27th Royal CAAN Marine Regiment

27th Royal CAAN Marine Regiment
Nickname The Guadalcanal Regiment[1]
Affiliation Star League
Parent Command Star League Defense Force

The Twenty-seventh Royal CAAN Marine Regiment was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army. It was one of the SLDF's Royal units, which consisted of troops from the Terran Hegemony.

History[edit]

In 2764, the unit was assigned, as a part of the LXIV Corps, Eighteenth Army, to the Periphery Military Region. In 2765 the Twenty-seventh was stationed on Port Krin, a world that was to be the base of operations for future expansion into the Periphery. The Twenty-seventh garrisoned many Terran Hegemony and Department of Mega-Engineering facilities on the world.[1]

Later it was moved to an undisclosed area of the Periphery by 2765, to take part in the Periphery Uprising.[2] The 27th was destroyed during the Hegemony Campaign.[2]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 27th Royal CAAN Marine Regiment

Tactics[edit]

Unknown.

Composition History[edit]

As an SLDF CAAN regiment it was composed of BattleMechs, tanks, hovercraft, fighters, blue-water warships, and Marines.[3]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Field Manual: SLDF, p. 214
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Star League, p. 156, "Seventh"
  3. The Star League, p. 133

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