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Line 1: − {{infoBoxMilitaryCommand + {{infoBoxStateUnit − | image = [[Image:Army 05th (SLDF) logo.png|150px]] + | image = [[Image:5th_Army_(SLDF)_2765.jpg|191px]] − | Designation = Fifth Army + | nickname = − | formed = + | parent formation = [[Star League Defense Force]] − | Disbanded = + | formed = unknown − | Previous Designation = + | year = 2765 − | Nickname = + | unitname = 5th Army − | Affiliation = [[Star League]] − | Parent Command = [[6th Army Group (Star League)|Sixth Army Group]] (2764)<ref name="FM:SLDFp79">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 79: "Sixth Army"</ref><br>[[5th Army Group (Star League)|Fifth Army Group]] (2772)<ref name="H:LOTv1p120">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', pp. 120–121: "Operation CHIEFTAIN Star League Defense Forces Order of Battle"</ref> − | Sub-Command = }} }} − The '''Fifth Army''' of the [[Star League Defense Force]] was assigned to operations within the [[Capellan Confederation Military Region]].<ref name=SLp153>''The Star League'', p. 153</ref> + + The [[Star League Defense Force]]s '''5th Army''' was assigned to operations within the [[Capellan Confederation Military Region]].<ref>''The Star League'', p. 153</ref> ==History== ==History== − The Fifth Army was the only standard pattern army stationed within the [[Capellan Confederation]], with the main Army Headquarters located on [[Epsilon Eridani]] and responsibility for those worlds closest to [[Terra]]. The Fifth was the largest SLDF army in the Confederation. The Fifth's headquarters were located seventy-five light years away from the nearest Corps, which led to [[General]] [[Bram Merga]] allowing his Corps commanders a great deal of latitude. This policy had worked well for the Fifth.<ref name="FM:SLDFp79"/> + The 5th Army was the only standard pattern army stationed within the [[Capellan Confederation]], with the main Army Headquarters located on [[Epsilon Eridani]] and responsibility for those worlds closest to [[Terra]]. The Fifth was the largest SLDF army in the Confederation. The Fifth's headquarters were located 75 light years away from the nearest Corps, which led to General Merga allowing his Corps commanders a great deal of latitude. This policy had worked well for the Fifth.<ref name=fmsldf79>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 79</ref> − − General Merga also used a modified ''[[Lion]]'' [[DropShip]] as his command vessel, and was frequently traveling to visit his units in their garrison posts. In addition to checking up on his units, he used these trips to consult with Capellan nobles and governments to remind them of the value of the Star League.<ref name="FM:SLDFp79"/> − Unlike other Armies responsible for member state capital worlds, the Fifth didn't have a standing unit on [[Sian]]. Instead the [[SLIC]] employed more agents. The Fifth Army was able to work together with [[CCAF]] commands to destroy bandit forces and repel raids. Those CCAF units that worked alongside the SLDF had a better opinion of the Star League, but most Capellans treated the members of the Fifth Army with suspicion, if not outright paranoia. Despite this, some units, like the [[Fifteenth Dracon]], were held in high regard.<ref name="FM:SLDFp79"/>+ General Merga also used a modified ''[[Lion]]'' [[DropShip]] as his command vessel, and was frequently traveling to visit his units in their garrison posts. In addition to checking up on his units, he used these trips to consult with Capellan nobles and governments to remind them of the value of the Star League.<ref name=fmsldf79/> − When the [[Periphery Uprising]] erupted, the other two regional armies within the Capellan Confederation, the [[6th Army (Star League)|Sixth]] and [[7th Army (Star League)|Seventh Armies]], were both deployed forward into the [[Periphery]]. That left the Fifth with responsibility for the entire of the Confederation; to augment the Fifth the [[SLDF]] High Command transferred in twenty-nine assorted regiments of troops from the [[1st Army (Star League)|First Army]].<ref name="H:LoTv1p43">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 43: "Fifth Army"</ref>+ Unlike other Armies responsible for member state capital worlds, the Fifth didn't have a standing unit on [[Sian]]. Instead the [[SLIC]] employed more agents. The Fifth Army was able to work together with [[CCAF]] commands to destroy bandit forces and repel raids. Those CCAF units that worked alongside the SLDF had a better opinion of the Star League, but most Capellans treated the members of the Fifth Army with suspicion, if not outright paranoia. Despite this, some units, like the [[15th Dracon]], were held in high regard.