52nd Heavy Assault Regiment

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Fifty-second Heavy Assault Regiment
Affiliation Star League
Parent Command XII Corps

The Fifty-second Heavy Assault Regiment was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army.[1]

History[edit]

Star League[edit]

In 2764, the unit was assigned, as a part of the XII Corps, Ninth Army, to District 2 of the Free Worlds League Military Region and transferred to an undisclosed district within the Periphery by 2765.[1] The Fifty-second survived the Periphery Uprising and the Hegemony Campaign, but did not leave with Aleksandr Kerensky.

First Succession War[edit]

The unit became a mercenary force serving under the Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery by 2784.[2] During the First Succession War, they were deployed to the world of Pilkhua in 2786 and then Hesperus II in December 2787, where they would be destroyed in entirety.[3][4]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 52nd Heavy Assault Regiment
Captain Connor McCreedom 2787[5]

Tactics[edit]

Unknown.

Composition History[edit]

The Regiment was comprised of Heavy and Assault 'Mechs with an average weight of over 80 tons in 2786.[3]

2786[edit]

Fifty-second Heavy Assault Regiment (Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical)[3]

Note: At this point in time the assault-weight unit was stationed on Pilkhua.[3]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 The Star League, p. 142: "Ninth Army"
  2. House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 54
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 First Succession War, p. 137: "Deployment Table"
  4. First Succession War, p. 50: "Operation BROKEN BLADE"
  5. First Succession War, pp. 62-63: "Holding Hesperus"

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