89th BattleMech Division

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89th BattleMech Division
Formed unknown
Nickname The Cyclops Division[1]
Affiliation SLDF
Parent Command XXXVIII Corps

Overview

The Eighty-ninth BattleMech Division was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army.

History

In 2764, the unit was assigned, as a part of the XXXVIII Corps, Sixth Army, to District 2 of the Capellan Confederation Military Region but was moved to an undisclosed area of the Periphery to take part in the Periphery Uprising by 2765.[2] The 89th survived the war and the Hegemony Campaign, and followed General Aleksandr Kerensky on the Exodus in 2784.[2]

Officers

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 89th BattleMech Division
Major General Thomas Merryweather 2764[1]

Tactics

Unknown.

Composition

As an SLDF BattleMech Division the 89th would have been composed with two Brigades of 'Mech regiments and one brigade of Mechanized Infantry regiments.[3]

2764

  • 891st Brigade [4]
  • 892nd Brigade
  • 893rd Brigade

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Field Manual SLDF, page 89
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Star League, p. 154, "Sixth"
  3. The Star League, p. 133
  4. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 13

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