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==History==
 
==History==
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In [[2761]], the Seventy-fourth destroyed a pirate force that had taken the population of the world [[Joshua]] hostage.<ref>Field Manual: SLDF, p. 216, "Independent Regiments"</ref>
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In [[2764]], the unit was assigned as a part of the [[LXVIII Corps (Star League)|LXVIII Corps]], [[18th Army (Star League)|Eighteenth Army]] to the [[Outworlds Alliance]] area of the [[Periphery Military Region]] but was moved to an undisclosed area of the [[Periphery]] to take part in the SLDF response to the [[New Vandenberg Uprising|Periphery Uprising]] by [[2765]].<ref name=SL156>''The Star League'', p. 156, "Eighteenth"</ref> The 74th survived the war and the [[Hegemony Campaign]], and followed General [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] on the [[Operation Exodus|Exodus]] in [[2784]].<ref name=SL156/>
 
In [[2764]], the unit was assigned as a part of the [[LXVIII Corps (Star League)|LXVIII Corps]], [[18th Army (Star League)|Eighteenth Army]] to the [[Outworlds Alliance]] area of the [[Periphery Military Region]] but was moved to an undisclosed area of the [[Periphery]] to take part in the SLDF response to the [[New Vandenberg Uprising|Periphery Uprising]] by [[2765]].<ref name=SL156>''The Star League'', p. 156, "Eighteenth"</ref> The 74th survived the war and the [[Hegemony Campaign]], and followed General [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] on the [[Operation Exodus|Exodus]] in [[2784]].<ref name=SL156/>
  
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
 
*''[[The Star League]]''
 
*''[[The Star League]]''
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*''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
  
  

Revision as of 11:33, 27 April 2017

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Overview

The Seventy-fourth Royal Dragoon 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

In 2761, the Seventy-fourth destroyed a pirate force that had taken the population of the world Joshua hostage.[1]

In 2764, the unit was assigned as a part of the LXVIII Corps, Eighteenth Army to the Outworlds Alliance area of the Periphery Military Region but was moved to an undisclosed area of the Periphery to take part in the SLDF response to the Periphery Uprising by 2765.[2] The 74th survived the war and the Hegemony Campaign, and followed General Aleksandr Kerensky on the Exodus in 2784.[2]

Composition

As an SLDF Dragoon regiment the 74th would have been composed primarily of heavy to assault 'Mechs, tanks and hovercraft.[3]

References

  1. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 216, "Independent Regiments"
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Star League, p. 156, "Eighteenth"
  3. The Star League, p. 133

Bibliography