Difference between revisions of "15th Army (Star League)"
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Revision as of 15:49, 30 June 2021
15th Army | |
Affiliation | Star League |
Parent Command | Star League Defense Force |
The Star League Defense Forces 15th Army was assigned to operations within the Draconis Combine Military Region.[1]
Contents
History
Administered from the Army Headquarters on Hassi R'mel, the 15th Army enjoyed a relatively quiet posting prior to the Periphery Uprising; responsible for guarding the Periphery border of the Draconis Combine, the 15th's area of responsibility was comprised largely of peaceful, underdeveloped worlds. The main action seen by the 15th involved challenges from DCMS ronin, particularly on and around New Samarkand, the former capital of the Combine.[2]
The 15th's headquarters on Hassi R'Mel was in the Kagoshima Prefecture of the Draconis Combine. This was useful in a strategic sense as most of the Combine's JumpShip traffic (civilian and military) would pass through the system on their way to other Prefectures. This allowed the SLDF forces to keep their finger on the pulse of the Combine. The Draconis Rift, an area the 15th Army was responsible for guarding, was a desolate area with few inhabited worlds. Most of the stars here were small red and orange stars. These small stars were dim and made it difficult for JumpShips to recharge efficiently. To respond, the 15th added recharge stations in the Rift. These stations and the few bright stars in the region were heavily guarded by the 15th's component commands.[3]
The 15th's most active area of operations was along the Draconis Combine/Federated Suns border. Pirate and bandit groups frequently crossed back and forth, raiding worlds with impunity.[3]
When the Uprising engulfed the Periphery, the 15th Army was rapidly deployed into the Outworlds Alliance in support of the 18th Army; over the course of the two years of conflict, the 15th lost ten divisions and two independent regiments in combat, with another two divisions ultimately being disbanded due to casualty levels. This meant that, at the time of Stefan Amaris' coup on Terra, the 15th was operating at roughly sixty-five percent of full combat strength.
Officers
Rank | Name | Command | |
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Commanding Officers of the 15th Army (Star League) | |||
General | Dimitry Barrios | 2765[2] |
Tactics
- When General Dimitry Barrios took command, the 15th Army would show up at a hotspot in far greater numbers than it needed to in order to completely overpower its foe.[3]
Corps of the 15th Army
July 2772
Composition History
2765
July 2772
References
- ↑ The Star League, p. 141, "Fifteenth Army"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 44, "Fifteenth Army"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Field Manual: SLDF, p. 179
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 120, "Operation CHIEFTAIN: Star League Defense Forces Order of Battle"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 97, "Troops Involved In the Outworlds Uprising"