27th Royal CAAN Marine Regiment

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Twenty-seventh Royal CAAN Marine Regiment
Nickname The Guadalcanal Regiment[1]
Affiliation Star League
Parent Command LXIV Corps

The Twenty-seventh Royal CAAN Marine 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[edit]

In 2764, the unit was assigned as part of LXIV Corps, Eighteenth Army to the Periphery Military Region.[2] The Twenty-seventh was stationed on Port Krin, a world that was to be the base of operations for future expansion into the Periphery. The Twenty-seventh garrisoned many Terran Hegemony and Department of Mega-Engineering facilities on the world.[1]

The Twenty-seventh was moved to an undisclosed area of the Periphery in 2765 to take part in the Periphery Uprising. The unit was destroyed during the Hegemony Campaign.[2]

Composition History[edit]

As an SLDF CAAN regiment, the Twenty-seventh was composed of BattleMechs, tanks, hovercraft, fighters, naval vessels, and marines.[3]

References[edit]

  1. a b Field Manual: SLDF, p. 214: "LXIV Corps - Independent Regiments"
  2. a b The Star League, p. 156: "Seventh Army"
  3. The Star League, p. 134: "Regiments - Cavalry, Armored, Aerospace, And Naval Regiments"

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