [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] on the [[Operation Exodus|Exodus]] in [[2784]].<ref name=SL141/>
  
 
The 131st remained on the rolls of the [[Star League in Exile]], but was greatly reduced in size. [[Ellie Kinnison]], first khan of [[Clan Steel Viper]], served as a [[Lieutenant]] in the Star League in Exile's 131st.<ref>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 113</ref>
 
The 131st remained on the rolls of the [[Star League in Exile]], but was greatly reduced in size. [[Ellie Kinnison]], first khan of [[Clan Steel Viper]], served as a [[Lieutenant]] in the Star League in Exile's 131st.<ref>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 113</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
 
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 131st BattleMech Division'''
 
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| [[Major General]]||[[Reyna Lauder]]||[[2764]]<ref name=FM:SLDFp111/>
 
|}
 
 
==Tactics==
 
Unknown.
 
  
 
==Composition==
 
==Composition==
As an SLDF [[BattleMech]] [[Division]], the 131st would have been composed with two [[Brigade]]s of 'Mech [[regiment]]s and one brigade of [[Mechanized Infantry]] regiments.<ref name="SLp133">''The Star League'', p. 133</ref>
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As an SLDF [[BattleMech]] [[Division]] the 131st would have been composed with two [[Brigade]]s of 'Mech [[regiment]]s and one brigade of [[Mechanized Infantry]] regiments.<ref name="SLp133">''The Star League'', p. 133</ref>
 
 
===2762===
 
''Partial''
 
* [[1333rd Brigade]]<ref name="FR:2765FWLMp5"/><ref name="FR:2765FWLMp14"/>
 
 
 
===2764===
 
* 1311th Brigade<ref name=FMSLDF13>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 13</ref>
 
* 1312th Brigade
 
* 1313th Brigade
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
 
 
* ''[[Field Report 2765: FWLM]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report 2765: FWLM]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: Operation Klondike]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: Operation Klondike]]''
 
* ''[[The Star League]]''
 
* ''[[The Star League]]''
  
 
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[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands|BattleMech Division, 0131st]]
 
[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - BattleMech Division|BattleMech Division, 0131st]]
 
[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - BattleMech Division|BattleMech Division, 0131st]]
[[Category:Star League Defense Force - Exodus Commands|BattleMech Division, 0131st]]
 

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