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| image         = [[File:322nd BattleMech Division.jpg|141px]]
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| image   = [[File:322nd BattleMech Division.jpg|141px]]
| Designation    = 322nd BattleMech Division
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| nickname = The Antarctica Divison
| formed        = [[2023]]
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| parent formation = [[LXI Corps (Star League)|LXI Corps]]
| Disbanded      =
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| formed  = 2023
| Previous Designation =
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| year    = 2779
| Nickname      = The Antarctica Division
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| unitname = 322nd BattleMech Division
| Affiliation    = [[Star League]]
 
| Parent Command = [[LXI Corps (Star League)|LXI Corps]]
 
| Sub-Command    =  
 
 
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==Overview==
 
The '''322nd BattleMech Division''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] Regular Army.
 
The '''322nd BattleMech Division''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] Regular Army.
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
The 322nd Division traces its history back to a multinational defense force that protected [[Terra]]'s Antarctic continent during the [[Western Alliance]]'s conflict with the [[Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere]] in [[2023]]<ref name=SL7-9>''The Star League'', p. 7-9</ref>. The unit was assigned to guard the mining and scientific installations on the continent, but never saw any action. In the last days of the [[Terran Alliance]], in the early [[twenty-fourth century]]<ref name=SL13-4>''The Star League'', p. 13-14</ref>, the unit was sent offworld.  
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The 322nd Division traces it's history back to a multinational defense force that protected [[Terra]]'s Antarctic continent during the [[Western Alliance]]'s conflict with the [[Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere]] in [[2023]]<ref name=SL7-9>''The Star League'', p. 7-9</ref>. The unit was assigned to guard the mining and scientific installations on the continent, but never saw any action. In the last days of the [[Terran Alliance]], in the early 24th Century<ref name=SL13-4>''The Star League'', p. 13-14</ref>, the unit was sent offworld.  
  
 
This understrength Brigade became the core of the Star League 322nd Division. Although not of Royal status this division became home to most of the inhabitants of the Antarctic continent who chose to join the [[SLDF]].<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 155</ref>
 
This understrength Brigade became the core of the Star League 322nd Division. Although not of Royal status this division became home to most of the inhabitants of the Antarctic continent who chose to join the [[SLDF]].<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 155</ref>
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In [[2764]], the unit was assigned, as a part of the [[LXI Corps (Star League)|LXI Corps]], [[12th Army (Star League)|Twelfth Army]], to District 2 of the [[Lyran Commonwealth Military Region]], but was moved to an undisclosed area of the [[Periphery]].<ref name=SL145>''The Star League'', p. 145, "Twelfth"</ref> The 322nd was destroyed during the [[Hegemony Campaign]].<ref name=SL145/>
 
In [[2764]], the unit was assigned, as a part of the [[LXI Corps (Star League)|LXI Corps]], [[12th Army (Star League)|Twelfth Army]], to District 2 of the [[Lyran Commonwealth Military Region]], but was moved to an undisclosed area of the [[Periphery]].<ref name=SL145>''The Star League'', p. 145, "Twelfth"</ref> The 322nd was destroyed during the [[Hegemony Campaign]].<ref name=SL145/>
  
In January [[2779]] the Division along with the [[9th Mechanized Infantry Division|Ninth Mechanized Infantry Division]] formed the spearhead of the assault across the Bering Strait and the drive into Alaska. A counterattack by two Divisions loyal to Amaris pushed the 322nd back, almost into the sea, with heavy losses.<ref name=SL93>''The Star League'', p. 93, "Invasion of North America"</ref>
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In January [[2779]] the Division along with the [[9th Mechanized Infantry Division|Ninth Mechanized Infantry Division]] formed the spearhead of the assault across the Barring Strait and the drive into Alaska. A counter attack by two Divisions loyal to Amaris pushed the 322nd back, almost into the sea, with heavy losses.<ref name=SL93>''The Star League'', p. 93, "Invasion of North America"</ref>
  
 
==Officers==
 
==Officers==
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In 2764 the commanding officer was [[Major General]] Brittany Clarke.
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! 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 322nd BattleMech Division'''
 
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| [[Major General]]||[[Brittany Clarke]]||[[2764]]
 
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|}
 
  
==Tactics==
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==Composition==
Unknown.
 
 
 
==Composition History==
 
===2315===
 
Understrength Brigade
 
===2764===
 
 
As an [[SLDF]] [[BattleMech]] [[division]] the 322nd would have been formed from two [[Brigade|Brigades]] of [[BattleMech]] [[regiment|regiments]] and a brigade of [[Mechanized Infantry]] regiments.<ref name="SLp133">''The Star League'', p. 133</ref>
 
As an [[SLDF]] [[BattleMech]] [[division]] the 322nd would have been formed from two [[Brigade|Brigades]] of [[BattleMech]] [[regiment|regiments]] and a brigade of [[Mechanized Infantry]] regiments.<ref name="SLp133">''The Star League'', p. 133</ref>
 
'''322nd BattleMech Division'''
 
* 3221st Brigade <ref name=FMSLDF13>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 13</ref>
 
* 3222nd Brigade
 
* 3223rd Brigade
 
<gallery>
 
File:SLDFBattleMech DivisionTOandE.jpg|Table of Organization
 
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==References==
 
==References==
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
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*''[[The Star League]]''
 
*''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
 
*''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
*''[[The Star League]]''
 
  
  
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[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands|BattleMech Division, 0322nd]]
 
[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - BattleMech Division|BattleMech Division, 0322nd]]
 
[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - BattleMech Division|BattleMech Division, 0322nd]]

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