<ref name=fmsldf79/> − When [[Stefan Amaris]] launched his coup on 27 December [[2766]] on [[Terra]], his forces also swung into action on all of the other worlds within the Terran Hegemony and a number of jointly-administered worlds.<ref name=H:LoTV1p80>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 80: "Cometh Hell's Legions"</ref> This included Epsilon Eridani; despite the Fifth Army being deployed across the Confederation there were still a large number of personnel from the Fifth Army on Epsilon Eridani, as well as a substantial number of SLDF personnel within the support and training organizations. These people, primarily administrative, support and logistics personnel, posed a risk to the [[Rim Worlds Republic]] forces, which had already managed to occupy at least one [[Castle Brian]] on Epsilon Eridani prior to the Coup beginning.<ref name="H:LoTV1p84+">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', pp. 84–85: "Atrocities And Excesses"</ref> The [[Antietam Creek|SLS ''Antietam Creek'']] was a black navy ship from the SLDF attached to the Second [[Battalion]] of the [[Eighty-third BattleMech Division]] when the unit tried to escape from [[Epsilon Eridani]] during the [[Amaris Coup]] in [[2767]].<ref>''Lawyers, Guns, & Money''</ref> + When the [[Periphery Uprising]] erupted, the other two regional armies within the Capellan Confederation, the [[6th Army (Star League)|6th]] and [[7th Army (Star League)|7th Armies]], were both deployed forward into the [[Periphery]]. That left the 5th with responsibility for the entire of the Confederation; to augment the 5th the [[SLDF]] High Command transferred in 29 assorted regiments of troops from the [[1st Army (Star League)|1st Army]].<ref name="H:LoTv1p43">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 43, "Fifth Army"</ref> − When [[Commanding General of the Star League Defense Force|Commanding General]] [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] arranged to meet with the remaining members of the SLDF High Command and his task force commanders on the recently-liberated world of [[Talitha]] in November [[2774]]. With Talitha on the front lines, close to two major [[Amaris Empire Armed Forces]] strongholds, Kerensky and the other senior officers traveled discretely, and Kerensky charged the Fifth Army - commanded at the time by General [[Kim Solheim]] - in charge of conference security. Despite a handful of minor attacks on the base by Amaris' loyalists, the conference went off without a hitch.<ref name="H:LOTv2p29">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 29–30: "Inside Looking In"</ref> + When [[Stefan Amaris]] launched his coup on the 27th of December 2766 on [[Terra]] his forces also swung into action on all of the other worlds within the Terran Hegemony and a number of jointly-administered worlds.<ref name=H:LoTV1p80>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 80, "Cometh Hell's Legions"</ref> This included Epsilon Eridani; despite the Fifth Army being deployed across the Confederation there were still a large number of personnel from the fifth Army on Epsilon Eridani, as well as a substantial number of SLDF personnel within the support and training organizations. These people, primarily administrative, support and logistics personnel, posed a risk to the [[Rim Worlds Republic]] forces, which had already managed to occupy at least one [[Castle Brian]] on Epsilon Eridani prior to the Coup beginning.<ref name="H:LoTV1p84+">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 84-85, "Atrocities And Excesses"</ref> The '''SLS [[Antietam Creek]]''' was a black navy ship from the [[SLDF]] attached to the 2nd [[Battalion]] of the [[83rd BattleMech Division]] when the unit tried to escape from [[Epsilon Eridani]] during the [[Amaris Coup]] in [[2767]].<ref>''Lawyers, Guns, & Money''</ref> ==Officers== ==Officers== Line 34:
Line 30: | colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 5th Army''' | colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 5th Army''' |- |- − | [[General]]||[[Bram Merga]]||[[2759]] - [[2765]]<ref name="FM:SLDFp79"/><ref name="H:LoTv1p43"/> + | [[General]]||[[Bram Merga]]||[[2765]]<ref name="H:LoTv1p43"/> − |- − | General||[[Kim Solheim]]||[[2774]] - [[2776]]<ref name=H:LOTv2p30-46>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 30, 46</ref> |- |- |} |} Line 58:
