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'''Simone di Martino''' was a [[brigade]] commander in the [[Star League Defense Force]] during the [[Reunification War]].
  
'''Simone di Martino''' (b. ???? – d. ????) was a [[brigade]] commander in the [[Star League Defense Force]] during the [[Reunification War]].
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==History==
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At the beginning of [[Operation UNION HOLD]], the [[Star League]] invasion of the [[Outworlds Alliance]] in [[2581]], Simone di Martino was a [[Lieutenant General]] in the Star League Defense Force, and was the Commanding Officer of the [[44th Brigade]]. The 44th was one of three brigades within the [[15th BattleMech Division|Fifteenth Division]], [[V Corps (Star League)|V Corps]],  which was in turn one of two SLDF corps assigned to the conquest of the Alliance.<ref name="H:RWp113">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 113: "Schirmack"</ref>
  
==Biography==
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During the first wave of attacks on the Alliance di Martino was ordered to conquer the agricultural world of [[Schirmeck]]; the defenders consisted of a handful of operational tanks and a few hundred infantry, and di Martino ordered that the 44th use extreme discretion to limit casualties on both sides. The conquest of Schirmeck took less than an hour, and had possibly the lowest body count of any conquest in the five-year campaign to conquer the Alliance. As a result of di Martino's orders the population of Schirmeck formed good relations with the [[Star League]]<ref name="H:RWp113"/>
At the beginning of [[Operation UNION HOLD]], the [[Star League]] invasion of the [[Outworlds Alliance]] in [[2581]], Simone di Martino was a [[Lieutenant General]] in the Star League Defense Force, and was the Commanding Officer of the [[44th Brigade]]. The 44th was one of three brigades within the [[15th Division]], [[V Corps (Star League)|V Corps]],  which was in turn one of two SLDF corps assigned to the conquest of the Alliance.<ref name="H:RWp113">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 113, "Schirmack"</ref>
 
 
 
During the first wave of attacks on the Alliance di Martino was ordered to conquer the agricultural world of [[Schirmeck]]; the defenders consisted of a handful of operational tanks and a few hundred infantry, and di Martino ordered that the 44th use extreme discretion to limit casualties on both sides. The conquest of Schirmeck took less than an hour, and had possibly the lowest body count of any conquest in the 5-year campaign to conquer the Alliance. As a result of di Martino's orders the population of Schirmeck formed good relations with the [[Star League]]<ref name="H:RWp113"/>
 
  
 
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* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''  
 
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[[Category:Star League Minor Characters|di Martino, Simone]]
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[[Category:Star League Characters|di Martino, Simone]]

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Simone di Martino
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AffiliationStar League
Career
ProfessionMechWarrior

Simone di Martino was a brigade commander in the Star League Defense Force during the Reunification War.

History[edit]

At the beginning of Operation UNION HOLD, the Star League invasion of the Outworlds Alliance in 2581, Simone di Martino was a Lieutenant General in the Star League Defense Force, and was the Commanding Officer of the 44th Brigade. The 44th was one of three brigades within the Fifteenth Division, V Corps, which was in turn one of two SLDF corps assigned to the conquest of the Alliance.[1]

During the first wave of attacks on the Alliance di Martino was ordered to conquer the agricultural world of Schirmeck; the defenders consisted of a handful of operational tanks and a few hundred infantry, and di Martino ordered that the 44th use extreme discretion to limit casualties on both sides. The conquest of Schirmeck took less than an hour, and had possibly the lowest body count of any conquest in the five-year campaign to conquer the Alliance. As a result of di Martino's orders the population of Schirmeck formed good relations with the Star League[1]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 113: "Schirmack"

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