29th Royal Dragoon Regiment

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Twenty-ninth Royal Dragoon Regiment
Nickname Aleutian Assault Guards[1]
Affiliation Star League
Parent Command XXXV Corps

The Twenty-ninth 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[edit]

In 2764, the Twenty-ninth Royal Dragoon was assigned, as a part of the XXXV Corps, Fifteenth Army, to District 2 of the Draconis Combine Military Region.[2] The unit would shadow Draconis Combine deployments that passed through their operational area.[1]

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

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 29th Royal Dragoon Regiment
Colonel Daniel Allison 27012743[3]
Colonel Marcus Kyle 2784[4]

Tactics[edit]

Unknown.

Composition[edit]

As an SLDF Dragoon regiment, the Twenty-ninth would have been composed primarily of heavy to assault BattleMechs, tanks, and hovercraft.[5]

In the early 2760s, a full company of the Twenty-ninth were trained Gunslingers piloting Marauder, Orion, and BattleMaster 'Mechs.[1]

References[edit]

  1. a b c Field Manual: SLDF, p. 184: "XXXV Corps - Independent Regiments"
  2. a b The Star League, p. 148: "Fifteenth Army"
  3. The Star League, p. 59: "Famous Star League Gunslingers"
  4. The Battle for Twycross, p. 14: "Dan Kyle"
  5. The Star League, p. 133: "Regiments - Dragoon"

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