Line 52: ==Bibliography== ==Bibliography== + * ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]'' + * ''[[The Star League]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]'' − * ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]'' − * ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]'' * ''[[Lawyers, Guns, & Money]]'' * ''[[Lawyers, Guns, & Money]]'' − * ''[[The Star League]]'' [[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - Army|Army, 0005th]] [[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - Army|Army, 0005th]]
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| + | The [[Star League Defense Force]]s '''5th Army''' was assigned to operations within the [[Capellan Confederation Military Region]].<ref>''The Star League'', p. 153</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | The | + | The 5th Army was the only standard pattern army stationed within the [[Capellan Confederation]], with the main Army Headquarters located on [[Epsilon Eridani]] and responsibility for those worlds closest to [[Terra]]. The Fifth was the largest SLDF army in the Confederation. The Fifth's headquarters were located 75 light years away from the nearest Corps, which led to General Merga allowing his Corps commanders a great deal of latitude. This policy had worked well for the Fifth.<ref name=fmsldf79>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 79</ref> |
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| − | + | General Merga also used a modified ''[[Lion]]'' [[DropShip]] as his command vessel, and was frequently traveling to visit his units in their garrison posts. In addition to checking up on his units, he used these trips to consult with Capellan nobles and governments to remind them of the value of the Star League.<ref name=fmsldf79/> | |
| − | + | Unlike other Armies responsible for member state capital worlds, the Fifth didn't have a standing unit on [[Sian]]. Instead the [[SLIC]] employed more agents. The Fifth Army was able to work together with [[CCAF]] commands to destroy bandit forces and repel raids. Those CCAF units that worked alongside the SLDF had a better opinion of the Star League, but most Capellans treated the members of the Fifth Army with suspicion, if not outright paranoia. Despite this, some units, like the [[15th Dracon]], were held in high regard.<ref name=fmsldf79/> | |
| − | When [[ | + | When the [[Periphery Uprising]] erupted, the other two regional armies within the Capellan Confederation, the [[6th Army (Star League)|6th]] and [[7th Army (Star League)|7th Armies]], were both deployed forward into the [[Periphery]]. That left the 5th with responsibility for the entire of the Confederation; to augment the 5th the [[SLDF]] High Command transferred in 29 assorted regiments of troops from the [[1st Army (Star League)|1st Army]].<ref name="H:LoTv1p43">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 43, "Fifth Army"</ref> |
| − | When [[ | + | When [[Stefan Amaris]] launched his coup on the 27th of December 2766 on [[Terra]] his forces also swung into action on all of the other worlds within the Terran Hegemony and a number of jointly-administered worlds.<ref name=H:LoTV1p80>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 80, "Cometh Hell's Legions"</ref> This included Epsilon Eridani; despite the Fifth Army being deployed across the Confederation there were still a large number of personnel from the fifth Army on Epsilon Eridani, as well as a substantial number of SLDF personnel within the support and training organizations. These people, primarily administrative, support and logistics personnel, posed a risk to the [[Rim Worlds Republic]] forces, which had already managed to occupy at least one [[Castle Brian]] on Epsilon Eridani prior to the Coup beginning.<ref name="H:LoTV1p84+">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 84-85, "Atrocities And Excesses"</ref> The '''SLS [[Antietam Creek]]''' was a black navy ship from the [[SLDF]] attached to the 2nd [[Battalion]] of the [[83rd BattleMech Division]] when the unit tried to escape from [[Epsilon Eridani]] during the [[Amaris Coup]] in [[2767]].<ref>''Lawyers, Guns, & Money''</ref> |
==Officers== | ==Officers== | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
| + | * ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[The Star League]]'' | ||
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]'' | * ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]'' | ||
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* ''[[Lawyers, Guns, & Money]]'' | * ''[[Lawyers, Guns, & Money]]'' | ||
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[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - Army|Army, 0005th]] | [[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - Army|Army, 0005th]] | ||