218th BattleMech Division

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218th BattleMech Division
Nickname The Quentin Division ("QD")[1]
Affiliation Star League
Parent Command LIII Corps

The 218th BattleMech Division was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army.

History[edit]

In 2764, the unit was assigned, as a part of the LIII Corps, Seventh Army, to District 3 of the Capellan Confederation Military Region.[2] The 218th was stationed on Ryerson.[3]

The 218th was moved to an undisclosed area of the Periphery to take part in the Periphery Uprising by 2765. The unit survived the war and the Hegemony Campaign, and followed General Aleksandr Kerensky on the Exodus in 2784.[2]

Known Unit Members[edit]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 218th BattleMech Division
Major General Timothy Mopp 2764[1]

Other Unit Members[edit]

Tactics[edit]

Under the leadership of Commanding Officer Timothy Mopp, the 218th displayed an aggressive, assault-based philosophy, with its BattleMech brigades opting for frontal assaults under all circumstances.[1]

Composition History[edit]

As an SLDF BattleMech division, the Seventh would have been composed of two brigades of 'Mech regiments and a brigade of mechanized infantry regiments.[5]

2764[edit]

  • 2181st Brigade[6]
  • 2182nd Brigade
  • 2183rd Brigade

References[edit]

  1. a b c Field Manual: SLDF, p. 97: "218th BattleMech Division"
  2. a b The Star League, p. 154: "Seventh Army"
  3. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 253: Map - "Star League Defense Forces Capellan Confederation Military Command"
  4. a b Eden Lost
  5. The Star League, p. 133: "Divisions - BattleMech Division"
  6. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 13: "Brigades"

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